Changchun
Changchun ranks 1,224th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huddersfield, Fort-de-France, and Vercelli. Memorable people born in Changchun include Liu Xiaobo, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Wang Hongwen. Changchun has been the birth place of many skaters, and table tennis players. Changchun is located in China.
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province in China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a sub-provincial city, comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 county-level cities. According to the 2020 census of China, Changchun had a total population of 9,066,906 under its jurisdiction. The city's metro area, comprising 5 districts and 1 development area, had a population of 5,019,477 in 2020, as the Shuangyang and Jiutai districts are not urbanized yet. It is one of the biggest cities in Northeast China, along with Shenyang, Dalian and Harbin. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1935 and 2003, Changchun was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Liu Xiaobo, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Wang Hongwen.
People Born in Changchun
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Liu Xiaobo
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 1
Ei-ichi Negishi
CHEMIST
1935 - 2021
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 2
Wang Hongwen
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1992
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 3
Hwang Sok-yong
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4
Wang Hao
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 5
Li Weifeng
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 6
Ye Qiaobo
SKATER
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 7
Chen Lu
SKATER
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 8
Yang Yang
SKATER
1977 - Present
HPI: 33.48
Rank: 9
Zhou Yang
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 28.07
Rank: 10
Dang Ye-seo
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 27.85
Rank: 11
Tang Muhan
SWIMMER
2003 - Present
HPI: 14.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Changchun
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WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4
Tang Muhan
SWIMMER
2003 - Present
HPI: 14.86
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Changchun were skaters (3), table tennis players (2), social activists (1), chemists (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, skaters have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Changchun, including Ye Qiaobo, Chen Lu, and Yang Yang. Whereas, throughout history, skaters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Changchun, including Ye Qiaobo, Chen Lu, and Yang Yang.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Changchun since 1700.
