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Li Fanghua (January 6, 1932 - January 24, 2020), female, native of Deqing, Guangdong, born in Hong Kong, Chinese physicist, researcher at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, former chairman of the Chinese Electron Microscopy Society, and editor of the "Chinese Journal of Physics".
Li Shizhen
Scientists · Ming Dynasty
Li Shizhen (July 3, 1518 - 1593), whose courtesy name was Dongbi and whose late name was Binghushan, was from Qizhou, Huguang (now Qizhou Town, Qichun County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province). His native place was Shanghang, Fujian. He was born in the Ming Dynasty He is one of the most famous medical scientists, pharmacists and naturalists in Chinese history. His "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a comprehensive work on materia medica and has a profound influence on later generations of medical and natural history research. Li Shizhen, Bian Que, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing are known as the four famous doctors in ancient China.
Lee Chang-ho (Korean: Changho Lee, July 29, 1975 -) is a Go player born in Jeonju City, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. The second generation master of Korean Go. He entered Dan in 1986 at the age of 11, second only to Cho Hun-hyun who entered the 9th Dan at the age of 9. In 1992, he won the Toyo Securities Cup under the age of 16 years and 6 months, and is still the youngest person to win the world Go championship. In 1996, the Korean Chess Academy granted him direct promotion to ninth dan. He has won all Korean domestic championships and the World Chess Grand Slam. His active period in the international chess world was from 1992 to 2012, and the period from 1996 to 2006 was recognized as the "Lee Chang-ho era" in the chess world. He has won 17 world championships and 21 international championships in his career, still ranking first in history. Lee Chang-ho is not only the king of the individual competition, but also the hero of the team competition. With his unshakable willpower, he achieved 14 consecutive victories in the Three Kingdoms Arena, 9 arena terminators, and a total score of 29 wins and 7 losses. He was hailed as the "Patron Saint" by Korean chess fans, and the "Iron Gate" by Chinese and Japanese chess fans in despair. Lee Chang-ho, Cho Hoon-hyun, Seo Bong-soo, and Yoo Chang-hyuk are known as the "Four Kings of Korea". Together with Lee Sedol, Park Young-hun and Choi Cheol-han, they are known as the "New Four Heavenly Kings". Because their age, name pronunciation, and domestic record are similar to those of China's Chang Hao 9th Dan, the two are known as the "peerless twins." However, in terms of international performance or battle record, Chang Hao is far inferior. Lee Chang-ho's Go journey began with his grandfather's enlightenment, and was later accepted as a disciple by Cho Hun-hyun 9th Dan, becoming the second generation leader of Ken Segotsu's sect. Li Jiuduan has a strong chess style, similar to Lin Haifeng. However, his ability to judge the situation is stronger, especially in the final game. The official is very strong. He has made half-eye comebacks many times and won the reputation of "the best official in the world". He has been regarded as a tough opponent by his master Cao Xunxuan 9th Dan, China's Ma Xiaochun 9th Dan, Chang Hao 9th Dan, Japan's Zhao Jixun 9th Dan, etc. Li Changhao was regarded by Wu Qingyuan as a genius chess player who had worked hard for many years. He was unique in the calculation of officials and had a significant impact on the development of Go in the world. As the former number one player in the world, although he has faded away from the front line, he still occasionally produces outstanding works. In the 2018 China-Korea League Championship Match, he helped the Cheongkwanjang team win the championship with two consecutive victories, once again staged the "Return of the King". Lee Chang-ho can often be seen in various invitational tournaments with numerous titles, reflecting his huge influence among chess fans.
Li Yifeng
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Li Yifeng (English: Evan Li; May 4, 1987 -), formerly known as Li He, is a Chinese actor and singer. In 2007, he participated in the "Come on Good Man" talent show and debuted. In 2009, he began to participate in film and television dramas, with representative works such as "The Ancient Sword", "Tomb Raiders", "Secret and Great", etc.; in 2013, he won the 33rd Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Old Paoer". On September 11, 2022, Li Yifeng was administratively detained for repeatedly soliciting prostitution, and his performing arts activities were also suspended.
L Li Chunbo Musicians · People's Republic of ChinaLi Chunbo (November 12, 1968 -), original singer, songwriter, and director in the Chinese music scene. Born in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, Han nationality. The sales of his two albums "Xiao Fang" and "A Letter from Home" exceeded 3 million, and "Xiao Fang" alone exceeded 1 million within half a year. 1993 was called "Xiao Fang's Year" and "Li Chunbo's Year" by the media. In 1994, he won the China Record Award, the highest gold record award, and the Chinese Popular Music - 1994 Man of the Year Award. In 1995, he composed and sang the theme songs "Who Can Tell Me" and "Where is My Home" for the Shanghai TV series "Debt", which were well received and was called the "spokesperson of educated youth" by many media. In 2013, the new song "Train Station" started a craze for urban folk songs. In 2014, he released the folk song "Sister" and returned to the Chinese original music scene. On January 22, 2015, the album "Years", which took three years and cost millions to create, was released.
L Li Xiaolong Political figures · Unknown nationalityLi Xiaolong (February 1969-), male, Han nationality, member of the Communist Party of China, with an on-the-job postgraduate degree. He is currently the chief engineer of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and was the director of the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
Jing Ulrich
Political figures · United States
Li Jing (English: Jing Ulrich, 1967-), Managing Director and Chairman of China Market at JPMorgan Chase.
L Li Shuguang Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of ChinaLi Shuguang (January 1962-), a native of Chongqing, is a Chinese entrepreneur. Graduated from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, majoring in industrial economic management. He served as Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuliangye Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of Wuliangye Group Co., Ltd., Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuliangye Co., Ltd., and Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress.
L Li Chaoyi Scientists · People's Republic of ChinaLi Chaoyi (July 28, 1934 - August 11, 2018), Chinese neurobiologist. Born in Chongqing. Graduated from China Pharmaceutical University in 1956. Senior researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1999, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Li Yang
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Li Yang (1959-), male, native of Xi'an, Shaanxi, is a film director in mainland China. He specializes in documentaries and realistic story films on Chinese social phenomena and social issues.
L Li Geyang Film & TV · Unknown nationalityLi Geyang (July 31, 1997 -), a mainland Chinese film and television actor, was born in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. In 2016, he stood out in the recruitment of Shang Wenjie's "Boss Shang's Trainee Phase 2". In June 2017, he participated in the e-sports variety show "Assemble the Kings", which attracted attention. In August of the same year, she starred in the role of Yun Zhen in "My Wonderful Boyfriend 2: Love Will Never Forget" and began to gain popularity. The fan’s name is Lamb.
Li Yufen
Film & TV · Republic of China
Tia Lee (English: Tia Lee, May 11, 1985 -), Taiwanese singer, actor, and graphic model, born in New Taipei City, was a member of the girl group "Dream Girls". In 2008, Li Yufen became known to more mainland Chinese audiences for participating in Dragon TV's variety show "My Style My Show". In 2010, Li Yufen formed Dream Girls with two other female artists and officially entered the music scene. In February 2023, Li Yufen was invited to attend the fashion shows of many top brands during London Fashion Week, and was the only artist selected by designer Julien Macdonald.
Li Yongbo
Athletes · People's Republic of China
Li Yongbo (September 18, 1962 -), a native of Dalian, Liaoning, is a Chinese men's badminton player, coach, and singer. He once served as the head coach of the Chinese national team and deputy director of the National Table Tennis and Badminton Center.
L Li Ting Writers · People's Republic of ChinaLi Ting (1981-) is an atmospheric science writer in mainland China, a self-media person, and a YouTuber. He currently lives in Tokyo, Japan. Postdoctoral fellow in meteorology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he once worked at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as a member of the Chinese Science Writers Association, a self-media contracted by Sina Weibo, and a member of the China Meteorological Science Popularization Committee. Li Ting has written for Science China many times and published popular science articles on Weibo, WeChat, Zhihu and other platforms. He has published nearly a hundred popular science articles on atmospheric science and meteorology, covering haze, global warming, El Niño, 24 solar terms, tornadoes, cloud classification, weather forecast and other hot meteorological issues. She has also participated in many popular science program recordings and interviews by Beijing News Broadcasting, Beijing Traffic Broadcasting, China Meteorological Channel, Beijing People's Broadcasting and other media; her popular science articles have been published and distributed on many platforms such as Guoke.com, People.com, Phoenix.com, Guangming.com, Observer.com, and Scientists. At the same time, he has given popular science lectures for the Department of Engineering Management of Tsinghua University, Friends of Nature and other institutions and social groups. The nickname "Master Tai" originated from the fact that Li Ting, who was a female doctor at the time, wrote in her first book "Martial Arts, From Niu A to Niu C" that "the female college student is Huang Rong, the female graduate student is Li Mochou, the female doctoral student is Miejie Shitai, and the female postdoctoral fellow is Dongfang Invincible." So far, she has been dubbed "Master Tai" by her fans. On Sina Weibo, she was active under the pseudonym "Big Face on Small Breasts" and has over 8 million fans. On YouTube, using the online name "Ting Jian", he has 181,000 subscribers.
Li Wenhan
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Li Wenhan (July 22, 1994 -), a male pop singer and actor in mainland China, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Debuted with the five-member boy group UNIQ on October 16, 2014, serving as the group's lead singer and frontman. In 2019, he participated in the talent show "Youth with You" and debuted in the limited group UNINE, serving as the leader, lead singer, center position, and all-rounder. It was disbanded on October 6 of the following year. On July 17, 2021, the first personal EP "Wen" was released.
L Li Zhiting Musicians · CanadaLi Chi-ting (Malay: Aarif Rahman, literal translation: "Aarif Rahman", February 26, 1987 -), a Hong Kong male singer-songwriter and actor, originally from Malaysia, is a mixed race of Malay, Arab and Chinese descent.
L Li Boxin Political figures · People's Republic of ChinaLi Boxin (April 8, 1919 - January 2, 2014), a native of Dai County, Shanxi Province, was a Chinese politician. In his early years, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and served as the instructor of Shanxi Taiyue to the Northeast Cadre Regiment and the political commissar of the Ninth Regiment of the Second Division of the West Manchuria Military Region; later he served as secretary of the Tailai County Committee of the Communist Party of China; deputy director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Personnel, alternate secretary of the Nenjiang Prefectural Committee, secretary of the Party Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and deputy secretary of the Songhuajiang Prefectural Committee.
Li Zehua (1995-), commonly known as Kcriss Li, is a former China Central Television host, Chinese citizen journalist, YouTuber and researcher. He graduated from the Communication University of China with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Rochester. In early 2020, Li Zehua entered Wuhan as an independent reporter to record the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic. After the 2020s, Li Zehua engaged in research related to speech synthesis, audio artificial intelligence and computational auditory neuroscience at the University of Rochester.
L Li Honglin Scholars · People's Republic of ChinaLi Honglin (September 10, 1925 - June 1, 2016), a native of Gaiping, Liaoning, was the former deputy director of the Theory Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the former president of the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences. He was a well-known reformist theorist in mainland China, known for his sharp thinking and clear writing. After the reform and opening up, he advocated ideological emancipation and opposed personality worship. In 1979, he put forward the views that "there is no restricted area for reading" and "it is not the people who should be loyal to the leader, but the leader should be loyal to the people." He played an important role in the reform and opening up in the 1980s and was hailed as "the standard bearer of China's new enlightenment movement" and "theoretical standard bearer of China's liberalization movement."
Li Er
Political figures · People's Republic of China
Li Er (1966-), formerly known as Li Rongfei, is a contemporary Chinese male writer. A native of Jiyuan, Henan, he is famous for his two novels "Coloratura" and "Cherrys on the Pomegranate Tree". The 850,000-word third novel "Brother Yingwu", which took 13 years to write, won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award. The "Er" in the name "Li Er" refers to the fact that the sound of water can be heard all the time (Qinhe River in his hometown). In 2024, he was elected as the seventh chairman of the Beijing Writers Association.
Li Haiquan
Film & TV · Qing Dynasty
Lee Hoi Chuen (English: Lee Hoi Chuen, March 27, 1902 - February 8, 1965), whose real name is Li Manchuan and whose holy name is Joseph, was originally from the village of Jun'an Town, Shunde County, Guangdong Province (now Shunde District, Foshan City). He is a famous ugly Cantonese opera student in Hong Kong and has learned Tai Chi. His son Bruce Lee (formerly known as Li Zhenfan) is an international martial arts superstar. Li Haiquan became a disciple of Xiaosheng Yi, and together with Ban Ri'an, Liao Xihuai and Yip Furuo, he was known as the "Four Famous Ugly Cantonese Opera". His father-in-law was Sir Ho Gantang, the half-brother of Lord Ho Tung.
Li Qingzhao (March 13, 1084 - May 12, 1155), also known as Yi Anju, also known as "Li Sanshou", was a native of Qizhou (now Jinan City, Shandong Province), a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a famous female poet in Chinese history. Together with Xin You'an, they are called "Jinan Er'an".
Li Cangdong
Film & TV · Republic of Korea
Lee Chang-dong (Korean: Lee Chang-dong, April 1, 1954 -) is a South Korean film director, producer and novelist. Lee Chang-dong was appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun from 2003 to 2004.
L Li Qianfu Writers · Yuan DynastyLi Qianfu, also known as Xingdao and Xingfu, was a native of Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang, Shanxi). Writer of Yuan Dynasty. In the "Ghost Recording Book", he is listed as "a man of great talent who has passed away, and who has compiled legends and spread them around the world". In "Taihe Zhengyin Pu", Lin Yingjie's 150 poems are listed as "all masterpieces". Jia Zhongming's eulogy called Li Qianfu "Jiangzhou Gaoyin" and studied behind closed doors. There is a type of drama: "Bao Dai Zhi Zhi Earning Hui Lan Ji", which is stored in "Selected Songs of the Yuan Dynasty".