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==Notable individuals==
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*[[Chen Sheng]], (known in some sources as Chen She) and [[Wu Guang]] (both died 209&nbsp;BC or 208&nbsp;BC), leaders of the first rebellion against Qin dynasty
*[[Chen Zhong]], Olympic gold medalist in [[Taekwondo]]
*[[Cheng Hao]] (1032–1085) and brother [[Cheng Yi (philosopher)|Cheng Yi]] (1033–1107), [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] philosophers
*[[Deng Ai]] (?−264), an officer of [[Cao Wei]] during the Three Kingdoms period
*[[Deng Yaping]] (born 5 February 1973), four-time Olympic gold medalist.
*[[Du Fu]] (712–770), considered one of the greatest of Chinese poets
*[[Du Wei (footballer)|Du Wei]] (born 9 February 1982), professional football player
*[[Fan Zhen]] (c. 450–515), a Chinese philosopher of the [[Southern Qi dynasty]], remembered today for the treatise ''Shen Mie Lun'' (''On the Annihilation of the Soul'')
*[[Feng Yi]], a general of the Eastern [[Han dynasty]]
*[[Feng Youlan]] (1895–1990), philosopher
*[[Gao Yaojie]], medical doctor
*[[Ge Xin'ai]] (born 30 June 1953) [[Table Tennis]] World Champion (1975, 1977, 1979)
*[[Han Fei]] ({{Circa|280}}–233&nbsp;BC), [[Legalism (Chinese philosophy)|Legalist]] philosopher
*[[Han Yu]] (768–824), one of China's best known prose writers and poets
*[[Hui Shi]] (380&nbsp;BC−?), philosopher
*[[Jia Aoqi]], sanshou fighter and professional kickboxer
*[[Jia Yi]], a Chinese poet and statesman of the [[Han dynasty]]
*[[Kong Hongxing]], sanshou fighter
*[[Lao Zi]] (Lao Tzu: dates uncertain), founder of [[Daoism]]
*[[Li Shangyin]] (813–858), poet
*[[Li Tang (painter)|Li Tang]] ({{Circa|1080|1130}}), painter
*[[Liang Jun (activist)|Liang Jun]] (born 1945), teacher and women's rights activist
*[[Lie Yukou]] (c. 4th century BC), Daoist philosopher
*[[Liu Guoliang]], member of the Chinese table tennis team
*[[Mozi|Mo Zi]], founder of [[Mohism]]
*[[Ruan Ji]] (210–263), poet
*[[Sima Yi]] (179–251), a general, military strategist, and politician of [[Cao Wei]] during the Three Kingdoms period
*[[Su Qin]]
*[[Tang of Shang|Shang Tang]], the first ruling king of the [[Shang dynasty]]
*[[Wei Rui]], sanshou fighter and professional kickboxer
*[[Xu Shen]] (c.58−c. 147), editor of the [[Shuowen Jiezi]]
*[[Xu Shu]] one of [[Liu Bei]]'s advisors during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of China.
*[[Xuan Ni]], greatly admired official of the Ming Dynasty
*[[Xun You]] an advisor to Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period
*[[Xun Yu]] (styled-named Wenruo), an advisor to [[Cao Cao]] during the Three Kingdoms period
*[[Yuan Shikai]] (1859–1916), second [[President of the Republic of China]]
*[[Yuan Shizhong]], (died 1643), rebel leader
*[[Yue Fei]] (1103–1142), a noted Chinese patriot and general who fought for the Southern Song dynasty against the Jurchen
*[[Zhang Heng]], an [[astronomer]], mathematician, inventor, [[geographer]], artist, poet, [[wikt:statesman|statesman]], and [[literary]] scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty
*[[Zhang Jian (judge)|Zhang Jian]] (born September 1955), judge<ref>{{Cite web|title=张坚同志当选安徽省高级人民法院院长-中国法院网|url=https://www.chinacourt.org/index.php/article/detail/2013/01/id/888428.shtml|access-date=2021-09-14|website=www.chinacourt.org|archive-date=14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914151921/https://www.chinacourt.org/index.php/article/detail/2013/01/id/888428.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Zhang Zhilei]], professional heavyweight boxer
*[[Zhang Zhongjing|Zhang Ji]] (style-named [[Zhang Zhongjing]]) (150–219), an [[Eastern Han]] physician, the author of the [[Shanghan Zabing Lun]]
*[[Zhao Manqin]] (born 1953), musician and educator
*[[Zhao Ziyang]] (17 October 1919 − 17 January 2005), former [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier]] and [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Secretary]]
*[[Zhong You]] (151–230), a politician and calligrapher in Wei dynasty of San guo
*[[Zhu Ting (volleyball)|Zhu Ting]], sixteenth captain of China National Women's Volleyball Team
*[[Zhuang Zhou|Chuang Tzu]] (born 369&nbsp;BC), Daoist philosopher