Gu () is a
Chinese-language surname, usually spelled as "Ku" or "Koo" in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. In 2013 it was found to be the 340th most common surname, shared by 138,000 people or 0.010% of the population in
China.
Notable people
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Koo family of Lukang Koo may refer to:
* Kōō (1389–1390), a Japanese era
* KOO, a South African food brand
*Koo (social network), an Indian microblogging and social networking service
*''Koo Koo'', a 1981 Debbie Harry album
People
*Koo Chen-fu (1917–2005), Taiwa ...
, a prominent Taiwanese-Japanese business family who founded the
Koos Group The Koos Group (KGI; ) is a Taiwan-based pan-Asian business group involved in a vast range of industries, which include banking, manufacturing, petrochemicals, electronics, leasing, cement, financial services, hospitality, real estate, private equit ...
known as
和信集團
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Koo Hsien-jung
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Jeffrey Koo Sr. (Ambassador-at-Large, Chairman of
Chinatrust
CTBC Bank () is amongst the largest privately owned banks in Taiwan.
History
It was established in 1966 under the name China Securities and Investment Corporation. In 1971, its name was changed to Chinatrust Investment Company Limited. In 1992, i ...
Bank, and "Father of Credit Cards")
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Koo Chen-fu
Koo Chen-fu (, 6 January 1917 – 3 January 2005), also known as C.F. Koo, was a Taiwanese businessman and diplomat. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his death. As a chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Koo arrange ...
(Taiwanese diplomat and businessman)
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Chester Koo
Chester Koo (; 1952–2001) was a Taiwanese business executive.
Early life and education
Born in 1952, Koo earned a master's degree in business administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979.
Life and career
Af ...
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Koo Kwang-ming
Koo Kwang-ming (; born on 15 October 1926) is a Taiwanese statesman, businessman and independence activist.
Family background
Koo was born into a life of privilege. He was the eighth son of Koo Hsien-jung, a prominent Lukang businessman who h ...
(1926–2023)
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Leslie Koo
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Richard Koo
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Nono Ku
Nono Ku (), born as Ku Kuan-yun, is a Taiwanese actress and model.
Filmography
Television series
References
External links
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1992 births
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Actresses from Taipei
Living people
Taiwanese female ...
, Taiwanese actress and model
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Gu Hongyu (辜轰余; January 31, 1971 in Beijing) a retired male beach volleyball player from the People's Republic of China
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Koh Lay Huan
Kapitan China Koh Lay Huan (; died 1826) was a wealthy and educated man, who had earlier rebelled against the Manchu-led Chinese Qing Dynasty and fled to Siam and the Malay States, to eventually settle in Penang as its first Kapitan China. He w ...
(辜禮歡甲, died 1826), Chinese-born businessman who became the first
Kapitan China
Kapitan Cina, also spelled Kapitan China or Capitan China ( en, Captain of the Chinese; ; nl, Kapitein der Chinezen), was a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the ...
of
Penang
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Gu Jiaming
Gu Jiaming (, born 1964 in Jingzhou, Hubei) is a retired female badminton player from China.
Career
She won the bronze medal at the 1987 IBF World Championships in the women's singles. The following year she won the women's singles at the pres ...
(Chinese: 辜家明) a retired female badminton player from China
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Individual Chinese surnames
Crime