Famous People with Name Qian

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.

Qian Du            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Du: was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).His style name was 'Shumei' and his sobriquets were 'Songhu, Songhu Xiaoyin and Hegong'. Qian painted landscapes in a style influenced by Wang Meng. He also painted human figures and flowers.

Qian Gu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Qian Gu: was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). His date of death is unknown, but is traditionally given as around 1578.Qian was a client of the literatus Wang Shizhen (1526-90), and frequently spent time at Wang's home in Taicang in his later years. In 1572 Qian painted an album of scenes along the Grand Canal while accompanying Wang Shizhen on a journey to the capital at Beijing.

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.

Wu Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wu Qian: is a Chinese classical pianist. At the age of fifteen, Qian performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and later at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland. As the recipient of the Sydney Perry Award from the Martin Musical Foundation, Qian performed the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra in St John's, Smith Square, London in 2000. In 2001, she played a recital at the Purcell Room where her ambitious programme included Elliott Carter's Night Fantasies, two György Ligeti Études and Hafliði Hallgrímsson's Homage to Mondrian. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, this recital drew enthusiastic reviews from five national newspapers. Qian has given recitals in the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall London, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the City Hall, Hong Kong, in Hanover and Amsterdam and in the Steinway Hall of Hamburg and New York where her performance was recorded by Japanese National Television NHK for broadcast throughout Asia.

Xiao Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xiao Qian: was a famous essayist, editor, journalist and translator from China. His life spanned the country before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Chen Qian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Qian: is a female Chinese modern pentathlete who will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.