The Most Famous

Engineers from China

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This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Engineers. The pantheon dataset contains 389 Engineers, 6 of which were born in China. This makes China the birth place of the 12th most number of Engineers behind Sweden and Japan.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Engineers of all time. This list of famous Chinese Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Zhuge Liang (181 - 234)

With an HPI of 79.02, Zhuge Liang is the most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. Su Song (1020 - 1101)

With an HPI of 66.74, Su Song is the 2nd most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 35 different languages.

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3. Lu Ban (507 BC - 440 BC)

With an HPI of 63.28, Lu Ban is the 3rd most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

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4. Li Kui (500 BC - 400 BC)

With an HPI of 61.86, Li Kui is the 4th most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

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5. Ma Jun (200 - 265)

With an HPI of 60.24, Ma Jun is the 5th most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

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6. Da-Wen Sun (b. 1960)

With an HPI of 53.22, Da-Wen Sun is the 6th most famous Chinese Engineer.   biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as Chinese engineers born between 507 BC and 1960. Of these 6, 1 (16.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Chinese engineers include Da-Wen Sun. The most famous deceased Chinese engineers include Zhuge Liang, Su Song, and Lu Ban.

Living Chinese Engineers

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