Historical figures in Wuhan
The atlas holds 8 people and 10 moments here, from 1259 to 2020. The most recorded lives are Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Ho Chi Minh. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Writers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Deng Xiaoping
in 1992
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1957
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Jiang Zemin
in 1966
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Kublai Khan
in 1259
1 moment here
Kublai Khan (1215–1294) was a Mongol ruler who became Great Khan in 1260 and founded the Yuan dynasty in China.…
Li Keqiang
in 2020
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Mao Zedong
from 1927 to 1966
2 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Soong Ching-ling
in 1927
1 moment here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Zhou Enlai
from 1927 to 1937
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
- 1259 Song campaign at Wuchang Kublai Khan
- 1927 Third KMT Central Executive Committee Plenum Mao Zedong
- 1927 Fifth CCP Congress in Hankou Zhou Enlai
- 1927 Departure from Wuhan Soong Ching-ling
- 1937 Wartime liaison work in Wuhan Zhou Enlai
- 1957 Wuhan bridge-construction visit Ho Chi Minh
- 1966 Thermal-engineering institute directorship Jiang Zemin
- 1966 Yangtze swim Mao Zedong
- 1992 Southern tour arrival at Wuchang Railway Station Deng Xiaoping
- 2020 COVID-19 inspection in Wuhan Li Keqiang