Zhang Hanxin (1 January 1936 – 1 October 2021) was a Chinese scientist specializing in fluid mechanics, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

[1] He was chairman of Chinese Aerodynamics Research Society.

Zhang was born in Pei County, Jiangsu, on 1 January 1936, during the Republic of China.

In 1954, he enrolled at Tsinghua University, majoring in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering.

[2] In 1963, he did his postgraduate work at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Guo Yonghuai.