Famous People with Name Wei

Wei Huacun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Huacun: was a founder of the Shangqing sect of Daoism.She was born in modern Jining, Shandong in former county Rencheng (??) in 252. Her father, Wei Shu (??), was a government official. From an early age she displayed a propensity for studying the works of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and practicing Daoist methods of cultivation.

Wei Jianhua            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Jianhua: is a retired female Chinese javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 63.92 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Beijing.

Wei Jingsheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Jingsheng: is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document, Fifth Modernization on the "Democracy Wall in Bejing in 1978.

Wei Ning            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Ning: is a female Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Wei Shou            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Shou: was the author of the Book of Wei, composed in 554, an important Chinese historical text.

Tang Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tang Wei: is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution.

Huang Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Huang Wei: was a Chinese Nationalist military general who fought in the Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Huang was born into a rural intellectual family in Guixi, Jiangxi province in 1924. With the help of local friends and townsmen he was admitted to the elite Whampoa Military Academy. He was loyal, dutiful and brave in battle and caught the attention of Chen Cheng, his superior and senior military instructor who introduced him to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. By the end of 1927, he was promoted to regimental commander of the 9th corps, in 1928 he was reassigned as regimental colonel of the 11th division, which Chen Cheng was the commander. In 1928 he was enrolled in the Army War College and after graduation he was promoted to 32nd brigade commander in the 11th division, now as part of the 18th corps, again Chen Cheng was the Corps superior general officer.

Fan Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Fan Wei: is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor and film actor, best known for his performances with Zhao Benshan in CCTV New Year’s Galas since 1995. In recent years, he has been featured in such films as Cell Phone, A World Without Thieves, If You Are The One and City of Life and Death. He has also acted in several Mainland Chinese TV serials.

Wei Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wei Wei: is a Chinese actress.

Te Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Te Wei: was a Chinese animator. He is probably best known for the 1956 short animated film The Conceited General. From about 1960 his animation style was influenced by the painter Qi Baishi. Not permitted to carry on his animation during the Cultural Revolution, Te Wei regained a position of artistic influence in the late 1970s and the 1980s with a series of animated films in painterly style.