Famous People with Name Shiyan

Wang Shiyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Shiyan: was modern Chinese painter born in Baoding, China. He studied art at the prestigious Fine Arts Academy of China and classical Chinese literature at Hunan University.

Zhao Shiyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhao Shiyan: was a Chinese Communist martyr and former Chinese premier Li Peng's uncle. In 1915, Zhao went to Beijing to study at the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University, majored in English. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement, China Youth Association. The following year, he went to France to study, co-founded the Communist Party of China.[1] In 1922, Zhao Shiyan and Ho Chi Minh was invited to join the French Communist Party. In 1922, he went to the Soviet Union and study at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1923, he was appointed as CPC Party Committee Chairman in Beijing. In the same year in December, he was appointed as Chairman of the Northern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In 1926, Zhao was sent to Shanghai with Zhou Enlai to led the workers armed uprising during the Northern Expedition. In 1927, 412 killed in a massacre in Shanghai. In 2 July he was arrested at his home in North Sichuan Road. In 19 July, he was executed in Shanghai.