Historical celebrities named Lin include: Lin Ding, Lin Bu, Lin Liang, Lin Zexu, Lin Yutang, etc.
1. Lin Ding: A native of Houguan, Fujian (now Fuzhou, Fujian), he was a famous calligrapher in Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was famous for his cursive calligraphy and was the author of "Wujiang Application Collection".
2. Lin Bu: A native of Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province), he was a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. He had a light and far-sighted poetic style. His poem "The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance is floating in the moonlight at dusk" has become an eternal poem. .
3. Lin Liang: A native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province in the Ming Dynasty, he was a famous painter. He was good at flowers, fruits and feathers. He especially liked to paint birds, trees and rocks in ink. He was a representative painter who revolutionized the courtyard flower and bird paintings in the Ming Dynasty.
4. Lin Zexu: A native of Fujian Marquis (now Fuzhou, Fujian Province) in the Qing Dynasty, he once led the anti-British and famous Humen opium eradication movement. He is a famous patriotic general and national hero in the history of our country.
5. Lin Yutang: A native of Longxi, Fujian, he has lived overseas for a long time and is a well-known cultural celebrity and linguist at home and abroad. His representative works include "The Art of Living" and "Smoke in Beijing".