List of Chinese mathematicians

Classical Chinese mathematicians

• Jing Fang: 78–37 BC
• Liu Xin: c. 50 BC–AD 23
• Zhang Heng: 78–139 AD
• Cai Yong: 132–192 AD
• Liu Hui: 3rd century AD
• Sun Tzu: c. 3rd–5th century AD
• Zu Chongzhi: 429–500
• Zu Gengzhi: c. 450 c. 520

Post-Classical Chinese mathematicians

• Zhen Luan: 535–566
• Wang Xiaotong: 580–640
• Li Chunfeng: 602–670
• Yi Xing: 683–727
• Wei Pu: 11th century
• Jia Xian: 1010–1070
• Su Song: 1020–1101
• Shen Kuo: 1031–1095
• Li Zhi: 1192–1279
• Qin Jiushao: c. 1202–1261
• Guo Shoujing: 1231–1316
• Yang Hui: c. 1238–1298
• Zhu Shijie: 1249–1314
• Zhu Zaiyu: 1536–1611
• Xu Guangqi: 1562–1633

Modern Chinese mathematicians

• Minggatu: c. 1692–1763
• Li Rui: 1768–1817
• Li Shanlan: 1810–1882
• Xiong Qinglai: 1893–1969

Contemporary Chinese mathematicians

• Su Buqing: 1902–2003
• Pao-Lu Hsu: 1910–1970
• Hua Luogeng: 1910–1985
• Ke Zhao: 1910–2002
• Shiing-Shen Chern: 1911–2004
• Chien Wei-zang: 1912–2010
• Ky Fan: 1914–2010
• Chia-Chiao Lin: 1916–2013
• Wu Wenjun: b. 1919
• Gu Chaohao: 1926–2012
• Daoxing Xia: b. 1930
• Wang Yuan: b. 1930
• Chen Jingrun: 1933–1996
• Pan Chengdong: 1934–1997
• Yum-Tong Siu: b. 1943
• Peng Shige: b. 1947
• Shing-Tung Yau: b. 1949
• Yitang Zhang: b. 1955
• Gang Tian: b. 1958
• Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest: b. 1959
• Shou-Wu Zhang: b. 1962
• Weinan E: b. 1963
• Kefeng Liu b. 1965