LOCATION

Population:
20,609,000 (2008)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. G. Ballard	Author	18-Nov-1930		Empire of the Sun, Crash
A. Doak Barnett	Scholar	8-Oct-1921	17-Mar-1999	China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Joan Chen	Actor	26-Apr-1961		The Last Emperor
Victor J. Dzau	Doctor	1946		CEO of Duke University Health System
Edmond H. Fischer	Scientist	6-Apr-1920		Protein phosphorylation
Hu Jintao	Head of State	21-Dec-1942		President of China
Edward Judd	Actor	4-Oct-1932		First Men in the Moon
Tsung-Dao Lee	Physicist	25-Nov-1926		Investigated parity law
Shannon Lucid	Astronaut	14-Jan-1943		Five space shuttle flights
Mike Medavoy	Business	21-Jan-1941		TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman
Rene Rivkin	Business	6-Jun-1944	1-May-2005	Disgraced Australian stockbroker
Donald W. Tang	Business	?		Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Oscar Tang	Philanthropist	1938		Chinese-American philanthropist
Laurence Tribe	Attorney	10-Oct-1941		Harvard Law Professor
Anthony Wang	Business	1943		President of Computer Associates, 1979-92
Charles Wang	Business	19-Aug-1944		Founder, Computer Associates
Vivian Wu	Actor	5-Feb-1966		The Pillowbook
Ming Yao	Basketball	12-Sep-1980		7' 6 1/2" Houston Rockets Center
Terence Young	Film Director	20-Jun-1915	7-Sep-1994	Dr. No

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications