Weifang, as a famous county in ancient history, is full of talented people, heroes and cultural stars. There are more than 65.438 million high-level cultural celebrities born or living in Weifang. They have had an important impact on Weifang's political, economic, cultural and scientific development. According to legend, Gongye Chang, one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius who was proficient in bird language, grew up in the village head of Anqiu Academy, and there are still inscriptions in this village. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ying, a statesman of Qi State, was well-read and good at rhetoric, assisting Qi State and Zhuang Gonghe, and made great achievements. The story of his mission to Chu was widely told by later generations. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Gan was a philosopher and writer, and one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an". Kong Rong, one of the other "seven sons of Jian 'an", used to be the Beihai phase in Shouguang area. He once "established a city and a school, showing Confucianism and recommending sages", "worked in the county for six years with considerable achievements" and is known as "Kong Beihai" in the world. Jia Sixie, an agronomist in the Northern Wei Dynasty, has a wide range of agricultural classics, which has high research and management value. Zhang Zeduan, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, is good at drawing cars, horses, boats, bridges, battlements and streets. The existing Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival depicts the life scenes of all social classes in Bianliang during Qingming Festival. The vivid picture is an excellent genre painting with important historical value. Zhao Mingcheng, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his wife Li Qingzhao lived in Qingzhou for many years. Their poetry creation and the famous book Jin Shi Lu were famous for a while. In the Song Dynasty, a generation of famous writers and scientists such as Li Cheng emerged in Weifang. Yidu city, places of interest, pavilions, customs, people, etc. It was under the jurisdiction of Shandong Dongxi Road Publicity and Comfort Station in Yuan Dynasty. It is a valuable material for studying Shandong local chronicles. Feng Weimin, an essayist in the Ming Dynasty, is the author of Ci Draft of Hai Fu Shan Tang and Compilation of Shan Tang. His prose has a distinctive style and a wide range of topics. Some of his works reflected the sufferings of the people at that time and satirized the greed and violence of feudal bureaucrats.

Liu Yong, a cabinet scholar and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, was also from Weifang. Chen Wei, an official of Weifang, served as the senior minister and co-organizer of the transportation department, the military department and the official department during the reign of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, leaving many works for future generations. His son, Chen Jieqi, is the first famous stelist in China, and he has written more than 30 monographs such as Ten Rooms of Zhongshan. It laid a foundation for the development of folk handicrafts such as Weifang silver inlay, antique copper, cast copper seal and rubbings. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Cao Hongxun and Shoupeng Wang, two top scholars, came out of an alley in Weifang and became a much-told story for a while.

Modern Weifang celebrities include Guo Weiqu, painters, engravers and calligraphers.