Famous People with Name Zheng

Zheng He            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zheng He: was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (Chinese: ???????) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 143According to the History of Ming, he was originally named Ma Sanbao (???) and his home was Kunyang (??), present day Jinning (??). He belonged to the Semu social caste. He was a sixth-generation descendant of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a famous Khwarezmian Yuan governor of Yunnan Province, originally from Bukhara in modern day Uzbekistan. The family name "Ma" came from Shams al-Din's fifth son Masuh (Mansour). Both his father, Mir Tekin, and grandfather, Charameddin, had made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and their travels contributed to the young boy's education.[citation needed]

Zheng Bo            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zheng Bo: is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first men's world team title since 1990. Most of his international titles, however, have come in mixed doubles.

Zheng Zhihua            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Zheng Zhihua: is a Taiwanese singer. When he was two, he contracted polio and became permanetly paralyzed from the waist down. He started his career in the late 80s and enjoyed great success and popularity during the early 1990s in both Taiwan and mainland China. He announced his retirement in January 1999, but in 2005 he reemerged.

Zheng Guogu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zheng Guogu: is an artist based in Yangjiang in the Guangdong province of China.Zheng was born in Yangjiang. He makes work in different media including photography, installation, painting and sculpture.[1] His photographic work questions the post-Cultural Revolution generation’s attitudes to the world around them and has used of contact sheets to make storyboard-like images.[2]

Zheng Zhengqiu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zheng Zhengqiu: was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China.[1]While with Mingxing, Zheng served not only as screenwriter and director, but as a studio manager and producer, personally writing and directing 53 films before his early death in 1935.[1] Like many of his colleagues during the period, Zheng was devoted to leftist causes and social justice, themes that were evident in many of his works.[2]

Lang Zheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lang Zheng: is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing for Beijing Guoan. Lang Zheng began his football career with Hebei in 2005 yet he quickly caught the attention of Chinese Super League teams Beijing Guoan and Tianjin Teda.

Lü Zheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lü Zheng: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shandong Luneng as a Striker or Right-midfield player. Lü Zheng started his professional football career for Shandong Luneng where he made his league debut against Shenyang Ginde on June 26, 2004 in a 1-1 draw. Lü Zheng made his debut coming as a last minute substitute for China against Korea Republic national football team on the 17th February 2008 in a friendly that China lost 3-2.

Dao Zheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Dao Zheng: was a Buddhist nun from Taiwan, known for her various writings and dharma talks. Dao Zheng is well known for her famous painting of Amitabha, which she painted while bedridden with cancer. Prior to entering monastichood, she was a medical student and researcher.

Luan Zheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Luan Zheng: is a Chinese team handball player. She plays on the Chinese national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.