12 Notable alumni of Minzu University of China
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Minzu University of China is ranked #1,964 in the world and #149 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Minzu University of China sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Minzu University of China won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Meng Man
1975-. (aged 51)
historian
Meng Man is a Chinese scholar and a professor at the College of History and Culture, Minzu University of China. She is best known for conducting lecture series about Chinese literature on the CCTV-10 television programme Lecture Room.
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2. Tahir Hamut
1969-. (aged 57)
writer
poet
film director
activist
Tahir Hamut Izgil is a modernist Uyghur poet, filmmaker, and activist. A leader in avant-garde Uyghur poetry in the 1990s, he is known for poems and films strongly influenced by Uyghur life. Originally from Xinjiang, he is currently living in exile in the United States. His experiences as an intellectual during the rounding up of Uyghurs and his emigration to...
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3. Shi Jinbo
1940-. (aged 86)
translator
linguist
Shi Jinbo is a Chinese linguist and Tangutologist.
4. Choijinzhab
1931-2022 (aged 91)
linguist
Choijinzhab was a Chinese Mongol linguist.
5. Kao Chin Su-mei
1965-. (aged 61)
singer
politician
television actor
actor
film actor
Kao Chin Su-mei, also known as Chin Su-mei, May Chin and Ciwas Ali, is a Taiwanese politician and retired actress and singer. She is of Manchu and Atayal descent, Ciwas Ali being her Atayal name.
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6. Song Zuying
1966-. (aged 60)
opera singer
politician
Song Zuying is a Chinese classical/folk singer. In 2006, she received a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album for Song Zu Ying: The Diva Goes To The Movies at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
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7. Fei Xiaotong
1910-2005 (aged 95)
university teacher
politician
writer
anthropologist
sociologist
Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist. Starting in the late 1930s, he and his colleagues established Chinese sociology and his works were instrumental in laying a foundation...
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8. Yang Liping
1958-. (aged 68)
choreographer
dancer
Yang Liping is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity. She rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986. She was the first dancer from mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992. She is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance. Yang has been...
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9. Ma Biao
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Ma Biao is a retired Chinese politician of ethnic Zhuang heritage. Born in Guangxi, Ma joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1985. He was elected chairman of the Guangxi government on January 26, 2008, and served this post until March 2013. He was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the CCP. He additionally served as a vice...
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10. Han Geng
1984-. (aged 42)
dancer
film actor
model
television actor
singer
Han Geng is a Chinese singer and actor. He became a trainee under S.M. Entertainment in 2001, debuted in 2005 as a member of the K-pop boy band Super Junior, and became the leader of its subunit Super Junior-M in 2008. In 2009, he filed a lawsuit to terminate his contract with S.M. Entertainment and returned to China; the dispute...
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11. Wu'erkaixi
1968-. (aged 58)
opinion journalist
politician
dissident
pundit
human rights defender
Uerkesh Davlet, commonly known by his pinyin name Wu'er Kaixi, is a Chinese political commentator known for his leading role during the Tiananmen protests of 1989. He achieved prominence while studying at Beijing Normal University as a leader of the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation and as a hunger striker who rebuked Chinese Premier Li Peng on national television.
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12. Ilham Tohti
1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher
human rights defender
economist
Ilham Tohti is a Uyghur economist currently serving a life sentence in China, on separatism-related charges. He is a vocal advocate for the implementation of regional autonomy laws in China. In 2006 he founded Uyghur Online, a website that discusses Uyghur issues, and is known for his research on Uyghur-Han relations. Ilham was summoned from his Beijing home and detained...
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