Some of the more famous academicians of Hanlin were: •
Li Bai (701–762) – Poet •
Bai Juyi (772–846) – Poet •
Su Shi (1037 – 1101) – Poet •
Yan Shu (991–1055) – Poet, calligrapher, (prime minister, 1042) •
Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) – Historian •
Shen Kuo (1031–1095) – Chancellor •
Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) – Painter •
Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) – Painter, calligrapher, poet (rector, 1314–1320) •
Huang Zicheng (1350–1402) – Imperial scholar •
Li Dongyang (1447–1516) – Imperial officer, poet, served as 'Grand Historian' •
Ni Yuanlu (1593–1644) – Calligrapher, painter, high-ranking official •
Wu Renchen (1628–1689) – Historian and mathematician •
Chen Menglei (1650–1741) – Scholar, writer (Editor in Chief of the
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China) •
Zhang Tingyu (1672–1755) – Politician and historian •
Ji Xiaolan (1724–1805) – Scholar, poet (Editor in Chief of the
Complete Library of the Four Treasuries) •
Yao Nai (1731–1815) – Scholar •
Gao E (1738–1815) – Scholar and editor •
He Changling (1785–1848) – Scholar and official •
Zeng Guofan (1811–1872) – Scholar and later key military official •
Chen Lanbin (1816–1895) – Diplomat (ambassador to the U.S., Spain and Peru) •
Weng Tonghe (1830–1904) – Imperial Tutor •
Cai Yuanpei (1868–1940) – Educator •
Qu Hongji (1850–1918) – Politician ==Bureau of Translators==