Wan (surname)
| Wan (万/萬) | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
Wàn (Mandarin) Man (Cantonese) Ban (Hokkien) |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | Man/Ban |
Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.[2]
Notable people
- Wan Yu (died 272), Chancellor of Eastern Wu
- Consort Wan (1428–1487), consort of the Chenghua Emperor of the Ming dynasty
- Wan Quan (1495–1585), Ming dynasty paediatrician
- Wan Hu (16th century), legendary "rocket scientist"
- Wan Fulin (1880–1951), military governor of Heilongjiang province
- The Wan brothers, founders of the Chinese animation industry
- Wan Laiming (1900–1997)
- Wan Guchan (1900–1995)
- Wan Chaochen (1906–1992)
- Wan Dihuan
- Wan Laisheng (1903–1995), martial artist
- Wan Yi (万毅; 1907–1997), general and politician
- Wan Jiabao, pen name Cao Yu (1910–1996), influential playwright
- Wan Xiaotang (1916–1966), Communist Party chief of Tianjin
- Wan Li (1916–2015), Vice Premier, Politburo member
- Wan Haifeng (万海峰; born 1920), general
- Wan Shaofen (born 1930), former Communist Party chief of Jiangxi province, the first female provincial party chief
- Wan Xueyuan (born 1941), former Governor of Zhejiang province
- Wan Jifei (born 1948), politician, a son of Wan Li
- Wan Jen (born 1950), Taiwanese filmmaker
- Wan Gang (born 1952), Ministry of Science and Technology of China
- Wan Exiang (born 1956), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China
- Alex Man (Wan Ziliang; born 1957), Hong Kong actor
- Wan Guanghua (born 1961), economist
- Wan Yanhai (born 1963), AIDS activist
- Joey Meng (Wan Qiwen; born 1970), Hong Kong actress
- Wan Xiaoli (born 1971), singer
- Wan Cheng (born 1985), football player
- Wan Houliang (born 1986), football player
References
- ↑ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ↑ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
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