Shantou
Shantou ranks 5,565th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, North Ossetia–Alania, and Chippenham. Memorable people born in Shantou include Watchman Nee, Shing-Tung Yau, and Xie Siyi. Shantou has been the birth place of many writers and mathematicians. 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, Xian-Xianyang and Tianjin. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1903 and 1996, Shantou was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Watchman Nee, Shing-Tung Yau, and Xie Siyi.
People Born in Shantou
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Watchman Nee
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1
Shing-Tung Yau
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2
Xie Siyi
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.06
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Born in Shantou
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Shantou were writers (1), mathematicians (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Shantou since 1700.
