List of Famous people with last name Tianyou

Zhan Tianyou

First Name Zhan
Last Name Tianyou
Born on April 26, 1861
Died on April 24, 1919 (aged 57)

Zhan Tianyou/Chan T'ien-yu, or Jeme Tien-Yow as he called himself in English, based on the Cantonese pronunciation, was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer. Educated in the United States, he was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Peking-Kalgan Railway, the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance. For his contributions to railroad engineering in China, Zhan is known as the "Father of China's Railroad".

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