List of Famous people born in People's Republic of China
Song Jiaoren
Song Jiaoren was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the Kuomintang Party to electoral victories in China's first democratic election. He based his appeal on the upper class gentry, landowners, and merchants. Historians have concluded that provisional president, Yuan Shikai, was responsible for his assassination on March 20, 1913.
Wang Guangmei
Wang Guangmei was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.
Song Puxuan
Song Puxuan is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as director of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, he served as commander of the Northern Theater Command, commander of the Beijing Military Region, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, president of the PLA National Defence University.
Ai Qing
Aì Qīng, born Jiǎng Zhènghán and styled Jiǎng Hǎichéng, is regarded by some as one of the finest modern Chinese poets. He was known under his pen names Línbì, Kè'ā and Éjiā.
Fuchai
Fuchai, sometimes also written Fucha, was the last king of the state of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. His armies constructed important canals linking the Yellow, Ji, and Huai River systems of the North China Plain with central China's Yangtze River, but he is most remembered in Chinese culture for the role he played in the legends concerning Goujian, the revenge-seeking king of Yue.
Anni Baobei
Li Jie, more commonly known by her pen name Anni Baobei or Annie Baby, is a Chinese novelist, born 11 July 1974 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Her first work in print was the 2000 novella Goodbye Vivian.
Zhao Yan
Zhao Yan is a Chinese researcher employed by the Beijing bureau of The New York Times. He was imprisoned for a three-year period starting 17 September 2004, on charges of fraud, after originally being arrested for revealing state secrets. According to the BBC, he was released on 15 September 2007.
Xu Beihong
Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter.
P. C. Chang
Peng Chun Chang, commonly known as P. C. Chang, was a Chinese academic, philosopher, playwright, human rights activist, and diplomat. He was born in Tianjin, China, and died at his home in Nutley, New Jersey.
Zhang Yunhe
Zhang Yunhe was a Chinese writer and scholar of kunqu opera. She was the wife of linguist Zhou Youguang.