Top Celebrity Names Starting With Wang

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   Wang Yue

   Age 25 Male
   

   Grandmaster

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   Wang Yue is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. He is China's highest-ever rated player with a peak Elo rating of 2751. In 2004, he became China's 18th Grandmaster at the age of 17. In October 2007, Wang became the first Chinese player and third Asian player to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark. In October 2008, he became the World No. 11, the highest ranking a Chinese player has ever achieved, surpassing the previous record of 17th by Ye Jiangchuan set in 2000.… read more

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   Wang Mang

   6 AD Male
   

   Emperor, Military Person, General

   
   

   Wang Mang, courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin (or Hsin, meaning "new") Dynasty (新朝), ruling AD 9–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow and his rule marks the separation between the Western Han Dynasty (before Xin) and Eastern Han Dynasty (after Xin).… read more

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   Wang Jian

   847 AD - 918 AD Male
   

   Emperor, Army Officer, General

   
   

   Wang Jian (847-July 11, 918), courtesy name Guangtu (光圖), formally Emperor Gaozu of (Former) Shu (蜀高祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Former Shu. He started his career as an army officer under the Tang Dynasty eunuch generals Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi, eventually seizing control of the modern Sichuan and Chongqing region, founding his state after Tang's destruction.… read more

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   Wang Sheng

   1915 - 2006 Male
   

   Republic of China Army General

   
   

   Wang Sheng was a general in the Republic of China Army, head of the General Political Warfare College and a close confidant to President Chiang Ching-kuo. He divorced his childhood wife and married Hu Hsiang-li in 1945, who bore three sons and two daughters. Hu died in 1955. Later, Wang Sheng married Hsiung Hui-ying in November 1956, and had a son.… read more

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   Wang Baoqiang

   Age 28 Male
   

   Actor, Performer, Singer

   
   

   Wang Baoqiang is a Chinese actor. His debut role was that of Yuan Fengming in the movie Blind Shaft, for which he shared the Best New Performer prize at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards with Megan Tzengwon. The same role also won him the Best Actor prize at the 2003 Deauville Asian Film Festival and 2004 Golden Kinnaree Award (Bangkok International Film Festival).… read more

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   Wang Feng

   Age 40 Male
   

   Musician, Singer, Songwriter

   
   

   Wang Feng is a Chinese rock musician. He was the founder and lead singer of the band No. 43 Baojia Street. After two albums "No. 43 Baojia Street" (1997) and "No. 43 Baojia Street 2" (1998), he signed a solo contract with Warner Music Beijing Co. , Ltd. The third album "Fireworks" (2000) was the beginning of his solo career.… read more

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   Wang Rong

   874 AD - 921 AD Male
   

   Warlord, Ruler, Freelancer

   
   

   Wang Rong (874?-921), was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who later became the only ruler of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Zhao. Late in Tang, he initially tried to chart an independent course between the more powerful warlords Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong, but later was forced to become Zhu's vassal, although he continued to govern his domain without much interference from Zhu.… read more

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   Wang Ming

   1904 - 1974 Male
   

   Politician, Elder, Communist

   
   

   Wang Ming was a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party and the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group. Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxism and Leninism lines. Wang epitomized the intellectualism and foreign dogmatism Mao criticized in his essays "On Practice" and "On Contradiction".… read more

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   Wang Shichong

   621 AD Male
   

   Politician, General, Emperor

   
   

   Wang Shichong (died 621), courtesy name Xingman (行滿), was a general of the Chinese Sui Dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state of Zheng. He first became prominent during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui as one of the few Sui generals having success against rebel generals, and during Yang Tong's brief reign, he was able to defeat the rebel general Li Mi and seize Li Mi's territory.… read more

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    Wang Wujun

    735 AD - 801 AD Male
    

    Prince, Emperor

    
    

    Wang Wujun (735 – August 9, 801), courtesy name Yuanying (元英), né Monuogan (沒諾干), formally Prince Zhonglie of Langye (琅邪忠烈王), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as a long-time Jiedushi of Chengde Circuit during the reign of Emperor Dezong and ruling Chengde in a de facto independent manner from the imperial regime.… read more

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    Wang Guangmei

    1921 - 2006 Female
    

    President, Politician

    
    

    Wang Guangmei was a respected Chinese politician, philanthropist, and First Lady, the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959-1968.

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    Wang Yuegu

    Age 31 Female
    

    Singaporean Table Tennis Player

    
    

    Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she and Sun Beibei took the silver medal in the women's doubles. On 24 September 2006, Wang achieved her first gold medal on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in Yokohama.… read more

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    Wang Jin-pyng

    Age 71 Male
    

    Politician, President

    
    

    Wang Jin-pyng (Chinese: 王金平; pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng; born March 17, 1941 in Luzhu Township, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, is a Taiwanese politician, currently the President of the Legislative Yuan. As one of the leading figures of the Kuomintang, Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a conciliatory figure.… read more

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    Wang Jingwei

    1883 - 1944 Male
    

    Premier of the Republic of China

    
    

    Wang Jingwei, alternate name Wang Zhaoming, was a Chinese politician. He was initially known as a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), but later became increasingly anti-Communist after his efforts to collaborate with the CCP ended in political failure. His politics veered sharply to the right later in his career, after he joined the Japanese.… read more

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    Wang Zhen

    Male
    

    Agronomist, Inventor, Writer

    
    

    This article is about Wang Zhen, agronomist and inventor. For other historical figures with this name, see Wang Zhen. This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang. Wang Zhen was an official of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368 AD) of China.… read more

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    Wang Lin

    526 AD - 573 AD Male
    

    General, Emperor, Center

    
    

    Wang Lin (526–573), courtesy name Ziheng (子珩), formally Prince Zhongwu of Baling (巴陵忠武王), was a general of the Chinese dynasties Liang Dynasty and Northern Qi. He initially became prominent during Emperor Yuan of Liang's campaign against the rebel general Hou Jing, and later, after Emperor Yuan was defeated and killed by Western Wei forces in 554, he maintained a separate center of power from the dominant general of the remaining Liang provinces, Chen Baxian.… read more

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    Wang Ganchang

    1907 - 1998 Male
    

    Nuclear Physicist, Scientist, Physicist

    
    

    Wang Ganchang was a nuclear physicist from China. He was one of the initiators of research in China in nuclear physics, cosmic rays and particle physics. Wang figured among the top leaders, pioneers and scientists of the Chinese nuclear deterrent program. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Science and a member of the Chinese Communist party.… read more

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    Wang Sengbian

    555 AD Male
    

    General, Emperor, Regent

    
    

    Wang Sengbian (died 555), courtesy name Juncai (君才), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty. He came to prominence as the leading general under Emperor Yuan (Xiao Yi)'s campaigns against the rebel general Hou Jing and other competitors for the Liang throne, and after Emperor Yuan was defeated by Western Wei in 554 and killed around the new year 555 became the de facto regent over the remaining provinces of Liang.… read more

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    Wang Chong

    Male
    

    Philosopher, Physicist, Astronomer

    
    

    Wang Chong, courtesy name Zhongren, was a Chinese philosopher active during the Han Dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe. His main work was the Lùnhéng (論衡, "Critical Essays").… read more

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    Wang Wei

    699 AD - 759 AD Male
    

    Poet, Painter, Musician

    
    

    Wang Wei, and also known by other names such as Wang Youcheng, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.… read more

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    Wang Shenzhi

    862 AD - 925 AD Male
    

    Prince, Emperor, Founder

    
    

    Wang Shenzhi, courtesy name Xintong (信通) or Xiangqing (詳卿), formally Prince Zhongyi of Min (閩忠懿王) and later further posthumously honored as Emperor Taizu of Min (閩太祖), was the founder of Min on the southeast coast of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history. He was from Gushi in modern day Henan. En:Wang Shenzhi Traditional Chinese 王審知 Simplified Chinese 王审知 Transliterations Min - Hokkien POJ Ông Sím-ti - Min-dong BUC Uòng Sīng-dĭ… read more