Famous People with Name Yang

Yang Zhichao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Zhichao: is a Chinese revolutionary and extreme performance artist living and working in Shanghai.After graduating from the Northern Manchuria Art University, Northwest Normal University in 1986, he started as a painter but became embroiled in the Marxist and Maoist politics of the multiracial prefect of East Guangzhou in which he lives. He attempts to raise social issues through his performances and has achieved notoriety through extreme actions such as branding his ID number on his body, planting grass on his back, and surgically implanting objects in his leg and stomach. His work is concerned with the body, and how, in an age of science and technology, our bodies no longer belong to ourselves but to society and the state. He has exhibited both in China and abroad, including the famous "Fuck off" show at the Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, the Guangdong Museum of Art Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, 2003, the Dadao Live Art Festival, Beijing, 2004 and a tour of eight major institutions in the UK organised by Beijing-based curator Shu Yang in 2006.

Yang Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Jin: was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).Yang was born in Changshu in the Jiangsu province[1] . His style name was 'Zi He' and his sobriquet was 'Xi Ting'. Yang's paintings were meticulous and exquisite, in the style of Wang Hui.

Yáng Wéizhen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yáng Wéizhen: was a Chinese painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).Yang was born in the Zhejiang province[1] . His style name was 'Lianfu' and his sobriquet was 'Tieya'. Yang's reputation for calligraphy was well known, incorporating a purity and strength into his works.

Yang Xiangzhong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Xiangzhong: is a retired male boxer from PR China, who twice competed for his native Asian country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. At his Olympic debut in Atlanta, Georgia he was defeated in the second round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Morocco's Hamid Berhili.

Yang Yilin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Yilin: is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around bronze medalist and a member of the gold medal winning Chinese Olympics gymnastics team.

Wen Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Yang: is a Chinese chess player, who holds the GM title. He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltan Almasi. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2498.

Xuefei Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xuefei Yang: Yang began playing the guitar at the age of seven, and started to receive formal instruction when she was ten, studying under the famous guitarist Chen Zhi, later Chairman of the China Classical Guitar Society. Her public debut came at the First China International Guitar Festival, where she met with immediate acclaim. At the same time, Yang was presented with her first foreign guitar (a "Pepe" children's guitar from Aria), by the celebrated Japanese guitar maker Masaru Kohno. She went on to take second prize at the Beijing Senior Guitar competition, being the only child competitor, aged eleven.

Yang Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Yang: is an Olympic short track speed skater. She is currently a member of the Chinese national short track team

Youxin Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Youxin Yang: M.D., Ph.D. is an award-winning scientist, award-winning filmmaker, and award-winning painter.

ZHOU Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

ZHOU Yang: is a Chinese short track skater