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Zhu De 朱德 Founder of the Chinese Red Army and the PLA, first among the Ten Marshals Military command · People’s Republic of China 1886–1976
Liu Bocheng 刘伯承 The “one-eyed dragon”, Red Army chief of staff and Deng Xiaoping’s partner who commanded at Huaihai Military command · People’s Republic of China 1892–1986
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 He rewrote the grammar of revolution for a peasant country Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1893–1976
Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄 Sun Yat-sen’s widow who stayed with the Kuomintang left and became a vice-chair of the People’s Republic Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of China 1893–1981
He Long 贺龙 The Hunanese who rose “with two kitchen knives”, commander of the Nanchang Uprising and the Second Front Army Military command · People’s Republic of China 1896–1969
Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 CCP chief theoretician and PRC Chairman (1959–68), designated successor to Mao who was purged as China's foremost 'capitalist roader' Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1898–1969
Zhou Enlai 周恩来 The PRC's first premier and an architect of its foreign policy Government and administration · People’s Republic of China 1898–1976