Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won f

Is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won for Hong Kong at the Athens Olympic in 2004.

Was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and historian who was born in today's Baoji, Shaanxi during

Was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and historian who was born in today's Baoji, Shaanxi during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He was first appointed to the Imperial Astronomy Bureau to help institute a calendar reform. He eventually ascended to deputy of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau and designed the Linde calendar. His father was an educated state official and also a Taoist. Li died in Chang'an in 670.

Is a Chinese race walker, who won the bronze medal over 10 km at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelo

Is a Chinese race walker, who won the bronze medal over 10 km at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a Chinese football midfielder currently playing for FK Rad Beograd in Serbian SuperLiga. Li Chuny

Is a Chinese football midfielder currently playing for FK Rad Beograd in Serbian SuperLiga. Li Chunyu began his professional football career with Chinese Super League club Shenyang Ginde where he would make his league debut against Liaoning Zhongyu on October 31, 2004 in a 3-1 defeat. As a youngster he was part of China national under-17 football team and was considered good enough to take part in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship where he played in all of China's games during the tournament.

Was a Chinese historian, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the History of N

Was a Chinese historian, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the History of Northern Dynasties and History of Southern Dynasties, which were completed by his son, Li Yanshou.

Is a retired male diver from PR China.

Is a retired male diver from PR China.

Was an official of the Chinese dynasties Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui Dynasty. He was a proli

Was an official of the Chinese dynasties Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui Dynasty. He was a prolific writer whose writing ability was greatly praised by his contemporaries and the emperors that he served under. He began the compilation of the Book of Northern Qi, a work that he was never able to complete, but his son Li Baiyao later completed the work.

Was a Chinese scholar, compiler and prime minister from the Song Dynasty known for his leading in th

Was a Chinese scholar, compiler and prime minister from the Song Dynasty known for his leading in the compilation for the three of the Four Great Books of Song. He was born in what is now Hengshui, Hebei and once served the Later Han and Later Zhou.

Was a Chinese American linguist.Li was one of the first Chinese to study linguistics outside of Chin

Was a Chinese American linguist.Li was one of the first Chinese to study linguistics outside of China. Originally a student of medicine, he switched to linguistics when he went to the United States in 1924. He gained a BA in linguistics at the University of Michigan two years later. Then he went on studying under Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield at the University of Chicago. In the US, he conducted field studies of the languages of the American Indians. His first exposure to fieldwork was his study of the Mattole language in northern California. In 1928 he received his PhD at the University of Chicago, with his thesis Mattole: An Athabaskan Language published in 1930.

Was a Qing Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He served as a county magistrate for 20 years. As a painter

Was a Qing Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He served as a county magistrate for 20 years. As a painter he is best known for painting plant imagery specifically pines, bamboos, plum blossoms and orchids. He was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a left-footed midfielder for Shenzhen Ruby in th

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a left-footed midfielder for Shenzhen Ruby in the Chinese Super League. Li Fei was scouted as a 17 years old to join Shenzhen's youth team before he graduated to their senior team in the 2002 league season. While he was part of the squad that won the 2004 league title it wasn't until the 2005 league season when the new Head coach Chi Shangbin showed faith within Li and started to establish him as a vital member within the team.

Is a Chinese shot putter.Her personal best throw is 19.13 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Changs

Is a Chinese shot putter.Her personal best throw is 19.13 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Changsha.

Is a Chinese professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental cycling team Discovery-Marco Polo C

Is a Chinese professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental cycling team Discovery-Marco Polo Cycling Team. Li rode with the team from 2005 to 2006, before switching to the Pro Tour Discovery Channel under coach Johan Bruyneel for the 2007 season. The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was disbanded at the end of the highly successful 2007 season, and Li moved on to the newly re-established China-based Trek-Marco Polo Cycling Team for the 2008 season.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chengdu Blades as a midfielder. Li Gang started

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chengdu Blades as a midfielder. Li Gang started his career in 2001 with Dalian Saidelong (who later changed their name to Shanghai United F.C.). During his time with them he would see them win promoted to the Chinese Super League at the end of the 2004 league season.

Is a Chinese race walker.His personal best time is 1:18:07 hours, achieved in April 2005 in Cixi.

Is a Chinese race walker.His personal best time is 1:18:07 hours, achieved in April 2005 in Cixi.

Is the President of Sias International University.A native of Wuwei, Gansu, Li Haijun received his B

Is the President of Sias International University.A native of Wuwei, Gansu, Li Haijun received his B.A. degree in English literature from Lanzhou University in 1976. He worked in Tibet Normal College and Tibet University from 1976 to 1994. He worked towards master degrees from Jilin University in 1981 and Nanjing University in 1986.

Is a Chinese football player who is playing in Hong Kong First Division League club South China and

Is a Chinese football player who is playing in Hong Kong First Division League club South China and is the captain of the team. He plays the role as a midfielder and he is famous for his quality free kick skills. He joined the team in 2006. He was appointed to be the captain at the later half of the season when the team captain Au Wai Lun served as a reserve player for most matches.

Was a short-lived Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, known for his unconventional and imaginativ

Was a short-lived Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, known for his unconventional and imaginative style.Li was discouraged by some of his contemporaries to take the Imperial Examination owing to naming taboo: his father's name happened to sound similar to Jinshi. Encouraged by Han Yu, who admired his talent, Li took the examination, but failed it. Despite his distant royal ancestry, Li died a petty and poor official at the age of 27.

Is a Chinese weightlifter.

Is a Chinese weightlifter.

Is a male Chinese sports sailor. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a male Chinese sports sailor. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2003. Participating in two Winter Olympics,

Is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2003. Participating in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006. She also earned her best individual finish of 27th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double

Was a Chinese general who ended several major rebellions, and a leading statesman of the late Qing E

Was a Chinese general who ended several major rebellions, and a leading statesman of the late Qing Empire. He served in important positions of the Imperial Court, once holding the office of the Viceroy of Zhili.

Also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (????, literally "the latter lord of Southern Tang"), personal

Also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (????, literally "the latter lord of Southern Tang"), personal name Li Yu (??), né Li Congjia (???), courtesy name Chongguang (??; pinyin: chòngguang), posthumously known as Prince of Wu (??), was a Chinese poet and the last ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom from 961 to 975 during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period; he has been called the "first true master" of the ci form (Indiana Companion p. 555).

A Chinese woodcut artist and communist known for his participation in left-wing activities, was born

A Chinese woodcut artist and communist known for his participation in left-wing activities, was born in Panyu, Guangdong. He was admitted into Guangzhou Public Fine Art School (????????) in 1924, and went to Japan to study fine arts at Kawabata Fine Arts School (??????) in 1930.

Was a Chinese composer. Born in Hong Kong, his ancestors came from Jinjiang country, Fujian, and his

Was a Chinese composer. Born in Hong Kong, his ancestors came from Jinjiang country, Fujian, and his mother was Taiwanese.Li studied in several primary and middle schools in Hong Kong, Xiamen, and Quanzhou from 1925 to 1935. In 1936 he entered the National Music College in Shanghai to learn harmony from Xiao Youmei.In 1938 Li went to Yan'an, where he studied at the Music Department of Lu Xun Arts College. After comple