Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), a national hero for his role in building China's railroad system, was born in 1861 in southern China's Guangdong Province and died in 1919. As the chief designer of the first railway project built by Chinese engineers, he was widely regarded as the father of China's railroad.
Wei Qing (died in 106 B. C.), born in Linfen, Shanxi, was a great general during Han Dynasty of China, whose campaigns against Xiongnu earned him great acclaim.