Famous People with Name Zhang

Zhang Min            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Min: is a Chinese figure skater

Zhang Nan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Nan: is a Chinese gymnast. Zhang is currently a member of the Women's Gymnastics National Team of the People's Republic of China, and was a member of the team for the 2004 Olympic Games, as well as the 2002 World Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, U.S., 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, and the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. She is noted as a strong leader and a consistent performer under pressure. Zhang is China's most successful female All-Around gymnast to date as the only Chinese woman to have won an All-Around medal in a World Championship and Olympic Games.

Zhang Peijun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Peijun: is a former Chinese handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Zhang Penghui            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Penghui: is a male Chinese sports shooter.

Zhang Pengxiang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhang Pengxiang: is a Chinese chess player, and is the reigning Asian Chess Champion.Zhang learnt chess when he was 5 years old, and at the age of six he started to play in chess competitions at school. He became National Youth Champion in 1992 and 1993. He became a FIDE Master in 1996, and an International Master in 1998. He was National Junior Champion in 1999. In 2001, he finally became a Grandmaster, and in 2002, won the National Chess Championship.[3] Zhang's peak rating was 2657 in April 2007 when he was ranked 47th in the world. He has stated his desire to teach and give training to youngsters in China via an online classroom network.[3] He lives in Beijing.

Caroline Zhao Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Caroline Zhao Zhang: is an American figure skater. As of April 2010[update], she was ranked 12th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Wen Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Zhang: is a Chinese actor. During 2007 and 2008, Wen became well known for his roles as Xiang Nan in hit TV drama Struggle and as Xiao Bei in Dwelling Narrowness. In recent years, Wen has started to focus on his film career. In 2008, he starred in director Li Dawei's comedy A Tale of Two Donkeys and received wide acclaim from college students. Ocean Heaven is his fifth film in which he plays an autistic son and stars alongside Jet Li, who plays Wen's father. In 2011, Wen worked with Li again in The Sorcerer and the White Snake and played Li's disciple. Wen married Chinese actress Ma Yili, who is eight years older, and they have had a two-year-old daughter.

Jane Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jane Zhang: is a Mainland Chinese pop singer. She rose to prominence after her third-place performance in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest, a national all-female singing competition in the People's Republic of China. Throughout the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin Chinese. She is particularly known for her signature whistle register.

Haochen Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Haochen Zhang: is a Chinese pianist from Shanghai, China. He, along with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, was the Gold Medalist / First Prize winner of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. He has studied under Gary Graffman, also the teacher of Lang Lang and Yuja Wang. In June 2009, Haochen Zhang became the youngest and the first Chinese competitor to be awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As part of his prize package, Haochen Zhang received commission-free artist management from the Van Cliburn Foundation for three seasons following the competition. Immediately after his Gold Medal win, Haochen Zhang embarked on an extensive three-year tour across the United States and abroad.

Jun Zhang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jun Zhang: is a Chinese economist and Cheung Kong Professor of Economics at Fudan University. He is the Director of China Center for Economics Studies at Fudan University. Jun received his doctorate from economics from Fudan University, and completed post-doctoral fellowships in the United States at Washington State University, and in Britain at the University of Sussex. After these studies, he held visiting professorships at a number of universities worldwide, including the London School of Economics, the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Aarhus and Tokyo Metropolitan University. Jun's principal academic fields involve Chinese economic reform, and development economics.