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Zhang Zuolin
ZhÄng ZuòlĂn (Traditional Chinese: 張作霖,Simplified Chinese: ĺĽ ä˝śéś– , pinyin: ZhÄng ZuòlĂn, WG: Chang Tso-lin) (according to some accounts born in 1873 in Haicheng county in southern Fengtian province, assassinated on 4 June 1928 in Shenyang, although often 21 June is being cited as the official date of his death), nicknamed the "Old Marshal" (大帥), "Rain Marshal" (雨帥)or "Mukden Tiger", was one of the major warlords of China in the early 20th century. He was the warlord of Manchuria from 1916 to 1928, and at one time ruled an enormous area of north China.
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