Qian (disambiguation)

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Qian stands for

  • a district of the prefecture-level city of Xianyang in Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, see Qian
  • a historical unit of weight ( 錢  /  钱 , qián ) that is still used today in certain traditional crafts in China or in traditional Chinese medicine or the like. can still be used, see Old Weights and Measures (China) #Weight


Qian is the family name of the following people:

  • Qian Baocong (1892–1974), Chinese mathematician historian
  • Qian Hong (* 1971), Chinese swimmer and Olympic champion
  • Qian Lin (* 1991), Chinese singer
  • Qian Lingxi (1916–2009), Chinese civil engineer
  • Qian Ping (* 1964), Chinese badminton player
  • Qian Qichen (1928–2017), Chinese politician and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
  • Qian Renkang (1914–2013), Chinese politician and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
  • Qian Songyan (1899–1985), Chinese painter
  • Qian Tianyi (* 2000), Chinese table tennis player
  • Qian Weichang ( Chien Wei-zang ; 1912–2010), Chinese physicist
  • Qian Xingcun (1900–1977), Chinese literary scholar
  • Qian Xiuling (1912–2008), Sino-Belgian scientist who saved the lives of around 100 people during the Nazi occupation in Belgium
  • Qian Xuan (~ 1235–1305), Chinese painter and poet
  • Qian Xuesen (1911–2009), Sino-American rocket engineer, space pioneer
  • Qian Yunhui (1957-2010), Chinese politician and civil rights activist
  • Qian Yurong ( Thomas Qian Yurong ; 1914-2013), Chinese bishop