Top Celebrity Names Starting With Chen

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   Chen Kaige

   Age 59 Male
   

   Film Director

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   Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.

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   Chen Shui-bian

   Age 61 Male
   

   Politician, Mayor, President

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   Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang (KMT) rule in Taiwan. He is colloquially referred to as A-Bian .… read more

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   Chen Guangcheng

   Age 40 Male
   

   Civil Rights Leader, Authority

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   Chen Guangcheng is a civil rights activist in the People's Republic of China who drew international attention to human rights issues in rural areas. He was placed under house arrest from September 2005 to March 2006 after talking to Time magazine about the forced abortion cases he investigated in Linyi Prefecture, Shandong Province. Authorities formally arrested him in June 2006.… read more

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   Chen Lu

   Age 35 Female
   

   Figure Skater

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   Chen Lu is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China.

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   Chen Shui-bian corruption charges

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   Prosecutor, Authority

   
   

   Chen Shui-bian, former President of the Republic of China, stepped down on May 20, 2008, the same day that Ma Ying-jeou took office as the new President of the Republic of China Just one hour after he left the Presidential Office Building, as a former President of the Republic of China and no longer enjoying presidential immunity, he was controlled and limited from leaving the nation by Taiwanese prosecutors due to allegations of corruption and abuse of authority.… read more

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   Chen Liangyu

   Age 65 Male
   

   Politician, Mayor

   
   

   This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

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   Chen Duxiu

   1879 - 1942 Male
   

   Politician, Founder, Communist

   
   

   Chen Duxiu played many different roles in Chinese history. He was a leading figure in the anti-imperial Xinhai Revolution and the May Fourth Movement for Science and Democracy. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. He was its first General Secretary. Chen was an educator, philosopher, and politician. His ancestral home was in Anqing, Anhui, where he established the influential vernacular Chinese periodical La Jeunesse.… read more

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   Chen Chi-mai

   Age 47 Male
   

   Mayor, Politician, Doctor

   
   

   Chen Chi-mai is a Taiwanese politician, currently the spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the Chief executive officer of the Democratic Progressive Party Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of theLegislative Yuan in 1996 and served as legislator for almost eight years. In 2005, Chen succeeded to the mayoralty of Kaohsiung after then-mayor Frank Hsieh's appointment as premier.… read more

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   Chen Yun

   1905 - 1995 Male
   

   Politician, Communist, President

   
   

   Chen Yun was one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1980s and 90s, and one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of China for almost its entire history. He was also known as Liao Chengyun (廖程雲); it is unclear whether this was his original name or a pseudonym he used during his underground work in Shanghai.… read more

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    Chen Chu

    Age 62 Female
    

    Mayor, Politician, Elder

    
    

    Chen Chu or Kiku Chen is a Taiwanese politician who is the current mayor of Kaohsiung. She was one of the "Kaohsiung Eight," prominent dissidents arrested after the Kaohsiung Incident in 1979. She spent six years in jail during the martial law period in Taiwan. Chen, who holds a master's degree from National Sun Yat-sen University, held senior appointed posts in Taipei City and Kaohsiung City governments between 1995 and 2000.… read more

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    Chen Yifei

    1946 - 2005 Male
    

    Painter, Art Director, Authority

    
    

    Chen Yifei was a famous Chinese classic painter, art director and vision artist. Chen Yifei is a central figure in the development of Chinese oil painting and is one of China's most renowned contemporary artists. Although he was denounced for 'capitalist behavior' Chen's obvious talent and mastery of oil painting techniques won him recognition by the authorities.… read more

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    Chen Jingxuan

    Male
    

    General, Emperor

    
    

    Chen Jingxuan (d. April 26, 893) was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who came to control Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan by virtue of his being an older brother of the eunuch Tian Lingzi, who controlled the court of Emperor Xizong during most of Emperor Xizong's reign. Later, when Emperor Xizong's brother and successor Emperor Zhaozong tried to recall Chen, Chen refused, leading to a general campaign against him.… read more

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    Chen Shubao

    604 AD Male
    

    Politician, Overlord, Duke

    
    

    Chen Shubao (553–604), often known in history as Houzhu of Chen (陳後主, literally "Chen's final lord"), posthumous name Duke Yang of Changcheng (長城煬公), courtesy name Yuanxiu (元秀), nickname Huangnu (黃奴), was the last emperor of the Chinese Chen Dynasty.… read more