Nanjing
Nanjing ranks 670th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Étienne, Yaroslavl, and Czechoslovakia. Memorable people born in Nanjing include Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Cao Xueqin. Memorable people who died in Nanjing include Zheng He, Jianwen Emperor, and Emperor Yang of Sui. Nanjing has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Nanjing is located in China.
Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi), and as of 2021 a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century to 1949, and has thus long been a major center of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports. The city is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province. It has also been awarded the title of 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honor of China, Special UN Habitat Scroll of Honor Award and National Civilized City. Nanjing is also considered a Beta city classification, together with Chongqing, Hangzhou and Tianjin by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked as one of the world's top 100 cities in the Global Financial Centres Index. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 429 and 1994, Nanjing was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Cao Xueqin. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Nanjing including Zheng He, Jianwen Emperor, and Emperor Yang of Sui.
People Born in Nanjing
Go to all RankingsYongle Emperor
POLITICIAN
1360 - 1424
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 1
Jianwen Emperor
POLITICIAN
1377 - 1402
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 2
Cao Xueqin
WRITER
1724 - 1763
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 3
Zu Chongzhi
MATHEMATICIAN
429 - 500
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 4
Yuen Biao
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 5
Dong Yuan
PAINTER
932 - 962
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 6
Li Yu
POLITICIAN
937 - 978
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 7
Tao Hongjing
PHILOSOPHER
456 - 536
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 8
Zhong Nanshan
PHYSICIAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 9
Fang Fang
WRITER
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 10
Guo Jinlong
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 11
Zhang Yuan
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Nanjing
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Nanjing
Go to all RankingsZheng He
EXPLORER
1387 - 1433
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 1
Jianwen Emperor
POLITICIAN
1377 - 1402
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 2
Emperor Yang of Sui
POLITICIAN
569 - 617
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 3
Hong Xiuquan
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1864
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 4
Faxian
WRITER
340 - 418
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 5
Wang Anshi
ECONOMIST
1021 - 1086
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 6
Emperor Wu of Liang
POLITICIAN
464 - 549
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 7
Zeng Guofan
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1872
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 8
Gu Kaizhi
PAINTER
345 - 406
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 9
Xu Da
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1332 - 1385
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 10
Yuan Mei
WRITER
1716 - 1798
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 11
Hu Zhengyan
ARTIST
1584 - 1674
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Nanjing were politicians (4), writers (2), actors (2), athletes (2), and chess players (2), while most who died were politicians (8), writers (2), painters (2), explorers (1), and economists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nanjing, including Yuen Biao, and Ni Ni. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nanjing, including Yongle Emperor, Jianwen Emperor, and Li Yu.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Nanjing since 1700.