Famous People with Name Chien

Chien-Shiung Wu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chien-Shiung Wu: was a Chinese born American physicist with an expertise in radioactivity. She worked on the Manhattan Project (to enrich the uranium fuel) and disproved the conservation of parity. Her nicknames to many scientists are “First Lady of Physics”, “Madame Curie of China” and also “Madame Wu”. She was killed by her second stroke, at noon on February 16, 1997.

Chien Yu-Hsiu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chien Yu-Hsiu: is a male badminton player from the Republic of China.Chien (representing the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei) played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Peter Gade of Denmark.

Chien Yu Chin            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Chien Yu Chin: is a female badminton player from Taiwan.Chien competed for Taiwan as Chinese Taipei in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Cheng Wen-Hsing. They defeated Helen Nichol and Charmaine Reid of Canada in the first round but were defeated by Lee Hyo-jung and Hwang Yu-mi of Korea in the round of 16.

Chien Wei-zang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chien Wei-zang: is a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Chien, a scientist and educator, is the President of Shanghai University. He was born in Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province, China, on October 9, 1913. After graduating from Tsinghua University in 1935, he entered the Graduate School of Tsinghua University and became an intern researcher at the National Central Research Institute under the guidance of Prof. Wu Youxun. He obtained a Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Prof. J.L. Synge in 1942, and then worked as a research associate in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Caltech.