Huo
For the Zhou Dynasty state, see Huo (state).
Huo (Chinese: éœ; pinyin: Huò; Jyutping: Fok3) is a Chinese surname. It is pronounced as "Fok" in Cantonese.
During the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu (personal name "Ji Fa") awarded land to his brother Shuchu (å”處) in "Huo" (modern Huozhou, Shanxi), and Shuchu's descendants adopted "Huo" as their family name.
Notable people with the surname Huo
- Huo Qubing (éœåŽ»ç—…; 140 BC–117 BC), Western Han Dynasty general
- Huo Guang (éœå…‰; d. 68 BC), Huo Qubing's half-brother, Western Han Dynasty statesman
- Huo Chengjun (éœæˆå›; d. 54 BC), Huo Guang's daughter, Western Han Dynasty empress
- Huo Jun (éœå³»; 177-216), Eastern Han Dynasty general
- Huo Yi (éœå¼‹), Huo Jun's son, Shu general of the Three Kingdoms period
- Huo Ji (éœå†€; 1516-1575), Ming Dynasty official
- Huo Yuanjia (éœå…ƒç”²; 1868-1910), Qing Dynasty martial artist
- Henry Fok Ying-tung (éœè‹±æ±; Huo Yingdong; 1923-2006), Hong Kong businessman
- Timothy Fok Tsun-ting (éœéœ‡éœ†; Huo Zhenting; b. 1946), Henry Fok's eldest son, Hong Kong politician and entrepreneur
- Ian Fok Tsun-wan (éœéœ‡å¯°; Huo Zhenhuan; b. 1949), Henry Fok's second son, Hong Kong entrepreneur
- Canning Fok Kin-ning (éœå»ºå¯§; Huo Jianning; b. 1951), Hong Kong entrepreneur
- Clarence Fok Yiu-leung (éœè€€è‰¯; Huo Yaoliang; b. 1958), Hong Kong film director and producer
- Serge Huo-chao-si (éœ ??; Huo Chaosi; b. 1968), French Cartoonist
- Wallace Huo Chien-hwa (éœå»ºè¯; Huo Jianhua; b. 1979), Taiwanese actor and singer
- Huo Siyan (éœæ€ç‡•; b. 1981), actress
- Patrick Fok Bing-tsung (éœç‚³å®—; Huo Bingzong; b. 1981), Hong Kong news reporter
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