[雷锋 / 雷鋒, Léi Fēngㄌㄟˊ ㄈㄥ] Lei Feng (1940-1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963#10141
[蔡元培, Cài Yuán péiㄘㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄆㄟˊ] Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist, studied in Germany, President of Beijing University 1917-19, minister of education for Guomindang#38903
[百团大战 / 百團大戰, Bǎi tuán Dà zhànㄅㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ] Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists#69063
[托洛茨基 / 託洛茨基, Tuō luò cí jīㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄘˊ ㄐㄧ] Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940#83804
[陈方安生 / 陳方安生, Chén fāng Ān shēngㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄤ ㄢ ㄕㄥ] Anson Chan or Fang On Sang (1940-) head of Hong Kong's civil service before and after the handover to PRC rule in 1997#139913
[近卫文麿 / 近衛文麿, Jìn wèi Wén mǒㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄛˇ] Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941#319663