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Ming (given Name)
Ming is a transliteration of multiple Chinese given names. Notable people with these names include: * Ming Chen (born 1974), Taiwanese American actor * Ming Chin (born 1942), American jurist of Chinese descent * Fu Ming (born 1983), Chinese football referee * Gao Ming (c. 1305–1370), Chinese poet and playwright * * * Ming C. Lin, Taiwanese American computer scientist * Ju Ming (born 1938), Taiwanese sculptor * Ming Sen Shiue (born 1950), Taiwanese-American murderer, kidnapper, and rapist * Ming Tsai (born 1964), celebrity chef * Xi Ming (born 1989), Chinese model * Xu Ming (1971–2015), Chinese entrepreneur * Xu Ming (figure skater) (born 1981), Chinese figure skater * Xue Ming (born 1987), Chinese volleyball player * Yao Ming Yao Ming ( zh, c=姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Chen
Cliff Ming-Si Chen, better known as Ming Chen, is an actor, podcaster, reality television personality, and webmaster associated with Kevin Smith. He co-hosts the ''I Sell Comics!'' and ''Ming & Mike Show'' podcasts with Mike Zapcic and also starred in the AMC reality series '' Comic Book Men''. Early life Ming Chen was born in Ohio to parents born in China, but raised in Taiwan. The family frequently moved due his father being an upstart engineer, but spent significant time in Jackson, Michigan and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Chen attended the University of Michigan (class of 1996), graduated with a degree in communications, and he at one point also worked at a video shop. Career Chen became involved with Kevin Smith after making a fansite dedicated to the movie ''Clerks'' in 1996. Smith asked Chen to build the View Askew Productions website. Chen served as an extra in the movie ''Dogma''. After working around the Washington, D.C. area, and LivePlanet for two years, he joined Kevin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Ming (figure Skater)
Xu Ming (; born January 18, 1981, in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2009 Winter Universiade The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games. Selection Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host c ... champion, the Figure skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games, 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, and a four-time Chinese Figure Skating Championships, Chinese national silver medalist. Programs Competitive highlights ''GP: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix'' References External links * 1981 births Living people Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Chinese male single skaters Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Figure skaters from Qiqihar Asian Games medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming (surname)
Ming is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. Ming is listed 111th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China, according to a 2008 study. However, according to a 2013 study it was found to be the 249th most common, being shared by 340,000 people or .026% of the population, with the province with the most being Hubei. Unrelated to the Chinese surname, Ming is also a common surname in Switzerland, originating in the Canton of Obwalden. Notable people * Ming Chongyan ( 明崇俨; died 679), Tang dynasty official * Ming Yuzhen (1331–1366), Yuan dynasty rebel leader, self-proclaimed Emperor of Xia * Ming Sheng ( 明升; 1356–1391), son of Ming Yuzhen, exiled to Korea after Xia was conquered by the Ming dynasty * Ming Ji (1923–2012), Taiwanese general and filmmaker * Ming Jincheng ( 明金城), Taiwanese actor and director * Ming Kai, bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming-Ming Duckling
''Wonder Pets!'' is an American animated musical children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions. The series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to help animals in need. Most of the characters' dialogue is sung in the style of a sung-through musical. Each episode is set to original music by a 10-member live orchestra. Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley developed the idea for ''Wonder Pets!'' while working on their previous show, '' Oobi''. The series started out with two animated shorts called "Linny the Guinea Pig", which acted as pilot episodes. To animate them, Oxley created a style of animation called "photo-puppetry" that uses photos of real objects and moves them using Adobe After Effects. The shorts featured Linny going on adventures set to classical music. In 2003, Little Airplane screened the shorts at the wrap party for ''Oobi''s second season. The shorts caught the attention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming The Merciless
Ming the Merciless is a fictional character who first appeared in the ''Flash Gordon'' comic strip in 1934. He has since been the main villain of the strip and its related movie serials, television series and film adaptation. Ming is depicted as a ruthless tyrant who rules the planet Mongo. Alex Raymond's comic strip In the comic strip, when the heroic Flash Gordon and his friends land on the fictional planet Mongo, they find it ruled by an evil emperor, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy. He was not named at first, only being known as "''The'' ''Emperor''" until six weeks later, when his name was revealed to be "Ming". The capital of his empire is named Mingo City in his honour. In addition to his army, Ming is shown to have access to a wide variety of science fiction gadgets, ranging from rocket ships to death rays to robots. Though evil, he has his weaknesses, which include a desire to marry Flash's beautiful companion, Dale Arden. Ming's daughter Princess Aur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
