Famous People with Name Wang

Wang Gungwu            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Wang Gungwu: s an academic who has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora

Chien-Ming Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Chien-Ming Wang: is a Taiwanese starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He was initially signed as an amateur free-agent for the 2000 season, playing for the Staten Island Yankees. He has come to be known as the Yankees ace pitcher over the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

Christine Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christine Wang: is a Taiwan-born American architect, new media curator, art critic, and founder of the Wang Museum of Technology.

Dr. An Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Dr. An Wang: was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.

Lee-Hom Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee-Hom Wang: is a four-time Golden Melody Award-winning American singer-songwriter and actor who has achieved highly recognized success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. One of his most notable contributions to Mandopop was the introduction of "chinked-out" music, a genre heavily influenced by traditional Chinese music. Wang is managed by and records albums with Sony BMG. Since 1995, the beginning of his musical career, Wang has contributed in over 25 albums, topping to nearly 15,000,000 sales. In addition to his album sales, he also set a new attendance record at the Taipei Arena for his Heroes of Earth 2006 Concert on March 2006 as the concert had broken over six national records. Wang also participated in several films, his role in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution gaining the most attention. He is also an environmental activist, and was invited to be one of the first torchbearers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, carrying the torch in Olympia, Greece on March 24, 2008. His latest album "Change Me" was dedicated to raising eco-awareness among Chinese youth. Recently, Wang was listed among "The 80 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time" by Goldsea Asian American Daily.

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang: is an American scientist and was the first ethnic Chinese person to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wang was a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B.