Famous People with Name Wong

Wong Kam Kau            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wong Kam Kau: is a fencer from Hong Kong

Wong Kar-wai            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wong Kar-wai: is an award winning Hong Kong film director, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films.Born in Shanghai, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of five. Coming from the Mainland and speaking only Mandarin and Shanghainese, he had a difficult period of adjustment to Cantonese speaking Hong Kong, spending hours in movie theatres with his mother. After graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic College in graphic design in 1980, he enrolled in the Production Training Course organized by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a full-time television scriptwriter. In the mid-1980s, he became a scriptwriter/director at The Wing Scope Co. and In-gear Film Production Company, the production houses owned by renowned Hong Kong actor /movie producer Alan Tang. Wong's current nostalgic artsy style took shape during his apprenticeship with Alan Tang Kwong-Wing, who invested in the first movie Wong directed, "As Tears Go By" (1988). Wong's career took off when he directed the film "Days of Being Wild" (1990), despite losing Alan Tang millions of invested dollars.

Wong Peng Soon            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Wong Peng Soon: was a badminton player who reigned as a top player in Singapore from the 1930s to the 1950s. He won the singles title seven times in Singapore and eight times in Malaya during this period, as well as being the top player in the Danish Open, the Indian Open, and the Philippines Open to name a few.

Wong Pei Tty            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Wong Pei Tty: is a female badminton player from Malaysia.Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chin Eei Hui. They defeated Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada of Japan in the first round but were defeated by Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China in the round of 16.

Wong Choong Hann            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Wong Choong Hann: is a professional Malaysian badminton player.Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open, however he failed to progress to the important stages of the tournament.

Penny Wong            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Penny Wong: Australian Labor Party politician, is the current and first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water

Pansy Yu Fong Wong            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Pansy Yu Fong Wong: is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of parliament for the National Party, and is the Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Associate Minister for ACC, and Associate Minister of Energy and Resources in the National-led Governme

Penelope "Penny" Ying-yen Wong            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Penelope "Penny" Ying-yen Wong: is an Australian Labor Party senator for South Australia and the Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Wong was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. Her appointment was amended on 26 February 2010, by the Prime Minister, to

Peter Wong            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peter Wong: is an Australian politician. A prominent figure in the Sydney Chinese community and former member of the Liberal Party of Australia, he became concerned over the Liberal Party's refusal to oppose strongly the rise of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Part