49 obituaries for famous people named Yang. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Timothy Yang, the Taiwanese diplomat who served as minister of foreign affairs from 2009 to 2012 and as secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2015, died on May 24,…
Taiwanese folk singerDied on Tuesday December 16th 2025
Chinese theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in PhysicsDied on Saturday October 18th 2025
Singaporean artist and curatorDied on Thursday August 7th 2025
Chinese xiangsheng comedian and actorDied on Wednesday July 9th 2025
Chinese politicianDied on Friday October 25th 2024
Taiwanese politicianDied on Friday September 6th 2024
Korean-Japanese novelistDied on Saturday June 29th 2024
Chinese underwater acoustic engineerDied on Monday March 25th 2024
Taiwanese pool playerDied on Wednesday December 6th 2023
Chinese pop singer and actressDied on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
95-96Died on Thursday March 30th 2023
Chinese film art director (Temptation of a MonkDied on Sunday February 26th 2023
Chinese politicianDied on Saturday November 12th 2022
Chinese engineerDied on Saturday November 5th 2022
Hong Kong film director (The Escape) and actor (You Can't Tell HimDied on Tuesday October 25th 2022
founding major general in the People's Liberation Army of ChinaDied on Saturday September 3rd 2022
Chinese nuclear physicistDied on Sunday July 17th 2022
North Korean politicianDied on Sunday May 15th 2022
Taiwanese-Japanese physician and pulmonologistDied on Friday May 28th 2021
Chinese politicianDied on Monday April 12th 2021
Chinese martial artistDied on Sunday November 8th 2020
79–80Died on Monday February 3rd 2020
56–57Died on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Chinese historian and palaeographerDied on Saturday May 11th 2019
Chinese linguistDied on Monday April 1st 2019
Chinese politicianDied on Wednesday October 31st 2018
Chinese politicianDied on Saturday February 24th 2018
Burmese warladyDied on Tuesday July 18th 2017
Chinese thermodynamicistDied on Monday February 20th 2017
Chinese economistDied on Sunday September 4th 2016
Chinese playwrightDied on Wednesday May 25th 2016
Chinese MMA fighter (ONE Championship)Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Chinese MMA Fighter (ONE Championship)Died on Friday December 11th 2015
Chinese military leader and politicianDied on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Taiwanese actressDied on Wednesday April 22nd 2015