Famous People with Name Shen

Shen Buhai            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Buhai: was a Chinese bureaucrat who was the Chancellor of Han under Marquis Zhao of Han from 351 BC to 337 BC. Shen was born in the State of Zheng; he was likely to have been a minor official for the State of Zheng. After Han conquered Zheng in 375 BC, he rose up in the ranks of the Han officaldom. He was an innovator of administrative bureaucracy and was often linked with the Legalists. He is credited with writing the Shenzi. Shen Buhai successfully reformed the bureaucracy in the State of Han; his reforms would later be copied by other states. He died of natural causes while in office.

Shen Congwen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Congwen: was the pen name of a Chinese writer from the May Fourth Movement. He was known for combining the vernacular style of writing with classical Chinese writing techniques, and his writing also reflects a strong influence from western literature. He was born as Shen Yuehuan (???) on 1902 December 28 in Fenghuang County (???) in Hunan Province. He died on 1988 May 10 in Beijing.

Shen Dao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Dao: was an itinerant Chinese philosopher from Zhao who also served at the Jixia academy in Qi. His own original 42 essays have been lost, and only 7 are still extant, and he is known largely through short references and the writings of others, notably Han Fei and Zhuang Zi.

Shen Kuo Or Shen Kua            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Kuo Or Shen Kua: was a polymathic Chinese scientist and statesman of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist, zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, agronomist, archaeologist, ethnographer, cartographer, encyclopedist, general, diplomat, hydraulic engineer, inventor, academy chancellor, finance minister, governmental state inspector, poet, and musician. He was the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy in the Song court, as well as an Assistant Minister of Imperial Hospitality.[2] At court his political allegiance was to the Reformist faction known as the New Policies Group, headed by Chancellor Wang Anshi (1021–1086).

Shen Longyuan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Longyuan: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua.

Huang Shen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Huang Shen: was a painter born in Fujian, China to a poor family.In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better know as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people

Shi Shen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shi Shen: was a Chinese astronomer and contemporary of Gan De born in the State of Wei, also known as the Master Shi Shen (Shi Shenfu) [1].

Chan Shen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chan Shen: was a Taiwanese born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s. Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industri in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films.

Zhao Shen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhao Shen: was the eleventh emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the second emperor of the Southern Song. His personal name was Zhao Shen. He reigned from 1162 to 1189. His temple name means "Filial Ancestor". Xiaozong was the 7th generation descendant of Emperor Taizu, the founder of the Song Dynasty. He was found after Emperor Gaozong lost his only child and heir and thus ordered the administration to look for all the descendants of the imperial family all across southern China (all the close relatives of Gaozong had been captured by the Jurchen invaders when they entered the capital Kaifeng during their conquest of northern China in 1127).

Hsi-Jui Shen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hsi-Jui Shen: was the former head of the central bank of China, and chief manager for the banking conglomerate HSBC (appointed in 1964). Shen was also among the first students of Chinese descent at Dartmouth College (class of 1927) and Tuck School of Business (class of 1928).