Educator refers to an outstanding educator who has created great educational achievements and exerted an important influence on educational thought and practice through personal educational practice in a certain period and scope. It is a concept used to describe high-level outstanding educational talents.

The famous educators in ancient China were Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Guanyin, Yang Zhu, Mozi, Liezi, Tian Pian, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Zhu, Zhan Ruoshui and Wang Fuzhi. In modern times, there were Zheng, Liang Qichao, He Ziyuan, Qiu, etc. In modern times, there were Cai Yuanpei, Ju Simin, Tao Xingzhi, Li, Xiao, Chen Yuan, Zhu Kezhen and Xu Teli. Contemporary Li Jilin, harsh voice teaching, Qian Menglong, Wei Shusheng, etc. Famous educators in ancient Greece include Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Famous educators in modern western countries are john dewey and Suhomlinski.