List of Famous people born in Suzhou, People's Republic of China
Li Qin
Li Qin, also known as Sweet Li, is a Chinese actress.
Viann Zhang
Zhang Xinyu, also known as Viann Zhang, is a Chinese actress, singer and model.
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the field of nuclear physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie. Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Madame Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".
Tang Fei
Tang Fei is a retired ROC Air Force general. He served as the Premier of the Republic of China between May 20 and October 6, 2000 under the Chen Shui-bian government of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), even though he was a member of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Soong Ai-ling
Soong Ai-ling, legally Soong E-ling or Eling Soong was a Chinese businesswoman, the eldest of the Soong sisters and the wife of H. H. Kung, who was the richest man in the early 20th century Republic of China. The first character of her given name is written as 靄 in some texts. Her Christian name was Nancy.
Wang Shimin
Wáng Shímǐn was a Chinese landscape painter during the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).
Fei Junlong
Major general Fei Junlong is a Chinese military pilot and an astronaut. He flew on the second crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program.
Fei Xiaotong
Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-Tung was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies in the study of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist. One of China's finest sociologists and anthropologists, his works on these subjects were instrumental in laying a solid foundation for the development of sociological and anthropological studies in China, as well as in introducing social and cultural phenomena of China to the international community. His last post before his death in 2005 was as Professor of Sociology at Peking University.
Ji Cheng
Ji Cheng was a Ming dynasty garden designer.
Wang Jian
Wang Jian ; c. 1598–1677 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and Qing dynasty (1636–1912).