Famous People with Name Cheng

Cheng Mouyi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cheng Mouyi: is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Hangzhou Greentown F.C. as either a midfielder or right-back. Cheng Mouyi started his professional football career when he joined Zhejiang Lucheng in 2000 as a youth player.

Cheng Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cheng Liang: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua. Despite already being 32 years old Cheng Liang was to make his international debut against Germany on the 29th May 2009, in an impressive 1-1 friendly that saw him play as a centre-back.

Cheng Yaodong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cheng Yaodong: is a retired Chinese football player and current football manager. He most recently was the manager of Chinese Super League team Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.. Cheng Yaodong's greatest international achievement came when he would be called into the Chinese squad to play in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, which saw China come third in the tournament. Though he was squad player throughout his international career he did play in the tournament against Japan in a 3-2 defeat. Nearing the end of his football career Cheng Yaodong was offered the chance to manage Shanghai COSCO Huili (now known as Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.).

Cheng Li-wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cheng Li-wen: is a former spokeswoman for the Kuomintang in the Republic of China. She is now a member of the Central Standing Committee of the party. She was previously a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, but she switched sides, citing disappointment with the DPP.

Cheng, Jei-cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cheng, Jei-cheng: is the current Minister of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan), serving in the cabinet of President Ma Ying-jeou. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Cheng served as president of National Chengchi University.

Stephanie Cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Stephanie Cheng: is a female cantopop singer in Hong Kong introduced by Go East Music (consolidated with Universal Music in 2003). She was born in Hong Kong and studied at Heep Yunn College and the Australian International School. After her graduation she began modeling jobs until she was invited to be a singer.

Tseng Cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tseng Cheng: was a Hong Kong businessman, government advisor, public welfare advocate, and philanthropist. He has ancestral roots in Zhuhai, Guangdong). He was best noted for his positions as a Board Member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, Director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Disease Foundation. After the war, he became a successful real estate developer in Hong Kong, founding the Tseng Brother's Construction Company. A majority of his projects are located in Tsim Sha Tsui and Repulse Bay.

Ekin Cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ekin Cheng: is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him ???) as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name. Currently Ekin is the name used. His first film was Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (1992) and at the time he was still called by the name Dior Cheng. He changed his name to "Ekin" before his breakout role in the Young and Dangerous series as Chan Ho-nam

Yumiko Cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yumiko Cheng: is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename. In 2004, she released the album, Perfect Date, though made a decreasing number of media appearances due to health problems and an overall strategy re-evaluation within her company.

Carol Cheng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Carol Cheng: is an actress and host from Hong Kong. Cheng began her career in the 1975 working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link from 2001-2002. In 1980, she made her debut along with Chow Yun-fat.[citation needed] After her film debut her output became so prolific that at one point she was working on nine films simultaneously, leading her to have the nickname "Nine films Cheng." It was also during this very prolific time in her career that she became the highest paid actress in the region, beating out Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh, who rounded up the top 5. She began hosting programmes for TVB in 1997, she returned to acting with a critically acclaimed performance in the TVB sitcom, "War of Genders". It immediately become the highest rated show for the network TVB and garnered Cheng a Best Actress trophy at the annual awards. She is the highest-paid female employee of TVB.