Most Famous Chinese Military figures

China has produced 168 notable military figures throughout history, led by Sun Tzu. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Sun Tzu — Chinese Militar (-543–-495) , ranked #1994
  2. Koxinga — Chinese Militar (1624–1662) , ranked #9328
  3. Zhang Zuolin — Chinese Warlord (1875–1928) , ranked #10632
  4. Yue Fei — Chinese Militar (1103–1142) , ranked #12717
  5. Guan Yu — Chinese Officer (162–219) , ranked #13136
  6. Feng Yuxiang — Chinese Warlord (1882–1948) , ranked #14433
  7. Zuo Zongtang — Chinese Militar (1812–1885) , ranked #20873
  8. An Lushan — Chinese Officer (702–757) , ranked #21681
  9. Li Zongren — Chinese Warlord (1890–1969) , ranked #23395
  10. Wu Sangui — Chinese Officer (1612–1678) , ranked #25074
  11. Xiang Yu — Chinese Warlord (-232–-202) , ranked #36431
  12. Liu Bei — Chinese Warlord (161–223) , ranked #37994
  13. Liu Bocheng — Chinese Militar (1892–1986) , ranked #41082
  14. Huang Chao — Chinese Rebel (835–884) , ranked #42475
  15. Feng Guozhang — Chinese Army (1859–1919) , ranked #42760
  16. Zheng Zhilong — Chinese Pirate (1604–1661) , ranked #43328
  17. Nie Rongzhen — Chinese Militar (1899–1992) , ranked #52040
  18. Lei Feng — Chinese Militar (1940–1962) , ranked #55115
  19. Cai E — Chinese Warlord (1882–1916) , ranked #60671
  20. Zhao Yun — Chinese Militar (168–229) , ranked #62174