Vang may refer to:

People

Vang is a common surname among Hmong Americans, including *

Vang Pao Vang Pao ( RPA: ''Vaj Pov'' , Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army. He was a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. He was also known as General Vang ...

(1929–2011), Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States *

Ka Vang Ka Vang (born 1975) is a Hmong-American writer in the United States. Vang was born on a CIA military base, Long Cheng, Laos, at the end of the Vietnam War, and immigrated to the United States in 1980. A fiction writer, poet, playwright, and forme ...

(born 1975), writer *

Chai Vang Chai Soua Vang (born September 24, 1968), more commonly known as Chai Vang, is an American of Hmong descent who was convicted of first degree intentional homicide, having pleaded self-defense after allegedly being fired upon. Vang, a six-year ve ...

(born 1968), convicted murderer *

Bee Vang Bee Vang ( RPA: ''Npis Vaj'', Pahawh: ', Chinese-Mandarin: 王陛; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film ''Gran Torino'' as Thao Vang Lor. Early ...

(born 1991), actor, best known as Thao Vang Lor in ''Gran Torino'' *

Katie Ka Vang Katie Ka Vang is a Hmong American performance artist, poet and playwright. She has created and written several performance pieces and plays. These include ''wtf'', ''Hmong Bollywood'', ''Meaning of Freedom''; ''Use of Sharpening'', ''Youth In S ...

, artist, playwright *

Bora Vang Bora Vang (王博, born April 9, 1987) is a Chinese-born Turkish male national table tennis player. The tall athlete at competes for Adana Table Tennis Club, where he is coached by Sabahattin Sabrioğlu. He won the gold medal in the mixed ...

(born 1987), Chinese-born Turkish table tennis player

Places

Vang, Bornholm Vang is a little fishing village on the northwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, north of Hasle. From the late 19th century, it prospered as a result of its granite-quarrying activities. As of 2009, the locality has 92 inhabitants, 17 ...

, a village on the island of Bornholm, Denmark *

Vang, Innlandet Vang is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vang i Valdres. Other villages in Vang include Hænsgardane, Nystuen, Ø ...

, a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway **

Vang i Valdres Vang i Valdres or Grindaheim is the administrative centre of Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the lake Vangsmjøse, about west of the village of Ryfoss and about southeast of the villag ...

, a village in the municipality of Vang in Innlandet county, Norway *

Vang, Hedmark Vang is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1992 when it became part of Hamar Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Fredvang. This si ...

, a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway *Vang, a village in

Ka Choun Ka Choun ( km, កាចូន) is a commune in Veun Sai District in northeast Cambodia. It contains six villages and has a population of 1,397. In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Part ...

, Cambodia *

Vəng (disambiguation) Vəng may refer to: * Vəng, Ismailli, Azerbaijan *Vəng, Kalbajar Vəng () is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The Dadivank monastery is located in the village. History The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territ ...

, a list of similarly-named places in Azerbaijan

Other

* Vang (spritsail), a sailing part *

Boom vang A boom vang (US) or kicking strap (UK) (often shortened to "vang" or "kicker") is a line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail. The Collins English Dictionary defines it ...

, a sailing part *

Gaff vang Gaff may refer to: Ankle-worn devices * Spurs in variations of cockfighting * Climbing spikes used to ascend wood poles, such as utility poles Arts and entertainment * A character in the ''Blade Runner'' film franchise * Penny gaff, a 19th-c ...

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