Ma as First Name

Ma Rong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ma Rong: was a commentaror of the Han Dynasty. He was born in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi in former Fufeng (??) county. He was known for his commentaries on the books on the Five Classics, and the first scholar known to have done this. He also developed the double column commentary while doing it. His main students were Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan.

Ma Shuli            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ma Shuli: is a Chinese discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 62.50 metres, achieved in April 2005 in Zhongshan. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.[1]

Ma Xiaodong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ma Xiaodong: is a Chinese figure skater. He was second at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final and placed fourth twice at the World Junior Championships. He placed eighth at the 2006 Four Continents Championship

Ma Xuejun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ma Xuejun: is a Chinese discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 65.00 metres, first achieved in August 2006 in Shijiazhuang. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.[1]

Ma Yanhong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ma Yanhong: is a retired Chinese Olympic athlete, Hui Minority. She was the first Chinese gymnast, male or female, to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships and Olympic Games. [2]

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Ma as Last Name

Yo-Yo Ma            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Yo-Yo Ma: is a French-born American[1] cellist and winner of multiple Grammy Awards.Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a conductor and composer. His family moved to New York when he was seven years old.

Jack Ma            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Jack Ma: Ma graduated from Hangzhou Normal University in 1988 (he initially failed the entrance exam twice) and became a lecturer in English and International Trade in the same university.Ma first started building websites for Chinese companies with the help of friends in the US. Ma has commented that "The day we got connected to the Web, I invited friends and TV people over to my house," and on a very slow dial-up connection, "we waited three and a half hours and got half a page.... We drank, watched TV and played cards, waiting. But I was so proud. I proved the Internet existed."[original research?]