Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Gyebaek
(๊ณ๋ฐฑ)
Heroic general of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje who made a legendary last stand with 5,000 suicide troops at the Battle of Hwangsanbeol against a 50,000-man Silla army.
Li Jing (Duke of Weiguo)
(ๆ้ / ๆ่ฅๅธซ)
Greatest general of the early Tang Dynasty whose lightning cavalry strikes pacified the southern kingdoms and crushed the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
(ุฃุจู ุนุจูุฏุฉ ุนุงู
ุฑ ุจู ุงูุฌุฑุงุญ)
Supreme commander of the Rashidun army in the Levant hailed as the 'Trustworthy of the Nation' (Amin al-Ummah), who captured Damascus and Jerusalem.
Eulji Mundeok
(์์ง๋ฌธ๋)
Celebrated military commander of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo who annihilated Emperor Yang of Sui's 305,000-man invasion force at the Battle of Salsu in 612 CE.
Flavius Aetius
(Flavius Aetius)
Foremost general of the Western Roman Empire, celebrated as 'The Last of the Romans', who defeated Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
Flavius Stilicho
(Flavius Stilicho)
High-ranking Roman general of Vandal heritage who served as guardian of Emperor Honorius and repeatedly defeated Alaric and Radagaisus to defend Italy.
Saint Maurice
(Mauritius Thebaeus)
Egyptian military commander from Thebes who led the famed all-Christian Theban Legion, executed in Roman Gaul along with his soldiers for refusing to persecute fellow Christians and worship imperial idols.
Sima Yi (Emperor Xuan of Jin)
(ๅธ้ฆฌๆฟ / ๅธ้ฆฌไปฒ้)
Supreme general, regent, and strategist of Cao Wei who successfully countered Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions and paved the way for the Jin dynasty.
Lu Xun (General)
(้้ (ไผฏ่จ))
Supreme commander and Chancellor of Eastern Wu who designed the surprise capture of Jingzhou and annihilated Liu Bei's massive invasion army with fire attacks at the Battle of Yiling in 222 CE.
Zhuge Liang
(่ฏธ่ไบฎ (ๅญๆ))
Legendary Chinese strategist and Chancellor of Shu Han known as 'The Crouching Dragon', revered across East Asia as the archetype of supreme tactical intelligence, loyalty, and engineering innovation.
Zhuge Liang (Wolong / Crouching Dragon)
(่ซธ่ไบฎ / ่ซธ่ๅญๆ)
Legendary Chancellor and chief military strategist of Shu Han whose Longzhong Plan laid the blueprint for the Three Kingdoms and who invented the repeating crossbow.
Zhang Fei
(ๅผ ้ฃ (็ๅพท))
Fierce and loyal general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era, one of the Five Tiger Generals, celebrated for holding off Cao Cao's entire army single-handedly at Changban Bridge.
Cao Cao
(ๆนๆ (้ญๆญฆๅธ))
Brilliant Chinese warlord, statesman, and poet who laid the foundations of the Kingdom of Wei, famed for his military genius in the Three Kingdoms era and victory at the Battle of Guandu.
Cao Cao (Emperor Wu of Wei)
(ๆนๆ / ๆนๅญๅพท)
Master strategist, warlord, poet, and Chancellor of the late Han dynasty who unified northern China after defeating Yuan Shao at Guandu.
Guan Yu
(ๅ
ณ็พฝ (ๅ
ณๅ
ฌ))
Legendary Chinese general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era, renowned for his martial prowess and unyielding loyalty, deified as 'Guan Gong' and the God of War in Chinese folk religion.
Guan Yu (Lord Guan / God of War)
(้็พฝ / ้้ฒ้ท)
Foremost general of Shu Han and martial sworn brother of Liu Bei, deified throughout Chinese civilization as Guan Gong (God of War) for loyalty and valor.
Zhou Yu
(ๅจ็ (ๅ
ฌ็พ))
Grand Viceroy of Eastern Wu who commanded the allied southern fleet that annihilated Cao Cao's armada at the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, preserving southern Chinese autonomy.
Zhou Yu (Zhou Gongjin)
(ๅจ็ / ๅจๅ
ฌ็พ)
Supreme commander and admiral of Eastern Wu whose brilliant fire attack at the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 destroyed Cao Cao's navy and divided China into Three Kingdoms.