1. Zhan Tianyou (Liwan District) is an expert in modern railway engineering and is known as the first railway chief engineer. Known as the &”;father of railway&”; and &”;father of modern engineering&”;, 2. One of the earliest naval officers in Deng Shichang (Baiyun District) was the captain of the Zhiyuan in beiyang fleet in the Qing Dynasty. In 1894, during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894, he was the captain of Zhiyuan cruiser. On September 17th, 1894, Deng Shichang died heroically in the naval battle in the Yellow Sea, earning a strong reputation and honoring the title of Prince Shaobao. 3. Xinghai Xian (Nansha District) is a famous composer and pianist in modern times, known as a &”;musician&”; and th《黄河大合唱》. 4. Hong Xiuquan (Huadu District) was the founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in the late Qing Dynasty. 5. Wu Dayou (Panyu District) was born in Panyu, Guangzhou, and his ancestral home is Gaoyao County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and he is known as the &”;father of physics&”;. 6. Zhu Zhixin (Yuexiu District) was born in Panyu, Guangzhou (now Yuexiu District, Guangzhou) and his ancestral home is Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. Revolutionaries and thinkers of modern bourgeois revolutionaries. In memory of him, Zhixin Middle School was established. 7. Luo Bingzhang (Huadu District) is an outstanding politician, strategist, strategist and calligrapher, and one of the commanders of Xiang Army. One of the eight famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty: Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Hu Linyi, Luo Bingzhang, Peng Yulin, Shen Baozhen and Ceng Guoquan. 8. cui yuzhi (Zengcheng District) is called &”;Lingnan Confucianism&”;, and the &”;Jupo School&”; initiated by it is considered as the first academic school in Lingnan history. He is also quite accomplished in ci, and is known as the &”;beginning of Cantonese Ci&”; as the beginning of Lingnan Song Ci.