Famous People with Name Jin

Jin Di            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Di: is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Jin Jing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Jing: is a Chinese female Paralympic fencer. She was a torchbearer carrying the Olympic torch amid political protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Paris, France. According to ABC News, she fended off protestors who "threw themselves" at her; most were wrestled away by French police but at least one reached her wheelchair and tried to wrench the torch away.[2] Jin has gained national fame in China because of the incident,[3] but was attacked on Chinese internet bulletin boards for her stance in the following Carrefour boycott.[4][5][6] In contrast Western media concentrated on how the incident involving Jin Jing ignited Chinese nationalism and was exploited for propaganda purposes by the state media.[7][8]

Jin Shengtan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Shengtan: was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature.[1]

Jin Tingbiao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Tingbiao: was a Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty.

Jin Xuefei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jin Xuefei: is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (??).

Min Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Min Jin: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Sheffield United (Hong Kong).

He Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

He Jin: is a female Chinese water polo player. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qiu Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qiu Jin: was a Chinese anti-Qing Empire revolutionary, feminist and writer. She was executed after a failed uprising and today is considered a heroine in China. She was an eloquent orator who spoke out for women's rights, such as the freedom to marry, freedom of education, and abolishment of bound feet. In 1906 she founded a radical women's journal with another female poet, Xu Zihua, in Shanghai. In 1907 she became head of the Datong school in Shaoxing, ostensibly a school for sport teachers, but really intended for the military training of revolutionaries. On July 6, 1907 Xu Xilin was caught by the authorities before a scheduled uprising. He confessed his involvement under interrogation and was executed. Immediately after, on July 12, the government troops arrested Qiu Jin at the school for girls where she was a principal. She was tortured but refused to admit her involvement in the plot, but they found incriminating documents and a few days later she was publicly beheaded in her home village, Shanyin, at the age of 31. Qiu Jin was acknowledged immediately by the revolutionaries as a heroine and martyr, and she became a symbol of women's independence in China.

Luo Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Luo Jin: is a Chinese film and television actor.

Chen Jin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Jin: is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.