Notable Figures of Beiyang
- Yuan Shikai (袁世凱)
- Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)
- Wu Peifu (吳佩孚)
- Feng Guozhang (馮國璋)
- Sun Chuanfang (孫傳芳)
- Xu Shichang (徐世昌)
- Wang Shizhen (王士珍)
- Cao Kun (曹錕)
- Zhang Xun (張勳), 12 day restoration of Qing dynasty
- Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥), expelled Puyi from the Forbidden City
- Lu Yongxiang (盧永祥)
- Xu Shuzheng (徐樹錚)
- Zhang Zhizhong (張治中)
- Song Zheyuan (宋哲元)
- Tang Shengzhi (唐生智), defended Nanking in Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- Qin Dechun (秦德純)
- Qi Xieyuan (齊燮元)
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