Famous People with Name Wen

Wen Peixin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Peixin: was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). She was born in Lanzhou, Gansu. She had a rough childhood and spent most of her days on the fields of her village Lanzhou along with her father and mother, tending to crops. She was playful even at such a young age and enjoyed napping on the fields whilst watching clouds. She then attended the village school at the age of 8 and began to learn to write. At the age of 15, she became renowned of her ability to write poems whilst gazing at the sky and became the villages best student. Many of her childhood poems were inspired by the vast landscape of Lanzhou where she drew her inspirations from.

Wen Tianxiang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tianxiang: was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of Song, and for his refusal to yield to the Yuan Dynasty despite being captured and tortured, he is a popular symbol of patriotism and righteousness in China. He is considered one of three heroes of the Song's last years, alongside Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.[citation needed]

Wen Tong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tong: was a Northern Song painter famous for his ink bamboo pantings. He was one of the paragons of "scholar's painting" (shi ren hua), which idealised spontaneity and painting without financial reward.He could hold two brushes in one hand and paint two different distanced bamboos simultaneously

Wen Tsing Chow            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tsing Chow: was a Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist and a digital computer pioneer.

Wen Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Yang: is a Chinese chess player, who holds the GM title. He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltan Almasi. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2498.

Jiang Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jiang Wen: is a Chinese film actor and director. He is probably best known internationally as the male lead opposite Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's directorial debut Red Sorghum.

Sun Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Sun Wen: is a retired well-known female Chinese football (soccer) player.Sun appeared in the national squad at the age of 17[1]. A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Boot (which she shared with Sissi, of Brazil) and the Golden Ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be nominated for the Asian Football Confederation player of the year award.

Zhu Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhu Wen: is a Chinese short story writer turned director.His first published short story, I Love Dollars, was denounced by some critics as the "shameless and indecent novel of a hooligan.In 1998, he instigated and became identified with the Rupture movement(duanlie) to voice dissatisfaction with the literary establishment. He sent questionnaires to about 70 writers, about 55 of which responded. The responses were sarcastic and mostly expressed discontent, and later spawned publications that nurtured more independence among writers.[2]

Hao Li Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hao Li Wen: is a Chinese professional racing cyclist.

Gao Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Wen: is a footballer who plays as a Midfielder. He currently plays for Kitchee in the Hong Kong First Division League and the Hong Kong national football team.