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Yang Qian
Yang Qian (杨倩, born 2000) is a Chinese shooter who won the first gold of Tokyo 2020 in women's 10m air rifle with an Olympic record 251.8 and a second gold in the mixed team event.
Yang Se-jong (양세종)
Yang Se-jong (양세종, born 1992) is a South Korean actor who debuted in Dr. Romantic (2016), won the 54th Baeksang Best New Actor for Temperature of Love, served in the military 2020-2021, and stars in Spooky in Love (2026).
Yang Shangkun (杨尚昆)
Yang Shangkun (杨尚昆, 1907 to 1998) was a Chinese Communist leader and People's Liberation Army general who served as President of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993.
Yang Shao-Horn
Yang Shao-Horn (邵阳) is an electrochemist at MIT who works on battery and fuel cell materials and electrocatalysis, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2018.
Yang Shen
Yang Shen (杨慎, 1488–1559) was a Ming dynasty scholar and Hanlin official whose protest in the Great Rites Controversy brought him over thirty years of exile in Yunnan.
Yang Shi
Yang Shi is an epigeneticist known for discovering LSD1, the first histone demethylase, and is Professor of Epigenetics at Oxford, after nearly three decades at Harvard Medical School.
Yang Shihou
Yang Shihou (杨师厚) was a leading general of Later Liang during the Five Dynasties period, whose death in 915 was followed by the loss of Hebei to Jin.
Yang Shiqi
Yang Shiqi (杨士奇, 1365–1444) was a Ming dynasty grand secretary from Taihe, Jiangxi, who served five emperors and is credited with the good government of the Hongxi and Xuande reigns.
Yang Shiqiao
Yang Shiqiao (杨时乔, 1531–1609) was a Ming dynasty Confucian scholar-official from Jiangxi who administered the Ministry of Personnel and opposed Wang Yangming's School of Mind.
Yang Shoujing
Yang Shoujing (楊守敬, 1839–1915) was a Chinese historical geographer, bibliographer, and calligrapher from Yidu, Hubei, best known for his commentary on the Shui Jing Zhu.
Yang Shuang-zi (杨若慈)
Yang Shuang-zi (楊双子), pen name of Yang Jo-tzu (楊若慈, born 1984), Taiwanese writer of historical yuri fiction; twin sister Yang Jo-hui died 2015. Known for Taiwan Travelogue (臺灣漫遊錄), winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature and 2026 International Booker Prize with translator Lin King.
Yang Sichang
Yang Sichang (杨嗣昌) was a Ming dynasty statesman who served as Minister of War and Grand Secretary under the Chongzhen Emperor, dying in office in 1641.
Yang Song
Yang Song is a machine learning researcher who created score-based generative modeling, also known as diffusion models, and has been a Research Principal at Meta Superintelligence Labs since 2025.
Yang Su
Yang Su (杨素) was a leading Sui dynasty general and statesman who served Emperors Wen and Yang, fought the Turks, and crushed Prince Yang Liang's rebellion.
Yang Sung-tae (양성태)
Yang Sung-tae (양성태), 15th Chief Justice of Korea's Supreme Court (2011–2017), led judicial reforms including the Judicial Policy Research Institute and Seoul Bankruptcy Court, and in 2026 became the first former Chief Justice criminally convicted, in the judicial power abuse case.
Yang Tinghe
Yang Tinghe (杨廷和), 1459 to 1529, was a Ming dynasty grand secretary who led the cabinet under the Zhengde Emperor and set the Jiajing Emperor on the throne.
Yang Tinghe's Regency and the Installation of Emperor Shizong
Yang Tinghe's Regency and the Installation of Emperor Shizong was the 1521 Ming interregnum during which Yang installed Zhu Houcong as the Jiajing Emperor, opening the Great Ritual Controversy.
Yang Wanli
Yang Wanli (杨万里), courtesy name Tingxiu, was a Southern Song poet and official who served four emperors and founded the Chengzhai style, with over 4,200 poems surviving.
Yang Wei (Ming dynasty Minister of Personnel)
Yang Wei (杨巍, 1517–1608) was a Ming dynasty official who served as Minister of Personnel under the Wanli Emperor and earlier held border commands in Shanxi and Xuanfu.
Yang Wei (olympedia 89250)
Yang Wei (杨维, Olympedia ID 89250), Chinese badminton player born 1979 in Wuhan; women's doubles silver at Sydney 2000 with Huang Nanyan and gold at Athens 2004 with Zhang Jiewen; distinct from the gymnast Yang Wei (ID 91276).
Yang Wei (olympedia 91276)
Yang Wei (杨威), born 1980 in Xiantao, Hubei, Chinese artistic gymnast; 2008 Beijing Olympic all-around champion, team gold 2000 and 2008, world all-around champion 2006 and 2007.
Yang Wei (Song dynasty official)
Yang Wei (杨畏, 1044–1112), courtesy name Zi'an, was a Song dynasty official who served as a censor and prefecture administrator under three emperors, nicknamed "Yang the Thrice-Changed" for switching factions.
Yang Weizhen
Yang Weizhen (杨维桢), courtesy name Lianfu, was a Chinese poet, prose writer, and calligrapher of the Yuan dynasty whose Tieya style dominated late Yuan poetry and whose essay Zhengtong bian the Qianlong emperor later praised.
Yang Weizhong
Yang Weizhong (楊惟中, courtesy name Yancheng; 1205 to 1259) was a statesman of the Mongol Empire who founded the Taiji Academy at Yandu and spread Neo-Confucianism in northern China.
Yang Wenguang
Yang Wenguang (杨文广) was a Song dynasty military officer and son of the frontier general Yang Yanzhao; he died in 1074 as Infantry Commander-in-chief after proposing a strategy for taking Youyan.
Yang Wenjun
Yang Wenjun (杨文军), Chinese sprint canoeist born 1983 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi; with Meng Guanliang won Olympic C2 500 m gold at Athens 2004 (China's first canoeing gold) and Beijing 2008, the only pair to defend that title.
Yang Wenyi
Yang Wenyi (杨文意), Chinese swimmer born 1972 in Shanghai; first woman under 25 seconds in 50m freestyle, 1992 Olympic gold in world record 24.79, 1988 silver.
Yang Wo
Yang Wo (杨渥) was a ruler of the Wu polity in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the son of Yang Xingmi, who conquered Jiangxi and died in 908.
Yang Xia
Yang Xia is a physician-scientist in biochemistry and molecular biology at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston, known for a 2008 Nature Medicine study on pre-eclampsia autoantibodies.
Yang Xiaojun
Yang Xiaojun (杨晓君), born 1963 in Beijing, Chinese women's volleyball middle blocker; 1984 Olympic gold and 1988 bronze, 1985 World Cup and 1986 World Championship winner, later player and coach in Germany.