15 Notable alumni of Sichuan University
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
Sichuan University is ranked #345 in the world and #19 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Sichuan 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 Sichuan University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Charitha Herath
1967-. (aged 59)
academic
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath was member of Parliament from National List, Ex Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). and the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. His appointment was valid from 21 June 2019. Chair Professorship of Philosophy at Peradeniya has been one of the well established academic position. He is the former Permanent secretary of...
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2. Weijun Chen
1969-. (aged 57)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Weijun Chen is a Chinese documentary director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, now working for the Wuhan TV Station. He started his career in the film industry in 1994, known for his first documentary film To Live is Better Than to Die (2003), which won the Peabody Awards in 2003 and nominated for the World Documentary at the 2003 Sundance Film...
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3. Chuan Sha
1952-. (aged 74)
poet
writer
journalist
Chuan Sha is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and author. He has written novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays and literary reviews.
4. Ba Jin
1904-2005 (aged 101)
autobiographer
writer
translator
Esperantist
children's writer
Li Yaotang, better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote The Family.
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5. Lo Ming-tsai
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Lo Ming-tsai is a Taiwanese politician. He is a member of Kuomintang and represents New Taipei City Constituency XI in the Legislative Yuan.
6. Dai Bingguo
1941-. (aged 85)
diplomat
politician
Dai Bingguo is a Chinese politician and professional diplomat. Starting in 2008, Dai emerged as one of the foremost and highest-ranking figures of Chinese foreign policy in the Hu Jintao administration.
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7. Ran Yunfei
1965-. (aged 61)
blogger
writer
Ran Yunfei is a Chinese writer and a high-profile democracy activist and blogger. He was arrested in late March 2011, shortly after the start of the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests, on charges of "inciting subversion of state power". He was released in August 2011 and remains under residential surveillance. Ran expressed through social media that he converted to Christianity on...
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8. Cao Diqiu
1909-1976 (aged 67)
politician
Cao Diqiu was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
9. Ma Lin
1924-2017 (aged 93)
justice of the peace
biochemist
Ma Lin, CBE, JP was a biochemist and educator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) from 1978 to 1987. He subsequently served as chairman of the board of trustees of Shaw College in CUHK.
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10. Chen Changzhi
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Chen Changzhi is a Chinese politician who was the chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Association, a legally recognized non-Communist political party in China, and one of the vice chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.
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11. Jane Zhang
1984-. (aged 42)
singer
recording artist
singer-songwriter
Zhang Liangying, also known as Jane Zhang, is a Chinese singer, songwriter and record producer. She is known for her signature use of the whistle register and has been dubbed the "Dolphin Princess" (海豚公主). Zhang began performing as a teenager by singing in pubs to help earn money for her family. After signing with Huayi Brothers Media Corporation in 2005,...
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12. Guo Moruo
1892-1978 (aged 86)
historian
archaeologist
actor
writer
anthropologist
Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. A prominent Chinese writer in the May Fourth Movement and later in the Mao era, he was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. The persecution led him to denounce his colleagues and his past work and demand that all of it be burned, an act for...
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13. Jung Chang
1952-. (aged 74)
linguist
poet
biographer
writer
autobiographer
Jung Chang CBE is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. Reception...
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14. Pei Xu
1966-. (aged 60)
poet
writer
Xu Pei is a Chinese-born German poet, writer, and human rights activist. Born in Sichuan, she left China in 1988 and studied in Germany. Xu became a German citizen in 2004, and lives in Cologne, Germany.
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15. Zhu De
1886-1976 (aged 90)
politician
Zhu De was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).