This is a partial list of people who follow Confucianism, selected for their influence on that belief, or for their fame in other areas.
Early Confucians Confucius – founder Disciples of Confucius Ten Wise Ones Yan Hui Min Sun Ran Geng Ran Yong Duanmu Ci Zai Yu Ran Qiu Zhong You Yan Yan Bu Shang
Zisi Mencius Xun Zi
Neo-Confucians Zhang Zai Zhou Dunyi Cheng–Zhu school Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi Zhu Xi Lu–Wang school Lu Jiuyuan Wang Yangming Yongjia School Ye Shi
Japanese Confucianism Family name comes first in Japanese language. Fujiwara Seika Hayashi Razan Ogyū Sorai Toju Nakae Modern (b. 1936) (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei (b. 1949) (1910–2008) Yasuoka Masahiro () (1898–1983)
Korean Confucianism Yi Hwang Yi I
Vietnamese Confucianism Chu Văn An Nguyễn Trãi Lê Văn Thịnh Bùi Quốc Khái Trần Thái Tông Trương Hán Siêu Chu Văn An Lê Quát Nguyễn Trãi Ngô Sĩ Liên Lê Thánh Tông Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm Lê Quý Đôn Nguyễn Khuyến Phan Đình Phùng Minh Mạng Tự Đức
New Confucians Tu Wei-Ming – advocate of "New Confucianism" Xiong Shili – founding figure in "New Confucianism" Ma Yifu – founding figure in "New Confucianism"
Western Confucians or scholars of Confucianism Philip J. Ivanhoe Robert Cummings Neville Eric L. Hutton
Other Wang Fuzhi Huang Zongxi Gu Xiancheng
References
See also Disciples of Confucius List of people by belief List of Confucian states and dynasties