Yue Wang Goujian, the monarch of Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period, was also one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. He was from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Sun Quan was a politician and commander in the Three Kingdoms Period. He was the founding monarch of Wu State in the Three Kingdoms Period. (now from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province). He Zhizhang was a famous poet and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. (now from Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province). Shen Kuo was an official and scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty. (now from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province). Liu Bowen was a famous politician, military strategist, and writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. (now from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province).

Famous people in ancient Zhejiang history include Goujian, Xi Shi, Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang, Wang Mian, Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), Wang Chong, Yu Qian, Yuan Mei, Gong Zizhen, Wang Shouren, Huang Zongxi, Luo Binwang, Meng Jiao, Zhu Shuzhen, Lu You, Zhou Bangyan, Li Yu, Shen Kuo, Tang Wan, Song Lian, Zhu Yingtai, Liu Rushi, etc.

Famous people in modern Zhejiang history include: Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai, Chen Cheng, Qian Sanqiang, Dai Li, Mao Renfeng, Lu Xun, Yu Pingbo, Qiu Jin, Xu Zhimo, Mao Dun, Feng Jicai, Yu Dafu, Hu Zongnan, Ai Qing, Mu Dan, Dai Wangshu, Li Shutong, Zhang Taiyan, Bi Sheng, Wang Guowei, Lin Huiyin, Cai Yuanpei, Zhu Kezhen, Qian Xuesen, etc.

Famous revolutionary people in Zhejiang include Zhang Taiyan, Qiu Jin, Xu Xilin, Tao Chengzhang, Lu Xun, Shen Junru, Shen Yinmo, etc.

There is a Zhou Shuren in Zhejiang, who is from Shaoxing. His stage name is more famous, Lu Xun, and he is the standard-bearer of the New Culture Movement. When he was young, he studied medicine in Japan, but later found that the Chinese people's thoughts were ignorant and numb, so he gave up medicine and turned to literature.

Famous people in Zhejiang include:

Lu Xun, Cai Yuanpei, Zhou Zuoren, Yu Dafu

Mao Dun, Zhang Taiyan, Jiang Menglin, Ba Jin (native place)

Qian Xuantong, Wang Guowei, Luo Jialun, Gong Zizhen

Yang Xianjiang, Liang Shiqiu, Chen Wangdao, Li Shutong (Master Hongyi)

Qian Liqun, Xu Zhimo, Yu Pingbo, Shen Junru

Zhou Jianren, Ma Shulun, Chen Shutong, Hu Yuzhi

Jing Shuping, Han Qide, Jiang Zhenghua, Qiu Jin

Run Run Shaw, Pao Yue-kong, Shi Cun Tong, Xu Meikun

Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, Hu Zongnan, Mao Renfeng

Dai Li, Zhang Jingjiang, Chen Bulei, Chen Lifu

Chiang Baili, Chen Guofu, Chen Qimei, Chen Cheng

Zhou Zhirou, Jiang Dingwen, Shao Lizi, Tang Enbo

Qian Zhuangfei, Qiao Shi, Huang Jing, An Zijie

Zeng Peiyan, Chen Muhua, Huang Ju, Wei Jianxing

Pan Hannian, Xu Kuangdi, Yu Zhengsheng, Yu Qiuyu

Feng Xuefeng, Wu Han, Fan Wenlan, Wu Changshuo

Nan Huai-jin, Feng Zikai, Ren Bonian , Pan Tianshou

Ma Yinchu, Qian Zhengying, Wu Ziliang, Qian Sanqiang

Qian Xuesen, Su Buqing, Zhao Jiuzhang, Tong Dizhou

Lu Yongxiang, Huang Kun, Chen Fangyun, Chen Shengshen

Ding Guangxun, Sanmao, Wang Yongnian, Zhu Ziqing (ancestral home)

Shi Jinmo, Li Shanlan, Chen Zhongwei, Zhao Zhongyao

Yan Dongsheng, Tan Qixiang, Hu Angang, Tu Shou'e

Pan Jiazhen, Tan Jiazhen, Yan Jici, Huang Yizhou

Dong Jieyun, Liu Hongsheng, Zhu Baosan, Zhou Xiangsheng

Zhu Shaowen, Jin Xingyao, Tao Xingzhi (ancestral home)

Zhang Zongxiang, Shen Jianshi, Zhou Xinfang, Rou Shi

Xu Chi, Mu Dan, Ke Ling, Dai Jitao

Dai Wangshu, Wu Shichang, Shao Piaoping, Shen Yinmo

Zhao Chaogou, Xia Ding, Tu Youyou, Xia Chengtao

Lin Jinlan, Wang Zhengting, Yu Jishi, Wu Liangping

Zhou Danyou, Sha Menghai, Chen Wei, Zhu Kezhen

Bei Shizhang, Chen Jiangong, Jin Shanbao, Chen Jingxiong

Zhu Yingfu, Shen Zufen, Fan Jinshi, Li Lanjuan

Lu Xun. Lu Xun, formerly known as Zhou Shuren, was a great Chinese writer, thinker, and revolutionary. He was the leader of the Chinese New Culture Movement and pioneered the vernacular movement.