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 ...
romanization
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of the common
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 ...
Song Dynasty
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Wāng
Wāng (汪) is a Chinese surname. It was 104th of the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, contained in the verse Yáo, Shào, Zhàn, Wāng (姚邵湛汪). In 2013, the Fuxi Cultural Association found the name to be the 60th most common in China ...
Wong
Wong may refer to:
Name
* Wong (surname), a Chinese surname
Places
* Wong Chuk Hang, an area to the east of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island
* Wong Chuk Hang Estate, a public housing estate in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
* Wong Chuk Hang Road, a majo ...
in
Hong Kong
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,
Macau
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,
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
,
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
and
Hainanese
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; Waan or Waon in
Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Districts of Shanghai, central districts of the Shanghai, City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as ...
Bong
A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. In the bong shown in the photo, the gas flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right.
...
in
Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...
;
Heng Heng may refer to:
Name
* Heng (surname), a surname from Southeast Asia
* HENG abbreviation from "Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas", see hydrogen compressed natural gas
* Heng, one of deities Heng and Ha
Letters
* Heng (letter), an uncommon lett ...
Gan
The word Gan or the initials GAN may refer to:
Places
*Gan, a component of Hebrew placenames literally meaning "garden"
China
* Gan River (Jiangxi)
* Gan River (Inner Mongolia),
* Gan County, in Jiangxi province
* Gansu, abbreviated ''Gā ...
; Waung in
American English
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Vaj
Vaj may refer to:
* Vaj, Isfahan
* Vaj (street artist)
* vaj, ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-2 code for Sekele language
See also
* VAG (disambiguation)
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Vong
Vong may refer to:
People
* Vong Kan, Cambodian politician
* Vong Phaophanit (born 1961), British artist
* Vong Pisen, Cambodian general
* Vong Sarendy (1929–1975), Fleet Admiral in the Khmer Republic
* Vong Savang (1931–1978), Crown Prince to ...
Wáng is one of the most common surnames in the world and was listed by the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
's
National Citizen ID Information System
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as the most common surname in
mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
in April 2007, with 92.88 million bearers and comprising 7.25% of the general population.Xinhua Net
A 2018 survey found that there were over 100 million Wang in China, ranking first.
Wáng was also the most common surname in Mainland China in 2019.
A 2013 study found the province with the most people sharing the name was
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. Overall the name is more prevalent in
Northern China
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. In 2019 it was the most common surname in nearly every northern province or province-level division:
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
,
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
,
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
,
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
,
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
,
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...
,
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
,
Jilin
Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...
, and
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
, as well as the southern province of
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
.
It was the 6th most common surname 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 ...
aiwan (China) Surname Ranking Aiwan may refer to:
*Eyvan, a city in Iran
*Shalimar Gardens (Lahore)
The Shalimar Gardens ( ur, , translit=Shālāmār Bāgh) are a Mughal garden complex located in Lahore, Pakistan. The gardens date from the period when the Mughal Empire was a ...
Chinese Singaporeans
Chinese Singaporeans () are Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Chinese Singaporeans constitute 75.9% of the Singaporean citizen population according to the official census, making them the largest ethnic group among them.
As early as the 10th ...
and Wang the 6th, although Wong also includes the surname 黃 (
Huang Huang or Hwang may refer to:
Location
* Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City
* Yellow River, or Huang River, in China
* Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China
* Huang (state), state in ancient China.
* Hwang Riv ...
in Mandarin). Singaporean Wangs are 78,000 and 1.5% of Singapore's population and 2.5% of Singapore's Chinese population.
There are 143,000 recorded Wangs in the United States, as of 2014. This is a double increase from 2000, when 63,800 Wangs ranked 10th most common amongst Asian Americans and 440th amongst all Americans, respectively.
United States Census Bureau
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. Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 . 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. There are 51,000 Wangs in California, 17,000 New York, 10,400 Texas, 5,900 New Jersey, 5,700 Illinois. Californian Wangs rank 55th in state, highest in rank as well by state of any state. Wang and Wong are sometimes interchangeable, as well as other Wang-based surnames so the number could vary.
Wang (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...
: ) is a fairly rare surname in
South Korea
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. The year
2000 South Korean Census
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listed only 23,447 Wangs.
Origins of Wáng
Wang is the Chinese word for "
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
". William Baxter and Laurent Sagart reconstructed the
Old Chinese
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form of Wáng as ' and the
Middle Chinese
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as ''hjwang''.Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', p. 48. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011.
The modern bearers of the name Wáng come from many different backgrounds, but there are four principal origins of the modern surname: Zi, Ji,
Gui
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, and the adoption of the name from ethnic groups outside the
Han Chinese
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.
House of Zi
The most ancient family name of Wáng was originated from the surname Zi (子). The Chinese legend mentions that near the end of
Shang Dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...
,
King Zhou of Shang
King Zhou (; ) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang () or King Shou of Shang (), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. He is also called Zhou Xin (). In Chinese, his name Zhòu (wikt:紂, 紂) also refers to a ...
Ji Zi
Jizi or Qizi or Kizi (; Gija or Kija in Korean language, Korean) was a semi-legendary
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*
:"Most orean historianstreat the
angun
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myth as a late ...
, and Wei Zi were called "The Three Kindhearted Men of Shang". King Zhou was violent in his rule, and Bi Gan repeatedly remonstrated to the king regarding his behavior. The king shunned his comments and killed Bi Gan instead. Bi's descendants used Wáng as their surname as they are descendants of a prince and were known as "The Bi clan of the Wáng family". The Zi clan has existed for about 3100 years through
Qin Dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...
to
Tang Dynasty
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and exists today. The Zi clan of Wáng lived predominantly in modern-day
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
during these times and developed into the famous Wáng family of Ji prefecture.
House of Ji
More Wáng were originated from the royal family of
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
. The original surname of the royal family of Zhou Dynasty was Ji (姬). However, many of them have separated out of the family due to the loss of power and land. Because they once belonged to the royal family, they used Wáng as their surname. This family of Wáng traced its ancestry to Wang Ziqiao.
According to the classical records, after
King Wu of Zhou
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King Wu's ancestral name was ...
defeated the
Shang Dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...
, he established the
Western Zhou Dynasty
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. During the reign of the 21st king, King Ling of Zhou (571 - 545 BCE), the capital was in
Chengzhou
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, which is the present day
Luoyang
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,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. A son of King Ling, Wangzi Qiao or Prince Qiao, was reduced to civilian status due to his remonstration to the king. His son
Zong Jin
Zong may refer to:
* Zong (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Zong (payments provider), American micropayments provider
* Zong (mobile network), mobile data network provider in Pakistan
* ''Zong!'', a 2008 book-length poem by M. ...
remained as a Situ in the palace, and because of the people at the time recognized him as the descendant of the royal family, they called his family the "Wáng family".
Another origin is that the surname is from Crown Prince Jin, son of King Ling of Zhou of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Jin criticized plans to divert the Gu and Luo rivers and was disinherited by his father. His descendants adopted the surname Wang in commemoration of his royal status.
In other cases, the name can also be traced back to
Tian He
Duke Tai of Tian Qi (; died 384 BC) was from 386 to 384 BC ruler of the State of Qi, a major power during the Warring States period of ancient China. He was the first Qi ruler from the House of Tian, replacing the House of Jiang that had ruled ...
, who usurped the throne of the Qi in 391 BC. After the annihilation of Qi by Qin in 221 BC, some descendants of nobles of Qi adopted the surname Wang in commemoration of royal ancestry.
Wang was also used as a surname by descendants of royal families in certain other states, like
Wei
Wei or WEI may refer to:
States
* Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States
* Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...
, during the Warring States period.
The surname has also been adopted by some families of minorities like the Ke Yi (可颐) families of the Xianbei during the
Northern Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...
dynasty.
In some families, this surname is traced back to ancestors who either were endowed with it by an emperor or changed their original surname, claiming royal status.
During the Tang dynasty the Li clan of Zhaojun , the
Cui clan of Boling The Cui clan of Boling (博陵崔氏) was a notable Chinese clan of noble descent which was politically active from the Han dynasty to the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. They shared the same ancestry as the Cui clan of Qinghe. T ...
Lu clan of Fanyang The Lu clan of Fanyang (范陽盧氏) was a Chinese political clan active from the late Eastern Han dynasty to the early Song dynasty. They descended from a noble clan in Qi, a ducal state under the Zhou dynasty. Their family name, Lu 盧, was der ...
, the
Zheng clan of Xingyang The Zheng clan of Xingyang () was a prominent Chinese clan, chiefly based around Xingyang (modern day Kaifeng, Henan). Tracing their origins to the rulers of the State of Zheng, they became highly prominent in government during the Northern and Sout ...
, the
Wang clan of Taiyuan The Wang clan of Taiyuan () was a Chinese clan which achieved prominence between the Han and Tang dynasties, based in Taiyuan in modern-day Shanxi province.
The earliest prominent members of this clan can be traced back to two brothers, Wang Rou an ...
, and the Li clan of Longxi were the seven noble families between whom marriage was banned by law. Moriya Mitsuo wrote a history of the Later Han-Tang period of the Taiyuan Wang. Among the strongest families was the Taiyuan Wang. The prohibition on marriage between the clans issued in 659 by the Gaozong Emperor was flouted by the seven families since a woman of the Boling Cui married a member of the Taiyuan Wang, giving birth to the poet Wang Wei. He was the son of Wang Chulian who in turn was the son of Wang Zhou.
The marriages between the families were performed clandestinely after the prohibition was implemented on the seven families by Gaozong. The Zhou dynasty King Ling's son Prince Jin is assumed by most to be the ancestor of the Taiyuan Wang. The Longmen Wang were a cadet line of the Zhou dynasty descended Taiyuan Wang, and Wang Yan and his grandson Wang Tong hailed from his cadet line. Both Buddhist monks and scholars hailed from the Wang family of Taiyuan such as the monk Tanqian. The Wang family of Taiyuan included Wang Huan. Their status as "Seven Great surnames" became known during Gaozong's rule. The Taiyuan Wang family produced Wang Jun who served under
Emperor Huai of Jin
Emperor Huai of Jin (; 284 – March 14, 313), personal name Sima Chi (司馬熾), courtesy name Fengdu (豐度), was an emperor of the Jin Dynasty (266–420).
Emperor Huai was captured in 311 and later executed in 313 under the order of Liu ...
. A Fuzhou-based section of the Taiyuan Wang produced the Buddhist monk
Baizhang
Baizhang Huaihai (; pinyin: ''Bǎizhàng Huáihái''; Wade-Giles: ''Pai-chang Huai-hai''; ja, Hyakujō Ekai) (720–814) was a Zen
Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) ...
.
The surname in other countries
East Asia
Korea
The surname Wang has a
Goguryeo
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origin and was the royal surname of
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
dynasty which was founded by Wang Geon. It is said that when
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
fell, many changed their surname to Jeon (全) / Jeon (田) / Ok (玉) to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...
. The
Kaesong
Kaesong (, ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close t ...
Wang
lineage
Lineage may refer to:
Science
* Lineage (anthropology), a group that can demonstrate its common descent from an apical ancestor or a direct line of descent from an ancestor
* Lineage (evolution), a temporal sequence of individuals, populati ...
traces its ancestry to the
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
rulers.
Japan
Ō ( ja, 王) is a rare
Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...
, mostly held by those of Chinese descent, such as the baseball player
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh (Japanese: , ''Ō Sadaharu''; born May 20, 1940), also known as Wang Chen-chih (), is a Japanese-born former baseball player and manager Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Ō Sadaharu"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 758. who ...
(王貞治), also known as Wang Chen-chih.
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
In Indonesia, the surname is often romanized as "Heng", "Bong" or "Ong" for people of Hokkien descent, and more commonly as Ong by Chinese Peranakan. In some cases, the meaning of the names were translated into a name that sounds more like the area where these immigrant families settled in such as the surname Suraja, where in this case raja means king in Indonesian and Javanese and Su- is a common prefix within javanese surnames.
Vietnam
In Vietnam, the name is rendered Vương (王) meaning King.
Europe
Scandinavia
Wang is also an unrelated surname in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is a variant spelling of the name Vang which is derived from the Old Norse word ''vangr'', meaning field or meadow.
Germany and Netherlands
Wang is also a surname in the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
and Dutch languages. The name is derived from Middle German ''wang''/ Middle Dutch ''waenge'', which is literally "cheek". However, in southern German, its meaning, "grassy slope" or "field of grass", is similar to the Scandinavian surname.
Notable people surnamed Wang
Historical figures
*
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi ; ; December 8, 1021 – May 21, 1086), courtesy name Jiefu (), was a Chinese economist, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty. He served as chancellor and attempted major and controversial socioeconomic reforms k ...
(), Song Dynasty politician
*
Wang Bao
Wang Bao ( 84 53 BCE), courtesy name Ziyuan (子淵), was a Chinese poet during the Western Han Dynasty. He was well versed in the Classical Chinese poetry tradition. He was involved in the ''Chu Ci'' poetry revival which took place in the second ...
(), Han Dynasty poet and author
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Wang Bi
Wang Bi (226–249), courtesy name Fusi, was a Chinese philosopher and politician, expertise in Yijing and Xuanxue
Life
Wang Bi served as a minor bureaucrat in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was married with a daug ...
(), Three Kingdoms Taoist philosopher
* Wang Bo (), a Tang dynasty Chinese poet
* Wong Chat Bong (), founder of Wong Lo Kat () a Chinese herbal tea
* Wang Chong (), Chinese philosopher during Han Dynasty
* Wang Chongyang (), a Song Dynasty Taoist and founder of Quanzhen School
* Wang Chuzhi (), a regional military governor for Dingzhou during the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms era
* Wang Cong'er (), a female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
* Wang Dao (), Jin Dynasty pre-eminent statesman, premier and advisor
*
Wang Dun
Wang Dun () (266 – after 8 August 324According to Sima Shao's biography in ''Book of Jin'', Wang Dun died shortly after the ''renshen'' day of the 7th month of the 2nd year of the ''Taining'' era of Shao's reign; the date corresponds to 8 Aug 3 ...
(), Jin Dynasty (266–420), a rebellious Jin general and later warlord
* Empress Wang (), an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
*
Wang Fangqing
Wang Fangqing (王方慶) (died 702), formal name Wang Lin (王綝) but went by the courtesy name of Fangqing,''New Book of Tang'', vol. 72, part 2. formally Duke Zhen of Shiquan (石泉貞公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang Dynasty and ...
(), real name Wang Lin, served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
* Wang Fu (), a philosopher from Gansu in the Eastern Han Dynasty
* Wang Fu (), a Shu Han general serving under Liu Bei
* Wang Fu (), an influential eunuch in Han Dynasty
* Wang Fu (), a painter from Ming Dynasty
* Wang Fuzhi (), Chinese philosopher and historian
* Wang Gui () Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (; 2 December 18772 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an () or Boyu (), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, ph ...
(), late Qing Dynasty and early Republican Chinese scholar
*
Wang Huizu
Wang Huizu or Wang Hui-tsu (1731–1807) was a Chinese scholar-official, jurist, historian and moralist in Qing dynasty China. He was a commentator on social and local governance issues, and he was also an administrator who preached benevolence i ...
(), Chinese jurist.
* Wang Jian (), a greatest general from Qin Dynasty
* Wang Jian (), Liu Song and Southern Qi official
* Wang Jian (), founding emperor of Former Shu, posthumously known as Gaozu
* Wang Jian (), a painter from Ming Dynasty
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Wang Jinghong
Wang Jinghong (; died 1434) was a Ming dynasty Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who was deputy to Zheng He on his treasure voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, from 1405 to 1433. He led an eighth voyag ...
(), Chinese Muslim admiral
*
Wang Jishan
Wang Jishan (王及善) (618 – August 28, 699), formally Duke Zhen of Xing (邢貞公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during Wu Zetian's re ...
(), served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
* Wang Jun (), Jin dynasty general
* Wang Jun (), a chancellor during Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Lang Wang Lang may refer to:
*Wang Lang (Xin dynasty) (died 24), warlord during the Xin-Eastern Han transition
*Wang Lang (Cao Wei) (died 228), minor warlord during the late Han period who became an official of Cao Wei
*Wang Lang Market, in Bangkok Noi, ...
(), a Wei politician during the end of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms
*
Wang Mang
Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only Emperor of China, emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later ...
(), founder of the Xin Dynasty
* Wang Meng (), known as Marquess Wu of Qinghe is a prime minister for Former Qin
*
Wang Nangxian
Wang Nangxian (, 1778–1798), Chinese:王囊仙; was a female Chinese leader of the anti- Manchu White Lotus Rebellion along with Wang Cong'er during the reign of the Qing dynasty. Another female member of the rebellion along with Wang Cong'er, ...
(), another female leader of the White Lotus Rebellion
* Wang Rong (), known as the 3rd East General, he served during the Jin Dynasty
* Wang Shenzhi (), founder of the Min Kingdom in Fujian
* Wang Shichong (), a general serving under the Sui Dynasty
* Wang Su (), son of Wang Lang, adviser to Sima Shi
* Wang Hui (), digital consultant and board member of
Haribo
Haribo ( ) is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr.. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1960 in the for ...
Wang Xiaojie
Wang Xiaojie (王孝傑) (died February 8, 697), formally the Duke of Geng (耿國公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving in campaigns against Tibet, Eastern Turks, and ...
(), a general served during Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty
* Wang Xizhi (), calligrapher known as the Sage Calligrapher lived in Jin Dynasty
*
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan (; February 5, 1937 – February 13, 2006), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, was a Chinese computer scientist. He was a computer application specialist and innovator of the Chinese printing industry, as well as an academician at both the Chinese ...
(), an official of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, briefly serving as chancellor
*
Wang Xuance
Wang Xuance (, fl. 7th century) was a Tang Dynasty guard officer and diplomat. In 648, Tang Taizong sent him to India in response to Harshavardhana sending an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harshavardhana had died and the ...
(), a diplomat to India and guard that served during the Tang Dynasty
* Wang Yanhan (), son of Wang Shenzhi, second king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 925 to 926
*
Wang Yanjun
Wang Yanjun () (died November 17, 935), known as Wang Lin (王鏻 or 王璘) from 933 to 935, formally Emperor Huizong of Min (), used the name of Xuanxi () while briefly being a Taoist monk, was the third ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and T ...
(), son of Wang Yanhan, third king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 926 to 935
* Wang Yangming (), Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucian
* Wang Yi (), official of
Wang Yuanji
Wang Yuanji (217 – 20 April 268) was a Chinese noble lady, aristocrat and later empress dowager of Jin dynasty, who lived during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the wife of Sima Zhao, a regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingd ...
(), Wife of Sima Zhao and Empress Dowager of Jin Dynasty
*
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Qiang (Wang Ch'iang; 王牆, also 王檣 and 王嬙), commonly known by her courtesy name Wang Zhaojun () was known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Born in Baoping Village, Zigui County (in current Hubei Province) in the Western ...
(), one of the Four Beauties of ancient China
* Wang Zhen (), an official and an inventor for Yuan Dynasty known for the first wooden movable type printing
* Wang Zhen (), powerful eunuch during the Ming Dynasty
* Wang Zhen (Wang Yiting) (), well-known painter of the "Shanghai school" in the Qing Dynasty
* Wang Zhi (), a pirate leader in Ming Dynasty
*
Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan (; 688–742), alternatively transliterated as Wang Tsu-huan, was a Chinese poet of the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He is best known for his ''jueju'' "Climbing Stork Tower" ().
Poetry
No collection of Wang's poems seem ...
(), a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty
*
Wang Zi-Ping
Wang Zi-Ping (1881–1973, Xiao'erjing: ) was a Chinese Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional medicine from Cangzhou, Cangxian county, Mengcun, Hebei Province. He served as the leader of the Shaolin Kung Fu division of th ...
(), Chinese Muslim martial artist
*
Wang Zongyan
Wang Yan (王衍) (899–926), né Wang Zongyan (王宗衍), courtesy name Huayuan (化源), also known as Houzhu (後主, "later Lord"), later posthumously created the Duke of Shunzheng (順正公) by Later Tang, was the second and final emperor o ...
(), son of Wang Jian, second ruler of the Qian Kingdom (Former Shu)
Mainland China
*
Wang Bingbing
Wang Bingbing (, born December 31, 1969) is a Chinese ski mountaineer.
Wang was member of the national selection of the People's Republic of China at the 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaine ...
(), Chinese ski mountaineer
*
Charles Wang
Charles B. Wang (; August 19, 1944 – October 21, 2018) was a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, who was a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed CA Technologies). He was a minority owner (and ...
(), computer entrepreneur
*
Charles Wang (physician)
Charles Wang () is a Chinese physician and lawyer. He is a leading figure in the merging of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in medical therapy.
Wang studied Western medicine at the Shanghai Second Medical University, graduating in 1986. ...
(), physician and lawyer
*
Wang Changyuan
Wang Changyuan (; born 1945 or 1946 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China) is a Chinese guzheng performer and composer.Hutton, Mary Ellyn.Spotlight on Chinese Music, Dance" ''The Cincinnati Post''. January 23, 2003. Retrieved on March 2, 2009.
...
(), Chinese guzheng performer and composer
*
Wang Chiu-chiang
Wang Jiujiang ( zh, c=王久江, zhu=ㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄤ, w=Wang2 Chiu3-chiang1, p=Wáng Jiǔjiāng; Sichuanese Pinyin, Sichuanese romanization: Uang Chiu-chiang; pronounced ) is a Sichuanese people, Sichuanese painter whose work is mos ...
(), Chinese painter
*
Wang Chunchen
Wang Chunchen (, born 1964 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province) is a Chinese curator, critic, and art historian. He has been described as "one of China's most distinguished curators, art critics and historians".
Education
Wang was educated at the Ce ...
(), Chinese art historian, curator, and critic
*
Wang Daiyu
Wáng Dàiyú (, Xiao'erjing: ) (ca. 1570 - ca. 1660) was a Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi ( Hui) scholar of Arab descent. His given name was Ya, style name Daiyu. He called himself ''Zhenhui Laoren'' ("The True Old Man of Islam") and went by his sty ...
(), Chinese Muslim scholar
* Wang Dan (), student leader – Tiananmen Square dissident
*
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan (), (27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was a Chinese politician who was president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) from 1991 to 2005.
Biography
Wang was born in Jiashan County (present day Minggua ...
(), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
*
Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing (; 9 January 1916 – 21 August 2015) was a Chinese military commander and politician, famous for being the chief of Mao Zedong's personal bodyguard force, the 9th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (which included the ''8 ...
(), Mao Zedong's principal bodyguard during the Cultural Revolution
*
Dylan Wang
Wang Hedi (; born 20 December 1998), also known as Dylan Wang, is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his debut lead role as Daoming Si in the 2018 television series ''Meteor Garden'', which propelled him to fame internationally. His other not ...
(), Chinese actor, singer and model
*
Wang Fanxi
Wang Fanxi (; March 16, 1907 – December 30, 2002) was a leading Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary.
Born near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, he joined the Communist Party of China, then an illegal organisation, in 1925. In 1927, he went to Mos ...
(), Trotskyist
*
Wang Feifei
Wang Feifei (Chinese: 王霏霏; born April 27, 1987), also known professionally as Fei, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group miss A from the group's debut in 2010 until its disbandment in 2017. She ...
(), Chinese singer member part of South Korean girl group '' Miss A''.
*
Wang Guangmei
Wang Guangmei (; 26 September 1921 – 13 October 2006) was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.
Life Early years
Wang Guangmei was b ...
(), wife of Liu Shaoqi, 2nd President of the People's Republic of China
* Wang Guangya (), UN ambassador
*
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (; 2 December 18772 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an () or Boyu (), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, ph ...
(), Chinese historian and poet
* Wang Han (), TV show host
* Wang Hao (), chess grandmaster
* Wang Hao (), table tennis player
* Wang Hao (), Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician
* Wang Hongwen (), Chinese politician which is the youngest member of the Gang of Four
*
Wang Jiexi
Wang Jiexi (; 12 December 1989 – 9 August 2015) was a Chinese actor of cinema and television. She was a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy's Performance Department and began her professional acting career in 2008 until her death from leukaemi ...
(), Chinese actor
* Wang Jun (), a Chinese politician, notorious traitor
* Wang Jun (), son of Wang Zhen, is a famous Chinese businessman chairman of CITIC and Poly Technologies, China
* Wang Jun (), a PRC politician
* Wang Junkai (), singer and actor, member of
TFBoys
TFBoys (, stylized in all caps), also known as The Fighting Boys, is a popular Chinese idol group that consists of three members: Karry Wang (), Roy Wang (), and Jackson Yee (). The group debuted on August 6, 2013 with their first single album " ...
Wang Linkai
Wang Linkai (; born 20 May 1999), commonly known by his stage name Xiao Gui (; Lil Ghost in English) is a Chinese rapper and singer-songwriter. In 2017, participated in the iQIYI Hip-Hop music audition show "The Rap of China", won the top 70 in ...
(), Chinese rapper, former member of Chinese boy group
Nine Percent
Nine Percent (Chinese: 百分九少年; commonly stylized as NINE PERCENT) was a nine-member Chinese boy group formed by the survival show ''Idol Producer'' by iQIYI on April 6, 2018. The group was scheduled to promote for 18 months since format ...
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978, Shanghai) is a retired Mainland Chinese table tennis player. As of January 2014, he is ranked 12th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Ch ...
(), table tennis player
*
Wang Ming
Wang may refer to:
Names
* Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname
* Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname
* Titles in Chinese nobility
* A title in Korean nobility
* A title in Mongolian nobility
Places
* Wang River in Thailand ...
(), a senior leader of the early
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...
. Mastermind of 28 Bolsheviks group
* Wang Ming-Chen (), Chinese female physicist and science educator
* Wang Nan (), table tennis player
* Wang Qiang (), Chinese tennis player
*
Wang Qishan
Wang Qishan (; ; born 19 July 1948) is a Chinese politician, and the current Vice President of the People's Republic of China. Wang is one of the leading figures behind China's foreign affairs, along with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Ke ...
(), Vice President of the People's Republic of China
* Wang Qing (), actor/singer/entrepreneur known for his role at bl drama counterattack web series
* Wang Rong (), regional politician in Guangdong and Jiangsu
*
Roy Wang
Roy Wang, also known as Wang Yuan () is a Chinese singer-songwriter, television host and actor. He was named by ''Time'' as one of the 30 Most Influential Teens of 2017. Wang has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2018. He set up his own charity fou ...
(), singer and actor, member of
TFBoys
TFBoys (, stylized in all caps), also known as The Fighting Boys, is a popular Chinese idol group that consists of three members: Karry Wang (), Roy Wang (), and Jackson Yee (). The group debuted on August 6, 2013 with their first single album " ...
*
Wang Shiwei
Wang Shiwei () (March 12, 1906 – July 1, 1947) was a Chinese journalist and literary writer. He became famous for his contribution to the Chinese history of modern revolution and to Chinese modern literature. Wang joined the Communist Party of ...
(), a Chinese journalist and literary writer
*
Wang Shizhen Wang Shizhen is the name of:
*Wang Shizhen (Tang dynasty) (759–809), Tang dynasty warlord, de facto ruler of Chengde
* Wang Shizhen (Ming dynasty) (1526–1590), Ming dynasty poet, writer, artist and litterateur.
*Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government ...
(), Yuan Shikai's Beiyang subordinate
* Wang Tao (), reformer, political essayist, newspaper publisher, fiction writer
*
Wang Xiaobo
Wang Xiaobo () (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing.
Life
On May 13, 1952, Wang Xiaobo was born in a family of intellectuals in Beijing. From 1968 to 1970, he was transfe ...
(), modern writer
*
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan (; February 5, 1937 – February 13, 2006), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, was a Chinese computer scientist. He was a computer application specialist and innovator of the Chinese printing industry, as well as an academician at both the Chinese ...
(), an innovator of the Chinese printing industry
* Wang Yan (), Olympic gymnast
* Wang Yanbo (), professional wrestler also known as Boa
*
Wang Yaowu
Wang Yaowu (, 1904–1968) was a high-ranking KMT general and the Governor of Shandong Province who successfully fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese Communists. In September 1948, Communist forces launched the Battle o ...
(), high-ranking KMT general who fought the Imperial Japanese army and Chinese Communists from 1924 to 1948
*
Wang Yeping
Wang Yeping (, born 12 February 1928) is a Chinese politician who is the widow of Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (''de facto'' paramount leader) and President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' ...
(), wife of Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
* Wang Yi (), State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
*
Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan (born 18 January 1988) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was s ...
(), successful badminton player from Shanghai, China. 2011 World Champion.
*
Wang Yibo
Wang Yibo (, pronounced [ wǎŋ.íː.pʷǒ.html"_;"title="Help:IPA/Mandarin.html"_;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA/Mandarin">wǎŋ.íː.pʷǒ">Help:IPA/Mandarin.html"_;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA/Mandarin">wǎŋ.íː.pʷǒ_born_5_August_1997)_is_a_Chine ...
(), Actor and member of Korean-Chinese group Uniq
* Yuja Wang (), classical pianist
* Wang Zhaoguo (), a Fujian Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping
* Wang Zhen (general), Wang Zhen (), a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Chinese Communist Party
* Wang Zhen (), Chinese gymnast
*
Wang Zhengjun
Wang Zhengjun (; 71 BC – 13 AD), officially Empress Xiaoyuan (孝元皇后), later and more commonly known as Grand Empress Dowager Wang, born in Yuancheng (modern Handan, Hebei), was an empress during the Western Han dynasty of China, who pla ...
(), Han Dynasty empress
* Wang Zhengwei (), politician and former Chairman of Ningxia
*
Wang Zhijian
The Yishun triple murders case was a series of three violent murders of three women in a rented flat in Yishun, Singapore in 2008. The suspect, Wang Zhijian, was the boyfriend of one of the two adult women living in the flat, and Wang, togethe ...
(), perpetrator of the 2008
Yishun murders
The Yishun triple murders case was a series of three violent murders of three women in a rented flat in Yishun, Singapore in 2008. The suspect, Wang Zhijian, was the boyfriend of one of the two adult women living in the flat, and Wang, togeth ...
Wang Zhongshu
Wang Zhongshu (; 15 October 1925 – 24 September 2015) was a Chinese archaeologist who helped to establish and develop the field of archaeology in China. One of the most prominent Asian archaeologists, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Fuku ...
(), archaeologist
*
Wang Ziyi
Wang Ziyi (; born July 13, 1996), also known as BOOGIE, is a Chinese rapper, dancer and singer. He is a member of C-pop boy group BBT and former member of Chinese boy group Nine Percent.
He is known for his participation as a trainee under Simp ...
(), a Chinese actor and rapper, former member of Chinese boy group
Nine Percent
Nine Percent (Chinese: 百分九少年; commonly stylized as NINE PERCENT) was a nine-member Chinese boy group formed by the survival show ''Idol Producer'' by iQIYI on April 6, 2018. The group was scheduled to promote for 18 months since format ...
Taiwan
*
Andrew H. J. Wang
Andrew Wang or Wang Hui-jun (; born 29 November 1945), usually cited as Andrew H. J. Wang, is a Taiwanese biochemist.
Biography
Wang was raised in Chiayi, and earned a bachelor's and master's degree from National Taiwan University in 1967 and 19 ...
(), Taiwanese biochemist
*
Cyndi Wang
Cyndi Wang Hsin-ling (; born 5 September 1982) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Wang debuted her musical career as she released her debut album, ''Begin...'' (2003). Besides her musical career, Wang has starred in many TV dramas, including ' ...
(), Mandopop singer
*
Joanna Wang
Joanna Wang () is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, daughter of renowned music producer Wang Zhi-ping (王治平). Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles, California, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her de ...
(), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter
* Leehom Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
*
Ong Iok-tek
Ông Io̍k-tek (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese: Ông Io̍k-tek; ; 30 January 1924–9 September 1985) was a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement. He is considered to be an authority on the ...
(Wang Yude) (), scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement
*
Wang Cheng-teng
Wang Cheng-teng () is a Taiwanese politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture.
Council of Agriculture Deputy Ministry
Rural Development Foundation promotion on agricultural policies of Mainland China
In ...
(), Deputy Minister of the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China
*
Wang Chien-fa
Wang Chien-fa (; born 19 March 1949) is a politician in Taiwan. He was the Magistrate of Penghu County from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014.
Education
Wang obtained his bachelor's degree from the Department of Public Administration at N ...
(), Magistrate of Penghu County (2005–2014)
* Chien-Ming Wang (), former professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals
*
Wang Chien-shien
Wang Chien-shien (; born 7 August 1938) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association (CMA) (since 19 ...
(), Republic of China politician
* Wang Chung-yi (), Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2014–2016)
*
Darren Wang
Darren Wang Talu (; born May 29, 1991) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his breakout role as Hsu Tai-yu in the coming-of-age film, '' Our Times''.
Career
Wang made his debut in the 2008 drama series ''Mysterious Incredible Terminator' ...
(), Taiwanese actor famous in the Mainland
*
Wang Ginn-wang
Wang Ginn-wang or Wang Jinn-wang (; born 14 October 1947) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Coast Guard Administration from 2006 to 2014.
ROC Coast Guard Administration Ministry
Clash between Taiwanese boats and Japan Coast ...
(), Minister of the Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China (2006–2014)
* Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽), Mainland-born Taiwanese actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter who started his career in Hong Kong as a Shaw Brothers Studio actor.
* Wang Ju-hsuan (), Minister of Council of Labor Affairs of the Republic of China (2008–2012)
*
Hsien Chung Wang
Hsien Chung (or Hsien-Chung or Hsien-chung) Wang ( 王宪钟 ''Wang Xian Zhong''; 18 April 1918 in Beijing – 25 June 1978 in New York City) was a Chinese-American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry, Lie groups, and algebraic top ...
(), Chinese-American mathematician
*
Wang Kwo-tsai
Wang Kwo-tsai (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan), Minister of Transportation and Communications. He had also served as the Ministry of Transportation and Communicat ...
(), Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
*
Wang Li-ling
Wang Li-ling () also known as Jennifer Wang, is Taiwanese politician. She was the Vice Chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) from 2013 to 2016, when she was appointed chair.
Education
Wang obtained her bachelor's degree in ...
(), Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China (2016)
*
Wang Mei-hua
Wang Mei-hua (; born 10 August 1958) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
Wang earned her bachelor's degree in law from National Taiwan University.
Political career
Wang was the director-general of the Intellectual Property Office within the ...
(), former Vice Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
*
Wang Yu-chi
Wang Yu-chi () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of the Executive Yuan since 28 September 2012 until 16 February 2015, when he resigned over the dropping of espionage charges brought against C ...
(), former Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China (2012–2015)
*
Wang Yu-yun
Wang Yu-yun (; 22 March 1925 – 17 August 2009) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the List of mayors of Kaohsiung, Mayor of Kaohsiung City in 1973–1981.
Early life
Wang obtained his education from the police academy.
Early career
After gra ...
(), former Mayor of Kaohsiung City (1973–1981)
Hong Kong
*
Jackson Wang
Jackson Wang (; ko, 왕잭슨; born 28 March 1994) is a Hong Kong rapper, singer, dancer, record producer, fashion designer, and music video director. He is the founder of record label Team Wang and is the creative director and lead designer ...
(), Hong Kong born Chinese member of South Korean boy group GOT7
Malaysia
* Wang Shujin (
Ong Seok Kim
Ong Seok Kim (; 21 November 1884 - 31 May 1964) was an educationist, social worker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He was born in Yongchun County, Southern Fujian Province in China and migrated to the then Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1903. As a ...
) (), Malaysian educationist, social worker and philanthropist
* Wang Wenhua ( Chin Peng)/(Ong Boon Hua)(), Leader of the Malayan Communist Party
Singapore
* Ong Teng Cheong (), Former President of the Republic of Singapore
* Heng Swee Keat (王瑞杰), Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
*
Ong Ye Kung
Ong Ye Kung ( zh, s=王乙康, p=Wáng Yǐkāng; born 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Health since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Mem ...
(), Singaporean politician
* Daniel Ong (), Singaporean businessman, radio DJ and television host
*
David Ong
David Ong Kim Huat ( zh, s=王金发, p=Wáng Jīnfā; born 19 May 1961) is a Singaporean former politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) (Bukit Batok), Adviser to Jurong GRC Gr ...
(), Former Singaporean member of parliament
*
Peter Ong
Peter Ong Boon Kwee () is a Singaporean civil servant currently serving as the chairman of Enterprise Singapore
Enterprise Singapore (ESG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore. It was form ...
(), Government official in Singapore
* Thomas Ong (), Singaporean actor, television host and businessman
*
Xavier Ong
Xavier Ong (Chinese: 王勝宇 / 王胜宇; pinyin: ''Wang Sheng Yu'', born 20 April 1994) is a Singaporean actor.
Early life
Ong was born on 20 April 1994 in Singapore. Step son of Singapore actor Wang Yuqing. He attended Outram Secondary Scho ...
(), Singaporean actor
* Wang Yuqing (), Singaporean actor
* Ong Eng Guan (), Singaporean politician
* Ong Keng Sen (), Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks
*
Ong Keng Yong
Ong Keng Yong (born 6 January 1954) is a Singaporean diplomat who served as the 11th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2003 and 2007. He is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at the ...
(), Singaporean diplomat
* Ong Kim Seng (), Singaporean artist
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Anthea Ong
Anthea Indira Ong Lay Theng (; born 1968) is a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) for the 13th Parliament of Singapore. Ong is also a full-time entrepreneur and social advocate, and founder of social organisations including Hush TeaBar ...
(), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
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Ong Pang Boon
Ong Pang Boon ( zh, c=王邦文, p=Wáng Bāngwén; born 28 March 1929) is a Singaporean retired politician who served as Minister for Home Affairs between 1959 and 1963 and again for a short period of time in 1970, Minister for Education be ...
(), former Singaporean politician
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Remy Ong
Remy Ong (; born 22 November 1978) is a Singaporean bowler and former world champion.
Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold ...
(), Singaporean bowler
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Ong Soh Khim
Associate Professor Ong Soh Khim () was a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore from January 2005 to April 2006. She was appointed by Singapore’s President S R Nathan in December 2004.
Background
Born and raised in a working-clas ...
(), former Singaporean Nominated Member of Parliament
* Ong Teck Chin (), Singaporean educator
* Melvyn Ong (), Singapore army general and the current Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
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Glenn Ong
Glenn Francis Ong Su Kar (; born 22 June 1970) is a Singaporean DJ at SPH Radio's Kiss92, a Singapore English radio station, hosting the morning show with Angelique Teo and Mark Van Cuylenberg (The Flying Dutchman). A radio veteran of over 20 ...
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* Olivia Ong (), Singaporean singer and actress
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Wang Sa
Wang Sa (real name Heng Kim Ching) (1924 – 18 January 1998) was a Singaporean comedian. He was part of a pair of Singapore comedy duo, who were akin to the ''Laurel and Hardy of the East''.
With Ye Fong, Wang often performed as a duet at the ...
(), Singaporean comedian
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Wang Weiliang
Wang Weiliang (, born 11 October 1987) is a Singaporean actor and singer. A getai performer-turned-actor, Wang has become a local celebrity after the successes of ''Ah Boys to Men'' movie series by director Jack Neo.
Personal life
At 14, he dr ...
(), Singaporean actor and singer
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Wang Xiuyun
Wang Xiuyun (1945 – August 9, 2017) was a Singaporean television actress and prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste. She died from kidney failure.
She is best remembered for her roles in local TV dramas broadcast during the 1980s and 1990s, p ...
(), Singaporean actress
Korea
* Wang Geon (, ), founder of the royal family of the Goryeo Dynasty
* Wang Ki-Chun (, ), judo world champion
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Wang Bit-na
Wang Bit-na (born April 15, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing Bu-yong in the popular historical drama ''Hwang Jini''.
Filmography
Television series
Film
Awards
* 2018 Korea Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, A ...
(, ) actress and model
* Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun; , ) actress and model
* Wang Ji-won (, ) actress and ballet dancer
In non-Asian countries
Australia
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Mindy Meng Wang Mindy is an English feminine given name, originally a diminutive of Melinda.
Notable people with the name include:
People
*Mindy Aloff, American editor, journalist, essayist, and dance critic
* Mindy Baha El Din (1958-2013), American-born Egyptian ...
, composer and player of the
Guzheng
The zheng () or gu zheng (), is a Chinese plucked zither. The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is long, and is tuned in a major pentatonic scale. It has a large, resonant soundboard made from ''Paulownia'' wood. Other co ...
Canada
* Jeremy Wang (born 1991), better known by his pseudonym
Disguised Toast
Jeremy Wang (born 25 November 1991), better known as Disguised Toast, is a Taiwanese-Canadian streamer, YouTuber, and Internet personality. He got his start on YouTube, creating videos about the digital card game '' Hearthstone''. Wang later be ...
, streamer and Internet personality
* Richard Wang, chess player
* Suning Wang, Chinese-born chemist
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Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang, better known by his in-game name Biofrost, is a Canadian ''League of Legends'' player who is currently the support for LCS team Dignitas.
Career
Wang's gaming career began in the NA Challenger Series, playing for teams such as ...
Ed Wang
Edward Kai Wang (born March 12, 1987) is a former American football tackle (gridiron football position), offensive tackle. He played college football at Virginia Tech and was NFL draft, drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2010 NFL Draft. Wang ...
, American football player
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Garrett Wang
Garrett Richard Wang () (; born December 15, 1968) is an American actor. Wang is known for his role in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' as Ensign Harry Kim.
Early life
Wang was born in Riverside, California, to Taiwanese immigrant parents. He has one si ...
(), Chinese American actor
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Ignatius C. Wang
Ignatius Chung Wang (born February 27, 1934, Beijing, Republic of China (1912–49), China) is a Chinese-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an Auxiliary Bishop, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...
, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco in 2002-2009
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Iris Wang
Iris Wang (born September 2, 1994) is an American badminton player who competed at the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Personal life
Wang was born in Pasadena, California, on September 2, ...
, badminton player
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Izaac Wang
Izaac Wang is an American actor best known for his work on ''Good Boys'' (2019) and ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' (2021).
Career
After appearing in the TV Land series ''Teachers'', Wang landed his first film role as Soren in the 2019 Universal ...
, American actor
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Joanna Wang
Joanna Wang () is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, daughter of renowned music producer Wang Zhi-ping (王治平). Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles, California, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her de ...
(), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter
* Wang Ju-Rong (), Chinese Muslim martial artist
* Kris Wang, former mayor of Cupertino, California
* Leehom Wang (), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
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Linda Wang
Linda Hsien Wang (born 19??) is an American actress. Also known as Wáng Xiànlíng (王憲苓), she was raised in Queens, New York and has been profiled in Chinese-language media in the United States
Early life and education
At seven years old, ...
Qingde Wang
Qingde "Daniel" Wang (王青德) is a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on the hot interstellar medium and intergalactic medium. He received his PhD at Columbia University in 1990.
Wang has ...
(), professor
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Shuping Wang
Shuping Wang (, ''Wang Shuping''; 20 October 1959 – 21 September 2019) was a Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower. She exposed the poor practices that led to the spread of hepatitis C and HIV in central China i ...
(), a Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower
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Taylor Wang
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (; born June 16, 1940) is a Chinese-born American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wang was a payload specialist on the Sp ...
(王赣骏/王贛駿), Chinese-American astronaut
* Vera Wang (), fashion designer
* Wayne Wang (), film director
Fictional people
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Lo Wang
''Shadow Warrior'' is a series of first-person shooter video games that focuses on the exploits of Lo Wang, a modern ninja warrior who fights through hordes of demons. The original series is made up of one game, ''Shadow Warrior'' (1997), and tw ...
, ''Shadow Warrior'' character
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Nina Wáng
This article is a list of fictional characters who appear in the ''My-Otome'' anime series and its sequel ''My-Otome Zwei''.
Garderobe Academy
Coral Otome
*: A main character of ''My-Otome''. She enters Garderobe dreaming of becoming an Otome ...
, ''My-Otome'' character
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Wang Jinrei
The following is a list of characters from the fighting game series ''Tekken''. Characters are chronologically listed in order of the game in which they debuted.
Characters
Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of e ...
, ''Tekken'' character
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Wang Liu Mei
This is a list of fictional characters from the Japanese anime television series, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', the eleventh incarnation of the ''Gundam'' media franchise.
Celestial Being Gundam Meisters
The series focuses on the four mobile sui ...
, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' character
* Wang Lung, '' The Good Earth'' character
* Wang Shizhen, ''
Hikaru no Go
is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekl ...
'' character
* Wang Chiang, ''
Moorim School
''Moorim School: Saga of the Brave'' () is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Lee Hyun-woo, Lee Hong-bin, Seo Yea-ji and Jung Yoo-jin. It aired from January 11 to March 8, 2016, on KBS2 every Monday and Tuesday at 21:55 KST. The d ...
Wang Ai Ling
The Walt Disney Company, Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch (franchise), Lilo & Stitch'' is an American science fiction media franchise that began in 2002 with Lilo & Stitch, the animated film of the same name written and directed by Chris Sanders and D ...
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...