Famous People with Name Yuan

Zhao Yuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhao Yuan: is a noted Chinese painter in late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown.

Sun Yuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Sun Yuan: are artists living and working collaboratively in Beijing.As their contribution to the 2005 Venice Biennale, the duo invited Chinese farmer Du Wenda to present his home-made UFO at the Chinese Pavilion.[1] They won the Contemporary Chinese Art Award in 2001.[3]

Zhang Yuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Yuan: is a Chinese film director often considered a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers.[1] Zhang received a BA in Cinematography from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989.[1]Zhang first emerged onto the film scene shortly after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and as such is often seen as one of the pioneers of the loosely defined Sixth Generation. Despite having graduated from the now prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Zhang decided to eschew his assigned position within the PLA-connected August First Film Studio, choosing instead to produce his films independently.[2] Much of his early films were shot in a documentary-style and Zhang himself referred to these early films (Mama, Sons, and Beijing Bastards) as "documentary feature-films."[3]

Liu Yuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liu Yuan: is a male amateur boxer from PR China. He qualified to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division (– 54 kg) where he lost in the first round to Cuba's eventual gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux.Liu qualified for the 2004 Athens Games as a bantamweight by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to Pakistan's Mehrullah Lassi.

Xu Yuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Yuan: is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Xu plays in the forward position. She was expected to be the next Sun Wen.