Most Famous Chinese Explorers

China has produced 10 notable explorers throughout history, led by Zheng He. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Zheng He — Chinese Explorer (1387–1433) , ranked #5924
  2. Zhan Tianyou — Chinese Engineer (1861–1919) , ranked #79134
  3. Lu Yongxiang (engineer) — Chinese Engineer (Born 1942) , ranked #131177
  4. Bi Sheng — Chinese Inventor (990–1052) , ranked #131883
  5. Wang Zhen (inventor) — Chinese Inventor (1271–1333) , ranked #177628
  6. Huang Xuhua — Chinese Engineer (Born 1926) , ranked #459351
  7. Cheng Xu — Chinese Engineer (Born 1964) , ranked #1226728
  8. Kurban Tulum — Chinese Traveler (1883–1975) , ranked #1274693
  9. Theodone C. Hu — Chinese Engineer (1872–1957) , ranked #1606753
  10. Huang Lizhu — Chinese Sailor (Born 1987) , ranked #1847048