Famous People with Name Wang

Wang Tiantian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Tiantian: Wang's first major competition was at the 2003 Asian Championship. She won the vault finals as well a silver medal on floor exercise. Her success at Asian Championship gave her the chance to compete at the 2003 World Championships where she placed 4th with her team.

Wang Wanpeng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Wanpeng: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Changchun Yatai.

Wang Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Wei: is a baseball player from the People's Republic of China. He plays catcher. He holds the distinction of having hit the first home run ever in the World Baseball Classic, when China played eventual champion Japan in the first round. In 2007, he signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.

Wang Wenhua            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Wenhua: is a Chinese football midfielder, who plays for Wuhan Guanggu in China Super League.

Wang Xianzhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Xianzhi: was a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin.He was the seventh and youngest son of the famed Wang Xizhi. Wang inherited his father's talent for the art, although his siblings were all notable calligraphers. His style is more fluid than his father's, demonstrating a response and reaction against Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Amongst his innovations is the one-stroke cursive script, which blends all characters in the writing in a single stroke. Until the Tang Dynasty his influence rivaled and even surpassed that of his father.

Dr. Elizabeth Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Dr. Elizabeth Wang: commonly known as Liza Wang is an accomplished diva, actress and MC in Hong Kong. She is a well-respected, influential and iconic personality amongst the Chinese-speaking communities.

Kan-Chang Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Kan-Chang Wang: was a nuclear physicist from China. He was one of the initiators of China's researches in nuclear physics, cosmic rays and particle physics. Wang Ganchang figured among the top leaders, pioneers and scientists of the Chinese nuclear deterrent program. Member of the Chinese Academy of Science, and member of the Chinese Communist party.In 1930, Wang first proposed to use a cloud chamber to study a new type of high-energy rays induced by the bombardment of beryllium with a particle, experiment conducted one year later by the English physicist James Chadwick, thus discovering a new type of particle, the neutron, allowing him to win the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Zhen-yi Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhen-yi Wang: is a Chinese pathophysiologist and the Professor of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SSMU) in Shanghai, China. A full professor at Shanghai Second Medical University before its amalgamation, from 1987 to 1996 he was Director of the Hematology Institute at Rai-Jin Hospital in Shanghai. His research has led to the improved survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML).

Jue Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jue Wang: is a Chinese pianist. Entirely trained in his homeland, Wang has met much success in the Spanish piano competitions, being awarded 1st prizes both in Barcelona's 51st Maria Canals and Santander' 16th Paloma O'Shea competitions.

Yuja Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yuja Wang: is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1998, Wang won 3rd Prize in the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists, in Ettlingen, Germany. In 2001, she won Third Prize and Special Jury Prize (awarded to an especially superior finalist of less than 20 years in age, prize money of 500,000 Japanese Yen) in the Piano Section at the First Sendai International Music Competition in Sendai, Japan.