List of Confucianists
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
 
Neo-Confucians
Cheng–Zhu school
Lu–Wang school
Yongjia School
Japanese Confucianism
Family name comes first in Japanese language.
Modern
- Kaji Nobuyuki (b. 1936)
 - Kure Tomofusa (b.1946) also known as Go, Chi'ei
 - Tsuchida Kenjiro (b. 1949)
 - Uno Sei'ichi (1910–2008)
 - Yasuoka Masahiro (安岡正篤) (1898–1983)
 
Korean Confucianism
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