Famous People with Name Wen

Wen Peixin            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Peixin: was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). She was born in Lanzhou, Gansu. She had a rough childhood and spent most of her days on the fields of her village Lanzhou along with her father and mother, tending to crops. She was playful even at such a young age and enjoyed napping on the fields whilst watching clouds. She then attended the village school at the age of 8 and began to learn to write. At the age of 15, she became renowned of her ability to write poems whilst gazing at the sky and became the villages best student. Many of her childhood poems were inspired by the vast landscape of Lanzhou where she drew her inspirations from.

Wen Tianxiang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tianxiang: was a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of Song, and for his refusal to yield to the Yuan Dynasty despite being captured and tortured, he is a popular symbol of patriotism and righteousness in China. He is considered one of three heroes of the Song's last years, alongside Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.[citation needed]

Wen Tong            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tong: was a Northern Song painter famous for his ink bamboo pantings. He was one of the paragons of "scholar's painting" (shi ren hua), which idealised spontaneity and painting without financial reward.He could hold two brushes in one hand and paint two different distanced bamboos simultaneously

Wen Tsing Chow            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Tsing Chow: was a Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist and a digital computer pioneer.

Wen Yang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wen Yang: is a Chinese chess player, who holds the GM title. He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltan Almasi. In this tournament he achieved a performance rating of 2498.

Hao Li Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Hao Li Wen: is a Chinese professional racing cyclist.

Gao Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Wen: is a footballer who plays as a Midfielder. He currently plays for Kitchee in the Hong Kong First Division League and the Hong Kong national football team.

Liu Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Liu Wen: is a Chinese fashion model. She is the first model of East Asian descent to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In 2010, she became a face of Estée Lauder alongside Constance Jablonski.

Xu Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Wen: is a versatile Chinese footballer, who plays as either a defensive midfielder or defender for Nanchang Bayi. As a youngster Xu Wen would participate in the 10th National Games of the People's Republic of China as well as playing for the Shanghai Shenhua youth team before he would graduate to the senior team during the 2006 league season where he was given the number 25 shirt. A toe injury would see his progression halted before the merger with Shanghai United F.C. and the significant increase in the squad size saw him return to youth and reserve teams. He would leave the club to gain more playing opportunities and join second tier side Nanchang Bayi where during the 2009 league season he would establish himself as a vital member within the teams push for promotion to the top tier when they came runners-up in the division.

Tong Wen            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Tong Wen: is a Chinese judoka. Born in Tianjin she began training in Judo when she was 13.