Famous People with Name Hou

Hou Yifan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hou Yifan: is a Chinese chess player. She is currently China's youngest ever Women's National Champion.

Hou Yuzhu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hou Yuzhu: is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Hou Yuon            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Hou Yuon: was a veteran of the communist movement in Cambodia, and is of Sino-Khmer descent.[1][2] He argued that usury competed with taxes as the chief burden upon the peasantry. Hou was murdered by the Khmer Rouge after they seized power in 1975[3].Hou Yuon studied economics and law, and earned a doctorate from the University of Paris. The doctoral dissertation he wrote expressed basic themes that were later to become the cornerstones of the policy adopted by Democratic Kampuchea. The central role of the peasants in national development was espoused in his 1955 thesis, The Cambodian Peasants and Their Prospects for Modernization, which challenged the conventional view that urbanization and industrialization are necessary precursors of development.

Hou Yong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hou Yong: is a Chinese filmmaker and cinematographer. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Zhang Yimou, though he has worked with many of China's major directors. Like some of Zhang's other cinematographers (notably Lü Yue, whom Hou replaced), Hou has also moved into the directing world. In 2004, he directed Jasmine Women starring Zhang Ziyi.

Hou Fenglian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hou Fenglian: is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.