Cai Lun
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Cai Lun was a Chinese official who is credited with inventing paper around the early 2nd century. His invention of an affordable writing material made from plant fibers became foundational to the spread of written knowledge and communication throughout Asia and eventually the world.
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Jingzhong (courtesy name) Traditional Chinese敬仲 Simplified Chinese敬仲
Cai Lun (Chinese: 蔡伦; courtesy name: Jingzhong (敬仲); c. 50–62 – 121 CE), formerly romanized as Ts'ai Lun, was a Chinese eunuch court official of the Eastern Han dynasty. He occupies a pivotal place in the history of paper due to his addition of pulp via tree bark and hemp ends which resulted in the large-scale manufacture and worldwide spread of paper. Although traditionally regarded as the inventor of paper, earlier forms of paper have existed since the 3rd century BCE, so Cai's contributions are limited to innovation, rather than invention.