Chien is a romanisation of multiple

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s and Chinese given names.

Given name

* Angela Yu Chien (; 1942–2004), Hong Kong actress *

Chien Yao Chien Yao (born June 21, 1961 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese lyricist and author, known for supporting and beginning the careers of many artists. Yao is known to write about female sentiments He has supported the careers of many A-list singers. Yao ...

(; born 1961), Taiwanese lyricist *

Chien Lee Chien Lee is a Chinese-American entrepreneur, investor, and sports team owner. He has built a multi-club ownership model, owns multiple professional European football clubs and is a well-known investor in European football. Lee is the founder a ...

, American entrepreneur and sports team owner

Surname

Origins and statistics

As a surname, Chien is the Wade–Giles romanisation of a number of surnames spelled Jian in

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

, as well as a variant spelling of surnames spelled Qian in Pinyin (Ch'ien in Wade Giles): * Jiǎn (), adopted as a surname by some descendants of , who was later named Xu Jianpo (). *Jiǎn (), which originated as an occupational surname from (), a Han dynasty post which could be translated as "Inspector General". Additionally some bearers of this surname changed their surname to the Jiǎn described above, which is homophonous in Mandarin Chinese, though not in other varieties of Chinese. * Qián (), literally meaning "money", also originated as an occupational surname, said to have been adopted by a holder of the post of treasurer () during the Zhou Dynasty. * Qiān () Data compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the

2011 United Kingdom census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

and the Census of Ireland 2011 found 49 people with the surname Chien on the island of Great Britain and none on the island of Ireland. The

1881 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the UK censuses to include details of household members. Data recorded Details collected include: address, ...

found one person with the surname Chien. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 3,756 people with the surname Chien, making it the 8,732nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 3,239 (9,257th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and roughly three per cent as

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic whites or Non-Latino whites are Americans who are classified as "white", and are not of Hispanic (also known as "Latino") heritage. The United States Census Bureau defines ''white'' to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Amer ...

People

Entertainers

Lung Chien Lung Chien (1916 – May 28, 1975), also known by the name Kim Lung, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1950s and the 1970s. Career Born in 1916, Lung Chien explores common themes in Hong Kong cinema such a ...

(; 1916–1975), Chinese film director *

Chien Te-men Chien Te-men (, 28 August 1943 – 5 February 2018) was a Taiwanese actor. Selected filmography *''New Legend of Madame White Snake'' (1992) as Fahai. *''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' (1994). *'' The Rose'' (2003). *''KO One'' (2005). *'' ...

(; 1943–2018), Taiwanese actor * Fernando Chien (born 1974), Taiwanese stunt performer * Jolin Chien (; born 1986), Taiwanese singer *

Dewi Chien Dewi Chien (born 9 March 1992) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She is member of musical duo Dears. She is known for her role as Tao Min-min in the 2015 film ''Our Times''. Filmography Television series * ''The Devil Punisher'' (2020) as Se ...

(; born 1992), Taiwanese actress

Politicians

Robert Chien Robert Chien, or Chien Chun (; February 8, 1929 – March 2, 2014), was a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese economist and a politician. Chien graduated from the National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in economics and later on earned a master' ...

(; 1929–2014), Taiwanese economist and politician * Frederick Chien (; born 1935), Taiwanese diplomat *

Chien Tai-lang Chien Tai-lang (; born 15 February 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan from 2015 to 2016. Education Chien obtained his bachelor's degree in sociology from National Chung Hsing University in 1970 ...

(; born 1947), Taiwanese politician * Chien Tung-ming (; born 1951), Taiwanese politician * Eugene Chien (; born 1946), Taiwanese politician and diplomat * Chien Hsi-chieh (; born 1947), Taiwanese politician * Chien Chung-liang (; ), Taiwanese politician

Scientists

Robert Tienwen Chien Robert Tienwen Chien (November 20, 1931 – December 8, 1983) was an American computer scientist concerned largely with research in information theory, fault-tolerance, and artificial intelligence (AI), director of the Coordinated Science Labor ...

(; 1931–1983), American computer scientist * Shu Chien (; born 1931), American physiologist *

Paul Chien Paul Kwan Chien (born 1 January 1947) is a Chinese-American biologist known for his research on the physiology and ecology of intertidal organisms and his support for intelligent design. Biography Chien was born on 1 January 1947 in Hong K ...

(born 1947), American biologist

Sportspeople

* Chien Kok-ching (; ), Taiwanese baseball player * Chien Wei-chuan (; born 1971), Taiwanese basketball player *

Chien Yu-hsiu Chien Yu-hsiu (; born 29 February 1980) is a former badminton player from the Republic of China. Chien graduated from the National Taiwan Sport University and now works as junior coach in Hsinchu. He was the silver medalist at the 1996 World Jun ...

(; born 1980), Taiwanese badminton player * Chien Yu-chin (; born 1982), Taiwanese badminton player

Other

* John C. T. Chien (; 1940–2013), Taiwanese Episcopalian bishop *

Raymond Chien Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung Gold Bauhinia Star, GBS Order of the British Empire, CBE Justice of the Peace, JP (, born 26 January 1952 in Tokyo, Japan), also known as Raymond Ch'ien, is a Hong Kong businessman and former politician. "Ch'ien Kuo-fu ...

(; born 1952), Hong Kong businessman *

Carl Chien Carl Chien (born 20 December 1964) is a Taiwanese businessman. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan and a member of the bank’s Asia Pacific Management Committee, responsible for building and fostering senior client ...

(; born 1964), Taiwanese businessman *

Sansan Chien Sansan Chien (; 1 July 1967 – 24 October 2011) was a composer of contemporary classical music. Chien was well known in Taiwan for her teaching of music theory and composition. Life and career She was born 1 July 1967 in Changhua, Taiwan, a ...

(; 1967–2011), Taiwanese composer * Chien Wen-pin (; born 1971), Taiwanese conductor *

Colleen V. Chien Colleen V. Chien is an American attorney and academic working as a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, where she teaches Patent Law, International Intellectual Property and Remedies. Early life, education, and early career Chie ...

(born 1973), American law professor *

Hank Chien Hank Chien is a former world record holder and two-time "Kong-Off" Champion of the video game ''Donkey Kong''. As of January 2016, his personal best sits at 1,138,600. Chien won the first Kong Off, a ''Donkey Kong'' competition which occurred on M ...

(born 1974), American plastic surgeon who formerly held a world record score in the video game ''Donkey Kong'' * Chien Shan-hua (; ), Taiwanese musicologist * Alec Chien (), Hong Kong pianist *

Catia Chien Catia Chien is a children's book illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is currently working in New York City. She graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 2004. She has produced work for several publishing comp ...

(), Brazilian children's book illustrator

References

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