Historical figures in Guangzhou
The atlas holds 14 people and 26 moments here, from 1345 to 1985. The most recorded lives are Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Business Leaders, across the Interwar Period and the Cold War.
Notable people
Alice Munro
in 1981
1 moment here
Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…
Chiang Kai-shek
from 1918 to 1922
2 moments here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
George Michael
in 1985
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Haile Selassie
in 1971
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1924 to 1926
3 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Ibn Battuta
in 1345
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
I. M. Pei
in 1917
1 moment here
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1976
1 moment here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Lu Xun
in 1927
1 moment here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Mao Zedong
from 1924 to 1926
3 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Sun Yat-sen
from 1886 to 1924
7 moments here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1879
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1938
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Zhou Enlai
from 1924 to 1925
2 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Moments
- 1345 Lodges in Guangzhou Ibn Battuta
- 1879 Arrival at Canton Ulysses S. Grant
- 1886 Medical study at Boji Hospital Sun Yat-sen
- 1893 Pharmacy moved to Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen
- 1917 Birth in Guangzhou I. M. Pei
- 1917 Arrival in Guangzhou for Constitutional Protection Sun Yat-sen
- 1918 Joined Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou Chiang Kai-shek
- 1920 Return to Guangzhou military government Sun Yat-sen
- 1922 Aboard SS Yongfeng Chiang Kai-shek
- 1922 Aboard the warship Yung Feng Sun Yat-sen
- 1923 Return to Guangzhou headquarters Sun Yat-sen
- 1924 Comintern assignment in Canton Ho Chi Minh
- 1924 First KMT Congress Mao Zedong
- 1924 First KMT National Party Congress Sun Yat-sen
- 1924 Whampoa Military Academy appointment Zhou Enlai
- 1925 Political school and youth classes in Canton Ho Chi Minh
- 1925 Flight to Guangzhou Mao Zedong
- 1925 Marriage in Guangzhou Zhou Enlai
- 1926 Peasant Movement Training Institute Mao Zedong
- 1926 Marriage and residence in Borodin's household Ho Chi Minh
- 1927 Head of Chinese department in Guangzhou Lu Xun
- 1938 Flight through Guangzhou Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Arrival in Guangzhou Haile Selassie
- 1976 Departure from Kwangchow Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1981 Fiftieth birthday during China visit Alice Munro
- 1985 Wham! concert in Canton George Michael