Great Nanjingers

He Qun (何群) was a multi-award winning and respected Fifth Generation film director known for delivering truth in cinema, and for taking eight takes to get it right, earning himself the nickname, He Eight. Born in Nanjing on 7 December,...

Angi Ma Wong was one of the world's best known and successful Asian Americans, held in high regard as a businesswoman, a leading expert on Feng Shui and a 26-year survivor of breast cancer. Born in Nanjing on 7 February,...

Muhammad Ali Yu Zhengui (余振贵) was a former Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Former Vice President and Secretary General of the China Islamic Association. Born in Nanjing in February, 1946, of Hui ethnicity, Yu...

King-Sun Fu (傅京孫) was the Chinese-American computing engineer who we should either thank or curse multiple times a day, his work having laid the foundations for today’s ubiquitous black and white miniature chessboards; the QR code. Born in Nanjing on...

Noël Lee was a globetrotting pianist and composer who also served for over 3 years during World War II and had a particular passion for the study of music for piano four hands. Born in Nanjing on 25 December, 1924,...

Sir Harry Fang Sin-yang (方心讓), GBM, CBE, JP, had a list of titles as long as your arm. An orthopedic surgeon widely known as the "father of rehabilitation” and a champion of those with mobility issues, he rose to...

Shui Hua (水华) was a film director and screenwriter who maintained artistic integrity while also appealing to the general public with his simplicity and a subtle but clear personal style. Born in Nanjing on 23 November, 1916, Shui devoted himself...

Theodore Holmes Bullock was to become a founding father of that interdisciplinary science combining neuroscience and ethology into Neuroethology. As a child, he had also once had Sun Yat-sen himself as a guest in his home. Born in Nanjing on...