Notable people
374 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
MUZI · PEOPLE
People
2,544 historical and cultural figures in 11 role groups and 40 roles, from the legendary age to modern times.
2544people
11role groups
40roles
Mural guide
At festival dusk, a roofed stage with painted pillars and a red embroidered backdrop stands over a courtyard, holding a pipa, a zither, a drum and a music stand; red lanterns hang in strings, an audience sits on benches with their backs turned, and lit galleries line a lake beyond.
Royals
368 peopleRulers who held supreme power, and the consorts, palace attendants and kin around the throne
Ministers
376 peopleOfficials who advised and remonstrated at court, governed regions and counties, ran the revenue and went on missions abroad
Campaigners
255 peoplePeople who led armies, planned campaigns, held the frontier, commanded fleets and travelled far
Writers
637 peopleAuthors known for verse and prose, and the figures that literature wrote about or created
Performers
217 peoplePeople of music, theatre and dance who played, composed, performed, wrote and directed
Clerics
59 peopleReligious figures who founded schools, taught, translated scripture, led temples and shaped communities of believers
Mavericks
48 peopleLeaders of uprisings and people known from the sources as assassins or knights-errant
Commoners
10 peopleTownspeople and ordinary families whose names survive in histories, inscriptions and poems