Browse Historical People

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 133,342 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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133,342 people found

Chen Qicai

1880–1954 military personnel

Chen Rong－gong

1901–1974 businessperson Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

Chen Shenfu

1913–1932 aircraft pilot Shanghai

Chen Suk-ying

1893–1990 politician Zhongshan

Chen Tiao-Quan

b. 1960 badminton coach, badminton player Jiali District

Chen Ting-Shih

1915–2002 cartoonist, painter, sculptor Changle District

Chen Wei

1880–1950

Chen Wei (politician)

b. 1974 National People's Congress deputy, chief physician Kecheng District

Chen Xiaocui

1902–1967 painter, poet

Chen Xizeng

1896–1961 military personnel, police officer, politician

Chen Yan-Fei

b. 2007 badminton player

Chen Yanyan

1916–1999 actor Shanghai

Chen Yi

1901–1972 diplomat, politician Lezhi County

Chen Yonggui

1915–1986 farmer, politician Xiyang County

Chen Yuekun

b. 1990 badminton player Wuhan

Chen Yujie

b. 1989 underwear model

Chen Yuke

1902–1980

Chen Yungao

1877–1965 politician

Chen Yuzhen

b. 1996 YouTuber, content creator, journalist, media professional, musician Jiangzhen Town

Chen Zi Yu

b. 1998 lizhang

Chen-Hsing Yen

1912–2005 mechanical engineer

Cheng Chen Tao

1922–2016 former comfort women Eirakuchō

Cheng Chin Lung

b. 1998 association football player Hong Kong

Cheng Chin-ho

1938–1970 independence activist

Cheng Dequan

1860–1930 Buddhist monk Chongqing

Cheng Jingyi

1881–1939

Cheng Kaijia

1918–2018 nuclear physicist, physicist, politician Suzhou

Cheng Man-ch'ing

1902–1975 martial artist, painter, poet Yongjia County

Cheng Wen-Lon

b. 1952 geotechnical engineer Banqiao District

Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao

1923–2016 politician Karimnagar

Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao

b. 1942 politician Karimnagar district

Chenting T. Wang

Ambassador

Chenting Wang

Ambassador from China

Cheong Hyungsik

b. 1961 judge

Cher

b. 1946 actor, character actor, film actor, film director, recording artist, singer, television actor El Centro

Cher Ndour

b. 2004 association football player Brescia

Cherine Anderson

b. 1984 actor, film actor, singer, songwriter Kingston

Cherinet Hariffo

b. 2001

Cherokee d'Ass

b. 1976 film director, pornographic actor San Francisco

Cheryl A. Head

b. 1950 novelist, writer

Cheryl A. Palm

1954–2024 scientist

Cheryl Chow

1946–2013 politician, teacher Seattle

Cheryl Crawford

1902–1986 stage actor, theatrical director Akron

Cheryl L. Willman

b. 1954 physician

Cheryl S. Landis

b. 1954 politician

Cheryl Sutherland

b. 1986 author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker

Cheryl Tall

b. 1946 artist, sculptor

Cheryl Tanzil

b. 1981 Makassar

Cheslav Pantserzhansky

1854–1908 mining engineer Kovno Governorate

Chesley Jurney

Sergeant at Arms