Editing Eunuch (section)

===Second millennium CE===
* [[Jia Xian]] ({{circa}} 1010–{{circa}} 1070): Chinese mathematician; invented the Jia Xian triangle for the calculation of [[square root]]s and [[cube root]]s.
* [[Lý Thường Kiệt]] (1019–1105): general during the [[Lý dynasty]] in Vietnam. Penned what is considered the first Vietnamese declaration of independence. Regarded as a Vietnamese national hero.
* [[Tatikios]] ({{circa}} 1048–after 1110): Byzantine general who  led the forces of Emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] and acted as a guide during the [[First Crusade]].
* [[Pierre Abélard]] (1079–1142): French scholastic philosopher and theologian. Forcibly castrated by his girlfriend's uncle while in bed.
* [[Lu'lu' al-Yaya]] (died 1117): Regent of the Seljuk sultanate of Aleppo.
* [[Malik Kafur]] ([[floruit|fl.]] 1296–1316): a eunuch slave who became a general in the army of [[Alauddin Khalji]], ruler of the [[Delhi sultanate]].
* [[Zheng He]] (1371–1433): famous admiral who led huge Chinese fleets of [[Treasure voyages|exploration around the Indian Ocean]].
* [[Yishiha]] (15th century): admiral in charge of expeditions down the [[Amur River]] under the [[Yongle Emperor|Yongle]] and [[Xuande Emperor]]s.
* [[Wu Rui (eunuch)|Wu Rui]] (15th century): a Chinese eunuch in [[Lê dynasty]] Annam (Vietnam).
* [[Gang Bing]] (died 1410): patron saint of eunuchs in China who castrated himself to demonstrate his loyalty to the [[Yongle Emperor]].
* [[Wang Zhen (eunuch)|Wang Zhen]] (died 1449): first [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] eunuch with much power; see [[Tumu Crisis]].
* {{ill|Kim Cheo Seon|ko|김처선}} (1421–1505): one of the most famous eunuchs during the Korean [[Joseon dynasty]] period, ably served kings in the Joseon dynasty. His life is the subject of a [[The King and I (TV series)|historical drama]] in South Korea.
* [[Liu Jin]] (1451–1510): corrupt eunuch official of the Ming dynasty and ''de facto'' emperor, member of the [[Eight Tigers]].
* [[Judar Pasha]] (1562–1606): a Spanish eunuch who became the head of the Moroccan invasion force into the [[Songhai Empire]].
* [[Wei Zhongxian]] (1568–1627): eunuch of the Ming dynasty, considered the most powerful eunuch in Chinese history.
* [[Senesino]] (1686–1758): Italian contralto castrato singer.
* [[Farinelli]] (1705–1782): Italian soprano castrato singer.
* [[Giusto Fernando Tenducci]] ({{circa}} 1736–1790): Italian soprano castrato singer.
* [[Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar]] (1742–1797): chief of the Qajars who established [[Qajar Iran]] in 1794 and established the [[Qajar dynasty]].
* [[Lê Văn Duyệt]] ({{circa}} 1763–1832): Vietnamese eunuch, military strategist and government official (not a true eunuch, he was born a [[hermaphrodite]]).
* [[Boston Corbett|Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett]] (b. 1832; presumed dead 1894): killer of [[John Wilkes Booth]], the assassin of [[Abraham Lincoln]], who castrated himself to avoid temptation from prostitutes.
* [[Li Lianying]] (1848–1911): a despotic eunuch of the [[Qing dynasty]].
* [[Alessandro Moreschi]] (1858–1922): Italian castrato singer, the only one to make recordings.
* Xin Xiuming (1878–1959): Entered Emperor Puyi's service in 1902; left palace service in 1911; became abbot of the Taoist temple at the [[Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery]] by 1930; wrote memoir ''Eunuch's Recollection'' (老太监的回忆).{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
* [[Sun Yaoting]] (1902–1996): last surviving imperial eunuch of Chinese history.