Famous People with Name Liang

Liang Shih-chiu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liang Shih-chiu: a renowned educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer.In 1949, to escape the civil war, Liang fled to Taiwan where he taught at Taiwan Normal University until his retirement in 1966. During this period, he established himself as a lexicographer by bringing out a series of English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries. His translation works included George Orwell's Animal Farm and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

Liang Lei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liang Lei: is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Liang Zhongxing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liang Zhongxing: is a male Chinese water polo player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Liang Peixing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liang Peixing: is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She finished ninth in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Liang Wenhao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liang Wenhao: is a Chinese male short track speed skater. He represented China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Xu Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Liang: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan. Xu Liang started his footballing career with Liaoning Youth team and eventually graduated to the first team squad in the 2002 league season where he made 23 appearances in his debut season. He has appeared eight times for the China national football team, winning his first cap for his country in 2002.

Huo Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Huo Liang: is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. In addition to his gold medal in the 10m Platform Sync. event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he dove for 10m Platform event, placing 4th in the final round.

Shi Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shi Liang: was a female politician of the People's Republic of China.She was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.

Wányán Liàng            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wányán Liàng: was emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchen dynasty which ruled northern China. He reigned from January 9, 1150 to December 15, 1161. His birth name was Wányán Liàng , or in Jurchen, Digunai . He promoted the policy of sinicization of Jurchens, which was partially reversed by his successor, emperor Shizong of Jin.

Tang Liang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tang Liang: is a Chinese female ice hockey player. She is a member of the China women's national ice hockey team. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The team finished 7th out of 8 teams.