Famous People with Name Zhang

Zhang Sengyao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Sengyao: was a famous Chinese painter in Liang Dynasty Wudi's years. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native Wuzhong (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province).

Zhang Shan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Shan: is a Chinese sports shooter and Olympic Champion

Zhang Shaozeng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Shaozeng: was a Beiyang Army general in charge of the 20th Division.He was born in Zhili province and graduated from a Japanese military academy in 1901. He was a known radical who advocated constitutional monarchy and supported Wu Luzhen's mutiny during the Xinhai Revolution. He became the Progressive Party boss of Tianjin.

Zhang Shuai            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Shuai: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan.

Zhang Shubin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Shubin: is a Chinese retired figure skater. He placed 20th at the 1988 Winter Olympics and 25th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He is the 1985 Winter University Games champion. He retired from competitive skating in 1992 and currently works as a coach.

Caroline Zhao Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Caroline Zhao Zhang: is an American figure skater. As of April 2010[update], she was ranked 12th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Wen Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Zhang: is a Chinese actor. During 2007 and 2008, Wen became well known for his roles as Xiang Nan in hit TV drama Struggle and as Xiao Bei in Dwelling Narrowness. In recent years, Wen has started to focus on his film career. In 2008, he starred in director Li Dawei's comedy A Tale of Two Donkeys and received wide acclaim from college students. Ocean Heaven is his fifth film in which he plays an autistic son and stars alongside Jet Li, who plays Wen's father. In 2011, Wen worked with Li again in The Sorcerer and the White Snake and played Li's disciple. Wen married Chinese actress Ma Yili, who is eight years older, and they have had a two-year-old daughter.

Jane Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jane Zhang: is a Mainland Chinese pop singer. She rose to prominence after her third-place performance in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest, a national all-female singing competition in the People's Republic of China. Throughout the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin Chinese. She is particularly known for her signature whistle register.

Haochen Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Haochen Zhang: is a Chinese pianist from Shanghai, China. He, along with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, was the Gold Medalist / First Prize winner of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. He has studied under Gary Graffman, also the teacher of Lang Lang and Yuja Wang. In June 2009, Haochen Zhang became the youngest and the first Chinese competitor to be awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As part of his prize package, Haochen Zhang received commission-free artist management from the Van Cliburn Foundation for three seasons following the competition. Immediately after his Gold Medal win, Haochen Zhang embarked on an extensive three-year tour across the United States and abroad.

Jun Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jun Zhang: is a Chinese economist and Cheung Kong Professor of Economics at Fudan University. He is the Director of China Center for Economics Studies at Fudan University. Jun received his doctorate from economics from Fudan University, and completed post-doctoral fellowships in the United States at Washington State University, and in Britain at the University of Sussex. After these studies, he held visiting professorships at a number of universities worldwide, including the London School of Economics, the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Aarhus and Tokyo Metropolitan University. Jun's principal academic fields involve Chinese economic reform, and development economics.