Wang Xiji has died at age 105
Wang Xiji, a Chinese aerospace engineer who played a leading role in the development of China’s early rocket and satellite programs, died on August 12, 2026, aged 105. Born in…
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Over 50 obituaries for famous people named Wang. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Wang Kai dead at age 43
Wang Kai, a Chinese actor, died on July 26, 2026, aged 43. Born in Wuhan in 1982, he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and began his career in…
Teddy Wang dies at age 43
Teddy Wang, a Taiwanese actor, died on July 26, 2026, at age 43. Born Wang Jianlong in Kaohsiung on October 11, 1982, he was also known as Wang Jian Long…
Wang Quanying dies at 105
Wang Quanying, a Chinese soldier remembered as the last living female participant in the Long March, died on July 22, 2026. Born in May 1921 in Jinchuan County, Sichuan, she…
Wang Luolin obituary: died at age 88
Wang Luolin, a Chinese politician and academic administrator, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in June 1938 in Wuchang, Hubei, he studied economics at Peking…
Obituary: Nelson Wang, dead at age 75
Nelson Wang, an Indian restaurateur and founder of China Garden in Mumbai’s Kemps Corner neighborhood, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 75 or 76. Born in Kolkata…
Wang Yongguo death at age 87
Wang Yongguo, a Chinese vice admiral who commanded the South Sea Fleet from 1994 to 2002, died on May 7, 2026. He was 87. Born in November 1938 in Buliu,…
Wang Jinshan died at age 81
Wang Jinshan, a Chinese politician who served as governor of Anhui province and later as the province’s party secretary, died on March 10, 2026. He was 81. Wang served as…
Obituary: Wang Zheng, dead at age 64
Chinese vice admiral Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Wang Zheng has died at age 64
Wang Zheng, a Chinese vice admiral and director of the People's Liberation Army Navy Political Work Department, died on January 3, 2026. He was born in Jing County, Hebei, in…
Death of Wang Xun at age 91
Chinese academic and physicist Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Wang Bingqian died at age 100
Chinese economist and politician Died on Monday December 8th 2025
Wang Huo passes away at age 101
Chinese novelist and journalist Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Wang Yousheng death at age 97
Chinese engineer Died on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Wang Hsing-ching dies at 79
Taiwanese journalist Died on Tuesday June 10th 2025
Wang Renzhi died at age 91
Chinese politician Died on Thursday February 6th 2025
Wang Zhengguo obituary: died at age 89
Chinese field medical engineer Died on Friday January 10th 2025
Wang Ching-feng dead at age 91
Taiwanese magistrate Died on Friday October 25th 2024
Wang Ying passed away at age 66
Chinese actor (Battle of Xiangjiang River) Died on Monday August 26th 2024
Obituary: Eyvind W., dead at age 81
Norwegian politician Died on Wednesday August 7th 2024
Wang Yongzhi passes away at age 91
Chinese aerospace engineer Died on Thursday June 13th 2024
Wang Geng passes away at age 96
Chinese scientist Died on Saturday May 11th 2024
Wang Shih-hsiung dead at age 63
Taiwanese politician Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2024
Wang Shixiong passes away at age 63
Taiwanese politician Died on Monday March 25th 2024
Wang Mingxiu has died at age 91
91 Chinese forest scientist and educator Died on Sunday November 19th 2023
Wang Dianzuo died at age 89
Chinese scientist and author Died on Wednesday October 25th 2023
Wang Wen-hsing death at age 84
Taiwanese novelist Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2023
Wang Yingluo passed away at age 93
Chinese academic Died on Wednesday July 12th 2023
Wang Xiaomo passed away at age 84
Chinese radar engineer Died on Monday March 6th 2023
Wang Hao dies at 92
Chinese military officer Died on Tuesday January 17th 2023
Wang Zhongqi, died aged 90
Chinese engineer Died on Sunday December 25th 2022
Wang Wenjiao obituary: died at age 89
Chinese badminton player and coach (national team) Died on Sunday December 25th 2022
Wang Tao passes away at age 52
Chinese footballer (Dalian Wanda Died on Friday November 4th 2022
Wang Hongfan dies at age 89
Chinese politician Died on Monday October 17th 2022
Wang Wei, died aged 48
Chinese politician Died on Tuesday September 27th 2022
Wang Zherong dies at -1
Chinese tank design expert Died on Thursday June 2nd 2022
Wang Yumei dies at 87
Chinese actress (Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain Died on Saturday April 23rd 2022
Wang Senhao, died aged 89
Chinese engineer and politician Died on Sunday April 10th 2022
Wang Bei dies at age 91
Chinese actress (Crows and Sparrows) Died on Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Wang Xuezhen passes away at age 95
Chinese politician Died on Wednesday December 22nd 2021
Wang Kuang-hui dead at age 56
Taiwanese baseball player (Brother Elephants) and coach Died on Monday August 30th 2021
Wang Wenjuan, died aged 94
Chinese performer in Yue opera Died on Friday August 6th 2021
Jing Wang, died aged 71
Taiwanese media scientist Died on Sunday August 1st 2021
Wang Chiu-Hwa dead at age 95
Taiwanese architect Died on Monday June 14th 2021
Wang Yuan, died aged 91
Chinese mathematician Died on Friday May 14th 2021
Obituary: Wang Fuchun, dead at age 77
Chinese photographer Died on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Wang Shouguan obituary: died at age 98
Chinese astronomer Died on Saturday January 30th 2021
Wang Yupu passes away at age 64
Chinese businessman and politician Died on Wednesday December 9th 2020
Wang Zhiliang passed away at age 79
Chinese table tennis player Died on Thursday September 17th 2020
Wang Hai dies at age 94
Chinese fighter pilot Died on Sunday August 2nd 2020
Wang Jiafan obituary: died at age 81
Chinese historian Died on Thursday July 9th 2020
Wang Dingguo has died at age -1
Chinese politician Died on Wednesday June 10th 2020
Wang Wen-hsieh, died aged 87
Taiwanese general and public official Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Wang Wenxie obituary: died at age 87
Taiwanese general and public official Died on Sunday March 29th 2020
Wang Jin death at age 93
Chinese archaeologist Died on Friday February 7th 2020
Obituary: Shuping Wang, dead at age 59
Chinese doctor and AIDS campaigner Died on Thursday September 26th 2019
Wang Buxuan passes away at age 97
Chinese thermal physicist Died on Saturday August 31st 2019
Wang Guodong passes away at age 88
Chinese painter (official portraits of Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen) Died on Friday August 30th 2019
Wang Hanru, died aged 81
Chinese major general and politician Died on Monday June 17th 2019
Wang Jun dead at age 78
Chinese business executive Died on Tuesday June 11th 2019
Wang Yening died at age 92
Chinese physicist Died on Wednesday February 27th 2019
Wang Ruilin dies at 88
Chinese general Died on Monday December 10th 2018
Death of Wang Junmin at age 63
Chinese politician Died on Wednesday November 21st 2018
Wang Huanyu, died aged 63
Chinese astrophysicist Died on Wednesday November 7th 2018
Wang Guangying passed away at age 99
Chinese entrepreneur and politician Died on Wednesday October 31st 2018
Charles Wang death at age 74
Chinese-born American businessman and philantropist Died on Sunday October 21st 2018
Wang Mengshu obituary: died at age 79
Chinese railway engineer Died on Sunday September 30th 2018
Obituary: Wang Jian, dead at age 57
Chinese businessman Died on Wednesday July 4th 2018
Death of Wang Da-hong at age 100
Chinese-born Taiwanese architect Died on Tuesday May 29th 2018
Wang Danfeng dead at age 93
Chinese actress Died on Wednesday May 2nd 2018
Wang Panyuan, died aged 106
Taiwanese painter Died on Saturday December 23rd 2017
Wang Qun dead at age 91
Chinese politician Died on Thursday December 14th 2017
Wang Hairong death at age 79
Chinese politician Died on Sunday September 10th 2017
Wang Xiuyun died at age 72
Singaporean actress Died on Sunday August 27th 2017
Wang Ben-hu, died aged 63
Taiwanese television presenter Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Wang Lin obituary: died at age 64
64-65 Died on Friday February 10th 2017
Wang Tuoh dies at 72
Taiwanese writer Died on Tuesday August 9th 2016
Wang Sichao dead at age 77
Chinese astronomy scholar Died on Friday June 17th 2016
Wang Shizhen death at age 100
Chinese nuclear medicine physician and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Wang Rui, died aged 85
Taiwanese actor Died on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Wang Jui obituary: died at age 85
Taiwanese actor Died on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Wang You-theng has died at age 89
Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar) Died on Friday May 27th 2016
Carl E. passed away at age 85
Norwegian politician Died on Friday February 5th 2016
Wang Zhongshu death at age 89
Chinese archaeologist Died on Thursday September 24th 2015
Wang Dongxing death at age 99
99 Died on Friday August 21st 2015
Wang Fuzhou dead at age 80
Chinese mountain climber Died on Sunday July 19th 2015
Wang Kenan death at age 33
Chinese Olympic diver (2004) Died on Saturday October 5th 2013
Wang Yung-tsai passes away at age 93
Taiwanese industrialist (Formosa Plastics Group) Died on Thursday November 27th 2014
Wang Kun dies at 89
Chinese opera singer and educator Died on Friday November 21st 2014
Wang Guozhen dies at age 58
Chinese poet Died on Monday April 27th 2015
George Wang death at age 96
George Wang, the Taiwanese actor and producer, died on March 27, 2015, at age 96. Born Wang Chun-yang in Dandong, Liaoning, in 1918, he studied at Northeastern University before leaving…