Godefroid Xavier de Laimleckhoven
1707 ~ 1785
Jesuit missionary who entered the interior of China during the reign of Emperor Qian Lung (Qing Dynasty).
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Shanghai
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Walter Russell Lambuth
1854 ~ 1921
Methodist physician in China and Japan, and bishop in Brazil and Africa.
Affiliation: American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission | Locales: China, JapanAfrica
Archibald Lamont
1864 ~ 1933
Presbyterian missionary who pioneered continuing education for Chinese working men in Singapore from 1890 to 1897; activist against racial discrimination against blacks and Indians in South Africa.
Affiliation: English Presbyterian Mission | Locale: Singapore, South Africa
Sophie Stephens Lanneau
1880 ~ 1963
Southern Baptist missionary in China.
Affiliation: American Southern Baptist Mission | Locales: Suzhou, Shanghai
Kenneth Scott Latourette
1884 ~ 1968
American Orientalist, missiologist and historian of the expansion of Christianity.
Affiliation: Yale-in-China Mission | Locale: Changsha
Louis Le Comte
1655 ~ 1728
Jesuit missionary in China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locales: Shanxi, Shaanxi
Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe
1877 ~ 1940
Catholic missionary in China.
Affiliation: Congregation of the Mission | Locale: Tianjin
Rudolf Lechler
1824 ~ 1908
Leader of the Basel Mission in China.
Affiliation: Basel Mission | Locale: Fujian
C.K. Lee
YMCA secretary, a secretary of the Wuchang Council of Churches, and Church of Christ Mission Secretary.
Affiliation: Church of Christ in China | Locales: Guizhou, Hubei
Lee Calvin
1897 ~ 1987
Chinese church planter and orphanage founder.
Affiliation: Morning Star Orphanage | Locale: Guangzhou
James Legge
1815 ~ 1897
Scottish missionary and sinologist.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale: Hong Kong
Mary Isabella Morison Legge
1816 ~ 1852
Missionary educator in China.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale: Hong Kong
Eliza Ellen Leonard
1866 ~ 1924
American medical missionary, formerly of the American Presbyterian Mission, Beijing (Peking), later a member of the medical staff of Shantung (Shandong) Christian University at Jinan (Tsinan).
Affiliation: American Presbyterian Mission | Locales: Beijing, Shandong
Leong Chi Hing
1837 ~ 1920
One of the first local priests of the Hong Kong Catholic Church who, in his long life, was a visible link with the church's beginnings in the colony.
Affiliation: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | Locale: Hong Kong
Maxim Leontiev
d. 1698
Russian Orthodox missionary priest in China.
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox Church | Locale: Beijing
Li Baoyu
1908 ~ 1980
Chinese Catholic bishop of Zhouzhi Diocese, China.
Affiliation: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association | Locale: Shaanxi
Li Wenguang
1920 ~ 2001
Chinese evangelist, founder of the Christian Assembly in Fuxin, Liaoning Province.
Affiliation: Christian Assembly (Little Flock) | Locale: Liaoning
Li Wenyu
1840 ~ 1911
Chinese Jesuit and well-known writer.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Shanghai
Li Zhizao
1565 ~ 1630
Only high-ranking Chinese intellectual baptized by Matteo Ricci, and one of the "three pillars" of the early Catholic Church in China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Hangzhou
Liang Fa
1789 ~ 1855
First ordained Chinese Protestant evangelist/pastor.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale: Guangdong
Eric Henry Liddell
1902 ~ 1945
Olympic gold-medalist and Scottish missionary in China.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale: Tianjin
Lin Qiaozhi
1901 ~ 1983
Beloved Doctor for Women and Babies
Affiliation: Peking Union Medical School | Locale: Beijing
Liu Tingfang
1892 ~ 1947
Prominent Protestant educator and church leader in China during the first half of the twentieth century.
Affiliation: Yanjing University | Locale: Beijing
Liu Cho Wan
1886 ~ 1923
One of the most prominent local priests of the Hong Kong Catholic Church and official translator of the church.
Affiliation: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong | Locale: Hong Kong
Liu Zhan'en
1896 ~ 1938
Chinese Baptist laymen, educator, and civic leader.
Affiliation: Chinese Baptist Church | Locale: Shanghai
William Lockhart
1811 ~ 1896
First British medical missionary.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale: Shanghai
Nicolò Longobardo
1559 ~ 1654
Longest-serving Jesuit missionary in China during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Beijing
Lu Bohong
1875 ~ 1937
Well-known Catholic in China.
Affiliation: Catholic Action in China | Locale: Shanghai
Henry Winters Luce
1868 ~ 1941
Missionary educator in China.
Affiliation: Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions | Locales: Shandong, Beijing
Luo Wenzao
1611 ~ 1691
First Chinese Catholic priest and bishop.
Affiliation: Dominican Order | Locale: Nanjing
Leslie Theodore Lyall
1905 ~ 1996
Missionary of the China Inland Mission, and writer on China.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales: Shandong, Shanxi
David Willard Lyon
1870 ~ 1949
Pioneer YMCA missionary in China.
Affiliation: Young Men's Christian Association | Locale: Tianjin
Montagu Robert Lawrence
1885 ~ 1971
Dr Robert Lawrence served as a medical missionary in China, first with the China Inland Mission and later with the Church Missionary Society. Born in 1885 in Dublin, he was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, last...
Affiliations: China Inland Mission, Church Missionary Society | Locale: Sichuan