Famous People with Name Chen

Chen Chunxian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Chunxian: was the founder of the Silicon Valley of China, also known as Zhongguancun.Chen Chunxian was born in 1934 in Sichuan Province, China. In 1958, he graduated from Moscow University, Department of Physics.As a result of Richard Nixon's efforts and Mao Zedong's agreement, China and the United States engaged in exchanging friendship greetings. On one trip, in 1979, Chen was invited to visit the United States. On this trip, Chen saw Route 128 and Silicon Valley. They both impressed him greatly.

Chen Ling            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Ling: is a female archer from the People's Republic of China.

Chen Yu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Yu: is a Chinese information scientist and information economist.He is now professor of Information School, Renmin University of China (The People's University of China). He is notable for his academic achievements in information science and information economics. His major research fields include computer applications, information management, systems science and information economics. He has been the adviser of about 30 doctoral candidates during 1995-2009.

Chen Mengjia            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Mengjia: was a Chinese scholar and archaeologist. His father was a Presbyterian minister. At the height of his career Chen was Professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He was married to Chinese poet and translator Zhao Luorui (aka Lucy Chao). Chen committed suicide in 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution after being labeled a "capitalist intellectual" and Rightist, having criticised Chinese leaders in 1957.[1] The Chinese leader Mao Zedong had initiated a campaign to change the Chinese writing system, adopting an alphabet along Western lines, and Cheng wrote articles criticising the proposals.

Chen, Zhangliang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen, Zhangliang: graduated from the School of South-China Tropical Botany in 1983, and then was sent to study in the United States by the Chinese Government. He finished his Ph.D. in Washington University in St. Louis. After he returned to China in 1987, he worked in Peking University as dean of faculty of biology and chair of school of life science. He became the vice president of Peking University in 1995, and president of China Agricultural University in 2002. Because of his kindness and friendliness to his students, he was called "Liang Ge" (brother Liang)(??) by all of the students in the university.

Sisi Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Sisi Chen: was a Chinese film and theater actress.

Ashton Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ashton Chen: is a Mainland Chinese actor and martial artist. He has been a disciple of Shi Yongxin, the current abbot of the Shaolin Temple, since he was two years old. Originally known as "Chen Xiao-long" , Ashton was given a Dharma name-- "Shi Xiao-long" by the abbot. He was taught with martial arts by his father and Shi Yongxin at a young age. He got attention from the Entertainment Industry after his performance in the International Shaolin Kung Fu Festival in Zhengzhou, China at the age of four. He had became a Kung Fu child actor in China and achieved great success in films such as the martial arts comedy "Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple" in 1994. In 2003, he stopped filming and went to study in the United States. In 2005, he went back to China to star as Zhan Zhao, a legendary body guard in Northern Song Dynasty in the TV series Young Justice Bao III. In 2007, he continues his study in the United States and has graduated at high school in 2008. He continued his acting career in China since then. He starred as a Ip Man's student in the martial arts film Ip Man 2 released in April 2010.

Lu Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Lu Chen: is a Chinese actress. She is currently a contracted artist to the talent agency Cathay Media. Lu was discovered by a principal photographer of the television series Eternal Beauty in 2006 and was invited the participate in the project. She has been acting since then.

Yao Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yao Chen: is an award-winning Chinese actress and the person on Sina Weibo with the largest number of "fans" (analogous to "followers" on Twitter), with over 16 million. Her acting debut was as the daughter of a powerful martial artist in a 2005 television production of My Own Swordsman. Following this, in 2008, she played the part of an iconic guerilla leader in the series Undercover. Her first stage appearance was as a white-collar heroine in A Story of Lala's Promotion (2009). She has since appeared as Mango in Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One 2 (2010), in Chen Yili’s Colour Me Love (2010) and in Shang Jing’s My Own Swordsman (2011).

Wei Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Chen: is a Chinese pop singer and actor, who rose to fame through Super Boy a televised singing competitions. He is best known through his album "Disparate" and his role as Ye Shuo on Meteor Shower.