Presidents of Nanjing University

Kuo Ping-Wen or Guo Bingwen (Chinese: 郭秉文; 1880–1969), courtesy name Hongsheng (鴻聲), was an influential Chinese educator.

Wu Youxun or Y. H. Woo (simplified Chinese: 吴有训; traditional Chinese: 吳有訓; pinyin: Wú Yǒuxùn; Wade–Giles: Wu Yu-hsun; 26 February 1897 – 30 November 1977) was a Chinese physicist. His courtesy name was Zhèngzhī (正之).

Qu Qinyue (simplified Chinese: 曲钦岳; traditional Chinese: 曲欽岳; pinyin: Qū Qīnyuè; Wade–Giles: Ch'ü Ch'in-yüeh) (born 21 May 1935) is a Chinese astrophysicist and writer. He is a professor and former president of Nanjing University. He is a pioneer of high-energy astrophysics in China, and his research mainly focuses on pulsars, neutron stars, X-ray sources, γ-ray sources and quasars. In 1980 he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Li Ruiqing (李瑞清; 1867–1920), was a Chinese artist, calligrapher and educator. He is also known by the style name Meian (梅庵). He was a pioneering influential educator in China's modern history, the founder of China's modern art education.

Luo Jialun (traditional Chinese: 羅家倫; simplified Chinese: 罗家伦; pinyin: Luó Jiālún; Wade–Giles: Lo Chia-Luen; December 21, 1897 - December 25, 1969), was the former Chinese Minister of Education, historian, diplomat and political activist. A noted scholar, he was one of the leaders of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. Subsequently being distinguished as President of various prestigious Chinese universities in the interwar period. In the fall of 1946 he was appointed by the Nationalist Government as China's first Ambassador to India, a full year before India gained sovereignty from the United Kingdom/British Empire. His tenure as Ambassador saw the escalation of the Chinese Civil War and subsequent retreat to Taiwan, of the Nationalist Forces under Chiang Kai-Shek, from whom the Indian Government withdrew diplomatic recognition, according it instead to the victorious Communists under Mao Tse-tung. Luo remained in India till 1952 when he rejoined his family on Taiwan, where they had retreated with the Nationalists. He continued to live there in his retirement.

Jiang Shusheng (simplified Chinese: 蒋树声; traditional Chinese: 蔣樹聲; pinyin: Jiǎng Shùshēng; born April 1940 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a Chinese physicist and politician. He served as President of Nanjing University from 1997 to 2006. He was, from 2005 to 2012, chairman of the China Democratic League, a legally recognized non-Communist party in China. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2008 to 2013.

Jiang Qian (Chinese: 江謙; 1876–1942), courtesy name Yiyuan (易園), art name Yangfu (陽複), was an influential Chinese scholar and educator.

Guo Yingqiu (Chinese: 郭影秋; 1909–1985) was a Chinese politician and educator.

Lyu Jian (also known as "Lu Jian") is currently President of Nanjing University, China and a professor in Computer Science.