Famous People with Name Xian

Xian Xinghai            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xian Xinghai: was a Chinese composer. Although he composed in all the major musical forms (two symphonies, a violin concerto, four large scale choral works, nearly 300 songs and an opera), he is best known for his Yellow River Cantata upon which the Yellow River Concerto for piano and orchestra is based.

Xian Bangdi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xian Bangdi: is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s.

Yang Xian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Yang Xian: is a Chinese FIDE Master chess player.His current (inactive) ELO rating is 2415 according to FIDE.

Xie He Xian            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Xie He Xian: is a Taiwanese singer and actor, best known as "a Chord".a Chord was named Xie He Xian (???) by his grandfather. His name He Xian (??) means chords in English. He started to play the guitar from a very young age due to the influences of his grandfather whom he looks up to as a role model.

Julia Wong Pei Xian            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Julia Wong Pei Xian: is a female badminton player from Malaysia.

Li Xian            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Li Xian: was the fourth Emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling briefly in 684 and again from 705 to 710. Emperor Zhongzong was the son of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian). He succeeded his father in 684. His mother, however, deposed him less than two months later in favor of his younger brother Emperor Ruizong. The former emperor, demoted to a princely rank, was sent in exile in the provinces and placed under house arrest. Six years later, Emperor Ruizong in turn relinquished the throne to his mother and Empress Dowager Wu officially proclaimed herself "Emperor", while Emperor Ruizong was made crown prince. By 698 the court was caught in the middle of a bitter power struggle. In an attempt to decrease the power struggle, Empress Wu liberated the former emperor from his 14 years of seclusion and recalled him to the capital in April 698. He was reinstated as crown prince in October 698, taking the place of his brother. On 20 February 705, a palace coup deposed Wu Zetian and Emperor Zhongzong was restored as emperor three days later. Emperor Zhongzong reigned for five years but was a rather weak and easily influenced ruler. Real power was in the hands of his empress consort, Empress Wei and her lover Wu Sansi (Wu Zetian's nephew).