Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a pair skater from China. Along with her partner Zhao Hongbo, they became the first World Champio

Is a pair skater from China. Along with her partner Zhao Hongbo, they became the first World Champion pairs team from China, and also the first to win an Olympic medal. Shen and Zhao were the first Chinese pair to be competitive on the senior international level. They are three time World Champions and five time Grand Prix Final Champions.

Is a Chinese Woman Grand Master chess player. In 2001, she won the U-12 Girls section of the World Y

Is a Chinese Woman Grand Master chess player. In 2001, she won the U-12 Girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Spain. In February 2006 she gained her second IM norm in Moscow at the Aeroflot Open. In the May-June 2006 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin she was part of the Chinese team that came third in the Women's section. In October 2006, she won the Girls World Junior Championship in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] In May 2007, she was part of the Chinese team that won the First World Women's Team Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia.[3]

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.

Was a Chinese historian born in Huzhou, Zhejiang.He was a prominent scholar of the Liang Dynasty and

Was a Chinese historian born in Huzhou, Zhejiang.He was a prominent scholar of the Liang Dynasty and author of the Book of Song, a historical work covering the history of the previous Liu Song Dynasty. He is probably best known as the originator of the first deliberately applied rules of tonal euphony in the history of Chinese prosody.

Was a Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty.

Was a Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty.

Is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.He finished 13th in th

Is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.He finished 13th in the 55 kg Greco-Roman competition.

Is a committed artist.Reportedly distressed by the massacre of Tiananmen Square, Sheng Qi chopped-of

Is a committed artist.Reportedly distressed by the massacre of Tiananmen Square, Sheng Qi chopped-off the pinky on his left hand and buried it in a flowerpot, which remained in Beijing during his European exile.His radical gesture was his definite starting point to numerous contestations and questionings on China's omnipresent old haunting ghosts that he today decides to crystallize and demystify in his paintings.

Was the Minister of Transportation during the Qing Dynasty. He is also known as Sheng Gongbao.In 189

Was the Minister of Transportation during the Qing Dynasty. He is also known as Sheng Gongbao.In 1897, official Sheng founded the Imperial Bank of China, the first Chinese owned commercial bank modeled on the Western banking system. The bank was headquartered in Shanghai and had the authority to issue notes from the Qing government.

Is a Chinese filmmaker from Beijing. Unlike other directors to emerge in recent years, Sheng has had

Is a Chinese filmmaker from Beijing. Unlike other directors to emerge in recent years, Sheng has had no formal training. He instead began his career as a line producer, screenwriter, and assistant director for other filmmakers like Jia Zhangke, Fruit Chan and Zhang Yang.[1] In these positions, Sheng worked on the films Spicy Love Soup, Durian Durian, Public Toilet, and Platform.[1]

Is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played one One Day International and four ICC Trophy matches for Ho

Is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played one One Day International and four ICC Trophy matches for Hong Kong. His only one-day international saw him hit 16 unbeaten runs against Bangladesh at the 2004 Asia Cup from number nine in the batting order, which w

Is a Chinese American social activist and a former professor, whose experiences at Northwestern Univ

Is a Chinese American social activist and a former professor, whose experiences at Northwestern University brought the issue of discrimination against Asian Americans to the fore.[1] The general condemnation of the prejudice exhibited against him presaged later actions in the Asian American civil rights movement.

Is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She attend

Is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She attended and swam for the University of California, Berkeley in the USA.

Is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.Shi's personal best time is 13.22 seco

Is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.Shi's personal best time is 13.22 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Osaka, Japan at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His previous personal best time was 13.29 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Shijiazhuang, China.

Was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films tha

Was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably 1948's Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon.As a young man, Shi Dongshan made his way to the bustling entrepot of Shanghai. In Shanghai, Shi became involved in the nascent film industry as a stage designer and occasional actor for the Shanghai Film Company ("Shanghai Yingxi").[1] By the early 1930s, Shi had become one of the leading directors for the left-leaning Lianhua Film Company, along with Cai Chusheng, Sun Yu and others.[1] Shi would later join another left-leaning studio, Yihua, at the behest of the screenwriter Tian Han.[2] By the late 1930s, Shi had switched studios again, and directed several important works for the new Xinhua Film Company, notably an adaptation of the Nikolai Gogol's "The Government Inspector" entitled Night of the Debauche (1936), and the national-defense film, March of Youth (1937).

A Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Shi Feng reached th

A Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Shi Feng reached the semifinals of the men's 100 m butterfly. His semifinal time of 51.68 seconds[1] meant he missed out on a place in the final by 6-hundredths of a second.

Was a Chinese composer, best known for his patriotic and nationalistic songs from the Cultural Revol

Was a Chinese composer, best known for his patriotic and nationalistic songs from the Cultural Revolution era that combine traditional melodies with westernized accompaniment.His songs include "In Hope Field" (???????), "Toasts Song" (???), "If You Must Know I" (???????), "Turfan's Grape Was Ripe" (????????), "Has Lifted Up High the Asian Games Torch" (?????????, 11th session of Asian Games's meeting song), "Hits Hand Drum To Sing Song" (???????), "Premier Zhou, Where You Were At" (???,????), "Under Moonlight Wind at the End Bamboo" (???????), and "Pure White Feather Send Affection" (????????). He also composed many operas, ballets, Beijing operas, and other large-scale works, including the large-scale operas Grieve for the Dead (??, composed in 1981 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lu Xun) and Qu Yuan (??, 1990), and the ballet Hundred Snake Biographies (???).

Is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2001 National

Is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2001 National Games.

Is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Was a Chinese actor and film director who gained prominence throughout the 1940s through 1950s. Desp

Was a Chinese actor and film director who gained prominence throughout the 1940s through 1950s. Despite his fame, Shi became a victim during the Anti-Rightist Movement in the mid-1950s and committed suicide soon thereafter.Shi's career as an actor began relatively late. His first film was not until 1940's The Chaotic World (dir. Wu Renzhi), and he would not gain broad recognition until after the war, with a series of classic films including Phony Phoenixes (dir. Huang Zuolin) and Long Live the Mistress (dir. Sang Hu).[1]

Is an artist based in Wuhan and Beijing. He studied at Hubei Academy of Fine Arts.[1]He is particula

Is an artist based in Wuhan and Beijing. He studied at Hubei Academy of Fine Arts.[1]He is particularly known for his first solo exhibition in the United States at Chambers Fine Art in New York Na Zha Baby Boutique exhibition, a series of stainless steel sculptures depicting baby accessories—rattle, cot, stroller, etc.—made from razor-sharp blades (Na Zha is a child warrior deity in Chinese mythology). Chambers Fine Art described this work as a "dialogue, at once menacing and ironic, between the forms of mythic Chinese culture and modern day globalization". He returned to this theme for his Secret Book of Cool Weapons, which portrayed corporate logos such as the Nike Swoosh as martial arts weapons.[2]

Is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League.Shi start

Is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League.Shi started playing football at the age of 5. He was able to join Dalian Wanda's reserve team at an early age but was not able to hold down a place on the team. When he was 16, Shi joined Changchun Yatai and started playing as a forward.

Was a Ming general and calligrapher, who in the last days of the Ming Dynasty gave his life resistin

Was a Ming general and calligrapher, who in the last days of the Ming Dynasty gave his life resisting the advancing Qing armies. The victorious Qing subsequently raised a memorial to him in recognition of his courage.

Is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in triathlon.Shi competed at the fir

Is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in triathlon.Shi competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took fortieth place with a total time of 2:16:40.73. This was the slowest time of any athlete that finished the competition, though still placed Shi higher than the eight athletes that dropped out of the race.