List of Famous people with last name Tianyou

Zhan Tianyou

First Name Zhan

Last Name Tianyou

Born on April 26, 1861

Died on April 24, 1919 (aged 57)

Born in People's Republic of China

Zhan Tianyou/Chan T'ien-yu, or Jeme Tien-Yow as he called himself in English, based on the Cantonese pronunciation, was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer. Educated in the United States, he was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Peking-Kalgan Railway, the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance. For his contributions to railroad engineering in China, Zhan is known as the "Father of China's Railroad".

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