List of Nanjing University people

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The list of Nanjing University people includes notable graduates, non-graduates, professors and other people affiliated with Nanjing University.

Graduates

• Chang Chi-yun , historian, geographer, educationist, politician.
• Zhou Bangdao , scholar, educator. The first "Zhuangyuan" since the establishment of Republic of China (ranked No.1 in the 1st R.O.C. Gaodeng Examination which is in a certain sense equivalent to former Imperial examination, 1931). He was later the president of China Medical College (China Medical University), vice minister of Ministry of Examination of R.O.C..

Education

• Zhang Zonglin , the first professional male teacher of Chinese modern kindergarten.
• Tai Shuangqiu , educator dedicated to people's livelihood. The advocator of the Teachers' Day in China.

Humanities

• Lu Qian (, dramatist, litterateur, poet, scholar
• Chen Chung-hwan philosopher.
• Tang Junyi ( philosopher.
• Wang Ling historian, educator. Key collaborator of Joseph Needham on the monumental work Science and Civilisation in China

Social sciences

• Yang Kaidao sociologist
• Hsing Mu-huan economist, the first Director of Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.
• Yang Bi-li the pioneer guru of management education in Chinese community, the initiator of Chinese MBA education.
• Xia Shuzhang scholar in public administration, the father of MPA education in China.
• Han Depei jurist

Natural science & technology

• Y. H. Woo physical scientist. After Wu Youxun verified Compton effect (X-ray diffraction), Nobel Prize was given to Arthur H.Compton.
• Chung-Yao Chao physical scientist. The first scientist that captured positron through electron-positron annihilation and tested the existence of antimatter.
• Chien-Shiung Wu scientist. The "First Lady of Physics", the "Greatest Experimental Physicist in 20th Century". The first laureate of Wolf Prize in Physics, the first female President of the American Physical Society.
• W. H. T. Loh (Wellington Hsiao-tung Loh), leading authority on dynamics and thermodynamics of re-entry and planetary entry. A leading figure in American Apollo program and Mars Exploration program. He was the chairman of international conference on space exploration held in Washington in 1972.
• Yuan-Cheng Fung scientist of bioengineering and biomechanics. The "Founder of Modern Biomechanics" and a founding figure of bioengineering. He is the winner of United States National Academy of Engineering Founders Award (NAE Founders Award, 1998), National Medal of Science (U.S.A., 2000), and Russ Prize (2007).
• Gilbert N. Ling cell physiologist, biochemist. His achievements include developing microelectrode and he put forward the Association Induction Hypothesis which is controversial.
• Feng Kang mathematician. The founder of finite element algorithm.
• Qian Ji the General Designer of China's first satellite (Dongfanghong I).
• Kenneth Jinghwa Hsu geologist, paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, author, government advisor, inventor and entrepreneur, a winner of Wollaston Medal, Penrose Medal and Twenhofel Medal, the first president of European Geophysical Society.
• Xia Peisu computer scientist. She developed China's first general purpose digital computer.
• Wang Debao biochemist. He firstly synthesized yeast alanine transfer RNA.
• Feng Duan physicist.
• Liu Dongsheng geologist. Winner of Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
• Gang Tian mathematician.
• Jeff Xia astronomy, mathematician.
• Zhou Zhonghe researcher and director, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
• Zhang Xiang a Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Director of NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center; member of National Academy of Engineering of USA.
• Zhang Qiming a distinguished professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He is also the vice President & CTO at Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.

Business, industry, commerce and finance

• Hsu Po-Yuan (Xu Boyuan), financier, former Central Bank Governor, Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.. He's the founder of Chinese central bank system.
• Wang Chih-hsin (Wang Zhishen, often mistakenly spelled as Wang Zhiyixin, a founder and the first General Manager of former Shanghai Stock Exchange.
• Tang I-Fang (Tang Yifang), "Father of Singapore Industry", former Singapore Economic Development Board Chairman, a founder of Jurong Industrial Park and Singapore Science Park, Chairman of Board of Singapore United Engineers Group and WBL Corporation, etc.
• Kathy Xu (Xu Xin), founder and CEO of Capital Today, with the nickname Queen of Venture Capital in China.

Politics & government

• Kwoh-Ting Li economic expert, statesmen. The "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle".
• Sha Zukang diplomat, the head of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
• Chen Deming the Minister of Commerce, P.R.C.
• Yang Jiechi the foreign minister of the People's Republic of China.
• Guo Jinlong Mayor of Beijing. He was the Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympic Games.

Arts

• Lü Fengzi artist, art educator. The founder of the first modern fine arts school in China.
• Chiang Yee poet, author, painter, calligrapher. The "Silent Traveller".
• Chien-Ying Chang, artist who settled in Britain.
• Hong Fan musician. The "father of modern Chinese wind music (tube music)", the "father of modern Chinese martial music".

Literature

• Shen Zufen scholar, writer. Classic writer.
• Nieh Hua-Ling writer. Contributed a lot to world literature exchange.

Journalism & media

• Hu Bangji journalist. China's war correspondent in European battlefield in World War II. She interviewed many men of the time, including Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, Harry S. Truman, Neville Chamberlain and Josip Broz Tito. Her husband, Bi Jilong, former vice secretary general of United Nations, was her schoolmate at Nanjing University.
• Yu Chi-chung Taiwan's media gurus, the founder of the China Times Group.

Performing arts & entertainment

• Gong Jianong actor
• Chang Cheh film director. The "Father of New Gongfu Film", the "Godfather of Hong Kong cinema".
• Lu Yang, film director, photographer, scientist extraordinaire

Miscellaneous

• Luo Fuxin the first blind college student in China.
• Fang Xianjue a general against the invasion of militaristic Japan
• Zeng Liansong the designer of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.

Non-graduate

• Jiang Zemin former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China (Studied at Nanjing Central University from 1943 to 1945).
• Kim Jun-Yop, historian, educationalist, social activist.
• Mochtar Riady, financial magnate in southeast Asia. Founder and CEO of Lippo Group. Chairman of the Asian Bankers Association. The founder of several banks.
• Wang Gungwu, historian, educator.
• Vikram Seth poet, novelist.
• Miles Flint, the former President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Faculty

• Liu Yizheng historian
• Wang Bohang Confucian scholar, literary history scholar
• Xiao Junxian the first artist providing Chinese painting education in modern institutions of higher learnings.
• Matsumoto Kouzirou educationist. Former provost of Tokyo Higher Normal School (today's University of Tsukuba). He jointly founded the first magazine for children education in Japan.
• Tao Xingzhi educator
• Wang Yanqing the first musician introducing Guqin and Guoyue education into modern higher learning institutions. The founder of Meian qin school (Meian music school. Meian is the Zi(字) of former school president Li Ruiqing).
• Liu Boming philosopher
• Zhu Kezhen meteorologist, geologist.
• Mao Yisheng structural engineer
• Xiong Qinglai mathematician
• Mei Guangdi the first dean of the first department of western literature in Chinese universities.
• Ma Yinchu economist.
• Thome H. Fang philosopher
• Pearl Buck writer. A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Xu Beihong artist
• Chang Dai-chien great Chinese artist.
• Zheng Ji biochemist
• Ren Mei'e geomorphologist, geologist, marine and coastal scientist
• Na zhong the first scholar teaching Arabic in Chinese universities, master of Arabic culture and history studies.
• Xu Xin a founder of Judaic studies in China.
• Du Junfei scholar in computer-mediated communication and mass communication. A pioneer scholar in the study of internet mass communication.
• Robert March scholar in international business and negotiation

Honorary professors, visiting professors

• Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist. The founder of the Entomology Division University of California, Berkeley. He was a lecturer in Entomology during his sabbatical there in 1918 and then again between 1921-1924. See the C. W. Woodworth Award.
• Hans Driesch, biologist and philosopher. German leader of vitalism. He taught for a semester in 1922.

Retired professors

• Xu Longdao physics

Alumni of mergered and attached schools

Alumni of the University of Nanking (merged in 1952)

• Choh Hao Li, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary growth hormone and he received many honors including Lasker Award.
• Choh-Ming Li, educationist, economist.
• Francois Cheng, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture".
• T.C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist.
• Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. He receives Tyler World Prize for Environmental Achievement 1999.
• Thome H. Fang, philosopher.
• Wu Teh Yao, educationist, politics scholar.

Alumni of attached schools

• Gao Xingjian, novelist, dramatist and critic. Nobel Prize Winner in Literature in 2000. He entered Middle School Attached to University of Nanking (Now Jinling High School) in 1952.
• Yuan Longping, agriculturalist. "China's Most Famous 'Farmer'", "Father of Hybrid Rice", Wolf Prize winner in agriculture. He graduated from Middle School Attached to National Nanjing University (Now High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University) in 1949.

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