Famous People with Name Bang

Bang Dae-Jong            Origin/Culture/Country: Korean

Bang Dae-Jong: a South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.

Bang Soo-Hyun            Origin/Culture/Country: Korean

Bang Soo-Hyun: is a badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments. At barely twenty-four she retired from competition shortly after her victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Bang Seung-Hwan            Origin/Culture/Country: Korean

Bang Seung-Hwan: is a South Korean football player who currently plays for FC Seoul. He previously played for Incheon United for five season beginning in 2004 and Jeju United.

Bang Dae-Du            Origin/Culture/Country: Korean

Bang Dae-Du: is a retired South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler.

Anton Christian Bang            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Anton Christian Bang: was a Norwegian theologian, historian and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. Bang was one of the more prominent figures within the Church of Norway in the decades around 1900. Bang was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1893–1895, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in 1895. Bang was appointed to the Second cabinet of Emil Stang in 1893.

Peter Georg Bang            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Peter Georg Bang: was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1854-1856 as leader of the Cabinet of Bang.

Nina Henriette Wendeline Bang            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Nina Henriette Wendeline Bang: was a Danish social democratic politician and historian. In 1924 she was appointed Minister for Education, becoming the first female minister in an internationally recognized government. She resigned as minister in 1926.

Peter Fibiger Bang            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Peter Fibiger Bang: is a Danish comparative historian. Bang's main research interests are Roman economic history and imperial power, historical sociology and world history, as well as the reception of Classical culture in later ages. Bang has authored, edited or co-edited seven volumes as of July 2011, as well as written a substantial number of articles, chapter contributions, reviews and essays. In addition to his academic activities, Bang writes on an occasional basis for the Danish newspaper, Weekendavisen.

Herman Joachim Bang            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Herman Joachim Bang: was a Danish author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough. He was twenty he published two volumes of critical essays on the realistic movement. In 1880 he published his novel Haabløse Slægter (Families Without Hope), which aroused immediate attention. The main character was a young man who had a relationship with an older woman. The book was considered obscene at the time and was banned. After some time spent in travel and a successful lecture tour of Norway and Sweden, he settled in Copenhagen and produced a series of novels and collections of short stories which placed him in the front rank of Scandinavian novelists. Among his more famous stories are Fædra (1883) and Tine (Tina, 1889). The latter won for its author the friendship of Henrik Ibsen and the enthusiastic admiration of Jonas Lie. Among his other works are Det hvide Hus (The White House, 1898), Excentriske Noveller (Eccentric Stories, 1885), Stille Eksistenser (Quiet Existences, 1886), Liv og Død (Life and Death, 1899), Englen Michael (The Angel Michael, 1902), a volume of poems (1889), and recollections, Ti Aar (Ten Years, 1891).