List of people from Suzhou

This is an incomplete list of notable people who were born, were raised or lived in the Chinese city of Suzhou, or for whom Suzhou is a significant part of their identity.

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List
Politicians
Poets and writers
Playwrights
  • Feng Menglong (冯梦龙) (1574-1645 AD) vernacular writer and poet of the late Ming Dynasty
Artists
  • Zhang Yu (张裕)
  • Zhang Rong (张融)
  • Zhang Xu (张旭)
  • Zhang Sengyou (张僧繇) famous Chinese painter in Liang Dynasty
  • Shen Zhou (沈周) Painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty, the founder of Wu School (Chinese: 吴门画派), one of Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty
  • Tang Yin (唐寅) Painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty, better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu (Chinese: 唐伯虎)
  • Cai Han (蔡含) Painter and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, known by her courtesy name Cai Nüluo
  • Zhu Zhishan (祝允明) Painter, calligrapher
  • Wen Zhengming (文徵明) Painter and poet of the Ming Dynasty, the founder of Wu School (Chinese: 吴门画派), one of Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty
  • Wen Peng (文彭) (1498-1573 AD) Painter, the son of Wen Zhengming
  • Wen Jia (文嘉) (1501-1583 AD) Painter, Calligrapher
  • Cai Yu (蔡羽) (?-1541 AD) Calligrapher
  • Wen Zhenheng (文震亨) (1585-1645 AD) Painter
  • Kuai Xiang (蒯祥) (1397-1481 AD) Architect and Engineer who is the designer of the Forbidden City.
  • I. M. Pei (贝聿铭) (1917-2019) Architect
Scientists and engineers
Philosophers
Entertainment
Others

References
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