Ye () is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

classic text ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dyn ...

'', and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Ye is usually romanized as "Yeh" 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 ...

based on Wade-Giles; "Yip", "Ip", and "Jip" in

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 ...

; "Iap", "Yap", "Yapp", "Yiapp" and "Yeap" in

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

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 ...

Pronunciation

Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the '' Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The ...

, Ye () was pronounced ''Sjep'' (IPA: ). As late as the 11th-century '' Guangyun Dictionary'', it was a homophone of other characters that are pronounced ''shè'' in modern Mandarin and ''sip'' in modern Cantonese.

Distribution

As of 2008, Ye is the 43rd most common surname in Taipei Taiwan, with a population of 5.8 million. It is the 22nd most common surname in

as of 2005.

Origin

Ye means "leaf" in

modern Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standar ...

, but the name arose as a lineage name referring to the city of Ye (in modern

Ye County Ye County or Yexian () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan, Henan province, China, with a population of . The ancient town of Kunyang was located in Ye County. It was the site of the critical Battle o ...

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 ...

) in the

State of Chu Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...

during the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...

of ancient China.葉姓來源及郡望堂號
." According to

Sima Qian Sima Qian (; ; ) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206AD220). He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his ''Records of the Grand Historian'', a general history of China covering more than two thousand years b ...

's ''

Records of the Grand Historian ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese hist ...

'',

Yuxiong Yuxiong (, reigned 11th century BC), also known as Yuzi or Master Yu (), was an early ruler of the ancient Chinese state that was later known as Chu. He was an ally and teacher of King Wen of Zhou (reigned 1099–1050 BC), the first king of the ...

, a descendant of the

Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi (), is a deity ('' shen'') in Chinese religion, one of the legendary Chinese sovereigns and culture heroes included among the mytho-historical Three Soverei ...

and his grandson

Zhuanxu Zhuanxu (Chinese: trad. , simp. , pinyin ''Zhuānxū''), also known as Gaoyang ( t , s , p ''Gāoyáng''), was a mythological emperor of ancient China. In the traditional account recorded by Sima Qian, Zhu ...

, was the teacher of

King Wen of Zhou King Wen of Zhou (; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was Count of state of Zhou, Zhou during the late Shang dynasty in ancient China. Although frequently confused with his fourth son Duke of Zhou, also known as "Lord Zhou", they are different hi ...

. After the Zhou overthrew 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 ...

King Cheng of Zhou King Cheng of Zhou (), personal name Ji Song (姬誦), was the second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1042–1021 BCE or 1042/35–1006 BCE. His parents were King Wu of Zhou and Queen Yi Jiang (邑姜). King Cheng w ...

(reigned 1042-1021 BC) awarded Yuxiong's great-grandson

Xiong Yi Xiong Yi (, reigned 11th century BC) was the first viscount and an early ruler of the State of Chu during early Zhou Dynasty of ancient China. Son of Xiong Kuang, he was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and Zhuanxu through his great-grandfathe ...

the fiefdom of Chu, which over the ensuing centuries developed into a major kingdom.

King Zhuang of Chu King Zhuang of Chu (, reigned 613-591 BC) was a monarch of the Zhou dynasty State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China. His personal name was Xiong Lü (), his ancestral name was Mi (), and his posthumous title was King Zhua ...

(reigned 613-591 BC) was one of the

Five Hegemons The Five Hegemons () refers to several especially powerful rulers of Chinese states of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (770 to 476 BCE), sometimes alternatively referred to as the "Age of Hegemons". There are various lists of five ...

, the most powerful monarchs during the Spring and Autumn period. In 506 BC the

State of Wu Wu (; Old Chinese: ''*'') was one of the states during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period. It was also known as Gouwu ( /''*''/) or Gongwu ( /''*''/) from the pronunciation of the local language. Wu was located at the ...

invaded Chu with an army commanded by King Helü,

Wu Zixu :''Note: names are in simplified characters followed by traditional and Pinyin transliteration.'' Wu Yun (died 484 BC), better known by his courtesy name Zixu, was a Chinese military general and politician of the Wu kingdom in the Spring and Aut ...

and

Sun Tzu Sun Tzu ( ; zh, t=孫子, s=孙子, first= t, p=Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period of 771 to 256 BCE. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of ''The ...

Shen Yin Shu Shenyin Shu () or Shenyin Xu () (died 506 BC) was a general of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was a great-grandson of King Zhuang of Chu. Killing of Fei Wuji ''Lüshi Chunqiu'', a Chinese classic text ...

, a great-grandson of King Zhuang and the Chu

field marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...

, was killed in the aftermath of the

Battle of Boju The Battle of Boju () was the decisive battle of the war fought in 506 BC between Wu and Chu, two major kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. The Wu forces were led by King Helü, his brother Fugai, and Chu exile Wu Z ...

. After the war

King Zhao of Chu King Zhao of Chu (, died 489 BC) was from 515 to 489 BC the king of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was born Xiong Zhen () and King Zhao was his posthumous title. Documents unearthed in the former state ...

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Shen Yin Shu's son

Shen Zhuliang Shen Zhuliang (), Duke of Ye () or Gao, Duke of Ye () (c. 529 BCE – after 478 BCE), was a general and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Shen Zhuliang's father, Shen Yin Shu, was a g ...

with the key frontier city of Ye, in gratitude for his father's sacrifice. Shen Zhuliang subsequently put down the rebellion of Sheng, Duke of Bai, in 478 BC and restored King Hui as ruler of Chu. King Hui then granted him the titles of

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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, and Duke of Ye (). In

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 ...

China, noble families usually had two surnames: clan name () and lineage name (). Shen Zhuliang, from a

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of the ruling house of Chu, shared the lineage name of Mi () of the Chu kings. He also inherited the clan name of Shen from his father, but his fame led some of his descendants to adopt Ye as their clan name. Later the distinction between the clan and lineage names was abolished, and Ye became the surname of Shen Zhuliang's descendants. Shen Zhuliang, now better known as Duke of Ye, is considered the founding ancestor of the Ye surname.

Notable people

Duke of Ye Shen Zhuliang (), Duke of Ye () or Gao, Duke of Ye () (c. 529 BCE – after 478 BCE), was a general and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Shen Zhuliang's father, Shen Yin Shu, was a g ...

(c. 500 BC), Prime Minister of the

during the

Ye Fashan Ye Fashan or Yeh Fa-shan (; 631–720), also known as Perfect Man Ye, was a Taoist wonder-worker reportedly from the Tang dynasty. According to hagiographic legend, he ascended to Heaven as an immortal "in broad daylight," 12 July, 720. Reference ...

(631–720),

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

Taoist Taoism (, ) or Daoism () refers to either a school of philosophical thought (道家; ''daojia'') or to a religion (道教; ''daojiao''), both of which share ideas and concepts of Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmony with the ''Tao'' ...

, revered as an immortal * Ye Guanglüe (died 911), late

warlord in

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

* Ye Zuqia ( 葉祖洽; 1046–1117),

zhuangyuan ''Zhuangyuan'', or ''trạng nguyên'' in Vietnamese, variously translated into English as principal graduate, primus, or optimus, was the title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on highest level of the Imperial examination, (i ...

'' and Vice Minister of Personnel *

Ye Mengde Ye Mengde (; 1077–1148) was a Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the thro ...

(1077–1148), Song dynasty scholar and Minister of Revenue * Ye Yong ( 葉顒; 1100–1167),

Southern Song The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. ...

dynasty prime minister *

Ye Heng Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 叶衡; 1114–1175), Southern Song dynasty prime minister *

Ye Shi Ye Shi (, 1150–1223), courtesy name Zhengze (正则), pseudonym Mr. Shuixin (水心先生), was a Chinese neo-Confucian of the Song dynasty. A native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, he was the most famous figure of the Yongjia School, a neo-Confucianism ...

(1150–1223), Southern Song

neo-Confucian Neo-Confucianism (, often shortened to ''lǐxué'' 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a moral, ethical, and metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, and originated with Han Yu (768–824) and Li Ao (772–841) in th ...

scholar * Ye Sen ( 葉森; 1190–1208), Southern Song Taoist, revered as god in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

Ye Shaoweng Ye Shaoweng (; fl. 1200–1250) was a Southern Song dynasty Chinese poet from Longquan, in modern Lishui, Zhejiang province. He belonged to the Jianghu (Rivers and Lakes) School of poets, known for its unadorned style of poetry. He was an academi ...

(fl. 1200–1250), Southern Song poet * Ye Mengding ( 叶梦鼎; 1200–1279), Southern Song prime minister *

Ye Chen Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 葉琛; 1314–1362),

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

governor, Marquess of Nanyang *

Ye Fu Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 葉福; died 1402),

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

official and military leader * Ye Xixian ( 葉希賢; died 1402), Ming dynasty official *

Ye Di Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 葉砥; 1342–1421), Ming dynasty scholar-official *

Ye Chun Ye Chun () is a Chinese American writer and literary translator. Her book of poetry, ''Lantern Puzzle'', won the 2011 Berkshire Prize. She received an NEA fellowship in 2015 and a Pushcart Prize for her poem "The Luoyang Poem" in 2017, a second ...

( 葉春; 1370–1433), Ming dynasty Vice-Minister of Justice * Ye Sheng ( 葉盛; 1420–1470), Ming dynasty scholar-official *

Ye Qi Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 葉淇; 1426–1501), Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue * Ye Mengxiong ( 葉夢熊; 1531–1597), Ming dynasty Minister of War *

Ye Chunji Ye Chunji (; 1532–1595), courtesy name Huafu (化甫), art name Jiongzhai (絅齋), was a Counties of the People's Republic of China#History, Chinese county official and scholar during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) of China. Life and c ...

(1532–1595), Ming dynasty scholar-official *

Ye Xianggao Ye Xianggao (; 1559–1627) was a late Ming dynasty official who served in the Grand Secretariat under the Wanli Emperor from 1607 to 1614 and under the Tianqi Emperor from 1621 to 1624. He played an important role in staving off the Palace's pe ...

(1559–1627), Ming dynasty prime minister *

Ye Xianzu Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶宪祖; 1566–1641), Ming dynasty playwright *

Ye Yongsheng Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 葉永盛; 16th century), Ming dynasty official, county god of Nanhui * Ye Tianshi (1667–1747), doctor and

Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action ...

theorist * Ye Shaokui ( 葉紹楏; died 1821),

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

Governor of

province *

Ye Weigeng Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 葉維庚; 1773–1828), Qing dynasty official and historian *

Ye Mingchen Ye Mingchen (21 December 1807 – 9 April 1859) was a high-ranking Chinese official during the Qing dynasty, known for his resistance to British influence in Canton (Guangzhou) in the aftermath of the First Opium War and his role in the beginni ...

(1807–1859), Qing dynasty Governor of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

province *

Ye Yunlai Ye Yunlai (, died 1861) was a military leader of the Taiping Rebellion. He began his military career in the Jintian Uprising, later becoming a general, leading Taiping forces to many military victories. He was the chief commander defending Anqing ...

(died 1861),

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It lasted fr ...

general * Ye Yanlan ( 叶衍兰; 1823–1898), Qing dynasty official and writer *

Yap Ah Loy Kapitan China Yap Ah Loy (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Ya̍p Â-lòi'', Jawi script, Jawi: ; 14 March 1837 – 15 April 1885), also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, is an important figure of early Kuala Lumpur. He served as the third ''Kapitan China' ...

(1837–1885), founder of

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* Ye Chengzhong (1840–1899), tycoon and philanthropist *

Ye Zhichao Ye Zhichao (; 1838-1901) was a Chinese general of the Qing Dynasty who fought in the First Sino-Japanese War, being the commander of Qing forces stationed in Korea. An aging veteran of the Nian Rebellion, he sided in November 1891 with Chinese ...

(died 1901),

Huai Army The Huai Army (), named for the Huai River, was a military force allied with the Qing dynasty raised to contain the Taiping Rebellion in 1862. It was also called the Anhui Army because it was based in Anhui province. It helped to restore the stabil ...

general * Yip Sang (葉春田; 1845–1927) Chinese-Canadian businessman *

Yap Kwan Seng Kapitan China Yap Kwan Seng (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Ya̍p Kôn-sṳ̀n''; 1846 – 1902) was the fifth and last ''Kapitan China'' of Kuala Lumpur from 1889 to 1902. Kapitans were appointed chiefs or headmen of the various ethnic communities duri ...

(1846–1902), the last

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of Kuala Lumpur * Ye Changchi ( 葉昌熾; 1849–1917), Qing dynasty scholar *

Ye Huijun Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 葉惠鈞; 1863–1932), Republic of China revolutionary and politician *

Ye Dehui Ye Dehui (; 186411 April 1927) was a Chinese writer and editor active during the Qing dynasty and the Republican Era. Vacillating between academia, business, and civil service in his early life, Ye eventually established himself as a leading bibl ...

( 葉德輝; 1864–1927), scholar-official, executed by the Communists *

Ye Lanfang Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶兰舫; 1864–1937), founder of Commercial Guarantee Bank of China *

Ye Xinghai Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶星海; 1870–1929),

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 ...

comprador A comprador or compradore () is a "person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation". A comprador is a Indigenous peoples, native manager for a European business house in East ...

Ye Zhuotang Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶琢堂; 1875–1940), banker, general manager of

Farmers Bank of China A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...

Ye Keliang Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 葉可樑; 1879–1972), Republic of China educator and diplomat * Ye Zhongyu ( 叶仲裕; 1881–1909), cofounder of

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

Ye Ju Ye Ju (1881–1925), formerly romanized as was a Chinese Nationalist general and governor of Guangdong Province. Life Ye was born in 1881. He first served under Long Jiguang. After Long's fall, he served with Chen Jiongming. After the fall ...

(1881–1925), Republic of China general and governor of Guangdong province *

Ye Gongchuo Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 叶恭绰; 1881–1968), Republic of China Finance Minister, Railway Minister, and collector, grandson of Ye Yanlan * Ye Xiasheng ( 葉夏聲; 1882–1956), Republic of China politician and lieutenant general * Ye Zaijun ( 葉在均; 1885–1951), Republic of China Supreme Court justice * (1885–1952), founder of Dr. Yap Eye Hospital in

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

, Indonesia * Ye Chucang ( 叶楚伧; 1887–1946), scholar and

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

politician, Governor of

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 ...

* Ye Jizhuang (1893–1967), PRC

Minister of Foreign Trade The Ministry of Foreign Trade (russian: Министерство внешней торговли СССР; Minvneshtorg) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The foreign trade of the USSR was a government monopoly and was conducted by th ...

Ip Man Ip Man, also known as Yip Man, ( / 叶问; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972) was a Hong Kong-based Cantonese martial artist and a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial art ...

/Yip Man (1893–1972), martial arts master, teacher of

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

Ye Shengtao Ye Shengtao (28 October 1894 – 16 February 1988) was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (), the first literature association during the May Fourth Movement ...

(1893–1988), writer and educator * Ye Shaoyi ( 叶少毅; 1895–1919), one of the first Chinese pilots *

Ye Ting Ye Ting () (September 10, 1896 – April 8, 1946), born in Huiyang, Guangdong, was a Chinese military leader who played a key role in the Northern Expedition to reunify China after the 1911 Revolution. After serving with the Kuomintang, Ye ...

(1896–1946), Communist general of the

New Fourth Army The New Fourth Army () was a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China established in 1937. In contrast to most of the National Revolutionary Army, it was controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and not by the ruling Ku ...

Ye Juquan Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶橘泉; 1896–1989),

scientist, member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew ...

(1897–1986),

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

marshal, chairman of the

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2, ...

Ye Qisun Ye Qisun (; July 16, 1898 – January 3, 1977), also named Ye Hongjuan (), was a Chinese physicist and one of the founders of modern physics in China. Education Ye's family had a very strong educational background. His great-grandfather serve ...

(1898–1977), physicist and educator *

Godfrey Yeh Godfrey may refer to: People * Godfrey (name), a given name and surname * Godfrey (comedian), American comedian, actor Places In the United States * Godfrey, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Godfrey, Illinois, a village * Godfrey, Kansas, an ...

( 葉庚年; 1900–1988), entrepreneur * Ye Xiufeng (1900–1990), Republic of China politician * Ye Zhupei or Yap Chu-Phay (1920–1971), Filipino-born metallurgist, founder of

chemical metallurgy Chemical metallurgy is the science of obtaining metals from their concentrates, semi products, recycled bodies and solutions, and of considering reactions of metals with an approach of disciplines belonging to chemistry. As such, it involves reacti ...

in China, member of the

Ye Yongfang Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶庸方; 1903–1944), businessman and publisher, son of Ye Xinghai *

George Yeh George Kung-chao Yeh (1904–1981), also known as Yeh Kung-chao, was a diplomat and politician of the Republic of China. Educated in the U.S. and the U.K., he graduated from Amherst College in 1925 and later Cambridge University. He taught En ...

(1904–1981), Republic of China diplomat and Foreign Minister, nephew of Ye Gongchuo *

Yip Hon Yip Hon () (1904 – 7 May 1997) was a gambling tycoon in South China. His wealth was estimated to be HK$ 100 million. In his childhood, he stayed in Kong Mun of Kwangtung, and usually participated in gambling with his pocket money. He was nickn ...

(1904–1997),

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

gambling tycoon * Ye Lingfeng ( 葉靈鳳; 1905–1975), writer and artist * Ye Tinggui ( 葉廷珪; 1905–1977), Mayor of

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

Ye Qianyu Ye Qianyu (or Yeh Ch'ien-yü; 31 March 1907 – 5 May 1995) was a Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist. In 1928, he cofounded '' Shanghai Manhua'', one of the earliest and most influential manhua magazines, and created '' Mr. Wang'', one ...

(1907–1995), pioneering

manhua () are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled ''Cu ...

artist, cofounder of '' Shanghai Manhua'' * Teddy Yip (1907–2003), Indonesian-Chinese businessman,

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

team owner *

Ye Duyi Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶笃义; 1912–2004), Vice-Chairman of the

China Democratic League The China Democratic League (CDL) is one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the Chinese Communist Party's United Front. The CDL was originally founded in 1941 as an umbrella coalition ...

Yap Thiam Hien John Yap Thiam Hien (25May 191325April 1989) was an Indonesian human rights lawyer. Life Born in Kutaraja, Aceh, Dutch East Indies, his father was Yap Sin Eng and his mother was Hwan Tjing Nio. Yap's family, living in genteel but reduced cir ...

(1913–1989), Indonesian human rights lawyer, namesake of the Yap Thiam Hien Award *

Yeh Ming-hsun Yeh Ming-hsun (25September 191321November 2009), was a Chinese journalist and newspaper editor. A native of Fujian Province on the Chinese mainland, he became president of ''Chunghwa Daily'', a newspaper belonging to the ruling Kuomintang, in 195 ...

(1913–2009), journalist, cofounder of

Shih Hsin University Shih Hsin University (SHU; ) is a private university known for its mass communication departments in Taiwan, founded in Muzha, Taipei in 1956. SHU ranked 22nd overall among top 30 liberal arts Universities in Taiwan in 2020 and secured the top ...

Ye Fei Ye Fei (; 7 May 1914 – 18 April 1999) was a Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China. Born Sixto Mercado Tiongco in the Philippines to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, he joined the Chi ...

(1914–1999), Filipino-Chinese general, commander of the

Chinese Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chine ...

* Ye Junjian ( 叶君健; 1914–1999), novelist in Chinese and

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

, translator * Ye Duzhuang ( 叶笃庄; 1914–2000),

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...

, brother of Ye Duyi *

Ye Peida Ye Peida (; 18 October 1915 – 16 January 2011) was a Chinese telecommunications engineer and educator. He was a founding professor of the Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications in 1955 and served as its president in the 1980s. He wa ...

(1915–2011), cofounder and president of

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications The Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) () is a key national university distinguished by the teaching and research in the field of cable communications, wireless communications, computer, and electronic engineering. BUP ...

Ye Duzheng Ye Duzheng (; 21 February 1916 – 16 October 2013) was a Chinese meteorologist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Born in Anqing, Anhui province in 1916, Ye is considered the founder of Chinese atmospheric physics, and was awar ...

(1916–2013),

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...

and member of the

, brother of Ye Duyi *

Ye Qun Ye Qun (; 2 December 1917 – 13 September 1971) was the wife of Lin Biao, the Vice Chairman of Chinese Communist Party who controlled China's military power along with Chairman Mao Zedong. She was mostly known for taking care of politics for h ...

(1917–1971), wife of Vice-Chairman

Lin Biao ) , serviceyears = 1925–1971 , branch = People's Liberation Army , rank = Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China , commands ...

Ye Zhishan Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶至善; 1918–2006), writer and publisher, son of Ye Shengtao *

Ye Shuifu Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 叶水夫; 1920–2002), translator, President of

Translators Association of China The Translators Association of China (TAC) () is a national association for translation studies in China. Founded in the 1980s TAC was part of the academic response to the national Economic Reform in 1978. The incumbent President of TAC's 6th Exe ...

* Ye Hongjia ( 葉宏甲; 1923–1990), Taiwanese cartoonist *

Chia-ying Yeh Florence Chia-ying Yeh (born July 1924), also known as Ye Jiaying (), Jialing (), and by her married name Chia-ying Yeh Chao, is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist. She was a scholar of classical Chinese poetry. She taught for twenty y ...

(born 1924), Chinese-Canadian poet and scholar *

Ye Lizhong Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 叶利中; 1924–1999),

xiangsheng Xiangsheng (), also known as crosstalk or comic dialogue, is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. It is typically performed as a dialogue between two performers, or rarely as ...

performer, brother of Ye Duyi *

Ye Zhemin Ye Zhemin (; 1924 – 2 January 2018), also romanized as Yeh Che-min, was a Chinese art historian and authority on the history of Chinese ceramics and Chinese calligraphy, calligraphy. He is credited with making a discovery that led to the ident ...

(1924–2018), art historian *

Ye Xuanping Ye Xuanping (; 20 December 1924 – 17 September 2019) was a Chinese politician, who served as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1980 to 1985 and Governor of Guangdong, his native province, from 1985 to 1991. Ye was a strong supporter of Deng Xiaoping's r ...

(1924–2019),

Governor of Guangdong The Politics of Guangdong follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's provinces. Guangdong is known for a surge of legislative activism in recent years, often called the Guangdong Phenomenon (''Guangdong Xianxiang''). The Guang ...

, son of Ye Jianying *

Ip Chun Ip Chun (born Ip Hok-chun; 10 July 1924), also known as Yip Chun or Yip Jun, is a Chinese martial artist in the style of Wing Chun. He is the elder of two sons. Chun's father Ip Man was the Wing Chun teacher of Bruce Lee. Early life He was bo ...

(born 1924), martial artist, son of Yip Man *

Yeh Shih-tao Yeh Shih-tao (; 1925 – 11 December 2008) was a pioneering Taiwanese writer and historian, who specialized in the literary history of Taiwan and the lives of ordinary Taiwanese people. He was considered a seminal figure in Taiwanese literar ...

(1925–2008), Taiwanese writer and historian *

Ye Qingbing Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 葉慶炳; 1927–1993), Taiwanese writer and scholar * Ye Qingyao (1927–2019), Taiwanese-born Chinese engineer and politician *

Ye Shuhua Ye Shuhua (; born June 21, 1927) is a Chinese astronomer and professor at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, known for achieving one of the world's most precise measurements of Universal Time in the 1960s, and for establishing the very-long-basel ...

(born 1927), astronomer, member of the

* Ye Zhengda (1927–2017), aircraft designer and

PLA PLA may refer to: Organizations Politics and military * People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party * People's Liberation Army (disambiguation) ** Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called ...

lieutenant general, son of Ye Ting *

Ye Weiqu Ye Weiqu (; 6 August 1929 – 11 December 2010) was a Vietnamese people in Hong Kong, Chinese Vietnamese translator and scholar. Ye was a visiting professor at Waseda University, Gakushuin University and Ritsumeikan University. He was among the f ...

(1929–2010), Chinese-Vietnamese writer and translator *

Geoffrey Yeh Geoffrey Yeh Meou-tsen, MBE, SBS, JP, FCIOB, FInstD (; 17 April 1931 – 16 October 2016) was a Hong Kong-based businessman who served as Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd. Education and career Yeh obtained a BSc degree in C ...

(born 1931), businessman, son of Godfrey Yeh * Yeh Changti (1933–2016),

Republic of China Air Force The Republic of China Air Force, retroactively known by its historical name the Chinese Air Force and unofficially referred to as the Taiwanese Air Force, is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces, currently based i ...

pilot, member of the

Black Cat Squadron The Black Cat Squadron (), formally the 35th Squadron, was a squadron of the Republic of China Air Force that flew the U-2 surveillance plane out of Taoyuan Air Base in northern Taiwan, from 1961 to 1974. 26 ROCAF pilots successfully completed U- ...

Ye Liansong Ye Liansong (; born March 1935) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary (1998–2000) and Governor (1993–1998) of Hebei Province. Prior to his political career he worked for two decades as an engineering professor at hi ...

(born 1935), Communist Party Chief and Governor of

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 ...

Province *

Ye Xiushan Ye Xiushan (; 4 July 1935 – 7 September 2016) was a Chinese philosopher, aestheticist and Chinese Opera theorist. Ye was one of the first Faculty Scholars at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a , and a member of the 8th, the 9th ...

(1935–2016), philosopher * Ye Peiqiong (born 1937),

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player *

Ye Xuanning Ye Xuanning (; October 1938 – 10 July 2016) was a Chinese politician, general and businessman. Early life and education Ye was born in British Hong Kong in October 1938, the son of Ye Jianying, a Communist general, Marshal of the People's L ...

(1938–2016), major general, son of Ye Jianying *

Ye Rutang Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶如棠; born 1940), architect, Vice-Minister of Construction * Ye Yonglie (born 1940),

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

and biography writer *

Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (; born 26 June 1941) is a Taiwanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See. Biography Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and was ordained priest on 27 March 19 ...

(born 1941), Taiwanese

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...

of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, diplomat of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

* Ye Caiyu or Ye Ling ( 葉彩育; 1942–2012), Taiwanese singer *

Ye Wenling Ye Wenling (; born 4 November 1942) is a Chinese novelist. She was a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Biography Ye was born in Chumen Town, Yuhuan, Zhejiang, China in ...

(born 1942), novelist and politician *

Arthur Yap Arthur Yap Chioh Hiong (; 1943 – 19 June 2006) was a Singaporean poet, writer and painter. Biography Arthur Yap was born in Singapore, the sixth child of a carpenter and a housewife. Yap attended St Andrew's School and the University of Si ...

(1943–2006), Singaporean poet, writer, and painter * Ye Chenghai (born 1943), politician and billionaire entrepreneur, founder of Salubris Pharmaceuticals *

Yeh Chin-fong Yeh Chin-fong (; born 22 June 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000. Minister of Justice 1999 judicial person of the year In January 2000, Yeh was chosen as the Judicial Person of the Year for 1999. ...

(born 1943), former Republic of China

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

Johnny Ip Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Varian ...

( 葉振棠; born 1944), Hong Kong singer and actor *

Ye Lipei Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶立培; born 1944), real estate developer *

Ye Peijian Ye Peijian (; born January 1945) is a Chinese aerospace engineer. He is the Chief Commander and Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. Career Ye was born in Huzhuang Village, Taixing, Jiangsu, China, in January 1945. In 1962, ...

(born 1945), commander of the

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; ), also known as the Chang'e Project () after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The program incorpor ...

Deanie Ip Deanie Ip (born 25 December 1947) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the Golden Horse Awards once for Best Leading Actres ...

(born 1947), Hong Kong singer and actress *

Frances Yip Frances Yip Lai-yee (born 1947) is a Hong Kong English pop and Cantopop singer. She is best known for performing many of the theme songs for television series produced by TVB in the 1980s and early 1990s. Biography Born in 1947, Yip is of H ...

(born 1947), Hong Kong singer * Wing-Huen Ip ( 葉永烜; born 1947), Chinese-German

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

Laurence Yep Laurence Michael Yep (; born June 14, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor twice for his ''Golden Mountain'' series. In 2005, he received the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder ...

(born 1948),

Chinese-American Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from m ...

writer, author of the '' Dragon series'' *

Yeh Hsien-hsiu Yeh Hsien-hsiu (; born 1 June 1948) is a Taiwanese politician and singer. Music career As a singer, he was known by the stage name Yeh Chi-tien (). He won the 1996 Golden Melody Award for Best Song of the Year. Political career He was elected ...

(born 1948), Taiwanese singer and politician *

Yeh Chu-lan Yeh Chu-lan (; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. She served as acting mayor of Kaohsiung and Vice Premier of the Republic of China. Career Yeh worked in advertising for seventeen years prior to entering politics after her husband, Cheng Na ...

(born 1949), former

Vice Premier of the Republic of China The Vice Premier of the Republic of China () serves as the deputy to the premier and is appointed by the president, on the recommendation of the Premier. The title of vice premier had been changed several times, so this list is divided into sev ...

Ye Xiaowen Ye Xiaowen (; born August 1950) is a Chinese politician who held various top posts relating to state regulation of religion in China from 1995 to 2009. In 1995, Ye became the director of the Bureau of Religious Affairs under the State Council. ...

(born 1950), scholar and politician *

Yeh Ching-chuan Yeh Ching-chuan (; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Upon graduation from National Taiwan University medical school, Yeh began studying for his master's degree in public health. He then obtained an MPH in epidemiology from ...

, Minister of Health, Republic of China *

Bing Yeh Bing Yeh (; born c. 1950) is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and business executive. Biography Yeh was born in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1976. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from National Taiwan University. ...

(born 1950), Taiwanese-American entrepreneur, founder of

Silicon Storage Technology Microchip Technology Inc. is a publicly-listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Its products include microcontrollers ( PIC, dsPIC, AVR and SAM), Serial EEPROM d ...

Ip Kwok-him Ip Kwok-him, GBM, GBS, JP (; born 8 November 1951) is a former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, served between 2016 and 2022. He is also former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the District Council ...

(born 1951), Hong Kong politician *

Ip Yut Kin Ip Yut Kin (; born 1951) is chief executive officer of Apple Daily Limited and Apple Daily Publication Development Limited, the publishers of the Hong Kong and Taiwan versions of the ''Apple Daily''. Ip is also a director of Next Media Limited. I ...

(born 1951), CEO of ''

Apple Daily ''Apple Daily'' ( zh, link=no, 蘋果日報) was a popular tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai, it was one of the best-selling Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong.

'' *

Stephen Ip Stephen Ip Shue-kwan, GBS, JP (born 1951) is a former politician in Hong Kong, he was Secretary for Economic Development and Labour for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 2002 to 2007. The post of Secretary for Economic Developm ...

(born 1955), Hong Kong politician *

Ye Shuangyu Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶双瑜; born 1955), Vice-Governor of

province *

Ye Xiaogang Ye Xiaogang (; born September 23, 1955) is one of China's most active and most famous composers of contemporary classical music. Biography Ye was born in Shanghai in 1955. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing from 1978 to 1 ...

(born 1955), composer *

Ye Tan Ye Tan (; born 1956) is a Chinese economist and a research professor at the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1988. In 2012, she was appointed as an adjunct professor at Peking University School of Economics. ...

(born 1956), economist * Yeh Kuang-shih (born 1957), Republic of China Minister of Transportation and Communications *

Yeh Jiunn-rong Yeh Jiunn-rong (; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese academic and politician. Early life Yeh received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He went on to study at Yale Un ...

(born 1958), Minister of Education of the Republic of China * John Yap (born 1959), Singaporean-born Canadian politician *

V-Nee Yeh V-Nee Yeh (; born February 14, 1959, in Hong Kong) is a businessman and was non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He graduated from Milton Academy, cum laude '77; Williams College, BA' 81 Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude and Col ...

(born 1959), Hong Kong businessman, son of Geoffrey Yeh *

Yip Wing-sie Yip Wing-sie (; born 1960 in Guangzhou, China) is a Hong Kong musician. A highly respected and influential figure in Asia's orchestral music scene, Yip Wing-sie has been the Music Director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta since 2002. Positions she has ...

(born 1960), Hong Kong musician *

Nai-Chang Yeh Nai-Chang Yeh (; born 1961) is a Taiwanese-American physicist specializing in experimental condensed matter physics. Early life and education She was born and grew up in Chiayi, Taiwan and received her B. Sc. from National Taiwan University i ...

(born 1961), Taiwanese-American physicist *

Sally Yeh use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = , b ...

(born 1961), Taiwanese-Canadian singer and actress *

Yip Kai Foon Yip Kai Foon (; 12 June 1961 – 19 April 2017, born in Haifeng, China), also known as "Teeth Dog" and "Goosehead", was an infamous Chinese illegal immigrant turned gangster who was most active in Hong Kong from the early 1980s to 1990s. He and ...

(born 1961), Hong Kong gangster *

Ip Kin-yuen Ip Kin-yuen (, born 1961) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Education constituency and a chief executive for Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union. Background Ip graduated from University of Hong Kong with Bachelo ...

(born 1962), Hong Kong politician *

Yeh Lee-hwa Ye () is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and is the list of common Chinese surnames, 43rd most common surname in China, with a populati ...

( 葉李華; born 1962), Taiwanese science fiction writer *

Ye Rongguang Ye Rongguang (; born October 3, 1963) is a retired Chinese chess player. In 1990, he became the first ever Chinese chess player to gain the title of Grandmaster. He was for more than ten years the coach of women's world chess champion Zhu Chen ...

(born 1963), first Chinese chess Grandmaster *

Yip Sai Wing Yip Sai Wing (born 19 August 1963) is a Hong Kong musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Beyond, formed with the lead vocalist Wong Ka Kui. Biography In 2003, Beyond won the "Best Original Film Song" at the 23rd A ...

(born 1963), drummer of Hong Kong rock band

Beyond Beyond may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film * ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne'' * ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed b ...

Wilson Yip Wilson Yip Wai-Shun (; born 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include ''Bio Zombie'', '' The White Dragon'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Dragon Tiger Gate'', ''Flash Point'' and the ''Ip Man'' series. Early career ...

(born 1963), Hong Kong actor and filmmaker *

Zhenli Ye Gon Zhenli Ye Gon (born January 31, 1963 in Shanghai) is a Chinese-Mexican businessman currently under suspicion of trafficking pseudoephedrine or ephedrine precursor chemicals into Mexico from Asia. He is the owner and legal representative of Un ...

(born 1963), Chinese-Mexican businessman, alleged drug trafficker *

Ye Qiaobo Ye Qiaobo (born June 3, 1964) is a Chinese speed skater. She was born in Changchun, Jilin. She competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1992, she won the silver medal in the 500 metres event as well as in the ...

(born 1964), world champion

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

Amy Yip Amy Yip (born 10 July 1966) is an actress who was one of the leading sex symbols of Hong Kong Cinema in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Yip is best known for her roles in Hong Kong Category III films such as '' Sex and Zen'' and '' Erotic Ghost St ...

(born 1965), Hong Kong actress *

(born 1965), Filipino politician * Yeh Shin-cheng (born 1965), Vice-Minister of the

Environmental Protection Administration (Republic of China) The Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (EPA, ) is a cabinet-level executive agency responsible for protecting and conserving the environment in the Republic of China (Taiwan). This also includes, air quality, noise control, m ...

Yip Tin-shing Yip Tin-shing (; born 20 October 1965) is a Hong Kong screenwriter. Career Yip is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and/or Wai Ka-fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside screenwriters Szeto Kam-yuen ...

(born 1965), Hong Kong screenwriter *

Veronica Yip Veronica Yip Yuk Hing (; born February 12, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American actress and singer who is probably most well known for her roles in Category III films. Career Film Veronica Yip was born in Portuguese Macau and started her car ...

(born 1966), Hong Kong actress *

Timmy Yip Tim Yip Kam-tim (; born 1967) is a Hong Kong art director and designer for fiction films. He is best known for his work on the 2000 martial arts film '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction ...

(born 1967), Hong Kong film art director,

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

winner *

Vern Yip Vern Yip (born June 27, 1968, in Hong Kong) is an American interior designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He periodically appeared on TLC's ''Trading Spaces'' through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flow ...

(born 1968), Hong Kong-born American interior designer * Ye Chong (born 1969), fencer, Olympic medalist * Ye Kuangzheng ( 叶匡政; born 1969), writer and poet * Yeh Min-chih ( 葉民志; born 1970), Taiwanese actor *

Ye Pengzhi Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 叶鹏智; born 1971), CEO of Guangdong Aluminum * Ye Zhibin (born 1971), football player and coach *

Françoise Yip Françoise Fong-Wa Yip (葉芳華; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. She first became known for her performances in Hong Kong films, before later also starring in North American films and television shows. She is best known to inter ...

(born 1972), Chinese-Canadian actress *

Gloria Yip Gloria Yip Wan-Yee (, born January 13, 1973, in Hong Kong, the elder of two sisters and daughter of prominent businessman Yip Shao) is a Hong Kong actress and singer, best known for her four films with director Lam Ngai Kai, and to Western audie ...

(born 1973), Hong Kong actress *

Barry Ip Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950 ...

( 葉文輝; born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actor *

Ye Haiyan Ye Haiyan (born 1975) is a Chinese gender activist, best known for her action in favor of women, prostitutes, and children against violence and sexual aggression. In May of 2012, her NGO office in Guangxi was raided by eight plainclothes men wh ...

(born 1975), gender activist *

Gary Yap Gary Yap (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Ya̍p Tsun-tshìm''; born 15 January 1977) is a Malaysian television personality and a host on Star Search talent quest. Career Gary Yap was schoolmates with fellow Star Search contestant and actor Zhang Yaodong. ...

(born 1977), Malaysian television host *

Ye Jianming Ye Jianming (; born 23 February 1977 − disappeared from public view in March 2018) is a Chinese businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of CEFC China Energy Company Limited, a now defunct company that used to be a Global Fortune 500 ...

(born 1977), billionaire founder of

CEFC China Energy CEFC China Energy () was a Chinese conglomerate. The company was among the 10 largest private companies in China in 2014. In 2017, the company was listed as 222 on the Fortune Global 500. In March 2020, the company -- along with its subsidiaries ...

* Ip Pui Yi (born 1978), Hong Kong Olympic sports shooter * Yeh Hsien-chung (born 1979), Taiwanese footballer *

Grace Ip Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninc ...

( 葉佩雯; born 1980), Hong Kong singer and actress *

Jaique Ip Jaique Ip Wan-in MH (; born 15 January 1980) is a Hong Kong amateur snooker player. Biography Ip won the silver medal at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, after she lost 5–0 in the final against Wendy Jans.

(born 1980), Hong Kong

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ...

player *

Michelle Ye Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in, ''Eternal Happiness'', ''Triumph in the Skies'', and ''Lost in the Chamber of Love''. Her most notable role was in the 2009 f ...

(born 1980), actress and

Miss Chinese International Miss Chinese International Pageant (, formerly 國際華裔小姐競選), or MCI () for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a network television station in Hong Kong. It was established in 1988 and th ...

winner *

Tracy Ip Tracy Ip Chui Chui (; born 10 September 1981 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shanghai) was Miss Hong Kong 2005. Background Coming from a family of four, Ip lives with her parents. Her mother wanted to compete at Miss Hong Kong but due to her ...

(born 1981),

Miss Hong Kong The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (), or Miss HK () for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB. The pageant was established in 1946, and acquired by TVB in 1973. The current Miss Hong Kong is Denice Lam ...

2005 *

Ye Jia Ye Jia (, born ), is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer. He is an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker on the field. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club T ...

(born 1981), football player *

Yeh Ting-jen Yeh Ting-jen (; born July 1, 1983, in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Brother Elephants of Chinese Professional Baseball League. He is a pitcher who throws and bats left-handed. He is and weighs . He pitched for ...

(born 1983), Taiwanese

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

player * Ye Yiqian ( 叶一茜; born 1984), singer and actress *

Ye Zuxin Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" sec ...

( 叶祖新; born 1984), actor *

Brandon Yip Brandon Michael Harry Yip (; born April 25, 1985) is a Chinese-Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right wing who is currently playing with HC Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played in ...

(born 1985), Canadian

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

hockey player *

Yip Chi Ho Yip Chi Ho (, born 21 October 1985) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Yip moved to South China from Rangers after the end of the 2006–07 season and represented the club in all six 2008 AFC ...

(born 1985), Hong Kong footballer *

Ye Weiting Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots language, Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See ''Ye olde'', and the ...

( 葉瑋庭; born 1985) Taiwanese singer *

Yeh Yung-chieh Yeh Yung-chieh (; born April 21, 1985, in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Brother Elephants of Chinese Professional Baseball League.Anna Kay Anna Kay (born 6 May 1999) is a British professional cyclist who specializes in cyclo-cross. She won the silver medal in the under-23 race at the 2019 European Cyclo-cross Championships, and bronze at the women's under-23 race at the 2020 UCI ...

or Ye Xiqi ( 叶熙祺; born 1987), singer and actress *

Yip Pui Yin Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. Career Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain an ...

(born 1987), Hong Kong

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player *

Ye Qing Ye Qing (; born 13 November 1988) is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame after portraying Yu Tan in the television series historical television series ''Scarlet Heart'' (2011), which enjoyed the highest ratings in mainland China. Her film breakt ...

( 叶青; born 1988), actress * Sammi Yip ( 葉慧婷; born 1988), Hong Kong singer * Ip Chung Long (born 1989), Hong Kong footballer * Ye Weichao (born 1989), football player *

Yapp Hung Fai Yapp Hung Fai (, ; born 21 March 1990) is a Hong Kong professional association football, footballer who currently plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern SC, Eastern. He currently ke ...

(born 1990), Hong Kong soccer goalkeeper *

Ye Chongqiu Ye Chongqiu (; born 29 September 1992 in Shanghai) is a Chinese people, Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese League One side Ji'nan Xingzhou F.C., Ji'nan Xingzhou. Club career Ye started his professional football career in 201 ...

(born 1992), football player *

Ye Shiwen Ye Shiwen (; ; born 1 March 1996) is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in the 400 metres and 200 metres individual medley, breaking the world record in the 400 m event and the Olympic record in the 200 m event ...

(born 1996), swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and world record holder *

William W-G. Yeh William W-G. Yeh () is a Taiwanese-American civil engineer and the Richard G. Newman AECOM Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, a Chair position that he was given in 2010. His research work has involv ...

, civil engineer * Yeh Shuhua (born 2000); Taiwanese singer, dancer, member of the South Korean group

(G)I-DLE (G)I-dle (), stylized in all caps, is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua. Originally a sextet, Soojin left the lineup on August 14, 202 ...

* Yap Weng Wah (叶荣华; born 1983), Malaysian ex-engineer and convicted serial rapist who had sexually assaulted 31 boys in Singapore

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