Famous People with Name Ding

Ding Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Wei: a professional Go player.In 1992, Ding became a professional. He advanced a rank every year until 2001, where he reached his current rank, 8 dan. In 1997, he won his first title, the National Go Individual. His second and latest title came in 2000, when he won the CCTV Cup.

Ding Lei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Lei: the founder and CEO of NetEase. He made significant contributions to the development of computer networks in mainland China. He was the wealthiest man in China at one point.[1]After graduation he first worked in a local government department in Ningbo as an engineer, and then he went to Guangzhou and worked for Sybase there. He founded NetEase and became the richest individual in Chinese mainland in the year of 2003 (7.6 billion yuan). According to Forbes as of 2007, his net worth is estimated to be US $1.1 billion.[2]

Ding Fang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Fang: is a well-known Chinese painter.[1] He graduated from the Nanjing Fine Arts Academy in 1986, where he later taught for several years. After working both as a professional artist and on the editorial staff of Fine Arts in China Magazine, he moved in 2000 to the Institute of Fine Arts at Nanjing University, where he currently teaches. His work appeared in several prominent shows in China in the early 1980s. When political circumstances made it difficult for him to continue working as an independent artist, he began to exhibit in galleries in Sweden, Vienna, Los Angeles, London, Oxford, Sydney, and Rotterdam. In recent years his work has featured in many major Chinese exhibitions, including the Beijing Biennale in 2003 and The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art.[2] He was the subject of a retrospective at the National Art Museum of China in 2002. The Yuan Center gallery in Beijing included several of his paintings in their recent exhibition, After Culture.

Ding Yunpeng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Yunpeng: was a Chinese painter especially of human figures and landscapes during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).His style name was 'Nanyu' and his sobriquet was 'Shenghua jushi'. Ding's painting followed the style of Qiu Ying, similar to paintings from the Song Dynasty. Ding used pure and minute brush strokes for a strong and terse look and feel.

Ding Meiyuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Meiyuan: is a female Chinese weightlifter. She started weight-training at age 12, and joined the provincial team.