Famous People with Name Wang

Wang Puchen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Puchen: is a New Zealand IM-titled chess master. He became the New Zealand Champion, Rapid Champion and Lightning Champion in January 2007 when he was 17.

Wang Qingyun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Qingyun: is a Chinese figure skater.

Wang Rui            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Rui: is a Chinese IM chess player.is a Chinese IM chess player.

Wang Ruoshui            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Ruoshui: was a Chinese journalist and philosopher, major exponent of Marxist humanism in China and of Chinese liberalism.

Wang Ruowang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Ruowang: but more popularly known from his pen name Ruowang, was a Chinese author and dissident who was imprisoned various times for political reasons by both the Kuomintang and the Communist government of China.

Charles B. Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Charles B. Wang: is the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. (now CA, Inc.) and owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. He was born in Shanghai, but moved to Queens, NY, when he was eight years old. He attended the elite Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Queens College in New York, and began working at Columbia University. In 1976, Wang started Computer Associates on credit cards at the age of 31. He has since authored two books to help executives master technology: Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). Wang retired from Computer Associates in 2002.

Dr. An Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Dr. An Wang: was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.

Vera Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Vera Wang: is an American fashion designer based in New York. She is known for her wedding gown collection, among other specialties.

Wayne Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wayne Wang: is a Chinese American film director.Born in Hong Kong, he studied film and television at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Chan Is Missing (1982) and Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985) established his reputation. He is best known for the independent features Smoke (1995) and Anywhere but Here (1999). At the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Wang premiered two feature films, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Princess of Nebraska, as well as appearing in the Arthur Dong documentary film Hollywood Chinese.

An Wang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

An Wang: was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.A native of Kunshan County in Suzhou Prefecture, he was born in Shanghai, China, and graduated from Jiaotong University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1940. He emigrated to the United States in June 1945 to attend Harvard University for graduate school, earning a PhD in applied physics in 1948. After graduation, he worked at Harvard with Dr Howard Aiken on the design of the Mark IV, Aiken's first fully electronic computer. Wang co-invented the pulse transfer controlling device with Way-Dong Woo, a schoolmate from China who fell ill before their patent was issued. The new device implemented write-after-read which made magnetic core memory possible. Harvard reduced its commitment to computer research in 1951, prompting Wang's departure.