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Yang Enyou (October 16, 2013 -) is a Chinese actress from Chengdu, Sichuan. She has appeared in movies such as "Life Events", "Nanjing Photo Studio" and "Fire Covers Eyes".

Yang Yang (Chinese: Yang Yang; pinyin: Yáng Yáng; born 24 August 1976) is a Chinese sports administrator, retired short track speed skater, and businesswoman. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2002 Winter Olympics and a six-time overall world champion for 1997–2002. Known as Yang Yang (A), she was formerly a member of the Chinese national short track team. Yang is one of the most accomplished short track speed skaters of all time having won 34 world titles, including six Overall World Championships. She is the first person to have won six overall world titles and won six consecutively. Her victory in the women's 500 m short track at the 2002 Winter Olympics made her China's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medalist. She added a second gold in the women's 1000 m short track at the same Games and has also won two silver and a bronze medal. Yang retired after 2003 World Championships but was persuaded to return as a player-coach during 2004–2005 season to prepare for 2006 Winter Olympics where she won the bronze medal in 1000 m race. She retired again after the Games.

Yang Zhenning (October 1, 1922 - October 18, 2025), who used the English names Frank and Franklin, was a native of Hefei, Anhui, and his ancestral home was Fengyang, Anhui. He was a Chinese theoretical physicist who made outstanding contributions in the fields of particle physics, statistical physics, condensed matter physics and other fields. Yang Zhenning is the eldest son of mathematician Yang Wuzhi. He was admitted to the Southwest Associated University in 1937 to study for undergraduate and master's degrees, and then entered the University of Chicago in 1945 as a publicly funded student studying in the United States to study for a doctoral degree. After graduating in 1948, he briefly served as a faculty member at the University of Chicago, and then worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 1949 to 1966. In 1954, he jointly proposed the Yang-Mills theory with Robert Mills, laying the foundation for gauge field theory. In 1956, he and Li Zhengdao jointly proposed the parity non-conservation theory. After the theory was experimentally confirmed by Wu Jianxiong's group, it was quickly recognized by the academic community. Yang and Li also won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957, becoming the earliest Chinese Nobel Prize winners. In 1964, Chen Ning Yang became a U.S. citizen and served as a professor at Stony Brook University two years later until 1999. Since then, he has served as a professor at Tsinghua University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and became a citizen of the People's Republic of China in 2015. Yang Zhenning passed away in Beijing on October 18, 2025, at the age of 103.

Yang Wenjun (1970-), director from mainland China. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he graduated from Beijing Broadcasting Institute in 1992, specializing in documentary editing and directing. After graduation, I was assigned to Nanjing Cable TV Station and joined the crew. In 1995, he returned to Nanjing Cable TV and began to independently direct eight episodes of the TV series "The Little Tree of Life" in September 1996. Later he directed many TV series.

Yang Xinming (January 14, 1957 -), native of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Chinese actor, actor of Xi'an Theater Theater, first-class actor.

Yang Xianhui (1946-), male, from Dongxiang, Gansu Province, is a contemporary Chinese writer. He is famous for his novels "Jiabiangou Chronicles" and "Dingxi Orphanage Chronicles", which describe rightists and the suffering during the Great Famine. These two works use documentary novels to reveal the "special areas" that many people dare not touch. In particular, the realistic descriptions of people falling into desperate situations of starvation under political disasters are shocking and caused a strong shock after their publication. "Jiabiangou Chronicles" (published by Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House in 2002 and republished by Huacheng Publishing House in 2008 with 12 additional novels) is called "China's Gulag Islands".

Yang You (October 17, 1917 -), male, native of Jurong, Jiangsu Province, born in Beijing, is a ship design expert in the People's Republic of China.

Yang Peiyi (February 21, 2001-), Chinese female singer. When he was a child, he debuted as a child star with his childish voice, but faded out of the music scene after 2012. Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2025 with an undergraduate degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree.

Yang Lan (March 31, 1968 -), native of Shanghai, is a Chinese television host and entrepreneur. Yang Lan graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a bachelor's degree in English and American Language and Literature. From 1990 to 1994, he served as the host of CCTV's "Zhengda Variety Show" and won China's first host "Golden Microphone Award" in 1994. After that, he went to the United States for further study, where he studied at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and received a master's degree in international affairs. After returning from studying in the United States, he joined Phoenix TV in Hong Kong and created the first in-depth high-end interview program "Yang Lan Studio" (later changed to "Interviews with Yang Lan") in China. So far, "Interviews with Yang Lan" has interviewed more than 600 famous people around the world and has a high reputation among Chinese-speaking audiences around the world. In 1999, Sunshine Media Group was founded by Wu Zheng and Ms. Yang Lan. In 2000, Yang Lan and her husband Wu Zheng founded Sunshine TV, the first historical and humanities TV channel in Greater China. In 2005, Yang Lan founded Tianxia Women, a talk show mainly targeting Chinese urban women, and has since developed into an interactive cross-media women's community using television, the Internet, and education and training as platforms. Yang Lan is the co-founder and chairman of Sunshine Media Group and Sunshine Culture Foundation.

Yang Fudong (1971-) is a Chinese video artist.

Yang Zi (English: Andy Yang, November 6, 1992 -), formerly known as Yang Niiao, is an actress from mainland China. She is well-known to the audience as a child star in the sitcom "With Children". She made a transformation with the period drama "Battle in Changsha". Later, he appeared in dramas such as "Ode to Joy", "Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost", "Dear, Beloved", "Please give me more advice for the rest of my life", "Agarwood as Crumbs", "Sauvignon Blanc", "The Story of Joy", "National Beauty", "The Tree of Life".

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (English: Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, /ˈjoʊ/, August 6, 1962 -), a Malaysian Chinese actress, was born in Ipoh, Perak. With a background in beauty pageants, she developed in Hong Kong and European and American film circles. Currently serves as a member of the International Olympic Committee. She is the first artist in Malaysia to be canonized with the title of Dato, and the first Chinese artist to be canonized with the title of Tan Sri. The French brand Hermès launched a style of handbag after her surname "Yang": the "Yang bag". After moving to the United States, Michelle Yeoh gained international recognition for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Ang Lee's martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), the latter of which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She has played leading roles or important supporting roles in "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005), "Countdown to the Sun" (2007), "The Mummy 3" (2008), "Fall of Swords" (2010), and served as a voice actor in "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011). In 2022, she became Time Magazine's Icon of the Year; in 2018, she starred in the comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" and won multiple North American box office titles; in 2023, she won the 94th National Board of Review Best Actress, the 80th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Comedy, the 29th Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress, the 38th Independent Spirit Award for Best Leading Performance, and the 95th Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie "The Multiverse of Damn" (2022). She is also the first actress of Malaysian and Chinese descent in the history of the Oscars, and the first Asian actor to win this award. In 2024, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Joe Biden, which is the highest honor awarded to a civilian. On February 18, 2026, she was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and received her exclusive star at the star awarding ceremony.

Yang Jisheng (November 1940-), a native of Xishui County, Hubei Province, is a retired senior reporter from Xinhua News Agency and a professor at the China Journalism Institute. He once served as the vice president of "Yanhuang Chunqiu" magazine. He currently lives in Beijing. He is married and has a son and a daughter.

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (English: James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno, April 28, 1950 -), American talk show host, hosted the talk show "The Jay Leno Tonight Show" on NBC from 1992 to July 17, 2009. During this period, the program has maintained high ratings and even topped the weekly ratings list. In September 2009, after adjusting the program and taking a three-month break, Jay Leno reappeared in front of the screen, hosting a talk show called "The Jay Leno Show" (English: The Jay Leno Show) and a car review program called "Jay Leno's Garage".

Jack Daniels (English: Jake Daniels, January 8, 2005 -) is an English football player who plays as a forward and currently plays for the British Championship club Blackpool.

John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney (English: John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney; January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American realist writer of the 20th century. He was born into a bankrupt farming family in San Francisco. Since 1900, he has published and published many novels, telling the life stories of the lower class people in the United States. Most of his works have a strong color of racism and individualism, so some people think that he is a writer who promotes racism, while others think that he is a naturalist writer who expresses individualism and popular philosophy. He wrote prolifically throughout his life, leaving behind 19 novels, more than 150 short stories, and a large number of literary report collections, essay collections and papers. The most famous ones include "Martin Eden", "The Call of the Wild", "White Teeth", "Love of Life", "Sea Wolf", "Iron Heel", "Unprecedented Invasion" and other novels. He is one of the earliest commercial writers in the history of world literature and is therefore known as the pioneer of commercial writers.

Jack Kerouac (English: Jack Kerouac, March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969), American novelist, writer, artist and poet, is also one of the most famous writers of the Beat Generation, as famous as Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Although his work was quite popular, critics did not give it much acclaim. Jack Kerouac's most famous work is "On the Road."

Jack Patrick Dorsey (English: Jack Patrick Dorsey, November 19, 1976 -), American software engineer, technology entrepreneur and businessman, co-founder of Twitter, founder and CEO of Block (formerly known as Square). As of September 2026, Forbes estimates Jack Dorsey's net worth to be approximately $7.6 billion.

Jack Thomas Andraka (English: Jack Thomas Andraka, January 8, 1997 -), or translated as Jack Andraka, is an American inventor, scientist, and cancer researcher. He is the 2012 Intel Science Competition grand prize winner. Andraka won the Gordon E. Moore Award for his work on finding new ways to detect pancreatic cancer. The Moore Prize, named after one of the co-founders of Intel, carries a prize of $75,000. He also won other smaller awards totaling $100,500.

Jack Nicholson (English: Jack Nicholson, /dʒækˈnɪkəlsən/; April 22, 1937 -), whose real name is John Joseph Nicholson, is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He is generally regarded as one of the best actors in the history of film. In his acting career that has spanned more than half a century, Nicholson has played many challenging roles, including a large number of positive and negative characters with mental illnesses such as paranoia and even neurosis. For example, Batman's villain, the Joker, has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards (commonly known as Oscars) so far, making him the most nominated actor in history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, the 48th Academy Award for Best Actor for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975, and the 70th Academy Award for Best Actor for "As Good As It Gets" in 1997. He also won the 56th Academy Award for Supporting Actor for the 1983 movie "Love Agreement". As a result, he, Daniel Day-Lewis and Walter Brennan, became the only three actors in history to win the Academy Award three times. Among them, Daniel won the Lead Actor Award three times, Walter won the Supporting Actor Award three times, and only Jack won two awards. Nicholson is known for playing villains, most notably the Joker in "Batman," Jack Torrance in "The Shining," and Frank Costello in "The Departed." Nicholson has won the Golden Globe Award six times and received the Kennedy Center Honor Award in 2001. He and Michael Caine, another famous actor, are the only two actors in history to have been nominated for an Academy Award in every decade (each decade is a decade) from the 1960s to today. In 1994, he became the youngest actor in history to receive the American Film Institute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award. Among the more famous films he starred in are: "Chinatown", "Five Pieces", "The Shining", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Batman", "Love Agreement", "Reds", "As Good As It Gets", "The Last Detail", "Journalist", "The Wolfman", "A Few Good Men", "The Order", "The Departed", "About Schmidt" and "Love".

John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (English: John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr., November 19, 1935 - March 1, 2020), also translated as Jack Welch, was an American entrepreneur who served as the eighth CEO of General Electric (GE, General Electric) from 1981 to 2001. During his tenure, he increased the company's revenue to $410 billion, and was known as "Neutron Jack".

Jack Ruby, whose original name was Jacob Leon Rubenstein (March 25, 1911 - January 3, 1967), was renamed Jack Leon Ruby in 1947 and was the murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was widely considered to be the assassin of President Kennedy. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Ruby opened a nightclub in Dallas, Texas. Convicted of murder on March 14, 1964, he fell ill and died of lung cancer on January 3, 1967. Ruby had been a key figure in organized crime; conspiracy theorists claimed that he killed Oswald as part of the JFK assassination. Others were skeptical, saying he was a minor player at best, the kind of person who would be used in a larger conspiracy.

Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and a major force in the Abstract Expressionist movement. He is famous for his unique creation of drip painting.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972), nicknamed Jackie Robinson Robinson), the first African diaspora player in the modern history of Major League Baseball. Robinson was born into a sharecropper family. He participated in baseball, basketball, American football and track and field competitions in his early years. He was also drafted into the army during the Pacific War. On April 15, 1947, Robinson wore jersey No. 42 and represented the Brooklyn Dodgers as the starting first baseman. The game was his first game in the major leagues; in the early days, African diasporas were only allowed to play in the Negro Leagues, so Jackie Robinson's entry into the major leagues broke the racial segregation of American baseball for nearly 60 years; the No. 42 jersey number he wore was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997. It was the first case of jersey number retirement that applied to the entire league among the four major professional sports in North America.