Suqian Celebrities

Source: Suqian Municipal Government Website

Suqian has many famous people. Politicians and strategists include Xiang Yu, Lu Su, Liu Shixun, Wei Sheng, Yang Sihong, Zhu Rui, etc. Scientists include Lu Tinglan, a geographer, Tao Maoli, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hu Ning and Chen Yong, famous Chinese medicine Zhang Han, renowned snake doctor Ji Desheng and famous doctor Cai Keyun, botanist Wu Yinchan, silkworm egg expert Duan Youyun, famous orthopaedic professor Lu Yupu, etc. In the Qing Dynasty, there were famous Taoyuan poet Fang Zhenheng, female poet Ni Ruixuan, playwright Liu Qingyun, famous landscape painter Xu Zirong, descendant of Luyan painting Xue Huai and other artists. In modern and contemporary times, there are Duan Qirui, the leader of the Beiyang government, Li Yinggeng, the founder of modern Chinese military music, Zhang Xiangwen, the famous geographer, Ye Jiesheng, the philosopher historian, Xie Lunxian, the progressive poet, Shi Yifang, the ink plum painter Zhang Deting, the painter Zhang Kaiyuan, the photographer Wu Yinxian, the painter Su Baozhen, the famous writer Bai Ye, Zhu Xining, and the playwright Song Xiangru Song Changrong, Peking Opera performing artist, etc. "Huaibei Liu Hulan" Yu Zunxia, heroine Wang Hua, "the good doctor of the people" Li Yuehua, "young hero" Han Yujuan, "China's first good man" Chen Guangbiao, "China's top ten heroes for justice" Pei Changcai, "China's pride" Zhu Zhu, "China's good man" Luo Zeyan, world championship and Asian Games judo champion Liu Huanyuan, the Paralympic Games Hu Daoliang, the fencing champion of the Asian Paralympic Association, and others were born in this hot spot.