12 Notable alumni of Hunan First Normal University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hunan First Normal University is ranked #4,267 in the world and #350 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Hunan First Normal University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hunan First Normal University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Yuan Guoping
1906-1941 (aged 35)
military personnel
Yuan Guoping was a Communist army officer who participated in the Northern Expedition, the first phase of the Chinese Civil War (1927–37) and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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2. Zhou Gengsheng
1889-1971 (aged 82)
jurist
politician
Zhou Gengsheng was a Chinese jurist, historian and academic.
3. Guo Liang
1901-1928 (aged 27)
political activist
Guo Liang was a communist, one of famous leaders of the early worker's movement in Hunan. Guo was Mao Zedong's revolutionary follower and was killed by the Hunan Kuomintang authority on March 29, 1928.
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4. He Shuheng
1876-1935 (aged 59)
politician
He Shuheng was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, born in Ningxiang, Hunan province.
5. Xiao San
1896-1983 (aged 87)
literary critic
politician
writer
translator
poet
Xiao San was a Chinese poet and translator. He was fluent in Russian, French, German, and English.
6. Duan Dechang
1904-1933 (aged 29)
Duan Dechang was a member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He was born in Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan Province. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in June 1925 and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1925. He participated in the Northern Expedition. Around this time, he met Peng Dehuai. In August 1927, after the...
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7. Mao Zedong
1893-1976 (aged 83)
strategist
librarian
communist
political theorist
revolutionary
Mao Zedong was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, writer, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China. He led China primarily as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from its establishment in October 1949 until his death in September 1976. His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, are known as Maoism.
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8. Ren Bishi
1904-1950 (aged 46)
politician
Ren Bishi was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
9. Li Weihan
1896-1984 (aged 88)
politician
Li Weihan was a Chinese Communist Party politician from Hunan. A Long March veteran, Li led the Central Party School in Yan'an. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was the Chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and led the United Front Department until 1964. As director of the UFWD, Li's view was that the CCP...
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10. Cai Hesen
1895-1931 (aged 36)
politician
Cai Hesen was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and a friend and comrade of Mao Zedong. Cai was born in Shanghai but grew up in Shuangfeng County in Hunan Province of China. He helped Mao organize the Changsha New People's Study Society. In 1919 he went to France on the Work-Study program, and his letters of...
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11. Chen Tianhua
1875-1905 (aged 30)
politician
Chen Tianhua was a Chinese revolutionary born in Xinhua, Hunan province to a poor peasant family during the Qing dynasty.
12. Xiao Zisheng
1894-1976 (aged 82)
educator
Xiao Zisheng was a Chinese educator and scholar.