Red Turban rebels

The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398) Zhu Yuanzhang (Chinese: 朱元璋; Wade–Giles: Chu Yuan-chang), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398.

Ni Wenjun (Chinese: 倪文俊; died 1357) was a general during the Red Turban Rebellion against the Mongol Yuan dynasty in the 1360s.

Fu Youde (Chinese: 傅友德; Wade–Giles: Fu Yu-te) (d. 20 December 1394) was a Chinese general and a highly competent commander in the Ming navy.

Zhang Shicheng (simplified Chinese: 张士诚; traditional Chinese: 張士誠; pinyin: Zhāng Shìchéng)(birth name: Zhang Jiusi (张九四), 1321－1367) was one of the leaders of the Red Turban Rebellion in the late Yuan dynasty of China. Later, he established the Kingdom of Dazhou with reigning name Tianyou (天佑).

Xu Shouhui (simplified Chinese: 徐寿辉; traditional Chinese: 徐壽輝; pinyin: Xú Shòuhuī; Wade–Giles: Hsü Shou-hui) (died 1360) was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who proclaimed himself emperor of the Tianwan dynasty (天完) during the late Yuan dynasty period of China. He was also known as Xu Zhenyi (徐真一 or 徐真逸, romanized in Wade–Giles as Hsü Chen-i).

Chen Youliang (陈友谅 1320 – October 3, 1363) was the founder and first emperor of Chen Han, a state in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming dynasty of Chinese history.

Ming Yuzhen (Chinese: 明玉珍; 1331 – summer 1366) was a peasant who established the dynasty of Ming Xia during the late Yuan dynasty in China.

Tang He (Chinese: 湯和; 1326–1395), courtesy name Dingchen, was a significant character in the rebellion that ended the Yuan dynasty and was one of the founding generals of Ming dynasty. He came from the same village as Zhu Yuanzhang and joined Guo Zixing's Red Turban Rebellion, a millenarian sect related to the White Lotus Society, at the time of its original uprising, in March 1352. Tang was promoted quickly in rank as Guo's army grew. After conquering Jiqing (present-day Nanjing) City and Zhenjiang City, which was under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang, he was promoted to Yuan Shuai (wing commander), and after conquering Changzhou in April 1357, Tang was placed in command there with the rank of deputy assistant chief of the commission of military affairs. In 1367, he was sent south to defeat Fang Guozhen's and Chen Youding's forces, and then campaigned in Shanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia under the command of Xu Da. He was granted the title Duke Xingguo. Tang He died in August 1395, one of the few founding generals of the Ming dynasty who had a natural death.

Zhang Shicheng (simplified Chinese: 张士诚; traditional Chinese: 張士誠; pinyin: Zhāng Shìchéng; 1321－1367), born Zhang Jiusi (張九四), was one of the leaders of the Red Turban Rebellion in the late Yuan dynasty of China.