| 通才 | tōng cái | polymath / all-round person |   |
| 哥白尼 | Gē bái ní | Mikolaj Kopernik or Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer, mathematician and polymath | |
| 沈括 | Shěn Kuò | Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] | |
| 罗蒙诺索夫 | Luó méng nuò suǒ fū | Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer | |
| 吴任臣 | Wú Rèn chén | Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋 | |
| 罗摩诺索夫 | Luó mó nuò suǒ fū | Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath | |
| 埃拉托斯特尼 | āi lā tuō sī tè ní | Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), Greek polymath | |
| 诺伊曼 | Nuò yī màn | Neumann (surname) / John von Neumann (1903-1957), Hungarian-born American mathematician and polymath | |
