历史人物：指那些在历史发展中起过重要影响，在历史长河中留下足迹，对人类历史起到推动作用的人物。下面是介绍历史人物的英语作文范文，欢迎大家阅读。
篇一：最欣赏的历史人物
When talking about the history of Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao comes to my mind with no hesitation.Cao Cao was a warlord of the Eastern Han Dynasty who had great power in his times. As a central figure of the Three Kingdoms period,Cao Cao laid the foundations for his son to establish the state of Wei. Although he often was portrayed as a merciless tyrant,Cao Cao was also a brilliant ruler and military genius. He was also talented in poetry.
Cao Cao always paid great attention to the bases of society - agriculture and education when he was alive. At that time, famine often killed many people and wore down the economy and army forces. Without food, armies failed without fighting. Knowing that, Cao was aware of the significance of food supply in building a strong military and a strong state. He carried a series of agricultural programs in cities of his state. He recruited refugees and gave them wasteland to cultivate. Later, encampments not faced with imminent danger of war were also made to farm. This system was continued and spread to all regions under Cao. As a result, his realm expanded largely. Although Cao's main purpose was to feed a powerful army, the agricultural program greatly improved the living standards of the people, especially war refugees. Fortunately, Cao had eliminated his biggest enemy-- Yuan Shao's force. This spared him more time and energy on the construction within his realm. Cao ordered a rule decreeing the promotion of education throughout the counties and cities within his jurisdiction. An official in charge of education was assigned to each county with at least 500 households. Youngsters with potential and talents were selected for schooling. This prevented a lapse in the output of intellectuals in those warring years and benefited the people.
Cao Cao was very talented in military. In order to explain this, I need to mention a famous battle in the history---Guandu Battle. In 200, Yuan Shao amassed more than 100,000 soliders and marched southwards on Xuchang in the name of rescuing the emperor. On the contrary, Cao only gathered 20,000 soliers in Guandu, a significant place on theYellow River. Thinking that Cao's men was only 1/5 of his army, Yuan's pride guided him to meet Cao's force head-on. Despite his overwhelming advantage in terms of manpower, Yuan lost this battle because the rebellion of his followers and Cao’s leadership and wisdom to make full use of the internal conflicts among Yuan’s large troop.
Besides,Cao Cao was an accomplished poet. A few of Cao's works remain today but each poem is outstanding. His profound verses helped to reshape the poetic style of his time.Cao Cao was specifically noted for developments to the characteristic yuefu, which was very easy for singing and spreading. One of his most celebrated poems is in the old four-character line style: Tortoise Lives Long, in which he expressed his ambition. This poem inspired many people to pursue the dream desired all along the time, especially the people in their old age.
In my mind,Cao Cao is a big hero in his age. He realized the biggest dreams of the people in his age: to be the most powerful governor of a country, to win as many times as possible on the battlefield and to leave poems for the people to read even after thousands of years. He was talented in leadership, military and arts, which could make up for his shortcomings criticized by the people who couldn’t do better than Cao Cao.
篇二：
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was a Chinese military and political leader, who led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, Mao is still a controversial figure today, over thirty years after his death. He is held in high regard in China where he is often portrayed as a great revolutionary and strategist who eventually defeated Chiang Kai-shek in the Chinese Civil War, and transformed the country into a major power through his policies. However, many of Mao's socio-political programs such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution are blamed by critics from both within and outside China for causing severe damage to the culture, society, economy and foreign relations of China, as well as enormous and unnecessary loss of lives, a peacetime death toll in the tens of millions.
Although still officially venerated in China, his influence has been largely overshadowed by the political and economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping and other leaders since his death. Mao is also recognized as a poet and calligrapher.