Famous People with Name Yan

Yan Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yan Wei: is a retired Chinese middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.

Yan Zhenqing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yan Zhenqing: was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang Dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy parallels the greatest master calligraphers throughout the history, and his calligraphy style, Yan, is the textbook-style that every calligraphy lover has to imitate today.

Yan Zhitui            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yan Zhitui: was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician, and government official who served four different Chinese states during the late Southern and Northern Dynasties: the Liang Dynasty in southern China, the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties of northern China, and their successor state that reunified China, the Sui Dynasty. Yan Zhitui was a supporter of Buddhism in China despite criticism by many of his Confucian-taught peers. Yan was also the first person in history to mention the use of toilet paper.[1]

Yan Zi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yan Zi: is a professional female tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

Yan Xuetong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yan Xuetong: is the Director of the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. Yan received his Ph.D of political science from University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He is the author of several influential books including Analysis of China’s National Interests. Yan has been considered as one of the most important international relations scholars in China. In 2008, Yan was named as one of world's Top 100 public intellectuals by American journal Foreign Policy.

Bai Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Bai Yan: is a Chinese male tennis player.

Zhou Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhou Yan: is a female Chinese softball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the 2000 Olympic softball competition she finished fourth with the Chinese team. She played two matches.

Xia Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xia Yan: was a Chinese playwright and screenwriter. Amongst the dozens of plays and screenplays penned by Xia Yen, the most renowned works include Under the Eaves of Shanghai (1937) and The Fascist Bacillus (1944). He rose to the position of vice-minister for culture by the 1960s but later spent eight years in prison following the Cultural Revolution. Today the Xia Yan Film Literature Awards are named in his honour.

Poon Lok Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Poon Lok Yan: is a badminton player from Hong Kong. Together with Tse Ying Suet she has received her best competitive results in Women's Doubles. Their breakout performance was at the 2011 India Super Series where they reached the semifinals. They matched that result at the 2011 Japan Super Series and are currently in position to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

Jin Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Yan: was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".