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Dinevenator

Dinevenator, originally described as Saurornitholestes robustus in 2006, is a troodontid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico, named as a new genus in 2026.

Ding (鼎): ancient Chinese tripod cauldron for cooking and serving food offerings, cast in bronze from the late Xia onward; a key Shang-Zhou ritual vessel and symbol of royal authority, counted in rank-graded sets of nine to three.

Ding Baozhen

Ding Baozhen (丁宝桢) was a Qing dynasty official, governor of Shandong and governor-general of Sichuan, who executed the eunuch An Dehai and reformed Sichuan's salt administration.

Ding Dan Tu

Ding Dan Tu (订单兔) is a Chinese software-as-a-service company founded in 2016 and based in Beijing, selling order-management and selling tools to small community group buying companies.

Ding Dong

Ding Dongs (Ding Dong) are Hostess chocolate snack cakes introduced in 1967 by Continental Baking, named for a bell-ringing TV campaign; round cream-filled, chocolate-coated cakes once foil wrapped, with Big Wheels as their Northeast regional name.

Ding Dong (musician)

Ding Dong is a Jamaican dancehall artist and dancer, born Kemar Christopher Dwaine Ottey in Kingston, known for "Badman Forward Badman Pull Up" and leading Ravers Clavers.

Ding Feiyang (丁飞洋)

Ding Feiyang (丁飞洋) is a Managing Director and Head of Brand and Marketing at HongShan (HSG), the venture capital firm formed from Sequoia China, where he has worked since 2016.

Ding Guoxiong

Ding Guoxiong (丁国雄), born 1967, is a Chinese sportswear entrepreneur and chairman of Zhongqiao Sports, formerly Jordan Sports, a Jinjiang, Fujian footwear and apparel company.

Ding Hemu

Ding Hemu (丁和木), born 1937, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Anta, China's leading sportswear company, from a family shoe workshop in Jinjiang, Fujian, in 1991.

Ding Jiantong

Ding Jiantong (丁建通), born in 1940, is a Chinese entrepreneur from Chendai, Jinjiang, Fujian, who in 1983 founded the family shoe workshop that became the sportswear company 361 Degrees.

Oct 22, 2026

Ding Jing

Ding Jing (丁敬, 1695–1765) was a Chinese seal carver, calligrapher, and poet of the Qing dynasty who founded the Zhe school of seal carving and led the Xiling Eight Masters.

Ding Junhui (丁俊晖)

Ding Junhui (丁俊晖), born 1987 in Yixing, Jiangsu, is a Chinese professional snooker player, former world number one, 15-time ranking event winner, 2016 World Championship finalist, and pioneer of snooker in China.

Ding Ling (丁玲)

Ding Ling (丁玲), pen name of Jiang Wei (蒋伟, courtesy Bingzhi), 1904–1986, Chinese feminist and Marxist writer; author of Miss Sophie's Diary and the Stalin Prize-winning The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River; persecuted 1955–1979, rehabilitated 1984.

Ding Liren (丁立人)

Ding Liren (丁立人), born 1992 in Wenzhou, is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the 17th FIDE World Chess Champion, the first from China in the open category; he won the 2023 Astana match against Nepomniachtchi and lost the 2024 title match to Gukesh.

Oct 21, 2026

Ding Meiyuan

Ding Meiyuan (丁美媛), Chinese super-heavyweight weightlifter born 1979 in Jinzhou, Liaoning; won Sydney 2000 +75 kg gold with the first 300 kg women's total, set multiple world records, and was IWF Best Female Weightlifter 1999.

Ding Mingliang

Ding Mingliang (丁明亮) was a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the Deerhui sports-shoe brand in Jinjiang, Fujian, best known for its decade-long Jay Chou endorsement; he died in 2011.

Ding Ning

Ding Ning (丁宁, born 1982) is the Chinese founder of Yucheng Group and its Ezubao lending platform, convicted in 2017 of a $9 billion Ponzi scheme.

Ding Richang

Ding Richang (丁日昌, 1823–1882) was a Qing dynasty official and artillery manufacturer from Fengshun, Guangdong, who rose from militia organizer to governor of Jiangsu and Fujian.

Ding Ruchang

Ding Ruchang (丁汝昌, 1836–1895) was a Qing dynasty admiral who commanded the Beiyang Fleet and died by poison at the siege of Weihai in 1895.

Ding Shizhong

Ding Shizhong (丁世忠) is a Chinese entrepreneur, co-founder and chairman of Anta Sports, China's largest sports company, which he began selling sneakers at age 16 in 1987.

Ding Shui Po

Ding Shuibo (丁水波) is a Chinese businessman who founded Xtep, the Hong Kong-listed sportswear group, starting a shoe workshop in Jinjiang in 1987 and building it into a brand.

Ding Siqiang

Ding Siqiang (丁思强) is a Chinese sportswear entrepreneur who began making shoes in Jinjiang, Fujian, in 1993 and led Meike International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed sportswear maker, until 2016.

Oct 22, 2026

Ding ware

Ding ware (Ding yao) is Chinese white porcelain made at Quyang, Hebei, from the Tang to the Yuan dynasty, and one of the Song dynasty's Five Great Kilns.

Oct 22, 2026

Ding Ware Boy Pillow

The Ding ware boy pillow is a white porcelain headrest shaped as a recumbent boy, made at the Ding kilns of China's Northern Song dynasty (960–1127).

Ding Wei

Ding Wei (丁谓, 966–1037) was a Song dynasty statesman and financier who became chief councillor under Emperor Zhenzong, directed the court's great building projects, and died in exile.

Ding Wuhao

Ding Wuhao (丁伍号) is a Chinese sportswear executive, Executive Director and President of 361 Degrees International Limited, the Jinjiang, Fujian-based sportswear group listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, since 2008.

Oct 20, 2026

Ding Xia

Ding Xia (丁霞), born 1990 in Shijiazhuang, is a Chinese volleyball setter, Liaoning club player, and 2016 Olympic and 2015/2019 World Cup champion, named best setter of the 2019 World Cup Dream Team.

Oct 21, 2026

Ding Xinyi

Ding Xinyi (丁欣怡; born 2004) is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast who won gold in the group all-around at the 2024 Paris Olympics, China's first rhythmic gymnastics gold.

Sep 21, 2026

Ding Xue

Ding Xue, also known as Xue Ding, is a molecular biologist and professor at the University of Colorado Boulder known for research on programmed cell death in C. elegans.