Famous People with Name Qian

Qian Hong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Hong: is a former butterfly swimmer from China,

Qian Jialing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Jialing: is a Chinese archer, who won the silver medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.

Qian Sanqiang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Sanqiang: was a Chinese nuclear physicist.A native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaoxing. His father is Qian Xuantong. After graduating from the Tsinghua University, he went for France in 1937. He studied in Collège de Sorbonne and Collège de France, doing research under Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie. He returned to China in 1948.c

Qian Xuantong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Xuantong: was a Chinese linguist. Born as Qian Xia (??), he had the courtesy name Deqian (??).

Qian Zhongshu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Zhongshu: was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his burning wit and formidable erudition.

Sima Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Sima Qian: was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes (???) of the Han Dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian (??), an overview of the history of China covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to Emperor Han Wudi (???). His definitive work laid the foundation for later Chinese historiography.

Tao Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tao Qian: also known as Tao Yuanming (???), born in modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi, was one of the most influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poets.He came from a notable family which had descended into poverty; when young, he was torn between ambition and a desire to retreat into solitude. His great-grandfather was the famous Eastern Jin general and governor, Tao Kan. He served in a series of minor posts, but his sister's death, as well as disgust at the corruption and infighting of the Jin Court prompted his resignation, convincing him that life was too short to compromise on his principles; as he put it himself, he would not "bow like a servant in return for five bushels of grain" ("??????" has entered common usage to mean "swallowing one's pride in exchange for a meagre existence". 'Five bushels of grain' refers to the salary of a low-ranking official). He lived in retirement for his last 22 years.

Charley Zaijian Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Charley Zaijian Qian: is a professor of Public Policy and Sociology and director of the Research Institute of Public Policy and Management at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.Qian graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Nanjing University 1987, earning a B. A. degree, and got his Ph. D. in sociology from Nanjing University in 2004. In November 2002, Qian participated in Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship at Payap University in Qiang Mai, Thailand. From October 2003 to September 2004, Qian studied social welfare at Aichi University of Education in Japan. He was a visiting scholar at Chung Chi College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong from June 13 to July 25 2009.

Song Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Song Qian: is a Chinese singer, dancer, model, and the leader of the five-member South Korean girl group f(x). Song was scouted at a dance competition in Beijing on September 2007. She passed her audition for SM Entertainment and began preparing for her modeling career in South Korea. Song's first media appearance was for a Spris commercial in early 2008 with South Korean singer-actor Lee Jun-ki. In April 2008, Song modeled for Samsung in a music video with Korean actor-singer Rain. In May 2008, she appeared in Shinee's music video Replay.

Li Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Li Qian: is currently an actress and has participated in famous series such as The Country's Granary , Treasure Raiders '02 , Happy Princess , Twin of Brothers , Sword of Outlaw , and Vagabond Vigilante.