Sun Liqun (; 15 April 1950 – 10 February 2020) was a Chinese historian who was a professor at Nankai University. Biography Sun was born in Tianjin, on April 15, 1950. In 1975, he graduated from Nankai University, where he majored in history. After graduation, he taught at the university. Since 2006, he regularly gave lectures on Chinese historical figures on the television programme Lecture Room shown on CCTV-10. He retired on September 1, 2015. He died of illness on February 10, 2020. Works References 1950 births 2020 deaths People from Tianjin Chinese historians Writers from Tianjin Nankai University alumni Academic staff of Nankai University