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Deneuvre
Deneuvre, Meurthe-et-Moselle: Gallo-Roman Leuque agglomeration on the Meurthe near Baccarat, home of the largest spring sanctuary of Hercules in Roman Gaul, with about a hundred stelae, found in 1974, museum since 2003.
Deng Adut
Deng Thiak Adut (born 1983) is a South Sudanese-born Australian criminal lawyer in Blacktown, Sydney, a former SPLA child soldier, 2017 NSW Australian of the Year, and author of Songs of a War Boy.
Deng Ai
Deng Ai (邓艾) was a Wei general of the Three Kingdoms who conquered Shu Han by crossing the Yinping mountains, then was arrested and killed on a treason charge.
Deng Chao
Deng Chao (邓超), born 1979 in Nanchang, is a Chinese actor and director, Central Academy of Drama graduate, Hundred Flowers and Shanghai Golden Goblet award winner, and fourth Chinese-language actor past 10 billion yuan in film box office.
Deng clan of Nanyang
The Deng clan of Nanyang (邓氏) was an Eastern Han consort-kin clan that peaked while Deng Sui ruled as empress dowager and regent, and fell in the purge after her death in 121.
Deng Erheng
Deng Erheng (邓尔恒), died 1861, was a Qing dynasty official from Jiangning, Jiangsu, who rose from the Hanlin Academy to governor and was murdered at Qujing in 1861.
Deng Feng
Deng Feng (邓锋) is a Chinese venture capitalist, born in Beijing in 1963, who co-founded NetScreen Technologies and founded Northern Light Venture Capital in 2005.
Deng Kai (actor)
Deng Kai (邓凯, birth name Deng Shang), born 1995 in Dalian, is a Chinese actor and former model who debuted in 2018 and became known for playing Qi Min in Pursuit of Jade (2026).
Deng Liang
Deng Liang (邓亮) is a Chinese businessman who founded the Dongfang Chuangtou P2P lending platform in Shenzhen, convicted in 2014 in China's first P2P criminal case.
Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin (邓琳琳), Chinese artistic gymnast born 1992 in Fuyang, Anhui; 2008 Olympic team gold and 2012 Olympic balance beam gold, 2009 world beam champion, later Anhui Normal University teacher and international referee.
Deng Lun (邓伦)
Deng Lun (邓伦, Allen Deng), born 1992 in Shijiazhuang, is a Chinese actor, Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate, star of Ashes of Love (2018), fined 106 million yuan for tax evasion in March 2022 and blacklisted from mainland entertainment.
Deng Maoqi
Deng Maoqi (鄧茂七) was a tenant farmer from Shaxian County, Fujian, who led a large agrarian rebellion against the Ming dynasty in 1448, killed at Yanping in 1449.
Deng Shaoliang
Deng Shaoliang (邓绍良) was a Qing dynasty military commander from Hunan who fought the Taiping rebels under Xiang Rong and died at the siege of Wanzhi in 1858.
Deng Shichang
Deng Shichang (邓世昌, 1849–1894) was a Qing dynasty naval officer and captain of the cruiser Zhiyuan, who died trying to ram a Japanese ship at the battle of the Yalu River.
Deng Shiru
Deng Shiru (1743–1805) was a Chinese calligrapher and seal carver of the Qing dynasty, first to fully embody the stele school and founder of a seal-carving school.
Deng Tingzhen
Deng Tingzhen (邓廷桢, 1775–1846) was a Qing dynasty official from Jiangning, Jiangsu, who suppressed the opium trade in Guangdong alongside Lin Zexu before exile to Yili.
Deng Tuzi the Lecher
Deng Tuzi the Lecher (登徒子) is a fictional courtier in a fu poem attributed to the Warring States poet Song Yu, now a Chinese byword for a lecher.
Deng Wei (internet entrepreneur)
Deng Wei (邓薇) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded the online real estate brokerage Aiwujiwu in Shanghai in 2014, after earlier roles at Tudou and the ride-hailing brand Dahuangfeng.
Deng Wen
Deng Wen (邓文), born in 1968, is a Chinese food-industry entrepreneur who founded Sichuan Teway Food Group, a Chengdu maker of Sichuan-style compound seasonings best known for hot-pot base.
Deng Xi's bamboo penal code
Deng Xi's bamboo penal code (竹刑) was a privately compiled penal law written on bamboo slips in the state of Zheng during the late Spring and Autumn period.
Deng Xiaofeng
Deng Xiaofeng (邓晓峰) is a Chinese value investor who serves as partner and Chief Investment Officer at Gaoyi Assets in Shanghai, after a first-ranked tenure at Bosera Fund.
Deng Xiaoping (邓小平)
Deng Xiaoping (邓小平, 1904–1997), China's paramount leader from 1978, launched Reform and Opening at the December 1978 Third Plenum: household responsibility system, four special economic zones including Shenzhen, 1992 Southern tour, 1981 Mao assessment.
Deng Xiaoping Theory (邓小平理论)
Deng Xiaoping Theory (邓小平理论) is the Chinese Communist Party's guiding doctrine, created under Deng Xiaoping after the December 1978 Third Plenum, centering on socialism with Chinese characteristics, the primary stage of socialism, the Four Cardinal Principles, and market reform.
Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour
Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour (邓小平南方谈话) was a series of inspection visits and talks by retired Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in early 1992 that revived China's market reform.
Deng Yaping
Deng Yaping (邓亚萍), Chinese table tennis player born 1973 in Zhengzhou; four Olympic golds in singles and doubles (1992, 1996) with Qiao Hong, eight years world number 1, penhold short-pips style, Hall of Fame 2003.
Deng Yawen
Deng Yawen (邓雅文), born 2005 in Luzhou, Sichuan, is a Chinese BMX freestyle rider and the women's Park gold medalist at Paris 2024 with 92.60 points, China's first Olympic BMX freestyle champion.
Deng Yingchao
Deng Yingchao (邓颖超) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician, wife of Premier Zhou Enlai, who chaired the drafting of the PRC's first Marriage Law and led the CPPCC.
Deng Yonghao
Deng Yonghao (邓永豪, born 1970) is a Guangzhou bicycle-industry entrepreneur, founder of the Cronus bicycle brand and co-founder of Xiaoming Bike, which collapsed in China's first bike-sharing bankruptcy in 2018.
Deng Youlong
Deng Youlong (邓友龙) was a Southern Song censor from Changsha who helped raise Han Tuozhou to power, commanded the two Huai fronts, and was exiled when the war against Jin failed.
Deng Yu (Eastern Han founding minister)
Deng Yu (邓禹), courtesy name Zhonghua, was a founding minister and general of the Eastern Han dynasty who served Emperor Guangwu as Grand Minister over the Masses.