Shantou
Shantou ranks 3,956th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ctesiphon, Fano, and Northern Ireland. Memorable people born in Shantou include Shing-Tung Yau, Watchman Nee, and Ma Huateng. Shantou has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and writers. Shantou is located in China.
Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi). However, its built-up area is much bigger with 12,543,024 inhabitants including Rongcheng and Jiedong districts, Jiexi county and Puning city in Jieyang plus all of Chaozhou city largely conurbated. This is de facto the 5th built-up area in mainland China between Hangzhou-Shaoxing, Xi'an-Xianyang and Tianjin. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1903 and 1996, Shantou was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Shing-Tung Yau, Watchman Nee, and Ma Huateng.
People Born in Shantou
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Shing-Tung Yau
MATHEMATICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1
Watchman Nee
WRITER
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2
Ma Huateng
BUSINESSPERSON
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 3
Xie Siyi
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 25.33
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Shantou were mathematicians (1), writers (1), businesspeople (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, mathematicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Shantou, including Shing-Tung Yau. Whereas, throughout history, mathematicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Shantou, including Shing-Tung Yau.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Shantou since 1700.
