Tianjin
Tianjin ranks 498th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hokkaido, Frederiksberg, and Hyderabad. Memorable people born in Tianjin include Wen Jiabao, Huo Yuanjia, and Cao Kun. Memorable people who died in Tianjin include Li Yuanhong, Shiing-Shen Chern, and Zhang Xun. Tianjin has been the birth place of many tennis players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and mathematicians. Tianjin is located in China.
Tianjin is a municipality and metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. As such, it is not part of a province of China. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the 2020 Chinese census. Its metropolitan area, which is made up of 12 central districts, was home to 11,165,706 inhabitants and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration and 11th-most populous city proper. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1862 and 1992, Tianjin was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Wen Jiabao, Huo Yuanjia, and Cao Kun. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Tianjin including Li Yuanhong, Shiing-Shen Chern, and Zhang Xun.
People Born in Tianjin
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Wen Jiabao
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1
Huo Yuanjia
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 2
Cao Kun
1862 - 1938
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 3
Eric Liddell
1902 - 1945
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 4
Yuen Ren Chao
1892 - 1982
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 5
Tsai Chin
1933 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 6
Yi-Fu Tuan
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 7
Qian Qichen
1928 - 2017
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 8
Wu Ma
1942 - 2014
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 9
Lang Ping
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 10
P. C. Chang
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 11
John Hersey
1914 - 1993
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tianjin
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People Deceased in Tianjin
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Li Yuanhong
1864 - 1928
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1
Shiing-Shen Chern
1911 - 2004
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2
Zhang Xun
1854 - 1923
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 3
Cao Kun
1862 - 1938
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4
Xu Shichang
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 5
Sun Chuanfang
1885 - 1935
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 6
Most individuals born in present day Tianjin were tennis players (4), politicians (3), athletes (2), actors (2), and volleyball players (2), while most who died were politicians (4), mathematicians (1), and military personnels (1).
Over the past 100 years, tennis players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tianjin, including Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang, and Xu Yifan. Whereas, throughout history, tennis players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tianjin, including Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang, and Xu Yifan.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Tianjin since 1700.
