List of Famous people born in Yantai, People's Republic of China

Henry Luce

First Name Henry
Last Name Luce
Born on April 3, 1898
Died on February 28, 1967 (aged 68)

Henry Robinson Luce was an American magazine magnate who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day". He launched and closely supervised a stable of magazines that transformed journalism and the reading habits of millions of Americans. Time summarized and interpreted the week's news; Life was a picture magazine of politics, culture, and society that dominated American visual perceptions in the era before television; Fortune reported on national and international business; and Sports Illustrated explored the world of sports. Counting his radio projects and newsreels, Luce created the first multimedia corporation. He envisaged that the United States would achieve world hegemony, and, in 1941, he declared the 20th century would be the "American Century".

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Chi Haotian

First Name Chi
Last Name Haotian
Born on July 9, 1929 (age 95)

Chi Haotian, also spelled as Chih Hao-tien is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as Minister of National Defence from 1993 to 2003.

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Sun Yiwen

First Name Sun
Last Name Yiwen
Born on June 17, 1992 (age 32)

Sun Yiwen is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer. Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion.

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Qi Jiguang

First Name Qi
Last Name Jiguang
Born on November 17, 1528
Died on January 5, 1588 (aged 59)

Qi Jiguang, courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a Chinese military general and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for leading the defense on the coastal regions against wokou pirate activities in the 16th century, as well as for the reinforcement of the Great Wall of China. Qi is also known for writing the military manuals Jixiao Xinshu and Lianbing Shiji or Record of Military Training (練兵實紀), which he based on his experience as a martial educator and defensive planner in the Ming military forces. He is regarded as a hero in Chinese culture.

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He Weifang

First Name He
Last Name Weifang
Born on July 17, 1960 (age 64)

He Weifang was a professor at Peking University of China and an activist striving to reform the Chinese judicial system, who has argued that the Communist Party of China is an unregistered and therefore an illegal organization in China.

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Sun Yun-suan

First Name Sun
Last Name Yun-suan
Born on November 11, 1913
Died on February 15, 2006 (aged 92)

Sun Yun-suan was a Chinese engineer and politician. As minister of economic affairs from 1969 to 1978 and Premier of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1984, he was credited for overseeing the transformation of Taiwan from being a mainly agricultural economy to an export powerhouse.

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Zhang Guowei

First Name Zhang
Last Name Guowei
Born on June 4, 1991 (age 33)
Height 200 cm | 6'7

Zhang Guowei is a Chinese high jumper. He holds the Chinese indoor record of 2.33 metres, and has jumped 2.38 metres outdoors. He was the 2015 World Championship silver medallist and the silver medallist at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. He has been a finalist at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships and represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Wang Ruilin

First Name Wang
Last Name Ruilin
Born on November 30, 1928
Died on December 8, 2018 (aged 90)

Wang Ruilin was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a long-term secretary of Deng Xiaoping and served as a member of the Central Military Commission.

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Qiu Chuji

First Name Qiu
Last Name Chuji
Born on February 10, 1148
Died on July 30, 1227 (aged 79)

Qiu Chuji, also known by his Taoist name Master Changchun, was a Taoist disciple of Wang Chongyang. He was the most famous among the Seven True Taoists of the North. He was the founder of the Dragon Gate sect of Taoism attracting the largest following in the streams of traditions flowing from the sects of the disciples.

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Wu Peifu

First Name Wu
Last Name Peifu
Died on December 4, 1939

Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu (simplified Chinese: 吴佩孚; traditional Chinese: 吳佩孚; pinyin: Wú Pèifú; Wade–Giles: Wu2 P'ei4-fu2; IPA: [ú pʰèɪ̯fú]; April 22, 1874 – December 4, 1939) was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916–27.

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