1827 — 1916
American Presbyterian missionary in China.
1900 — 1996
Chinese Philosophy professor and university administrator.
1889 — 1962
Mei became president of Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1931. During the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War, he was president of Southwest United University (a consortium of China's best universities) in Kunming, Yunnan.
1685 — 1741
Second papal legate in Peking (Beijing), China.
1861 — 1935
American missionary educator in China.
1247 — 1328
First Roman Catholic missionary to reach China proper and first bishop of Khanbaliq (Beijing).
1807 — 1863
French Vincentian missionary and bishop in China and Mongolia.
1843 — 1911
Developer of a system for the blind to read Chinese.
1645 — 1708
Portuguese Jesuit missionary serving the Qing government of Emperor Kangxi.
1880 — 1958
1754 — 1801
French Vincentian missionary (CM) who went to China during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty.
1663 — 1738
Jesuit missionary and cartographer in China.