Famous People with Name Chen

Chen Hongshou            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Hongshou: was a Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty.A native of Zhuji,ZheJiang province, was a painter of the Ming dynasty. His style name was Zhanghou, Laolian and Huichi by sobriquets. He once learned from Lan Ying,skilled in painting peculiar human figures, landscapes, flower-and-bird, utilizing plump and profound brushwork and precise color, creating a unique style. He always painted illustrations and made tapestry portraits.His two masterpieces," Shui Hu Ye Zi" and "Bo Gu Ye Zi", were the rare examples among the Ming and the Qing dynasties

Chen Ji            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Ji: is a female Chinese handball player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Chen Jianghua            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Jianghua: is a Chinese basketball player. He currently plays for Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.

Chen Jing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Jing: is a table tennis player and olympic champion for China, and later olympic medalist for Taipei.

Chen Jingrun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Jingrun: was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory. Chen is ranked as one of the leading mathematicians in the twentieth century and one of China's most influential mathematicians in history.

Chen Kaige            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Kaige: is a Chinese film director.Chen joined the Red Guards. As a teenage member of the Red Guards, Chen, like many other youths, denounced his own father, a fateful decision he eventually learned to regret. Indeed, this period of his life continues to influence much of his work today, notably in the unblinking depictions of the Cultural Revolution in Farewell My Concubine, and in the father-son relationship in Together.[1] With the end of the Cultural Revolution, Chen, in 1978 joined the Beijing Film Academy, where he graduated from in 1982 as part of the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers.

Jennifer Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jennifer Chen: is a professional pool player. She is also known by the nickname "China Doll."She was runner-up in the 1995 World 9-Ball Championships and 2005 World Games 9-Ball, and turned pro in 1997.

Jiafeng Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jiafeng Chen: born in Shanghai, is a young Chinese violinist. He started to play the violin at the age of 3 and gave his first concert at 8.

Joan Chong Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Joan Chong Chen: She was born Chen Chong in Shanghai, China into a family of doctors (her grandparents were educated at Oxford and her parents were trained at Harvard).[1] She grew up during the Cultural Revolution. At age 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, as she was excelling at marksmanship. This led her to be selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin who chose her to star in his 1977 film Youth (??, Qingchun)]][2] as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by an Army medical team. She soon enrolled in the prestigious Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, at age 17 (one year before one could go), where she majored in English.[3]

Kelly Chen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Kelly Chen: is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She is also credited as Chen Huilin, Wai-Lam Chan, Kelly Chan and Wai Lun Chen.