Liang Yusheng

Chen Wentong, better known by his pen name Liang Yusheng, was a Chinese-born Australian novelist best known for being a pioneer of the "new school" of the wuxia genre in the 20th century. Along with Jin Yong and Gu Long, he was one of the best known wuxia writers in the later half of the 20th century. Throughout his career, he published a total of 35 wuxia novels – the more notable ones include Baifa Monü Zhuan, Yunhai Yugong Yuan, Qijian Xia Tianshan and Pingzong Xiaying Lu – and some have been adapted into films and television series, including The Bride with White Hair (1993) and Seven Swords (2005). ^{Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (d. 2009)}

5 April 1926

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1926): Roger Corman

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Ariel López (footballer, born 1974) • Arthur Berriedale Keith • Chen Huijia • Isabella of Hainault • Jakub Sedláček (ice hockey) • Kim Soo-nyung • Liemarvin Bonevacia • Mahmoud Mollaghasemi • Manuel Ruz • Matheus Vivian • Sara Danius • Tom Coronel

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Alex Grammas • Barbara Anderson (writer) • Bill Blackbeard • Charlotte Rae • Cloris Leachman • Elizabeth II • Gloria Jean • Gus Grissom • James Bama • James Stirling (architect) • Joan Lorring • Jurriaan Schrofer • Jürgen Moltmann • Marilyn Erskine • Michael Mathias Prechtl • Randy Weston • Rifaat el-Mahgoub • Ronnie Masterson • Shrinivas Khale • Thorbjörn Fälldin • Victor Bouchard