Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter X

Was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming Dynasty.

Was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming Dynasty. Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and they translated several classic Western texts into Chinese, including part of Euclid's Elements. He was also the author of the Nong Zheng Quan Shu, one of the first comprehensive treatises on the subject of agriculture.

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.

Is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired Chinese football player and current football manager. He had most recently been the man

Is a retired Chinese football player and current football manager. He had most recently been the manager of Chinese Super League team Dalian Shide F.C.. Hong rose to prominence in the 1994 league season with Dalian Wanda when they won the first professional Chinese Jia-A League title. After he retired he began managing the newly formed Chinese team Dalian Sidelong in the third tier. He quickly managed to get them immediately promoted to the second tier in 2002 and was able to take Dalian Sidelong second in the league.

Is a Chinese pairs figure skater. He competes with Li Jiaqi

Is a Chinese pairs figure skater. He competes with Li Jiaqi

An actress and director most famous in Mainland China. Xu graduated from the Beijing Film Academy's

An actress and director most famous in Mainland China. Xu graduated from the Beijing Film Academy's prestigious Performance Institute in 1997.[1] Along with Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Ziyi, the mainland Chinese media considers her a member of the Four Young Dan actresses (Chinese: ????).[2]

Is a Chinese chess player. He was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.[2] He has been a member of the

Is a Chinese chess player. He was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.[2] He has been a member of the Chinese Olympiad Team, a five times winner of the Asia Team Championship 1983-2003, the 1987 3.3 Zonal Champion, the 1998 Champion of China Open; the 2000-2001 Champion of Asia, and was a 2002 Olympiad member of Chinese Team which came 5th in the final standings.

Is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and received the sil

Is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and received the silver medal in the 55 kg weight class.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan. Xu Liang started his footballing

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan. Xu Liang started his footballing career with Liaoning Youth team and eventually graduated to the first team squad in the 2002 league season where he made 23 appearances in his debut season. He has appeared eight times for the China national football team, winning his first cap for his country in 2002.

Is a female Chinese sports sailor who won a bronze medal for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese sports sailor who won a bronze medal for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s.

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s.

Is a Chinese figure skater

Is a Chinese figure skater

Is a Chinese freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Ol

Is a Chinese freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in aerials. She participated at the 1996 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, where she received a silver medal.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Qingdao Jonoon. Xu Qun started his professional

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Qingdao Jonoon. Xu Qun started his professional football career with Shandong Luneng in 2004 after he graduated from their various youth teams, however he was never able to make any senior level appearances for them during his time with them. Xu was a key member of China U-17 National Team compete in 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

A female Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

A female Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Was a Ming Chinese painter, poet and dramatist famed for his artistic expressiveness. Revolutionary

Was a Ming Chinese painter, poet and dramatist famed for his artistic expressiveness. Revolutionary for its time, his painting style influenced and inspired countless subsequent painters, such as Zhu Da, the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and the modern masters Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi, who once exclaimed in a poem that "How I wish to be born 300 years earlier so I could grind ink and prepare paper for Green Vine ( A Xu Wei pen name)" (???????,???????). Xu Wei can be considered as the founder of modern painting in China

Is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouv

Is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 19th in the team sprint and 68th in the individual sprint event. Xu's best World Cup finish was 23rd in a 15 km event at Changchun in 2007.

Was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) known best for his famous

Was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) known best for his famous geographical treatise, and noted for his bravery and humility. He traveled throughout China for more than 30 years, documenting his travels extensively (which would be compiled posthumously into the The Travel Diaries Xu Xiake, and his work translated by Ding Wenjiang).[1] Xu's writing falls under the old Chinese literary category of 'travel record literature' ('youji wenxue'“????”), which used narrative and prose styles of writing to portray one's travel experiences.[2]

Was a Chinese communist military leader.Xu joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and later bec

Was a Chinese communist military leader.Xu joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and later became a commander in the 4th Front Army of the Red Army, led by Zhang Guotao. He served as Zhang's principle commander with Ye Jianying as Chief of Staff. During this time, he helped Zhang to establish new communist bases and expanded the 4th Front Army of the Chinese Red Army despite the fact that his wife was executed by Zhang Guotao in his political purges.

Is a Chinese midfielder. He currently plays for the football (soccer) team Gainare Tottori in Japan.

Is a Chinese midfielder. He currently plays for the football (soccer) team Gainare Tottori in Japan.

Is a Chinese race walker.

Is a Chinese race walker.

Is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super

Is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League. Xu Yang graduated from the Shandong Luneng youth team in 2006 after playing for their various youth teams that trained in Serbia, having played with a lower league FK Beograd in the second part of the 2006-07 mseason. A promising youngster Xu Yang would be called in Gao Hongbo's first National squad. He would make his debut against Iran in a friendly, which China won 1-0 on the 1st of June 2009, where Xu Yang played as a left winger throughout the game.

Is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chin

Is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2000. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She finished ninth in the K-4 500 m event

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She finished ninth in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Is a professional Chinese tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On February 11, 2008, sh

Is a professional Chinese tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On February 11, 2008, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 258. On July 21, 2008, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 88. She is coached by Yan Fan Fan.