Top 5 Most Famous Chinese in History

China is a civilization that dates back thousands of years and is at present one of the emerging superpowers of the world. In the long history many prominent Chinese have made major contributions to China. Here are the 5 most famous Chinese people in history.

1. Confucius 孔子

confuciusConfucius or Kongzi (551 – 479 B.C) is China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, whose ideas later became the official imperial philosophy of China, and was extremely influential during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties.

2. Emperor Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇

QinshihuangEmperor Qin Shi Huang (259– 210 B.C) was the First Emperor of a unified China, who ruled from 246 B.C. to 210 B.C. He established the first centralized, unified, multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history.

3.  Genghis Khan 成吉思汗

Ghinggis KhanGenghis Khan (1162–1227), born in Mongolia, was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which was the largest empire in the world before the British Empire and lasted well after his own death.

4. Mao Zedong 毛泽东

mao zedongMao Zedong (1893 – 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary, politician and socio-political theorist. The founding father of the People’s Republic of China from its establishment in 1949, he governed the country as Chairman of the Communist Party of China until his death.

5. Mencius 孟子

MenciusMencius (372 – 289 B.C) was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself. He is best known for the view that “human nature is good.”

3 Responses

  1. Volshebny says:

    Aye, I agree. World famous or famous in China? Sun Tzu is better known than Mencius and Emperor Qin Shi Huang in America. Sun Tzu is required reading in our military academies and in most business schools.

  2. Matt says:

    Genghis Khan’s not Chinese, but Mongolian like you wrote in the description. You must be able to come up with a 5 Chinese person such as Sun Tzu, Cao Cao, Han Fei, Qi Jiguang, or most important Laozi.

    • Jason says:

      Maybe you are right to some extent.As a Chinese,Most of us regard the Mongolians as invaders,they almost destroyed the Chinese Culture.Though Genghis Khan established the Yuan Dynasty,we Chinese do not think much of it.

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