Famous People with Name Wei

Wei Boyang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Boyang: was a noted author and Chinese Taoist alchemist of the Eastern Han Dynasty.[1] He is the author of The Kinship of the Three, and is noted as the first person to have documented the chemical composition of gunpowder in 142 AD[2][3]

Wei Huacun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Huacun: was a founder of the Shangqing sect of Daoism.She was born in modern Jining, Shandong in former county Rencheng (??) in 252. Her father, Wei Shu (??), was a government official. From an early age she displayed a propensity for studying the works of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and practicing Daoist methods of cultivation.

Wei Jianhua            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Jianhua: is a retired female Chinese javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 63.92 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Beijing.

Wei Jingsheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Jingsheng: is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document, Fifth Modernization on the "Democracy Wall in Bejing in 1978.

Wei Ning            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Ning: is a female Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Zhang Lian-Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Lian-Wei: (born on 2 May 1965; Zhang is his family name) is a Chinese golfer

Chen Han Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Han Wei: is a Singapore MediaCorp artiste.

David Chiang Dai Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

David Chiang Dai Wei: is a Hong Kong actor.In 2004, David Chiang was inducted in The Avenue of Stars , modeled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honours celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry.

Dou Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Dou Wei: is a Chinese musician.On May 10, 2006, Dou was arrested after storming the office of the Beijing News newspaper's editorial department, destroying a computer keyboard and a DVD player, and pouring water on editors in the office, before setting fire to a car's boot parked in front of the newspaper's office building. Dou claimed that his actions had been justified by the actions of a Beijing News reporter named Zhuo (This reporter is using an alias, which is illegal in China), whom Dou accused of publishing what he believed to be falsified news about Dou and his second wife, Gao Yuan.

Du Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Du Wei: is a Chinese professional football player who plays in defence, as a centre-back for Shanghai Shenhua.In season 2005/06, he had a 6-month loan spell at Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. He was also a former captain of China's U-21 Football Team and China's Olympic Team in 2004.