Hu (

胡胡, may refer to: Names * Hu (surname), Chinese surname. * Hồ (surname), Vietnamese surname. * Ho (Korean name), Korean surname. Other * Hu (people), historical term for populations to the north and west of China proper. * Xiongnu The ...

) is a

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

. In 2006, it was the 15th most common

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu dropped to 15th most common surname in mainland China. Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, 斛 and 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo".

Meaning

Classical Chinese Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from . For millennia thereafter, the written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary ...

, ''hú'' 胡 meant: "

dewlap A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. More loosely, it can be various similar structures in the neck area, such as those caused by a double chin or the submandibula ...

;

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" and was a

variant Chinese character Chinese characters may have several variant forms—visually distinct glyphs that represent the same underlying meaning and pronunciation. Variants of a given character are ''allographs'' of one another, and many are directly analogous to allog ...

for "how; why; what" (''he'' 何), "long-lasting; far-reaching" (''xia'' 遐), "part of a

dagger-axe The dagger-axe () is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China. It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were m ...

", ''hu-'' in "butterfly" (''hudie'' 蝴蝶), or possibly "Northern Barbarians".

History

According to tradition, the Hu (胡) surname has several historical origins. First, Hu could derive from the family of

Duke Hu of Chen Duke Hu of Chen (; fl. 11th century BC) was the posthumous title given to Gui Man ( Chinese: 媯滿, with "Man" being his given name and " Gui" being his ancestral temple surname) by his father-in-law, King Wu of Zhou, who founded the Zhou dynast ...

King Wu of Zhou King Wu of Zhou (; died ), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BCE and ended with his death three years later. Ki ...

(r. 1046-043 BCE)

enfeoffed In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service. This mechanism was later used to avoid restrictions on the passage of t ...

his son-in-law Gui Man 媯滿 (supposedly a descendant of the legendary sage king

Emperor Shun Emperor Shun ( zh, c=帝舜, p=Dì Shùn) was a legendary leader of ancient China, regarded by some sources as one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors being the last of the Five Emperors. Tradition holds that he lived sometime between 229 ...

) with the state of Chen (in modern

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

Province). His

posthumous name A posthumous name is an honorary Personal name, name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian cultural sphere, East Asian culture. It is predominantly used in Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand. ...

was Duke Hu, and his descendants adopted Hu as their surname. Second, Hu could derive from two Zhou vassal states named Hu 胡, one located near

Luohe Luohe ( zh, s= , p=Luòhé; Postal romanization, postal: Loho) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province of China, province, China. It is surrounded by the cities of Xuchang, Zhoukou, Zhumadian and Pingdingshan on its north, east, sout ...

(

Province) or another near

Fuyang Fuyang (, previously romanized as Fowyang) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, China. It is bordered by Henan province to the west and the cities of Bozhou to the northeast, Huainan to the southeast, and Lu'an to the sou ...

(

Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...

Province). Third, Hu could derive from non-Chinese people adopting it as their surname. For example, in the 496

Change of Xianbei names to Han names The change of Xianbei family names to Han names was part of a larger sinicization campaign.Book of Wei volume 113Branner, David Prager. 006(2006). John Benjamins Publishing. The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic Philosophy And Historical-comparative. ...

, Hegu/Gegu 紇骨 was changed to Hu 胡. Fourth, Hu could derive from the clan name of the ancient

Tiele people The Tiele ( zh, c=鐵勒, p=Tiělè),, Mongolian ''*Tegreg'' " eople of theCarts" also transliterated as Chile ( zh, c=敕勒, links=no), Dili ( zh, c=狄歷, links=no), Zhile ( zh, c=直勒, links=no) and Tele ( zh, c=特勒, links=no), who wer ...

within the Xiongnu confederation. Non-Chinese peoples and

ethnic minorities in China Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han Chinese, Han population in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. , the combined population ...

sometimes took the Chinese

exonym An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...

for their ethnic group as their surname. The best example is Hu 胡, which was anciently used to refer to "barbarian" groups on the northern and western frontiers of China. ''Hu'' (胡) was used for various northern and western peoples of non-Han Chinese stock. It has been used for people of Persian, Sogdian, Turkic,

Xianbi The Xianbei (; ) were an ancient nomadic people that once resided in the eastern Eurasian steppes in what is today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China. The Xianbei were likely not of a single ethnicity, but rather a multilingua ...

, Indian and Kushan origin and occasionally for the

Xiongnu The Xiongnu (, ) were a tribal confederation of Nomad, nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese historiography, Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, t ...

(probably because of their connections with the Tonghu or Eastern Hu – a separate tribe conquered by the Xiongnu). Two historically significant Hu names are '' Donghu'' 東胡 (literally "Eastern Barbarians") "ancient Mongolian nomadic group" and the '' Wu Hu'' 五胡 ("

Five Barbarians The Five Barbarians, or Wu Hu (), is a Chinese historical exonym for five ancient non- Han ''" Hu"'' peoples who immigrated to northern China in the Eastern Han dynasty, and then overthrew the Western Jin dynasty and established their own king ...

") "five nomadic tribes involved in the

Wu Hu uprising Wu may refer to: Places * Wu (region) (), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue ** Wu Chinese (), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region ** Wuyue culture (), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region *Wu ...

" (304-316 CE) against the

Jin dynasty Jin may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC * Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin * Jin (Later Tang precursor) ...

. Hu (

Foochow Romanized Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8 ...

: Hù; POJ: Hô or Ô) was also one of the eight surnames of the first Han Chinese clans who first moved out the Central Plains into

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

province (八姓入閩;

: Báik Sáng Ĭk Mìng) during this conflict. The Hồ 胡 clan which founded the

Hồ dynasty The Hồ dynasty (Vietnamese: , chữ Nôm: 茹胡; Vietnamese: ''triều'' ''Hồ'', chữ Hán: wikt:朝, 朝wikt:胡, 胡), officially Đại Ngu (; chữ Hán: 大虞), was a short-lived List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty cons ...

in Vietnam originated in

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province of China. The Hu family of

Xidi Xidi () is a village in Xidi Town (), Yi County, Anhui, Yi County, Huangshan City of the historical Huizhou (region), Huizhou region of Anhui province, China. Xidi and the nearby town of Hongcun are known for their exceptional preservation of ru ...

are descended from Hu Shiliang, from Wuyuan, who was a descendant of Hu Changyi, a son of

Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (March 31, 867 – September 22, 904), né Li Jie, name later changed to Li Min and again to Li Ye, was the penultimate emperor of China's Tang dynasty. He reigned from 888 to 904 (although he was briefly deposed by the ...

who was adopted by the Wuyuan Hu family. Based on a study in 2020, Hu is a common surname in Italy due to significant amount of immigration population from Zhejiang. The surname 虎 (Hǔ), which means "Tiger", is rare in China to the point where many people are not aware that it is used as a surname. Some believe it comes from the name of a 4,300-year-old chancellor, while others believe it originates among the

Hui Muslim The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...

minority.

Notable people

* Hu Angang, Tsinghua University professor *

Hu Bin Hu Bin (born 1973) was a Chinese swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitiv ...

, Chinese freestyle swimmer *

Aw Boon Haw Aw Boon-Haw (; 1882–1954), OBE, was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as founder of Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin, with his ancestral home in Yongding County, Fujian, China. Career Aw was a B ...

胡文虎, Burmese Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Tiger Balm *

Aw Boon Par Aw Boon Par (; 1888–1944) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin.Beverland, Michael (2009) ''Building Brand Authenticity: 7 Habits of Iconic Brands'' Palgrave ...

胡文豹, Burmese Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist * Hu Chen-pu, Minister of Veterans Affairs Commission of the ROC (2007–2008) *

Aw Cheng Chye Aw Cheng Chye S.P.M.J., B.B.M., O.St.J (1 January 1924 – 22 August 1971) was a Singaporean millionaire, businessman, company director, philanthropist and son of businessman Aw Boon Par. Aw Cheng Chye himself was the chairman of Haw Par Brot ...

, Singaporean millionaire and philanthropist *

Chih-Wei Hu Chih-Wei Hu (; born November 4, 1993) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays. C ...

, MLB pitcher * Chin-lung Hu (born 1984), MLB player * Hu Chuanzhi, CEO of the

China State Shipbuilding Corporation The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is a state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Background CSSC is one of the top 10 defence groups in the PRC. It consists of various shipyards, equip ...

Hu Chunhua Hu Chunhua (; born April 1963) is a Chinese politician. He currently serves as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2023. From 2018 to 2023, he served as vice premier of China. Born in Yichang, Hubei, H ...

胡春华, member of the 18th and 19th

Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the executive committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Currently, the bureau i ...

Hu Dahai Hu Dahai (; died 1362), courtesy name Tongfu (), was a Chinese Muslim and military general who lived in the 14th century. He is best known for helping Zhu Yuanzhang (the Hongwu Emperor) establish the Ming dynasty in China. Life Hu Dahai was b ...

, 14th century Hui Muslim general * David Hu, IIG cofounder sentenced to prison for running a Ponzi scheme * David Hu, American mathematician, roboticist, and biologist * Hu Denghui 胡登辉, former Chinese international footballer *

Hu Die Hu Die (; 1907–08 — April 23, 1989), also known by her English name Butterfly Wu, was a popular Chinese actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She was voted China's first "Movie Queen" in 1933, and won the Best Actress Award at the 1960 Asi ...

, actress, "Movie Queen" of the 1930s * Evelyn Hu, Harvard University professor of applied physics and engineering * Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University professor of history and American studies *

Hu Feng Hu Feng (, November 2, 1902 – June 8, 1985) was a Chinese Marxist writer, poet and literary theorist. He was a prominent member of the League of Left-Wing Writers. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hu Feng became a member ...

胡风, Chinese writer and theorist of arts and literature * Hu Fo, Taiwanese political scientist and activist * Frank Hu, Harvard University professor of medicine and public health *

Hu Ge Hu Ge ( zh, c=胡歌, born 20 September 1982), also known as Hugh Hu or Hugo Hu, is a Chinese actor and singer. He rose to fame for his role as Li Xiaoyao in '' Chinese Paladin'' (2005), and has since starred in a succession of popular televi ...

胡歌 (born 1982), actor *

Hu Huaibang Hu Huaibang (; born 25 September 1955) is a Chinese former banker. He was chairman of the China Development Bank, a Fortune Global 500 company. He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in January 2020 and sentenced to life in prison in J ...

, banker sentenced to life in prison * Hu Haichang (1928–2011), Chinese mechanical and aerospace engineer *

Hu Haiyan Hu Haiyan (; born 1956) is president of Beijing Institute of Technology. He is a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a leading scientist in mechanics. Biography He graduated with PhD from the Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics Univers ...

, Chinese academician and scientist *

Hu Hanmin Hu Hanmin (; 9 December 1879 – 12 May 1936) was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was one of the early conservative right-wing faction leaders in the Kuomintang (KMT) during revolutionary China. Biography Hu was of Hakka descent fro ...

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

politician * Hu Hesheng (1928–2024), Chinese mathematician *

Jayley Woo Jayley Woo Jia Qi (born 27 December 1991) is a Singaporean actress and businesswoman who was a full-time MediaCorp artiste from 2012 to 2018. She has an identical twin sister, Hayley Woo, who is also an actress and she is the younger of the ...

and her twin sister

Hayley Woo Hayley Woo Jia Yi is a Singaporean actress and businesswoman. She was managed by JTeam JM Artiste Network from 2013 to 2017. She has an identical twin sister, Jayley Woo, who is also an actress and she is the elder of the twin. Career Woo ...

(born 27 December 1991), Singaporean actresses *

Jason Hu Hu Chih-chiang (; born 15 May 1948), also known by his English name Jason Hu, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He served as the mayor of Taichung from 2001 to 2014, when the city was a Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial city (2001–2 ...

胡志强,

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

politician * Hu Jia 胡佳, pro-democracy activist in the People's Republic of China *

Jianying Hu Jianying Hu is a Chinese-American computer scientist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, known for her work in data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence and health informatics. She is an IBM Fell ...

, American engineer * Hu Jimin (1919–1998), Chinese nuclear and plasma physicist and educator *

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Comm ...

胡锦涛, former

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会总书记, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zǒngshūjì) is the leader of the Chinese Communist Part ...

and the

paramount leader Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important Supreme leader, political figure in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberatio ...

of China *

Hu Jinqiu Hu Jinqiu (, born September 24, 1997) is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. He represented China's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challeng ...

(born 1997), Chinese basketball player * Julia Hu (born 1985), American entrepreneur *

Hu Jun Hu Jun (born March 18, 1968) is a Chinese actor best known for playing dramatic roles in various films and television series. He has acted in a number of Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organi ...

(born 1968), Chinese actor *

Kelly Hu Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress. She starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera '' Sunset Beach'' and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series '' Nash Bridges''. She has st ...

胡凯丽 (born 1968), American actress * Oh Laye Koh 胡立国, Singaporean bus driver and convicted killer * Hu Lanqi 胡兰畦, one of the first women generals of the Republic of China and later Communist revolutionary *

Hu Lien Hu Lien (, courtesy name Boyu (伯玉); October 1, 1907 – June 22, 1977) was a Chinese NRA general. His career spanned the Northern Expedition, the Encirclement Campaigns, the Central Plains War, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese C ...

胡璉, Chinese Nationalist general * Hu Mei (Ming dynasty), sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang *

Myolie Wu Myolie Wu Hang-yee (born 6 November 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is previously managed by Hong Kong TVB television station and Neway Star. In 2011, she won Best Actress for her role in '' Curse of the Royal Harem'', Most Favour ...

胡杏兒, Hong Kong singer and actress *

Hu Nai-yuan Hu Nai-yuan (, born 1961 at Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 1985 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. Life and career Hu Nai-yuan started to study the violin at the age of 5. By the age of 8, he per ...

, Taiwanese violinist * Nan Hu, Chinese physician-scientist, molecular geneticist, and cancer epidemiologist *

Nancy Wu Nancy Wu () (born 9 September 1981) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Wu won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress consecutively in 2015 and 2016. Some of the roles she is best known for include Wan Wan in ...

胡定欣, Hong Kong actress and singer *

Hu Ning Hu Ning (; 1916–1997) was a Chinese physicist and writer. Biography Hu was born in Suqian, Jiangsu, China on 11 February 1916. From 1928 to 1934, Hu studied at the Zhenjiang High School () in Zhenjiang, and Suzhou High School in Suzhou. In ...

(1916–1997), Chinese theoretical physicist and educator * Hu Peizhao, Chinese economist and a professor at Xiamen University * Hu Ping Chinese actress *

Hu Qiaomu Hu Qiaomu (4 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a Chinese sociologist, Marxist philosopher and politician. Hu Qiaomu is a controversial figure for opposing the reform and opening up era of economic reform that followed the death of Mao Zedon ...

胡乔木, People's Republic of China politician *

Hu Qili Hu Qili (; born 6 October 1929) is a former high-ranking politician of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), known as a champion of the country's economic reform program in the 1980s. He was a leading member of the CCP Secretariat from 1985 to 1989 ...

胡启立, member of the 13th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party * Hu Qinwu, Chinese painter and artist *

Richard Hu Richard Hu Tsu Tau ( zh, s=胡赐道; 30 October 1926 – 8 September 2023) was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister for Finance between 1985 and 2001. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Par ...

(胡赐道; 1926–2023), Finance Minister of

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

* S. Jack Hu, University of Georgia administrator and professor of engineering * Hu Sheng, Chinese Marxist theorist and historian *

Hu Shih Hu Shih ( zh, t=胡適; 17 December 189124 February 1962) was a Chinese academic, writer, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He part ...

胡适, Chinese writer and scholar *

Hu Songshan Hu Songshan (1880–1955), a Hui, was born in 1880, in Tongxin County, Ningxia, China. His Muslim name in Arabic was Sa'd al-Din ( '; zh, s=赛尔敦丁, t=賽爾敦丁, p=sài ěr dūn dīng). Although he was born Sufi and turned Wahhabi ...

虎嵩山, Chinese Hui Muslim Imam of the Yihewani sect * T. C. Hu (胡德强, 1930–2021), Chinese-American computer scientist * Hu Ting-ting (born 1979), English-born Taiwanese actress * Hailan Hu, Chinese neuroscientist * Valerie Hu, American biochemist *

Hu Weide Hu Weide () (1863 – 24 November 1933) was a Chinese politician and diplomat during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. Biography Though related by marriage to the Qing dynasty, he accepted the creation of the Republic and served in i ...

胡惟德, politician and diplomat of the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China * Wei-Shau Hu, American geneticist * Wei-Shou Hu, Taiwanese-American chemical engineer *

Hu Weiyong Hu Weiyong (; died 1380) was a Chinese official of the early Ming dynasty and a close adviser of the Hongwu Emperor. In the second half of the 1370s, he headed the civil administration of the empire. However, in 1380, he was accused of treason an ...

, sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang *

Wen-mei Hwu Wen-mei Hwu () is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist. He is the Senior Director of Research and Senior Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA Corporation as well as the Walter J. Sanders III- AMD Endowed Chair Professor Emeritus in Elec ...

胡文美, American computer engineer *

Yuen Pau Woo Yuen Pau Woo (born March 2, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is a senator from British Columbia (BC) since 2016. He was previously facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG), taking on the role from September 2017 until January 2022. Wo ...

胡元豹, Canadian senator and facilitator of the Independent Senators Group *

Hu Xiansu Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsen-Hsu (, 24 May 1894 – 16 July 1968), courtesy name Buzeng (), was a Chinese botanist, scholar, literary critic and educator. He was the founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer of modern botany and paleobotany re ...

(胡先骕; 1894–1968) Chinese botanist * Gordon Ying Sheung Wu 胡應湘, chairman of the board of Hopewell Holdings Ltd. *

Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the Leader of the Chinese Communist Party, top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from ...

胡耀邦, former chairman and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party *

Hu Yepin Hu Yepin (; 4 May 1903 – 7 February 1931) was a Chinese writer, poet, and playwright. Hu was a member of the League of Left-Wing Writers and was executed in February 1931 by the Kuomintang government along with other writers such as Li Weisen ...

胡也频, Chinese writer, poet, and playwright, prominent Chinese socialist * Yi Hu, American engineer * Hu Yicheng (born 1998), Chinese trampoline gymnast * Yinling Hu, Chinese molecular biologist * Hu Yitian 胡一天, Chinese actor * Yuenyong Opakul, Thai singer, musician, songwriter and entrepreneur * Hu Zaobin 胡藻斌, early 20th-century Chinese painter, famous for painting tigers * Hu Zhongzao, sentenced to death by the Qianlong emperor *

Hu Zongnan Hu Zongnan (; 16 May 1896 – 14 February 1962), courtesy name Shoushan (壽山), was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army and then the Republic of China Army. Together with Chen Cheng and Tang Enbo, Hu, a native of Zhe ...

, Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army *

Hu Zongxian Hu Zongxian (; November 4, 1512 – November 25, 1565), courtesy name Ruzhen () and art name Meilin (), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the re ...

胡宗憲, Chinese general during the Ming dynasty *

Hồ Chí Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic ...

: 20th century Vietnam communist leader *

of Vietnam 胡朝: :*

Hồ Quý Ly Hồ Quý Ly ( vi-hantu, 胡季犛, 1336 – 1407?) ruled Đại Ngu (Vietnam) from 1400 to 1401 as the founding emperor of the short-lived Hồ dynasty. Quý Ly rose from a post as an official served the court of the ruling Trần dynasty and ...

胡季犛 :*

Hồ Hán Thương Hồ Hán Thương ( vi-hantu, 胡漢蒼, ?–1407?) was the second and final emperor of the short-lived Hồ dynasty of Đại Ngu (now Viet Nam). Hán Thương, his father Hồ Quý Ly Hồ Quý Ly ( vi-hantu, 胡季犛, 1336 – 1407?) rul ...

胡漢蒼

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