Figures
Those who shaped the isle
Yan Siqi
Pioneer of Taiwan
Sonck
First VOC Governor of Formosa
Pieter Nuyts
Governor of Formosa, VOC
George Candidius
Dutch Reformed Missionary, First Sinologist of Formosa
Hamada Yahyoe
Vermilion Seal Ship Merchant
Zheng Zhilong
Sea Lord of the South China Sea
Dika
Chief of Sinkan (Siraya)
Guo Huaiyi
Leader of the Han Chinese Uprising
He Bin
VOC Interpreter & Defector
Antonius Hambroek
Dutch Reformed Missionary, Martyr of Fort Zeelandia
Coyett
Last VOC Governor of Formosa
Koxinga
Ming Loyalist General & Founder of Tungning
Lady Dong
Principal Consort of Koxinga
Zheng Xi
Contender in the Succession of 1662
Zheng Jing
King of Tungning
Chen Yonghua
Chief Administrator of Tungning
Zheng Kezang
Regent & Designated Heir of Tungning
Zheng Keshuang
Last Prince of Yanping
Zhu Shugui
Ming Imperial Prince of Ningjing
Feng Xifan
Minister & Architect of the Tungning Coup
Liu Guoxuan
Admiral of the Tungning Navy
Camachat Aslamie
Paramount Chief of the Kingdom of Middag
Shi Lang
Qing Admiral
Wu Sangui
Prince of Pingxi & Leader of the Three Feudatories Revolt
Geng Jingzhong
Prince of Jingnan & Fujian Leader of the Three Feudatories Revolt
Kangxi Emperor
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Shi Shi-bang
Builder of the Babao Canal
Zhu Yigui
Rebel Leader
Qianlong Emperor
Sixth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Lin Shuangwen
Rebel Leader
Fukang'an
Manchu General & Commander of the Lin Shuangwen Campaign
Cai Qian
Pirate King of the Black Ditch
Wu Sha
Pioneer of the Kavalan Plain
Wang Te-lu
Admiral of the Qing Navy
Yang Tingli
Qing Circuit Intendant, Founder of Kavalan Administration
Cao Jin
Qing County Magistrate, Builder of Cao Gong Canal
Dai Chaochun
Rebel Leader
Lin Wen-cha
Provincial Military Commander
Charles Le Gendre
American Consul and Foreign Adviser
Shen Baozhen
Imperial Commissioner
George Leslie Mackay
Presbyterian Missionary
Thomas Barclay
Presbyterian Missionary
John Dodd
British Tea Pioneer of Northern Taiwan
Li Chunsheng
Tea Magnate of Dadaocheng & Modernization Patron of Northern Taiwan
Liu Mingchuan
First Governor of Taiwan Province
Lin Wei-yuan
Magnate of the Banqiao Lin Family
Tauketok
Chief of the Seqalu Confederation
Arokus
Chief of Mudan Village, Paiwan
Lin Pinhou
Founder of the Banciao Lin Family
Zheng Yongxi
First Native-Born Taiwanese Jinshi
Lan Dingyuan
Qing Military Adviser and Taiwan Governance Scholar
Zhang Dajing
Interpreter Between Han Settlers and the Anli Indigenous Society
Lin Chaodong
Commander of the Dongying Militia
Liu Ao
Qing Military Commander, Defender of Southern Taiwan
William Campbell
Presbyterian Missionary and Pioneer of Blind Education
William Pickering
British Explorer and Customs Officer in Taiwan
Robert Swinhoe
British Consul and Naturalist
Hong Tengyun
Merchant and Patron of Taipei City
Ding Richang
Fujian Governor and Modernization Advocate for Taiwan
Wu Feng
Interpreter Between Han and Tsou Indigenous Peoples
John Thomson
Pioneer Photographer of Taiwan
Yu Yonghe
Sulfur Collector · Travel Writer
Chen Bin
Incorruptible Magistrate
Huang Shujing
First Inspector-General of Taiwan
Zhou Zhongxuan
Zhuluó Magistrate · Gazetteer Compiler
Wang Shijie
Founding Pioneer of Hsinchu
Sun Yuanheng
Poet-Official · Author of Chikan Ji
Guo Xiliu
Builder of the Liugong Irrigation Canal
Lin Chengzu
Major Land Developer of Northern Taiwan
Zhuang Datian
Southern Commander of the Lin Shuangwen Rebellion
Chen Zhouquan
Leader of the 1795 Changhua Uprising
Qiu Lianggong
Naval Commander Who Defeated Cai Qian
Yu Wenyi
Chief Compiler of the Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer
Wu Guangliang
General Who Opened the Central Mountain Trail
Zheng Chonghe
Pioneering Gentry Patriarch of Hsinchu
Lin Zhanmei
Cultural Patron of Qianyuan Garden
Xu Zonggan
Scholar-Official and Circuit Intendant
Xia Xianlun
Advocate for Opening Eastern Taiwan
James L. Maxwell
First Western Medical Missionary in Taiwan
Hugh Ritchie
Presbyterian Missionary
Carstairs Douglas
Compiler of the Amoy-English Dictionary
Joseph B. Steere
American Naturalist · Taiwan Explorer
Wu Luanqi
Taichung Magnate · 1895 Resistance Leader
Chen Weiying
Northern Taiwan Confucian Educator
Shi Shijie
One of Taiwan's Last Imperial Jinshi · Remnant Poet
Pan Xianwen
Kavalan-Han Cultural Intermediary
Watan Yui
Taoyuan Atayal Resistance Chief
Zhimuliu
Saisiyat Chief
Pan Shengqing
Pingpu Official and Cultural Intermediary
Tang Jingsong
First President of the Republic of Formosa
Qiu Fengjia
Hakka Gentry and Volunteer Army Leader
Liu Yongfu
Black Flag General and Leader of the Southern Resistance
Wu Tangxing
Hakka Volunteer Leader of Miaoli
Hsu Hsiang
Hakka Volunteer Leader
Chiang Shao-tsu
Young Hakka Volunteer Leader of Beipu, Hsinchu
Lin Kungang
Tainan Volunteer Leader
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Commander of the Imperial Guards Division
Kabayama Sukenori
First Governor-General of Taiwan
Ke Tiehu
Guerrilla Leader of Iron Kingdom Mountain
Jian Dashi
Leader of Anti-Japanese Resistance in Northern Taiwan
Lin Xiaomao
Leader of Anti-Japanese Resistance in Southern Taiwan
Luo Fuxing
Leader of the Miaoli Uprising
Yu Qingfang
Leader of the Tapani Incident
Jiang Ding
Southern Field Commander of the Tapani Incident
Luo Jun
Central-Northern Coordinator of the Tapani Incident
Lin Hsien-tang
Father of the Taiwanese Parliament
Tsai Pei-huo
Managing Director of the Cultural Association
Wang Min-chuan
Left-Wing Leader of the Cultural Association
Lien Wen-ching
Left-Wing Leader of the Cultural Association
Lin Yu-chun
Poet of the Lo She and Parliamentary Petition Leader
Mona Rudao
Seediq Chief & Resistance Leader
Kamada Yahiko
Taiwan Army Commander Who Suppressed the Wushe Incident
Hanaoka Ichiro
Seediq Policeman Educated in the Japanese System
Hanaoka Jiro
Seediq Policeman Educated in the Japanese System
Tado Mona
Lead Warrior of the Mahebu Community
Mahung Mona
Survivor of the Wushe Incident
Chiang Wei-shui
Physician & Anti-Colonial Activist
Chen Cheng-po
Painter & Civic Leader
Wu Zhuoliu
Novelist & Journalist
Lai He
Father of Taiwanese New Literature
Yang Kui
Writer and Social Activist
Lu Heruo
Writer and Baritone
Huang Tu-shui
Sculptor
Jiang Wenye
Composer
Chen Chin
Painter
Tsai A-hsin
Taiwan's First Female Physician
Li Ying-chang
Physician and Farmers' Movement Leader
Chien Chi
Founder of the Taiwan Farmers' Union
Sakuma Samata
Fifth Governor-General of Taiwan
Ino Kanori
Anthropologist and Historian
Ku Hsien-jung
Merchant and Colonial Collaborator
Yen Yun-nien
Mining Magnate
Chen Chung-ho
Sugar and Trade Magnate
Kodama Gentaro
Fourth Governor-General of Taiwan
Hamano Yashiro
Father of Taiwan's Waterworks
Hasegawa Kinsuke
Father of Taiwan's Railways
Moriyama Matsunosuke
Architect of Government Buildings
Iso Eikichi
Father of Ponlai Rice
Hatta Yoichi
Father of the Chianan Irrigation System
Hatta Toyoki
Wife of Hatta Yoichi
Kondo Hyotaro
Coach of the Kano Baseball Team
Wu Ming-chieh
Ace Pitcher of Kano
Kobayashi Seizo
Governor-General Who Drove Kominka
Sayun
The Girl Behind the 'Bell of Sayun'
Hasegawa Kiyoshi
Wartime Mobilization Governor-General
Suniuo
The Last Taiwanese Japanese Soldier to Return
Li Xianglan
Star of Wartime Propaganda Films
Goto Shinpei
Chief of Home Affairs, Taiwan Governor-General's Office
Lian Heng
Author of the General History of Taiwan
Liao Tianding
Legendary Folk Bandit
Du Tsung-ming
Taiwan's First Doctor of Medicine
Teng Yu-hsien
Composer
Chiang Kai-shek
President of the Republic of China
Chen Yi
Chief Executive of Taiwan Province
Ong Iok-tek
Linguist & Taiwan Independence Pioneer
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
Ando Rikichi
Last Governor-General of Taiwan
Lei Chen
Publisher of Free China Journal
Yin Haiguang
Philosopher & Liberal Intellectual
Lin Mao-sheng
Taiwan's First Doctor of Philosophy
Tang Te-chang
Lawyer & Martyr of the 228 Incident
Kao I-sheng
Tsou Leader & Composer
Sun Li-jen
Army General
Hsieh Hsueh-hung
Communist Leader & 27 Brigade Commander
Huang Chin-tao
27 Brigade Frontline Commander at Wuniulan
Fu Ssu-nien
NTU President & Historian
Wang Tien-teng
Key Leader of the 228 Settlement Committee
Peng Meng-chi
Kaohsiung Fortress Commander & Army General
Liao Wen-yi
Pioneer of the Overseas Taiwan Independence Movement
George H. Kerr
US Diplomat & Author of "Formosa Betrayed"
Chen Hsin
Financier & Economist
Chiang Ching-kuo
President of the Republic of China
Huang Hsin-chieh
Democracy Activist & DPP Chairman
Shih Ming-teh
Democracy Movement Leader
Lin I-hsiung
Democracy Movement Leader
Chen Wen-cheng
Mathematician & Democracy Martyr
Cheng Nan-jung
Freedom of Speech Martyr
Peng Ming-min
Scholar & First Direct-Election Candidate
Lee Teng-hui
President of the Republic of China
Lu Hsiu-lien
New-Feminism Pioneer & Kaohsiung Incident Prisoner
Chen Chu
Kaohsiung Incident Prisoner & Human-Rights Advocate
Hsu Hsin-liang
Central to the Chungli Incident & DPP Chairman
Chiang Peng-chien
Kaohsiung Incident Defense Lawyer & First DPP Chairman
Yu Teng-fa
Southern Tangwai Pioneer & Catalyst of the Bridgehead Incident
Yao Chia-wen
Kaohsiung Incident Prisoner & Writer
Chang Chun-hung
Tangwai Theorist & Kaohsiung Incident Prisoner
Kang Ning-hsiang
Parliamentary Tangwai Leader & Political-Magazine Founder
Bo Yang
Writer & Political Prisoner
Hsieh Tsung-min
Co-author of the Taiwan Self-Salvation Manifesto
Chen Shui-bian
President of the Republic of China
Ma Ying-jeou
President of the Republic of China
Tsai Ing-wen
President of the Republic of China
James Soong
Governor of Taiwan Province & PFP Chairman
Lien Chan
Vice President & KMT Chairman
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Morris Chang
TSMC Founder & Semiconductor Pioneer
Lee Yuan-tseh
Nobel Chemistry Laureate & President of Academia Sinica
Wang Yung-ching
Founder of Formosa Plastics & "God of Management"
Audrey Tang
First Digital Minister & Civic-Tech Advocate
Hsu Wen-lung
Founder of Chi Mei Corporation & the Chimei Museum
Ang Lee
Film Director & Two-Time Academy Award Winner
Teresa Teng
Legendary Mandopop Singer
Stan Shih
Founder of Acer & Branding Theorist
Chi Po-lin
Aerial Photographer & Director of "Beyond Beauty"
Chen Shu-chu
Philanthropist Vegetable Vendor & Time 100 Honoree