The top 10 historical and cultural celebrities of Xiangyang are: jade connoisseur Bian He of the Spring and Autumn Period, poet of the Warring States Period Song Yu, politician from the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu, litterateur from the Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Can, politician and militarist of the Three Kingdoms Period Zhuge Liang, historian from the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xi Zaochi, Buddhist scholar from the Eastern Jing Dynasty Shi Daoan, compiler from the Southern Dynasties Xiao Tong, poet from the Tang Dynasty Meng Haoran, and calligrapher from the Northern Song Dynasty Mi Fu.
襄阳十大历史文化名人分别为:春秋时期的玉石鉴赏家卞和、战国时期的辞赋家宋玉、东汉政治家刘秀、东汉时期的文学家王粲、三国时期政治家和军事家诸葛亮、东晋史学家习凿齿、东晋佛学家释道安、南朝编纂家萧统、唐代诗人孟浩然、北宋书画家米芾。

The old and young Xiangyang is a famous historical and cultural city with a history of 1000 years. Cultural celebrities in history including Meng Haoran from the Tang Dynasty and Mi Fu from the Song Dynasty are closely attached to the city and created numerous popular poems and stories. Today, we marvel at the Top 10 historical and cultural celebrities of Xiangyang because we follow their tracks in the great realm of cultural achievements and react to their soul pulse. By inheriting the profound historical contexts and discovering abundant cultural treasures, we can carry forward the cultural spirit of contemporary people in Xiangyang and promote the construction of Cultural Xiangyang. 
古老而年轻的襄阳,是一个有着1000年悠久历史的历史文化名城。历史上的文化名人,如唐代的孟浩然和宋代的米芾,都与这座城市结缘甚深,留下来无数著名的诗篇和故事。今天,我们为襄阳十大历史文化名人感到惊叹是因为我们在他们创造文化成就的大地上追寻他们的足迹、感受他们灵魂的脉搏。我们继承深厚的历史文脉,挖掘丰富的文化财富,弘扬当代襄阳人的文化精神,推进文化襄阳的建设。