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Who are the famous figures in modern Guangdong?
As the earliest area of reform and opening up, Guangdong has a high frequency in the modern history of China. And there are many celebrities in modern times. Today, let's talk about some famous people in modern Guangdong.

1, Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen, born in Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Fushi City, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, was born on1June 902 1866+0 12. Sun Yat-sen was originally a doctor, but because he witnessed the danger that China would be carved up by the great powers, he abandoned his pen and went into politics to save the country. There is no doubt that Sun Yat-sen is a great patriot and national hero. He raised the banner of all-round anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, successfully overthrew the late Qing government, ended the feudal rule of China for more than 2,000 years, and established the Republic of China. He is the founder of China Kuomintang, known as? Father of the Republic of China? .

2. Hong Xiuquan

Hong Xiuquan 18 14 1 was born in Huaxian County, Guangdong Province (now Huadu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province). After Hong Xiuquan failed in the imperial examination for the third time, Hong Xiuquan, who came home to take the imperial examination in Guangzhou, suddenly found leaflets distributed by Christians, so he was inspired and founded the religion of worship of God. 185 1 year 1 month 1 1 day Hong Xiuquan launched jintian uprising. This uprising was quickly responded, and the insurgents killed all the way to Tianjin. Although the uprising failed in the end, it also hit the Qing government.

3. Zhan Tianyou

Zhan Tianyou, 186 1, was born in Nanhai, Guangdong on April 26th. As one of the first overseas students sent by China during the Westernization Movement, she graduated from Yale University on 188 1 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. After returning to China, he presided over the independent design and construction of China's first railway-Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. It was invented? Shaft excavation method? And then what? People? The zigzag line shocked overseas. He is called? Father of China Railway? .

4. Deng Shichang

Deng Shichang 1849 10 was born in Longdaowei Township, Panyu County, Guangdong Province (now Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province). Deng Shichang was one of the earliest naval officers in China, in beiyang fleet? Zhiyuan? As the captain. The Sino-Japanese War broke out in the Sino-Japanese War 1894. The Zhiyuan ship led by Deng Shichang fought against the Japanese fleet in the Yellow Sea. The hull was damaged in many places and tilted. Deng Shichang resolutely sailed the ship into the Japanese ship at full speed and made a heroic sacrifice. 199665438+On February 28th, the PLA Navy named the new ocean-going comprehensive training ship? Shichang? Ship, to show the character of China navy.

5. Ye Ting

1September, 896 10 was born in Huiyang, Guangdong. He was arrested for cutting off the anti-Qing braid and supporting the Guangzhou granite uprising. After taking part in the Nanchang Uprising, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants in the Guangzhou Uprising, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was appointed commander of the New Fourth Army. Later, because of the Southern Anhui Incident, he was arrested by the Kuomintang and wrote the famous Prison Song. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, China's * * * production party was rescued and rejoined the party, and then suffered an air crash on the way back to Yan 'an. He is a great national hero.