Famous People with Name Ying

Ying Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ying Liang: is a Chinese independent film director and screenwriter.After the success of his short films, he directed his first feature film Taking Father Home (2005), which won awards at the Tokyo Filmex Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival,[1] and the San Francisco International Film Festival. Taking Father Home was also selected at more than thirty international film festivals including The Tiger awards competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival.

Ying Dong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ying Dong: is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s.

Ying Ruocheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ying Ruocheng: was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and Vice Minister of Culture from 1986 to 1990. He is best known for playing the part of the governor of the detention camp in The Last Emperor.Ying is the author of a memoir, co-authored by Clair Conceison, "Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China's Revolution and Reform" (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).

Yingluck Shinawatra            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Yingluck Shinawatra: is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, and the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election. Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister and is the youngest Prime Minister of Thailand in over 6

Na Ying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Na Ying: is a Chinese vocalist. She is considered as one of the best present-day female singers in Mainland China, having sold more than 10 million albums. She is also noted for her buoyant and forthright personality. She was born in Shenyang, Liaoning. She is an ethnic Manchu, said to be of the Yehe Nara clan. Na won several national singing contests in the 1980s, and in 1988 began her recording career in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Joie Qu Ying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Joie Qu Ying: is a Chinese model. After the modeling competition, Qu acted in a large number of television series and films. First in series "Plum Woman" in 1990, the most memorable ones are "Love Talks" and its spinoff sequel, "Adieu". She also started her singing career when she released her debut album "Fly With Me" in 1994. She signed with music record company BMG in 1997 and released four other albums up to date.

Kong Ying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Kong Ying: is a Chinese child singer. She has appeared on national television, often seen by millions of people, and in concerts since the age of three. She also performed at the Sydney Opera House.

Ding Ying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ding Ying: was a Chinese agriculturalist. After graduating from high school, Ding studied natural science at Guangdong Advanced Normal College for one year. Thanks to his excellent grades, he then went to study in Japan, supported by the government. He enrolled in the preparatory school of Tokyo First Advanced College in September 1912, and studied Japanese. He went home in June 1914. Later in September, he went to Japan again and continue the study in another college. In 1919 due to the outbreak of May Fourth Movement, Ding returned to China. He taught in Gaozhou High School, Gaozhou Agricultural School, and later served in Guangdong provincial education bureau. In April 1921, Ding went to study in Japan for the third time, and enrolled in the department of agriculture of Tokyo Imperial University (now Tokyo University). He became the first Chinese student studying rice cultivation at that university. When he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1924, he was 36 years old. After graduation, Ding returned to China and became a professor in the school of agriculture of Guangdong University (now Sun Yat-sen University). In 1927, Ding donated part of his savings to establish the first rice research institute in China. He also helped build several experimental campuses in order to select superior seeds and improve cultivation techniques, and thus made contribution to rice production in south China. After the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Ding became the dean of agriculture school of Sun Yat-sen University, which is the formel South China Agricultural University. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1956, at the age of 67. In 1957, Ding was appointed as the inaugural president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was also the president of South China Institute of Agriculture. Ding died of liver cancer in 1964.

Wu Ying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wu Ying: is an entrepreneur from the city of Dongyang in Zhejiang Province, and formerly the sixth-richest woman in China. She has been convicted of financial fraud and sentenced to death by a provincial court. Her sentence is now subject to review by the Supreme Court of China. In 2005 Wu Ying founded the Bense Group in Dongyang, and in the following year registered 15 separate companies under the group with a total registered capital of 300 million yuan, and made high-profile donations of 6.3 million yuan to charities. Her sudden wealth and fame caused a sensation in Chinese media and there were wild speculations of the source of her apparent wealth.