Famous People with Name Jun

Ma Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Ma Jun: was a Chinese mechanical engineer and government official during the Three Kingdoms era of China. His most notable invention was that of the South Pointing Chariot, a directional compass vehicle which actually had no magnetic function, but was operated by use of differential gears (which applies equal amount of torque to driving wheels rotating at different speeds).[1] It is because of this revolutionary device (and other achievements) that Ma Jun is known as one of the most brilliant mechanical engineers and inventors of his day (alongside Zhang Heng of the earlier Eastern Han Dynasty). The device was re-invented by many after Ma Jun, including the astronomer and mathematician Zu Chongzhi (429-500 AD). In the later medieval dynastic periods, Ma Jun's South Pointing Chariot was combined in a single device with the distance-measuring odometer.

Shi Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shi Jun: is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League.Shi started playing football at the age of 5. He was able to join Dalian Wanda's reserve team at an early age but was not able to hold down a place on the team. When he was 16, Shi joined Changchun Yatai and started playing as a forward.

Wang Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Jun: is a former soccer player who played for Tianjin Wanke from 1995 to 1997 and transferred to Tianjin Teda in 1998. He was one of three captains in Tianjin Teda since 2006. He retired from soccer on December 10, 2007, aged 31. After his retirement, he is going to be a coach in Tianjin Teda.

Xie Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xie Jun: is a chess player from Beijing, China. She was twice (eighth and tenth) Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001. Xie is only the second woman to hold the title twice, the other being Elisabeth Bykova.

Xu Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Jun: is a Chinese chess player. He was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.[2] He has been a member of the Chinese Olympiad Team, a five times winner of the Asia Team Championship 1983-2003, the 1987 3.3 Zonal Champion, the 1998 Champion of China Open; the 2000-2001 Champion of Asia, and was a 2002 Olympiad member of Chinese Team which came 5th in the final standings.