Famous People with Name Tong

Tong Jian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tong Jian: is a Chinese pairs skater. His partner is Pang Qing. They are the 2006 World Figure Skating Champions.

Tong Yuanming            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tong Yuanming: is a Chinese IM-titled chess player. He was National Chess Champion in 1993.

Tong King-sing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tong King-sing: Chinese comprador, interpreter, and businessman during the late Qing dynasty. Born in Xiangshan, Guangdong province, he studied in Robert Morrison's missionary schools as a boy and his classmates included Yung Wing. Because of the knowledge of English he obtained employment in the Hong Kong colonial government between 1851-57 and 1857-61, he served the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as interpreter and chief secretary. In 1861-63, he joined the Jardine Matheson Company as a salesman in Tianjin. He authored the work The Chinese Instructor, a six-volume series of dialogues, published in 1862.[1]

Ross Tong            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ross Tong: is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Along with Don Symon, Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott and Brett Hollister (cox) Tong won the Bronze medal in the coxed four.