Huang (; zh, t=
黃
Radical 201 or radical yellow () meaning "yellow" is one of the 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 12 strokes.
In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
The ''xin ...
, s=
黄
Huang or Hwang may refer to:
Location
* Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City
* Yellow River, or Huang River, in China
* Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China
* Huang (state), state in ancient China.
* Hwang Ri ...
, c=, p=, first=t) 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, ...
. While ''Huáng'' is the
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as
Hwang,
Wong
Wong or Mr Wong may refer to:
Name
* Wong (surname), a Chinese surname, listing people and fictional characters with the surname
* Wong (Marvel Comics), manservant/mentor to Doctor Strange Sr./Jr. in Marvel Comics
** Wong (Marvel Cinematic Univer ...
, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng,
Ng,
Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei,
Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. It is the 96th name on the ''
Hundred Family Surnames
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'' poem.
[K. S. Tom. ]989
Year 989 ( CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat Bardas Phokas (the Younger), who suffe ...
(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...
. .
This surname is known as
Hwang in
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
**See also: North–South differences in t ...
. In
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
, the name is known as Hoàng or Huỳnh.
Huang is the 7th most common surname in
China
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. Hoang/Huynh is the 5th most common surname in
Vietnam
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. The population of Huangs in China and
Taiwan
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 ...
was estimated at more than 35 million in 2020; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 5.7 million Vietnamese (6%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2015 census of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
revealed it was the surname for 697,171 South Koreans, ranked 16th).
Huang is also the pinyin romanization of the very rare surname .
Pronunciations/transliterations
* Huang () used in
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
*
Hwang () used in
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
**See also: North–South differences in t ...
* Huỳnh or Hoàng used in
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
** Huỳnh is the cognate adopted in Southern and most parts of Central Vietnam because of a
naming taboo
A naming taboo is a cultural taboo against speaking or writing the given names of exalted persons, notably in China and within the Chinese cultural sphere. It was enforced by several laws throughout Imperial China, but its cultural and possibly ...
decree banning the surname Hoàng, due to similarity between the surname and the name of
Lord
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Nguyễn Hoàng
Nguyễn Hoàng (28 August 1525 – 20 July 1613) was a Vietnamese official who ruled southern Vietnam from 1558 to his death in 1613. As the first of the Nguyễn lords, he established a powerful state that contested rule over Vietnam for the ne ...
* Faaj or Fangx used in
Hmong language
Hmong or Mong ( ; Romanized Popular Alphabet, RPA: , Chữ Hmông Việt, CHV: ''Hmôngz'', Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Nyiakeng Puachue: , Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong p ...
* Vangz used in
Zhuang language
The Zhuang languages (; autonym: , , pre-1982: , Sawndip: 話僮, from ''vah'', 'language' and ''Cuengh'', 'Zhuang'; ) are the more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacen ...
* Vong or Voòng used in
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
,
Ngái, and
Taishanese
Taishanese (), alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisanwa, is a Yue Chinese language native to Taishan, Guangdong.
Even though they are related, Taishanese has little mutual i ...
* Ng, Ung, Ong, Wee, Oi, Ooi or Uy, used in
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
, specifically the
Hokkien
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- and
Teochew-speaking Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia
** Ooi, Oei, Oey, Uy in
Zhangzhou dialect
The Zhangzhou dialects (), also rendered Changchew, Chiangchew or Changchow, are a collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the sou ...
and
Xiamen dialect
** Ng, Eng used in
Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialects ( zh, s=泉州话, t=泉州話, poj=Choân-chiu-ōe), also rendered Chin-chew or Choanchew, are a collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian (in southeast China), in the area centered on the city of Quanzhou. ...
,
Xiamen dialect, and
Teochew
** Oey or Oei used in
Indonesia
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** Ng, Uy, Wee is used in the
Philippines
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** Ng, Ooi, Wee used in
Singapore
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and
Malaysia
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*** Ooi used in
Penang
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and nearby Malaysian states
*
Wong
Wong or Mr Wong may refer to:
Name
* Wong (surname), a Chinese surname, listing people and fictional characters with the surname
* Wong (Marvel Comics), manservant/mentor to Doctor Strange Sr./Jr. in Marvel Comics
** Wong (Marvel Cinematic Univer ...
, Vong or Hwong used in
Cantonese
Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...
,
Wu and
Fuzhou dialect
The Fuzhou language ( zh, t=福州話, s=福州话, p=Fúzhōuhuà; FR: ), also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern Fujian ...
* Oeng, Eung, Ueng, Ung, or Ing (
Khmer: ) used in
Cambodia
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* Eung or Ueng () used in
Thailand
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(often paired with the prefix 'Sae' (แซ่) to indicate surname.
Origins
Huang is an ancient surname. According to tradition, there are several different origins of the surname, for example as descendants of
Bo Yi, Lu Zhong (陸終) or Tai Tai (臺駘).
There were also at least three Huang Kingdoms during the
Xia,
Shang
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dyn ...
and
Zhou dynasties. Most of the people with the surname Huang could track back their ancestors to one of the Huang Kingdoms.
Dong Yi Tribe 東夷
The
Dong Yi or Eastern Barbarians were ancient people who lived in eastern China during the prehistoric period. They were one of the
Four Barbarians
"Four Barbarians" ( zh, c=四夷, p=sìyí) was a generic term used in Ancient China, particularly by subjects of the Shang dynasty, Shang and Zhou dynasty, Zhou dynasties, referring to the various non-Sinitic peoples living outside the borders ...
in Chinese culture, along with the
Northern Di 北狄, the
Southern Man
Southern Man may refer to:
* Nanman or Southern Man, ancient ethnic groups in South China
* Southern man, New Zealand stereotype
* "Southern Man" (song), by Neil Young
* A man from the Southern United States
The Southern United States (so ...
南蠻, and the
Western Rong 西戎. The Dong Yi tribe was the tribal alliance group that consisted of nine tribes in the Huai River Basin 淮水流域: Quan Yi 畎夷, Yu Yi 於夷, Fang Yi 方夷, Huang Yi 黃夷, Bai Yi 白夷, Chi Yi 赤夷, Xuan Yi 玄夷, Feng Yi 風夷 and Yang Yi 陽夷. The Dong Yi tribe people used different birds as their totems and for Huang Yi 黃夷 tribe, Yellow Oriole 黃鶯 was the totem. Later when the people from Huang Yi 黃夷 tribe moved and settled in different parts of China, they adopted Huang 黃 as their surname.
Ying Clan 嬴姓
Shaohao
Shaohao (), also known as Jin Tian (), was a legendary Chinese sovereign, usually identified as a son of the Yellow Emperor. According to some traditions, such as that within the ''Book of Documents'', Shaohao is one of the Five Emperors. His pla ...
少皋 had a son,
Gao Yao and
Gao Yao had a son,
Bo Yi.
Bo Yi helped
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 ...
and
Yu the Great
Yu the Great or Yu the Engineer was a legendary king in ancient China who was credited with "the first successful state efforts at flood control", his establishment of the Xia dynasty, which inaugurated Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic ru ...
control the
Great Flood
A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeva ...
and got surname
Ying
Ying may refer to:
People
* Yíng (嬴), a Chinese surname, the ancestral name of Qin Shi Huang, first Emperor of China in the Qin dynasty, and some contemporary rival royal families such as the Zhaos
* Yīng (应), a Chinese surname from the Z ...
(嬴) at early
Xia dynasty
The Xia dynasty (; ) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Emperor Shun, Shun, the last of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Fiv ...
period.
Bo Yi married
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 ...
's youngest daughter and had three sons (some accounts mentioned only two sons –
Da Lian and
Ruo Mu):
* Eldest Son
Da Lian 大廉 – Founder of
Huang Kingdom 黃國 (
Qin Kingdom Founder
Fei Zi 非子 and
Zhao Kingdom Founder Shu Dai 叔帶 were descendants of
Da Lian)
* Second Son
Ruo Mu 若木 – Founder of
Xu Kingdom 徐國 (his great-great-grandson
Fei Chang 費昌 founded Fei Kingdom 費國)
* Third Son En Cheng 恩成 – Founder of Jiang Kingdom 江國
Xia Yu awarded the Huang kingdom to
Da Lian, and his descendants are known as the Huangs.
There are total of 14 clans derived from
Bo Yi Ying Clan:
Lian
Lian may refer to:
Fiction
* Gao Lian (''Water Margin''), a character in the ''Water Margin'' series of novels
* Lian the Great (, ''Dalian''), a figure in Chinese mythology
* Jia Lian, a character in the novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''
Peop ...
(廉),
Xu (徐),
Jiang (江),
Qin (秦),
Zhao (趙), Huang (黃),
Liang (梁),
Ma (馬),
Ge (葛),
Gu (谷),
Miao Miao may refer to:
* Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China
* Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages
* Miao (Unicode ...
(繆),
Zhong (鍾),
Fei (費), and
Qu (瞿). Rulers of
Qin Kingdom,
Zhao Kingdom,
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...
and
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...
could trace back their ancestor to
Bo Yi.
Hata Clan
Hata clan was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the history of Japan laid out in ''Nihon Shoki'' (720).
Origins
The origin of the clan has been a debated topic for many Japanese historians and sch ...
(秦氏) of Japan, and
Aisin Gioro Clan,
Irgen Gioro Clan and Gioro Clan of
Manchuria
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(one of several different opinions) were also derived from
Bo Yi Ying Clan.
Ji Clan 姬姓
The lineage of Huang Clan from the Yellow Emperor is as follows:
1)
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch, or Huangdi ( zh, t=黃帝, s=黄帝, first=t) in Chinese, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He is revered as ...
黃帝 -> 2) Chang Yi 昌意 -> 3)
Zhuanxu Emperor 顓頊帝 -> 4) Da Ye 大業 (aka
Ye the Great
Ye or Yeh the Great () was a figure in Chinese mythology.
In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', Sima Qian's account of the origin of the House of Ying made him the son of Lady Xiu and the egg of a black bird. He was said to have been the ...
) -> 5) Shao Dian 少典 -> 6) Nu Shen 女莘 -> 7) Da Fei 大費 (aka
Fei the Great
Yi ( Chinese: , ''Yì''; millennium BCE) was a tribal leader of Longshan culture and a culture hero in Chinese mythology who helped Shun and Yu the Great control the Great Flood; he served afterwards as a government minister and a successo ...
) -> 8) Juan Zhang 卷章 -> 9) Wu Hui 吳回 (also known as
Zhurong
Zhurong (), also known as Chongli (), is an important personage in Chinese mythology and Chinese folk religion. According to the ''Huainanzi'' and the philosophical texts of Mozi and his followers, Zhurong is a god of fire and of the south.
The ...
) -> 10) Lu Zhong 陸終 -> 11) Hui Lian 惠連 (Some accounts state that Hui Lian is son of Fan Ren, son of Lu Zhong). Lu Zhong had six sons:
* Eldest Son Fan 樊 (also known as Fan Ren 樊人 or Kun Wu 昆吾) – Legendary Pottery Inventor and Founder of Kunwu Kingdom 昆吾國,
* Second Son Ding 定 (also known as Hui Lian 惠连 or Can Hu 參胡) – Founder of
Huang Kingdom 黃國,
* Third Son Qian (also known as
Qian Keng 钱铿) – Legendary God of Longevity and Founder of
Da Peng Kingdom 大彭國,
* Fourth Son Qiu 求 (also known as Qiu Yan 求言 or Kuai Ren 鄶人)- Founder of Kuai Kingdom 鄶國,
* Fifth Son Yan An 晏安 (also known as Cao An 曹安 or Zao An 遭安) – Founder of
Zhu Kingdom 邾國, and
* Sixth Son Ji 季 (also known as
Ji Lian 季连) – Founder of
Chu Kingdom 楚國.
In 2220 BC during the reign of
Emperor Yao
Emperor Yao (; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary China, Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Ancestry and early life
Yao's ancestral name is Yi Qi () or Qi (), clan ...
帝堯, Hui Lian 惠連 scored merits in harnessing river floods.
Emperor Yao
Emperor Yao (; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary China, Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Ancestry and early life
Yao's ancestral name is Yi Qi () or Qi (), clan ...
conferred on Hui Lian the title of Viscount 子 (but the nobility system of ancient China is still not clear) and the state of Can'hu 參胡 (in present-day region of
Fenyang
Fenyang (), formerly as Fenyang County () before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.
Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers we ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
province).
Emperor Yao
Emperor Yao (; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary China, Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Ancestry and early life
Yao's ancestral name is Yi Qi () or Qi (), clan ...
renamed Can'hu as
State of Huang, and bestowed on Hui Lian the surname Huang 黃 and the name "Yun" 雲. Hence, Hui Lian was also known as Huang Yun 黃雲 or Nan Lu 南陆. Hui Lian became the Progenitor of the Huang surname clan. During Western Zhou dynasty, the rulers of the Huang State was given the title of Duke 公. The descendants of Huang Yun (Hui Lian) ruled the Huang State of Shanxi until the early
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...
(722 BC-481 BC) when it was conquered by the State of
Jin.
Another lineage of Huang Clan from the Yellow Emperor is as follows:
1)
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch, or Huangdi ( zh, t=黃帝, s=黄帝, first=t) in Chinese, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He is revered as ...
黃帝 -> 2)
Shao Hao 少昊 -> 3) Jiao Ji 嬌極 -> 4) Hui Gong 揮公 -> 5) Mei 昧 -> 6) Tai Tai 臺駘. Tai Tai helped
Zhuan Xu Emperor 顓頊, and he and his descendants (Jin Tian Clan 金天氏) were enfeoffed with Fen Zhou 汾州 at Fen River 汾河 which was further divided into four kingdoms –
Huang Kingdom 黃國,
Shen Kingdom 沈國, Ru Kingdom 蓐國 and Si Kingdom 姒國.
Development and emigration
In 891 BC
King Xiao of Zhou
King Xiao of Zhou (), personal name Ji Bifang, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 891–886 BC or 872–866 BC.
He was a son of King Mu and brother of King Gong.
His reign is poorly documented. He was pr ...
conferred on the 53rd generation descendant of Hui Lian, Huang Xi 黃熙 (aka Huang Shi 黃石) the nobility of 'Hou' 侯 (marquis) and a fiefdom in the region east of the Han river 漢水 (in present-day region of
Yicheng,
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
province) called 'Huang' 黃 (Not to be confused with the Huang State of Fenyang, Shanxi) with the four states Jiang 江, Huang 黃 (founded by 伯益 Bo Yi's descendants),
Dao
The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept. Rather, it is seen through actual living experience of one's everyday being. T ...
道, and Bo 柏 in the Huang river 潢水 valley as vassals. The Huang State of
Yicheng,
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
was known as the Western
Huang (Xi Huang 西黃) in history.
During the
Jin dynasty (266–420)
The Jin dynasty or Jin Empire, sometimes distinguished as the or the , was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420. It was founded by Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, eldest son of Sima Zhao, who had previou ...
, when northern China was invaded by the barbarian tribes, many northerners (especially the aristocratic clans) moved to south China with the Jin court. It was during this period that the Huang clansmen migrated to
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 ...
.
According to Min Shu 閩書 (Book of Min) (Quoted from Chung Yoon-Ngan):
"During the second year (of the reign) of Yongjia (308AD) the Central Plain was in chaos and the eight clans:-
Lin 林, Huang 黃,
Chen 陳,
Zheng 鄭,
Zhan 詹,
Qiu 邱,
He 何, and
Hu 胡, entered Min 閩 (present day Fujian province, China)."
From the
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
(618–907) onwards, many Han Chinese migrated from
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 ...
to
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
and the other southern provinces. Huang grew into a big clan in south China and it is the 3rd biggest surname in Southern China today. The Cantonese Baiyue adopted Huang surname as well.
Huang migration overseas began as early as the 14th century during the Ming dynasty to destinations in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
. Migration to Americas began only in the mid-19th century following the forced opening of China's doors to the West. Huang is one of the largest Chinese surname clans in Americas today. The population of overseas Huang Clansmen was estimated at 2 million in 2000.
The surname 皇 has several origins:
# The descendants of the Three Emperors of ancient China.
# The descendants of Duke Dai of Song's prince named Huangfu Chongshi 皇父充石.
# An ancient book Xing Kao 姓考 says Zheng Kingdom has a royal clan named Huang clan 皇氏.
Across Guangdong, three million people surnamed Huang claim descent from the same paternal ancestor, Huang Qiaoshan who lived in the Tang dynasty and migrated to Fujian at the end of the dynasty, via three of his sons (out of 21) who founded different branches, found among the Hakka, Chaoshan and Cantonese. Among them are the Longgang, Kengxi village Hakka Huang, the Cantonese "guangfu" Huang native to Shenzhen in the villages of Shangsha & Xiasha & the Chaoshan Huang. Huang Qiaoshan lived from 872 to 953 and claimed he was the Yellow Emperor's 128th generation descendant. Huang Moutang who was born in 1183 and was Huang Qiaoshan's 15th generation descendant is the ancestor of the Cantonese guangfu Huang clans. One of his descendants was Huang Siming from whom the Xiasha Huang descent. Huang Qiaoshan's 9th generation descendant Huang Liao was a Song official and his descendant Huang Chaoxuan during the Ming-Qing transition was the ancestor of the Longgang, Kengzi village Hakka Huang. The Huang descendants who migrated and established linages in the Song were Cantonese speakers while the Huang descendants who migrated to the coast in the Ming-Qing transition spoke Hakka.
Huang
Huang is the 7th most common surname in China, and the 3rd most common surname in
Taiwan
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 ...
. It is also one of the common surnames among
Zhuang People
The Zhuang (; ; , , Sawndip: 佈獞) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ...
, the largest ethnic minority in China, and is also the most common surname in the
Guangxi
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Zhuang Autonomous Region.
19% of people from China with Surname Huang live in
Guangdong Province. The population of people named Huang in China was approximately 29 million and in
Taiwan
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about 1.4 million.
In 2019 Huang was again the seventh most common surname in mainland China.
A 2013 study found that it was the seventh-most common surname, shared by 32,600,000 people or 2.450% of the population, with the province having the most people being
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
.
Historical figures with Huang 黃 surname

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Huang Chao
Huang Chao (835 – July 13, 884) was a wealthy Chinese salt trader and soldier who is primarily known for instigating the Huang Chao Rebellion. In 878, he proclaimed himself emperor and the establishment of a new Qi dynasty. Huang Chao's re ...
黃巢 (820–884), leader of the Huang Chao rebellion against the
Tang dynasty
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Huang Cheng Yan 黃承彥,
Eastern Han dynasty
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scholar
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Huang Dao Po 黃道婆 (1245–1330),
Yuan dynasty
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Weaver and innovator
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Huang Dao Zhou 黃道週 (1585–1646),
Ming dynasty
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calligrapher and politician named as one of the Four Lords of the Yellow Gate (黃門四君子)
*
Huang Ding
Huang Ding (, Wade–Giles: Huang Ting; – 1730) was a Chinese landscape painter and poet active during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).
Huang was born in Changshu in the Jiangsu province. His style names was 'Zhungu' and his sobriquet
A s ...
黃鼎 (1650–1730),
Qing dynasty
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landscape painter and poet
*
Wong Fei Hung
Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero. Though he was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts, his r ...
黃飛鴻 (1847–1924), Martial artist, physician, acupuncturist, revolutionary, and folk hero during late
Qing dynasty
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*
Wong Kim Ark 黃金德 ( – after 1931), Chinese American who was the subject of a landmark
US Supreme Court
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citizenship case
*
Huang Gai
Huang Gai () ( 180s–210s), courtesy name Gongfu, was a military general who served under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He previously served under Sun Quan's predecessors – Sun Jian (Sun Quan's father) and ...
黃蓋,
Eastern Wu
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general and one of the "Twelve Tiger Generals of Jiangdong" (江東十二虎臣) during the
Three Kingdoms period
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*
Huang Gong Wang 黃公望 (1269–1345), painter and one of the "
Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty
The Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty () is a name used to collectively describe the four Chinese painters: Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Ni Zan, and Wang Meng, who were active during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). They were revered during the Min ...
"
*
Huang Ji 黃濟,
Ming dynasty
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imperial painter
*
Huang Quan 黃權 (?–240), general of
Shu Han
Han (; 221–263), known in historiography as Shu Han ( ) or Ji Han ( "Junior Han"), or often shortened to Shu ( zh, t=蜀, p=Shǔ; Sichuanese Pinyin: ''Su'' < Middle Chinese: *''źjowk'' < Eastern Han Chinese: *''dźok''), was a Dynasties in ...
and later of
Cao Wei
Wei () was one of the major Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic states in China during the Three Kingdoms period. The state was established in 220 by Cao Pi based upon the foundations laid by his father Cao Cao during the end of the Han dy ...
during the Three Kingdoms period
*
Huang Ru Heng 黃汝亨 (1558–1626), calligrapher during late
Ming dynasty
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*
Huang Shen 黃慎 (1687–1772),
Qing dynasty
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painter and artistic innovator who was one of the "
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou
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"
*
Ong Sum Ping
Ong Sum Ping () is a legendary figure.Johannes L. Kurz "Making History in Borneo: Ong Sum Ping during the Late Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties" International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 14.2 (2018) http://ijaps.usm.my/?page_id=4256 Identified ...
黃森屏
Huang Senping, Noble of
Brunei
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. Street Name in Brunei Capital of Bandar Seri Begawan Jalan Ong Sum Ping (only street in Brunei with Chinese name) was named after him
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Huang Ting Jian 黃庭堅 (1045–1105),
Song dynasty
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noted filial son, poet, scholar, magistrate, and calligrapher. One of the "Song Four" (宋四家) and one of the "Four Scholar of Su'men" (蘇門四學士)
*
Huang Xie 黃歇 (314 BC–238 BC), Lord Chunshen, Prime Minister of the state of
Chu
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Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...
during the Warring States period and one of the famous "
Four Lords of the Warring States
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During this time, the Z ...
"
*
Huang Zhong
Huang Zhong (, ) (died 220), courtesy name Hansheng, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Mount Dingjun in 219, in which ...
黃忠 (?–220),
Shu Han
Han (; 221–263), known in historiography as Shu Han ( ) or Ji Han ( "Junior Han"), or often shortened to Shu ( zh, t=蜀, p=Shǔ; Sichuanese Pinyin: ''Su'' < Middle Chinese: *''źjowk'' < Eastern Han Chinese: *''dźok''), was a Dynasties in ...
Kingdom General during the
Three Kingdoms period
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and one of the "
Five Tiger Generals
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" under
Liu Bei
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*
Huang Zong Xi 黃宗羲 (1610–1695), Ming-Qing dynasties naturalist, political theorist, philosopher, historian and educator, one of the famous "Eastern Zhe'jiang Three Huangs" (浙東三黃), one of the "Four Worthies of Yu'yao" (餘姚四賢) and one of the "Early Qing Five Grandmasters" (清初五大師)
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Huang Zun Xian 黃遵憲 (1848–1905), Late
Qing dynasty
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scholar, poet, educator, diplomat and statesman
Modern figures
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Huang Bai Tao 黃百韬 (1900–1948), Chinese Nationalist General active in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War, for which he was twice awarded the
Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
...
, the highest honor a Chinese commander can achieve
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Huang Bamei 黃八妹 (1906–1982), Chinese pirate and naval commander
*
Huang Bin Hong 黃宾虹 (1865–1955), Chinese
art historian
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Traditionally, the ...
and
Literati
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*Intellectuals or those who love, read, and comment on literature
* Intelligentsia, a status class of highly educated people who consciously shape society
*The scholar-official or ''literati'' of imperial/medieval China
**Qin ...
painter
*
Wong Che Yin 黃志贤 (born 1959), businessman and philanthropist from Hong Kong, China, and founder and Chairman of Kong Fung International Group
*
Huang Chieh 黃杰 (1902–1995),
Kuomintang
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General and Minister of Defense of the
Republic of China
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*
Huang Chih Hsien 黃智賢 (born in 1964), Taiwanese TV commentator, author and host on CTV and CTITV between 2014 and 2019
*
Huang Chun Ming 黃春明 (born 1935), Taiwanese literary figure and teacher
*
Huang Da Ren 黃达人 (born 1945), Chinese mathematician
*
Huang Dao 黃道 (1900–1939),
Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
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and the
New Fourth Army
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However, in practice, the New ...
General and Martyr active during the Anti-Japanese War
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Huang En Ru 黄恩茹 (born 1997), Chinese singer, actress, and member of the idol group
BEJ48
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Overview
BEJ48 is one of the first two s ...
*
Huang Fu 黃郛 (1883–1936), Former Premier and Acting President of Republic of China
*
Huang Guang Yu 黃光裕 (born 1969), Chinese billionaire
*
Huang Guo Xian 黃国显 (born 1962), Lieutenant General of the
People's Liberation Army Air Force
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(PLAAF) of China and Commander of the
Nanjing Military Region
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Air Force
*
Huang Heng Mei 黃恒美 (born 1940), Lieutenant General of the
People's Liberation Army Air Force
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(PLAAF) of China and Commander of the
Chengdu Military Region
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Air Force and the
Lanzhou Military Region
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Air Force
*
Huang Hong Jia 黃宏嘉 (1924–2021), Chinese Academician of Science in Microwave Theory and Optical Fibre
*
Huang Hua Hua 黃华华 (born 1946), Former
Governor
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of
Guangdong Province
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, China
*
Huang Jian Xiang 黃健翔 (born 1968), renowned sports commentator in China
*
Huang Jian Xin 黃建新 (born 1954), Chinese film director and film producer
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Huang Ji Guang 黃继光 (1931–1952), highly decorated Chinese soldier during the
Korean War
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*
Huang Ju
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黃菊 (1938–2007), Former Vice Premier of China
*Wong Jumsum 黃沾, also known as
James Wong Jim
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(1940–2004), Renowned Lyricist, Writer and one of the "Four Talent of Hong Kong" 香港四大才子
*Huang Kaiming 黄凯明 and Huang Yiming 黄一鸣 (born 1997), also known as Cary and Michael Huang (or Huang twins), YouTubers, voice actors and animators who created ''
The Scale of the Universe
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''
*
Huang Kan
Huang Kan ( Chinese: 黃侃; 1886 – 8 October 1935), courtesy name Jigang (季剛), born into a family of Hubei ancestry in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was a Chinese phonologist, philologist and revolutionary.
As a teen, he tested into Wuchang ...
黃侃 (1886–1935), Early
Republic of China
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period Chinese philologist, revolutionary and one of the Sinology experts known as "Seven Accomplished of Jiang'nan" 江南七彥. Together with famous Literary Figure Li Lianggong 李亮工, he is also known as "Southern Huang and Northern Li" 南黃北李.
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Huang Ke Cheng 黃克诚 (1902–1986), Chinese military strategist, senior General, founding General of the
People's Liberation Army
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and former head of
People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
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*
Huang Kun 黃昆 (1919–2005), physicist in
solid-state physics
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. The
Born–Huang approximation is partially named after him
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Huang Kun Ming 黃坤明 (born 1956), Head of the
Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party
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and a member of the
Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
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Currently, the bureau i ...
*
Huang Mao Zong 黃茂榮 (1944–2025), Taiwanese judge, justice of the Judicial Yuan
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Huang Meng Fu 黃孟复 (born 1944), Vice Chairman of the China People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce
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*
Huang Min Hui 黃敏惠 (born 1959), former Acting Chairperson and current vice-chairperson of
Kuomintang
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Party, and
Mayor
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of
Chiayi City
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The H ...
of the Republic of China
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Huang Min Lon 黃鸣龙 (1898–1979), Chinese organic chemist and pharmaceutical scientist; Pioneer and founder of modern pharmaceutical industries in China. The "Huang Modification" or "Huang-Minlon Modification" is named after Huang Minglon. It was the first time that a Chinese name appeared in an organic chemical reaction
*
Huang Ming 黃鸣 (born 1958), Chinese
solar energy
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researcher and entrepreneur
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Huang Ming Hao 黃明昊, also known as Justin (born 2002), rapper and dancer of the C-pop group
NEXT
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and
Nine Percent
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Nine Percent was one of the most po ...
*
Huang Na 黄娜 (1996–2004), Chinese student studying in Singapore and murder victim
*Wong Ngok Tai 黃岳泰, also known as
Arthur Wong (born 1956), Nine time
Hong Kong Film Award
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s-winning
Cinematographer
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, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer and film director
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Huang Nu Bo 黃怒波 (born 1956), Chinese real estate developer, entrepreneur, poet and billionaire
*Wong Pik Wan 黃碧雲 or
Helena Wong (born 1959), Hong Kong legislative council member
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Huang Ren Jun 黄仁俊 (born 2000), Singer and dancer based in South Korea and member of K-pop boy group NCT Dream
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Huang Ru Lun 黃如论, Chinese real estate developer, philanthropist and billionaire
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Huang Shao Qiang 黃少強 (1901–1942), painter
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Huang Sheng Shyan 黃性贤 (1910–1992),
kung fu
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and
tai chi
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practitioner
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Huang Sheng Yi 黃圣依 (born 1983), Chinese actress
*
Huang Shu Kuang 黃曙光 (born 1957),
Republic of China Navy
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Admiral, Commander of Navy and
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)
* Chief of the General Staff (Albania)
* C ...
*
Wong Shun Leung 黃淳梁 (1935–1997), Chinese martial artist in
Wing Chun
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Kung Fu
*
Huang Shu Xian 黃树贤 (born 1954),
Minister of Civil Affairs
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, Former
Minister of Supervision and
of
the People's Republic of China
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Huang Ting Ting 黄婷婷 (born 1992), Chinese singer and member of the idol group
SNH48
SNH48 is a Chinese idol girl group based in Shanghai. Following AKB48's creator Yasushi Akimoto's concept of "idols you can meet", the group features over 200 female members around the age of 20 (15 to 30) across SNH48 and all its sister grou ...
*Wong Tze Wah 黃子華 or
Dayo Wong
Dayo Wong Tze Wah (born 5 September 1960) is a Hong Kong actor and standup comedian. Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary. He has performed at ...
(born 1960), Hong Kong stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter who is the pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong
*
Huang Tzu
Huang Tzu (; 23 March 1904 - 9 May 1938), courtesy name Jinwu (), was a Chinese composer of the early 20th century.
Life
Huang was born in Chuansha, Shanghai, during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. His father Huang Hongpei was a factory man ...
黃自 (1904–1938), Chinese musician of the early 20th century
*Wong Wang Fat 黃宏发 or
Andrew Wong (born 1943), Last President of the
Legislative Council
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of Hong Kong during British rule and the only person of Chinese ethnicity to have served in the position during British rule
*
Huang Wei 黄伟 (born 1959), Chinese real estate developer and billionaire
*
Huang Wei 黄薇 (born 1964), Chinese actress and television presenter
*
Huang Wei Lu 黃緯祿 (1916–2011), One of China's pioneer missile scientists, one of the "Four Elders of China's Aerospace" and Winner of "
Two Bombs, One Satellite
Two Bombs, One Satellite ( zh, s=两弹一星, p=liǎng dàn, yī xīng) was a nuclear weapon, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and artificial satellite development program by the People's Republic of China. China detonated its first f ...
" Award
*
Huang Xian Zhong 黃獻中 (born 1947), General in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the
People's Republic of China
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, and Current Political Commissar of the PLA
Shenyang Military Region
The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, whic ...
*
Huang Xiao Jing 黃小晶 (born 1946), Former Governor of
Fujian Province
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, China
*
Huang Xiao Ming 黄晓明 (born 1977), Chinese actor
*
Huang Xing
Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (; 25 October 1874 – 31 October 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China. As one of the founders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Republic of ...
黃興 (1874–1916), Chinese revolutionary leader, militarist, and statesman, and the First Army Commander-in-chief of the
Republic of China
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Huang Xing Guo 黃興國 (born 1954), Mayor of
Tianjin
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, China
*
Huang Xin Rui 黃新瑞, better known as John "Buffalo" Huang (1914–1941), ace fighter pilot; original contingent of American volunteer combat aviators joining the
Chinese Air Force
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during the
War of Resistance/WWII
*
Huang Xu Hua 黃旭華, One of the chief designers for China's first generation of nuclear submarines
*
Huang Yan Pei 黃炎培 (1878–1965), Chinese educator, industrialist, politician, founding pioneer of the
China Democratic League
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, former Minister of Education of the Early
Republic of China
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and Deputy Prime Minister of early
People's Republic of China
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*
Huang Yong Sheng 黃永勝 (1910–1983), Founding General of the
People's Liberation Army
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, Former Commander of the
Guangzhou Military Region
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and former head of
People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
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*
Huang Yuan yong 黃遠庸 (1885–1915), Renowned Chinese Author and Journalist during the late
Qing dynasty
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and early
Republic of China
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*
Wong Yuk Hei 黃仁俊, also known as Lucas (born 1999), Chinese rapper based in South Korea and former member of K-pop boy group
NCT
*
Huang Zhang 黃章, also known as
Jack Wong
Jack Wong, or Huang Zhang (), is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Meizu, a Chinese consumer electronics company.
Early life
Jack Wong was born on February 13, 1976, in Meixian, Meizhou, Guangdong.
At t ...
(born 1976), Chinese entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of
Meizu
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*
Huang Zhen 黄镇 (1909–1989), Former Minister of Culture and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of
People's Republic of China
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*
Huang Zhen Dong 黄镇东 (born 1941), Former
Minister of Transport
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and Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing of the
People's Republic of China
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*
Huang Zhi Qian 黃志千 (1914–1965), Chinese aircraft designer
*
Huang Zhun (composer) 黃準 (1926–2024), Chinese composer
*
Huang Zhun (footballer) 黄准 (born 1989), Chinese footballer
*
Huang Zi Tao 黄子韬, also known as Tao (born 1993), Chinese singer and former member of the Chinese-South Korean boy band
Exo
Exo (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay Zhang, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen (singer), Chen, Chanyeol, ...
*
Wong Ka Kui 黄家驹, also known as Koma Wong (1962–1993), Hongkongese singer and former lead singer of the rock band
Beyond.
Modern figures (Overseas Chinese)

*
Wong Ah Fook 黄亚福 (1837–1918), Malaysian Chinese entrepreneur, and philanthropist who left an indelible imprint on the state of Johor in present-day
Malaysia
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*
Huang Bi Ren 黄碧仁 (born 1969), Singaporean actress
*Huang Bing Yao 黄炳耀, also known as
Benjamin Wong Tape (1875–1967), Chinese New Zealand merchant
*
Ng Chee Khern 黄志勤 (born 1965), Singaporean Major General, Former Chief of the
Republic of Singapore Air Force
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and Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) in Singapore's
Ministry of Defence
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*
Ng Chee Meng
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黄志明 (born 1968), Minister for Education (Schools), Senior Minister of State (Ministry of Transport), Second Minister for Transport and Former Chief of Defence Force of
Singapore
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*
Ng Chee Peng
Ng Chee Peng is a Singaporean civil servant and former two-star rear-admiral who served as Chief of Navy between 2011 and 2014.
Education
Ng was awarded the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1989. H ...
黄志平 (born 1970), Singaporean Naval Admiral and Former Chief of the
Republic of Singapore Navy
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*Ng Chee Siong 黄志祥 or
Robert Ng (born 1952), Chairman of Hong Kong property development conglomerate
Sino Group
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and Singaporean Real Estate Billionaire
*
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳 (born 1989), Singaporean singer
*Huang Cheng Hui 黄呈辉, also known as
John K.C. Ng (1939–2013), Filipino Chinese businessman, philanthropist, former Presidential Advisor and Special Envoy for China Affairs
*
Huang Ching He 黄瀞亿 (born 1978), British Chinese food writer and chef
*
Wee Chong Jin
Wee Chong Jin (; 28 September 1917 – 5 June 2005) was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore between 1963 and 1990. Born in Penang, which was then a part of the Straits Settlements, he was the first As ...
黄宗仁 (1917–2005), Judge and the First Chief Justice of
Singapore
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*Ng Choon Siong 黄俊雄 or
Elvin Ng (born 1980), Singaporean actor and model
*
Wee Cho Yaw
Wee Cho Yaw (; 10 January 1929 – 3 February 2024) was a Singaporean banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was chairman emeritus and honorary adviser of United Overseas Bank (UOB), and chairman of the UOL Group.
Wee joined ...
黄祖耀 (1929–2024), Singaporean businessman, and the current Chairman of the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and United Industrial Corporation (UIC) in
Singapore
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*Huang Chuang Shan 黄创山, also known as
Keeree Kanjanapas (born 1950), Thailand-based entrepreneur with extensive business interests in mass transit and real estate in the
Kingdom of Thailand
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*
Wong Doc Fai 黄德輝 (born 1948), internationally recognized master of
Choy Li Fut
Choy Lee Fut is a Chinese martial art and Chinese martial arts, wushu style, founded in 1836 by Chan Heung (陳享). Choy Li Fut was named to honor the Buddhist monk Choy Fook (蔡褔, Cai Fu) who taught him Choi ga, Choy Gar, and Li Yau-san ...
kung fu and
tai chi
is a Chinese martial art. Initially developed for combat and self-defense, for most practitioners it has evolved into a sport and form of exercise. As an exercise, tai chi is performed as gentle, low-impact movement in which practitioners ...
*Oei Ektjong 黄亦聪 or
Eka Tjipta Widjaja (born 1923), Indonesian billionaire
*
Ng Eng Hen
Ng Eng Hen, Hinghwa Romanized: ''Ńg Ṳ̂ng-héng'' (born 10 December 1958) is a Singaporean former politician and oncologist who previously served as Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2025. A member of the governing People's Action Party
...
黄永宏 (born 1958), Minister of Defence of
Singapore
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*
Ng Eng Teng 黄荣庭 (1934–2001), Singaporean sculptor
*
Freddie Wong
Freddie Wong (born September 13, 1985) is an American internet celebrity, filmmaker, VFX artist, podcaster, and competitive gamer. Wong has participated in at least three YouTube channels; with ''RocketJump'', his production company's main chan ...
黄谷子 (born 1985), American internet celebrity and filmmaker
*
Huang Gantapawei 黄甘塔帕薇 or
Ing Kuntha Phavi អឹង កន្ថាផាវី (born 1960), Current Minister of Women's Affairs of
Cambodia
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*Wong Gen Yeo 黄齐耀 or
Tyrus Wong
Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, as well as a set designer and storyboard artist. One of the ...
(born 1910), Chinese American painter, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, and designer
*
Hao Huang, American mathematician
*
Wong Hok Sing 黄鹤声 (1915–1993), Chinese American actor and director
*
Hosea Wong 黄振宇 (born 2003), Bruneian wushu athlete
*Oey Hui Siang 黄惠祥 or
Michael Bambang Hartono (born 1941), Indonesian tobacco billionaire
*Oey Hui Tiong 黄惠忠 or
Robert Budi Hartono
Robert Budi Hartono (born 28 April 1941) is an Indonesian tobacco billionaire with a net worth of US$25.3 billion as of September 2023. He owns and runs the privately held Djarum, the world's third-largest maker of clove cigarettes. Djarum has re ...
(born 1940), Indonesian tobacco billionaire
*
Ung Huot 黄发 (born 1945), Former Prime Minister of
Cambodia
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*
Wong Jeh Shyan 黄哲贤 (born 1964), Former CEO of CommerceNet Singapore, and co-founder and CEO of Ecommerce Gateway Pte. Ltd.
*Huang Jen Hsun 黃仁勳 or
Jensen Huang
Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang ( zh, t=黃仁勳, poj=N̂g Jîn-hun, hp=Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the president, co-founder, and chief executive of ...
(born 1963), co-founder, President and CEO of
Nvidia Corporation
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*Huang Jia Lue 黄嘉略 or
Arcadio Huang (1679–1716), French Chinese Pioneer who compiled first Chinese-French Lexicon and first Chinese Grammar in French
*Huang Jin Shao 黄锦绍 or
Delbert Earl Wong (1920–2006), First Chinese American judge in the continental United States
*
Ng Jui Ping
Ng Jui Ping (17 October 1948 – 1 January 2020) was a Singaporean lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force (Singapore), Chief of Defence Force between 1992 and 1995.
Education
Ng held a Master of Arts in history from Duke Uni ...
黄维彬 (1948–2020), Singaporean Lieutenant General and former
Chief of Defence Force (CDF) of the
Singapore Armed Forces
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(SAF)
*Huang Jun Rong 黄俊融 or
Jarrell Huang
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(born 2000), Singaporean singer and actor
*
Ong Ka Chuan 黄家泉 (born 1954), Secretary-General of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Former Minister of Housing and Local Government and Current Second Minister for International Trade and Industry of
Malaysia
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*
Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng ( zh, s=黄根成, j=Wong4 Gan1 Sing4, p=Huáng Gēnchéng; born 8 September 1946) is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of Unit ...
黄根成 (born 1946), former deputy prime minister of
Singapore
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*
Ong Ka Ting
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黄家定 (born 1956), President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Minister of Housing and Local Government and Acting Minister of Health of
Malaysia
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*
Wee Kheng Chiang
Wee Kheng Chiang (; 1890–1978) was a Malaysian Chinese businessman of Kinmen, Quemoy Hoklo, Bân-lâm Hoklo ancestry who founded the United Chinese Bank (now United Overseas Bank) and Bian Chiang Bank (now known as CIMB Group). He was the fa ...
黄庆昌 (1890–1978), Malaysian Chinese businessman and founder of
United Overseas Bank
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It is one of the three "big local banks" in the country, t ...
(UOB) in
Singapore
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*Oey Kian Kok 黄建国 or
Christianto Wibisono (1945–2021), prominent
Chinese Indonesian
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business analyst in
Indonesia
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*Wong Kim Min 黄金明 or
James Wong (1922–2011), Malaysian Chinese
Leader of the Opposition in Malaysia and Deputy Chief Minister of
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...
*
Wee Kim Wee
Wee Kim Wee (4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993. Born in Singapore in the Straits Settlements, Singapore during colonial rule, Wee was ...
黄金辉 (1915–2005), former president of the
Republic of Singapore
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*Ng Kok Kwang 黄国光 or
Louis Ng
Louis Ng Kok Kwang ( zh, s=黄国光, p=Huáng Guóguāng; born 8 December 1978) is a Singaporean animal welfare and environmental activist and retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parl ...
(born 1978), Singaporean politician and founder of
Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES)
*
Huang Lan Hsuan 黃籃萱, Taiwanese-American mathematician
*Wong Liu Tsong 黄柳霜 or
Anna May Wong
Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain internat ...
(1905–1961), First Chinese American movie star and first Asian-American actress to gain international recognition
*
Melki Sedek Huang
Melki Sedek Huang (born 15 October 2000) is an Indonesian activist who was the chairman of the student executive council at University of Indonesia (UI) from 21 January 2023 until his dismissal on 18 December 2023 due to sexual violence.
Life an ...
(born 2000), Indonesian activist and
sex offender
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who formerly served as Chairman of the Student Executive Board at
University of Indonesia
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*
Wong Mun Charn 黄门赞 (1918–2002), Chinese American businessman and first Chinese-American fighter pilot
*Huang Pei Qian 黄培谦 or
Puey Ungpakorn
Puey Ungphakorn, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (; ; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA:; ; 9 March 1916 – 28 July 1999), was a Thai economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand and Rector (academi ...
ป๋วย อึ๊งภากรณ์ (1916–1999), Thai bureaucrat who played a central role in the shaping of Thailand's economic development and in the strengthening of its system of higher education
*
Wong Peng Soon
Wong Peng Soon, (; 17 February 1917 – 22 May 1996) was a British Malaya, Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malay Peninsula, Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s when it was a single nation. Noted for his smo ...
黄秉璇 (1918–1996), Chinese Malaysian badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s
*Huang Ren Yu 黄仁宇 or
Ray Huang
Ray Huang (; 25 June 19188 January 2000) was a Chinese-American historian and philosopher who was an officer in the National Revolutionary Army and fought in the Burma Campaign. In 1964, Huang earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Mich ...
(1918–2000), Chinese historian and philosopher, best known in his later years for the idea of macro history
*Huang Ru You 黄如佑
Loke Yew
Loke Yew Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (; 1845–1917), born Wong Loke Yew, was a Malayan business magnate of Cantonese people, Cantonese descent. During his lifetime, he played a significant role in the development of Kuala Lumpur a ...
(1845–1917), businessman and philanthropist in
British Malaya
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. He was regarded as the richest man in British Malaya during his time.
*
Huang Ruo
Huang Ruo (黃若, born 1976) is a Chinese-born composer, pianist and vocalist who now lives in the United States.
Biography
Born on Hainan Island off the southern coast of China in 1976, Huang was taught piano and composition from the age of ...
黄若 (born 1976), Chinese American Composer, pianist and vocalist
*Huang Shao Fan 黄少凡 or Hasan Karman (born 1962), Former Mayor of Singkawang, West Kalimantan and First Chinese Mayor of
Indonesia
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*
Huang Shiaan Bin 黄士豪, Member of Parliament of South Africa, Member of the
African National Congress
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(ANC), Former Deputy Mayor of
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
in
KwaZulu-Natal
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and Former Executive Councillor of
Newcastle
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*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
*Huang Shi Hou 黄诗厚 or
Alice S. Huang (born 1939), Chinese American biologist specialized Microbiology and Virology
*Huang Shi Tao 黄煦涛 or
Thomas Huang
Thomas Shi-Tao Huang (, June 26, 1936 – April 25, 2020) was a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American computer scientist and electrical engineer. He was a researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). ...
(born 1936), Chinese Academician of Science in computer vision, pattern recognition and human-computer interaction
*Wong Shyun Tsai 黄循财 or
Lawrence Wong
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(born 1972), Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of
Singapore
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*Wong Si Tian 黄思恬 or
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''.
Early life
The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, Wo ...
(born 1994), Singaporean actress
*
Huang Su Shu 黄授书 (1915–1977), Chinese American astrophysicist and asteroid
3014 Huangsushu was named after him
*
Ng Teng Fong
Ng Teng Fong (; 28 July 1928 – 2 February 2010) was a Singaporean real estate tycoon with a major presence in Hong Kong. He is the father of Robert Ng. In 1997, ''Forbes'' listed the two as the 30th richest people in the world.
History
Ng T ...
黄廷芳 (1928–2010), Singaporean real estate tycoon
*Huang Tian Xi 黄天喜 or
Thian Hee (1848–1925), Prominent military doctor, influential merchant and founder of the illustrious
Sarasin Family in the
Kingdom of Thailand
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*
Oei Tiong Ham
Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen (; 1866–1924) was a Chinese Indonesian tycoon and the son of Oei Tjie Sien, the founder of the Kian Gwan, a multinational trading company. Born in Semarang, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indo ...
黄仲涵 (1866–1924), Indonesian businessman
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Oei Tjoe Tat 黄自达 (1922–1996), First Chinese Indonesian Minister of State of
Indonesia
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*Huang Tseng Hao 黄俊豪 or
Hao Huang (born 1957), Chinese American concert pianist and music professor
*Wong Tung Jim 黄宗沾 or
James Wong Howe
Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most so ...
(1899–1976), Chinese American cinematographer
*
Oei Wie Gwan 黄维源 (?–1963), Indonesian businessman and entrepreneur
*Huang Wen Bo 黄闻波 or
Boonchu Rojanastien
Boonchu Rojanastien (; , Chinese: 黃聞波, Huang Wenbo born January 20, 1921, Chon Buri Province, Thailand, died March 19, 2007, Bangkok)[Thailand
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*Huang Wen Shiung 黄文雄 or
Peter Huang (born 1937), Japanese Chinese writer and activist active in Taiwan for democratization and human rights
*
Huang Wen Yong
Huang Wenyong (25 July 1952 – 20 April 2013) was a Malaysia-born Singaporean actor, host and teacher.
Huang died at the Singapore General Hospital at around 5 pm (GMT+8) on 20 April 2013, at the age of 60 due to lymphoma.
Early life ...
黄文永 (1952–2013), Singaporean actor
*Huang Xi 黄西 or
Joe Wong (born 1970), Chinese American stand-up comedian and chemical engineer
*Huang Xin Xiang 黄馨祥 or
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Patrick Soon-Shiong (born July 29, 1952) is a South African and American businessman, investor, medical researcher, and transplant surgeon. He is the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which is used for lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer. Soon-S ...
(born 1952), South African-born American surgeon, medical researcher, businessman, philanthropist, and professor at
University of California, Los Angeles
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*
Huang Xue Dong 黄学东 (born 1962),
Microsoft
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's Chief speech scientist. He was named one of the "25 Geniuses of Next List 2016" in ''Wire'' magazine.
*Huang Yan Hui 黄彦辉
Arthur C. Yap (born 1965), Former Filipino Chinese
Secretary of Agriculture
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The department includes several organiz ...
and Member of the
House of Representatives of the Philippines
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*Wong Yee Ching 黄以静 or
Flossie Wong-Staal
Flossie Wong-Staal (née Wong Yee Ching, ; August 27, 1946July 8, 2020) was a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in provi ...
(1947–2020), Chinese American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS.
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Ng Yen Yen
Ng Yen Yen (; born 10 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician who had served in the Cabinet of Malaysia as Minister of Women, Family and Community Development from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Tourism from 2009 to 2013. Her appointment as a ful ...
黄燕燕 (born 1946), Malaysian Chinese politician, former Minister of Tourism in the Malaysian Cabinet and Current Vice-president of
Malaysian Chinese Association
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(MCA)
*
Huang Yi Liang 黄奕良 (born 1961), Singaporean actor
*Huang Yi Ming 黄颐铭 or
Eddie Huang
Edwyn Charles Huang (born March 1, 1982) is an American author, chef, restaurateur, food personality, producer, and former attorney. He was a co-owner of BaoHaus, a gua bao restaurant in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village of Lower Manha ...
(born 1981), Chinese American restaurateur, chef, food personality, writer, and Attorney
*Wong Ying Yen 黄英贤 or
Penny Wong
Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who is serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Albanese government since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Pa ...
(born 1968), Senator and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Former Minister for Finance and Deregulation, and Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water of Australia
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Wong Yi Shan 黄易山, CEO of
Reddit
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, co-founder at
Mountain View coworking space Sunfire Offices, and Advisor at
Quora
Quora is an American social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009, and made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Users can post questions, answ ...
, an online
knowledge market
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*Huang Yi Yu 黄毅瑜 or
James Wong (born 1959), Chinese American Television Producer, Writer and Film Director
*Huang Yuan Ling 黄苑玲 or
Ruthlane Uy Asmundson (born 1945), Former Mayor of the City of
Davis, California
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and First Female Filipino Migrant to be elected into the position of mayor in an American city
*Huang Yu De Hu 黄欲德虎 or
Cham Prasidh ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ (born 1951), Current Minister of Industry and Handicrafts and Former Minister of Commerce of
Cambodia
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*Huang Yu Tang 黄玉堂 or
Nelson Wang (born 1950), Indian Chinese restaurateur
*Huang Zhe Lun 黄哲伦 or
David Henry Hwang
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(born 1957), Chinese American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor
*Huang Zhen Tan 黄祯谭 or
Alfonso A. Uy, Filipino Chinese businessman, and former and first President of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry
*
Nigel Ng
Nigel Ng ( ; ; born 15 March 1991) is a Malaysian comedian and YouTuber. He is best known for co-creating (alongside Evelyn Mok) and portraying Uncle Roger, a character representing a middle-aged Asian uncle with an exaggerated Cantonese acce ...
黄瑾瑜 (born 1991), Malaysian Chinese standup comedian and internet personality of
Hokkien
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descent, known for portraying the character Uncle Roger.
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Christiandy Sanjaya 黃漢山 (born 1964), Senator in
Regional Representative Council
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and Vice Governor of
West Kalimantan
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Hwang
Hoàng/Huỳnh
The Vietnamese versions of this surname are Hoàng and Huỳnh. According to Lê Trung Hoa, a Vietnamese scholar, approximately 5.1 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname.
[Lê Trung Hoa (2005). Họ và tên người Việt Nam, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: NXB Khoa học Xã hội] The original form of this surname was Hoàng. But in southern Vietnam, Hoàng was ordered to be changed (excluding the Hoàng Trọng family) to Huỳnh due to a
naming taboo
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with the name of Lord
Nguyễn Hoàng
Nguyễn Hoàng (28 August 1525 – 20 July 1613) was a Vietnamese official who ruled southern Vietnam from 1558 to his death in 1613. As the first of the Nguyễn lords, he established a powerful state that contested rule over Vietnam for the ne ...
.
Notable people with Hoàng surname
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Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Hoàng Anh Tuấn (born 12 February 1985 in Bắc Ninh Province) is a Vietnamese weightlifter.
At the 2005 Junior World Championships, he won the silver medal in the men's -56 kg class, with a total of 276 kg. He participated in the ...
(born 1985), Vietnamese weightlifter
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Hoàng Cầm (poet) (1922–2010), Vietnamese poet, playwright, and novelist
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Hoàng Cầm (general) (1920–2013), Major General of
People's Army of Vietnam
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*Hoàng Cầm (1916–1996), Inventor of the Việt Minh
Hoàng Cầm stove
The Hoàng Cầm stove, named after its inventor, Hoàng Cầm, the chef, a Viet Minh soldier in 1951, was a stove intake and chimney system which diffused and dissipated smoke from cooking which prevented aerial detection of smoke by American mil ...
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Hoàng Cao Khải 黃高啟 (1850–1933), Viceroy of Tonkin (locally known as Bắc Kỳ), the northernmost of the three parts of Vietnam under French colonial rule, Minister of War 兵部尚書, Duke of Duyên Mậu Quận (Duyên Mậu Quận Công 延茂郡公) and Prince's Tutor 太子太傅 of
Nguyễn dynasty
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Hoàng Châu Ký (1921–2008), Vietnamese professor of literature and playwright
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Hoàng Cơ Minh (1935–1987), First Chairman of the Việt Tân (Vietnam Reform Party) and Democracy Activist
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Hoàng Đăng Huệ
Hoàng Đăng Huệ (1932 – December 31, 2014) was a Vietnamese military officer. At the time of his retirement from the Vietnam People's Army, he had achieved the rank of major general. Huệ served as the Secretary of the Communist Party C ...
(1932–2015),
Major General of Ministry of Defence and
Political Commissar of the High Command of Tank and Armour of Vietnam
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Hoàng Diệu
Hoàng Diệu (chữ Hán: 黃耀, 14 March 1829 – 25 April 1882), born Hoàng Kim Tích (黃金錫), courtesy name Quang Viễn, was a Nguyễn dynasty Governor-general of Hà - Ninh, who committed suicide after failure in protecting H� ...
黃耀 (1828–1882),
Nguyễn dynasty
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Governor of
Hanoi
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on behalf of Emperor Tự Đức resident in
Huế
Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng ...
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Hoàng Hiệp (1931–2013), Vietnamese songwriter and recipient of the
Hồ Chí Minh Prize
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in 2000
*
Hoàng Hồng Cẩm
Hoàng Hồng Cẩm (1959 in Hanoi – 27 October 2011), was a Vietnamese painter. He has exhibited solo paintings in many countries. He is the son of painter Hoàng Lập Ngôn.
Cam graduated from Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College in 1983. He ...
(1959–2011), Vietnamese painter
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Hoàng Kế Viêm
Hoàng Kế Viêm (1820–1909) was a Vietnamese General and a Dong'ge Grand Secretariat during the Nguyễn dynasty. He played a significant role in suppressing borderlands banditry and resisting French colonial empire, French invasion during th ...
黃繼炎 (1820–1909),
Nguyễn dynasty
The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...
General, Dong'ge Grand Secretariat 東閣大學士, Viscount of Địch Trung (Địch Trung Tử 迪忠子) and Count of Địch Trung (Địch Trung Bá 迪忠伯)
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Hoang Kieu, Vietnamese-American billionaire
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Hoàng Lập Ngôn
Hoàng Lập Ngôn (1910 in Hanoi – 16 March 2006) was a Vietnamese painter. His son is the painter Hoàng Hồng Cẩm
Hoàng Hồng Cẩm (1959 in Hanoi – 27 October 2011), was a Vietnamese painter. He has exhibited solo paintings in many co ...
(1910–2006), Vietnamese painter
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Hoàng Minh Chính (1922–2008), Vietnamese politician, dissident, and one of the best-known figures and ideologists of the
Vietnamese Communist Party
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the coll ...
during the 1960s
*Hoàng Sĩ Trinh (poet) (1920–2011), known professionally as
Hà Thượng Nhân
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Hoàng Thị Loan
Hoàng Thị Loan (黃氏鸞, 1868–1901) was the mother of Nguyen Sinh Cung, later known as Ho Chi Minh, former President of Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Hoang Thi Loan was born in the Hoang Tru village of the Nam Dan district in 1868. She wa ...
(1868–1901), Mother of
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 ...
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Hoàng Thi Thơ (1929–2001), Vietnamese Songwriter
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Hoàng Tích Chu (1897–1933), Vietnamese journalist
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Hoàng Tích Chù (1912–2003), Vietnamese painter
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Hoàng Trọng
Hoàng Trung Trọng (1922 in Hải Dương
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(1922–1998), Vietnamese songwriter
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Hoàng Trung Hải
Hoàng Trung Hải (; born September 27, 1959, in Thái Bình Province) is a Vietnamese Politician and was the Communist Secretary of the Party Committee in Ha Noi City, a post he began to take from 5 February 2016. He was a member of the 12th ...
(born 1959), Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
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Hoàng Tụy
Hoàng Tụy (7 December 1927 – 14 July 2019) was a prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician. He was considered one of two founders of the mathematical institutions of Vietnam; the other was Lê Văn Thiêm.
Career
Hoàng Tụy's early car ...
(1927–2019), Prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician
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Hoàng Văn Chí (1913–1988), One of the first Vietnamese political writers, and prominent intellectual who was an opponent of colonialism and later of communism in Vietnam
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Hoàng Văn Hoan (1905–1991), Founding Member of the
Indochinese Communist Party
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, and a
Politburo
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Member of the
Lao Dong Party (Vietnam Workers' Party-VWP) from 1960 to 1976
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Hoàng Văn Thái
Hoàng Văn Thái (; 1 May 1915 – 2 July 1986), born Hoàng Văn Xiêm (), was a Vietnamese Army General and a communist political figure. His hometown was Tây An, Tiền Hải District, Thái Bình Province. During the 1968 Tết Offensi ...
(1915–1986), Vietnamese General and Chief of General Staff of Vietnam People's Army
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Hoàng Xuân Hãn
Hoàng Xuân Hãn (Đức Thọ, 1908 – Paris, 10 March 1996) was a Vietnamese professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist. He was Minister of Education in the short-lived 1945 cabinet of historian Trần Trọng Kim and dr ...
黃春罕 (1908–1996), Vietnamese Professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist
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Hoàng Xuân Sính, Vietnamese Mathematician, Founder of Thăng Long University and Recipient of the
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to ...
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Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Hoàng Xuân Vinh (born October 6, 1974 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese sport shooter.
Xuân Vinh participated in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a silver in the 50 meter pistol competiti ...
(born 1974), Vietnamese Shooter and First Ever Olympic Gold Medallist of
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
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Hoàng Thị Thùy (born 1992), Vietnamese model and beauty queen who was appointed as Miss Universe Vietnam 2019
Notable people with Huỳnh surname
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Alex Huynh, Vietnamese-American martial artist and stuntman
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Carol Huynh (born 1980), Vietnamese-Canadian freestyle wrestler
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Huỳnh Công Út (born 1951), Photographer for the Associated Press (AP) who works out of Los Angeles. He won the 1973
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
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for "The Terror of War", depicting children in flight from a napalm bombing.
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Huỳnh Phú Sổ
Huỳnh Phú Sổ (; 15 January 1920 – 16 April 1947), popularly known as Đức Thầy (lit. "Virtuous Master") or Đức Huỳnh Giáo Chủ (lit. Virtuous ectFounder (ie. Patriarch) Huynh), was the founder of the Hòa Hảo religious tradi ...
(1920–1947), Founder of the
Hòa Hảo
Hòa Hảo is a Vietnamese new religious movement. It is described either as a Syncretism, syncretistic Vietnamese folk religion, folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in French Cochinchina, Cochinchina in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú S ...
religious tradition
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Huỳnh Sanh Thông (1926–2008), Vietnamese-American scholar and translator
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Huỳnh Tấn Phát
Huỳnh Tấn Phát (; 15 February 1913 – 30 September 1989) was a Vietnamese architect, politician and revolutionary. He was the Prime Minister and '' de facto'' leader of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam during the ...
(1913–1989), Former Vice President and Prime Minister of Vietnam
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Huỳnh Thúc Kháng
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (chữ Hán: ; 1 October 1876 – 21 April 1947), courtesy name Giới Sanh, pen name Mính Viên (also written as Minh Viên), also known as Cụ Huỳnh (lit: ' Great-grandfather' Huỳnh), was a Vietnamese anti-colonial a ...
黃叔抗 (1876–1947), Vietnamese anti-colonialist
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Huỳnh Tường Đức 黃奉德
Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức 阮黃德 (1748–1819),
Nguyễn dynasty
The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...
Founding Grand General (輔國上將軍, 上柱國), Grand Tutor 太傅, Duke of Kiến Xương (Kiến Xương Quận Công 建昌郡公) and one of the "Five Tiger-Generals of Gia Định" (Gia Định ngũ hổ tướng 嘉定五虎將)
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Huỳnh Văn Cao
Huỳnh Văn Cao (26 September 1927 – 26 February 2013) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Life
In 1950, he graduated from Military school in Huế. He then attended College of Tactics and gra ...
(1927–2013), Major General in the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; ) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Its predecessor was the ground forc ...
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Huỳnh Văn Gấm
Huỳnh Văn Gấm (1922–1987) was a Vietnamese painter.Arts of Asia: Volume 38 2008 "In these lacquer paintings a very painterly style is now evident. Co Lien (Miss Lien) (34) by Huynh Van Gam (1922- 1987) from the fifteenth FASI class, si ...
(1922–1987), Vietnamese painter
Fictional characters with surname Huang
*Huang Bu-Ling 黄 歩鈴, member of the Mew Mew team in the 2002 Japanese manga series ''
Tokyo Mew Mew
is a Japanese manga series created and written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from September 2000 to February 2003, with its chapters ...
''
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Huang Feihu 黃飛虎, General of
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...
and later of
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...
, Prince of Wu'cheng 國武成王 and Great Emperor of the Mount Tai "Dongyue Taishan Tianqi Rensheng Dadi" 東嶽泰山天齊仁聖大帝 who oversees the fortunes and fates of mortals and the Eighteen Levels of Hell in Chinese classic novel ''
Fengshen Yanyi
''The Investiture of the Gods'', also known by its Chinese titles () and is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (''shenmo'') genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Co ...
'' (''The Investiture of the Gods'')
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Huang Gun 黃滾, General of
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...
and later of
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...
in Chinese classic novel ''
Fengshen Yanyi
''The Investiture of the Gods'', also known by its Chinese titles () and is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (''shenmo'') genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Co ...
'' (''The Investiture of the Gods'')
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Huang Rong
Huang Rong is a fictional female protagonist in the wuxia novel '' The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' by Jin Yong. She also appears as a supporting character in the sequel, '' The Return of the Condor Heroes''.
In ''The Legend of the Condor Hero ...
黃蓉, Daughter of
Huang Yaoshi
Huang Yaoshi is a fictional character in the wuxia novel '' The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and its sequel, '' The Return of the Condor Heroes'', by Jin Yong. He is one of the Five Greats of the '' wulin'' (martial artists' community) during t ...
and
Beggars' Gang
The Beggar Clan is a fictional martial arts organisation featured prominently in works of ''wuxia'' fiction by writers such as Jin Yong, Gu Long and Wolong Sheng. The clan has also found its way into martial arts films such as ''King of Beggars' ...
's chief in
Jin Yong
Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist and co-founder of '' Ming Pao.'' Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most pop ...
's
wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...
novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and its sequel ''The Return of the Condor Heroes''
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Huang Xin 黃信, Nickname: "Guardian of the Three Mountains", Scouting general of the Liangshan cavalry, 38th of the 108 Liangshan heroes and Deity of Di'sha Star 地煞星 in
Water Margin
''Water Margin'' (), also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the e ...
, one of the
Four Great Classical Novels
Classic Chinese Novels () are the best-known works of literary fiction across pre-modern Chinese literature. The group usually includes the following works: Ming dynasty novels '' Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', '' Water Margin'', ''Journey to t ...
of Chinese literature
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Huang Yaoshi
Huang Yaoshi is a fictional character in the wuxia novel '' The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and its sequel, '' The Return of the Condor Heroes'', by Jin Yong. He is one of the Five Greats of the '' wulin'' (martial artists' community) during t ...
黃藥師, Nickname: "Eastern Heretic" (東邪), Master of
Peach Blossom Island and one of the Five Greats of the
wulin (martial artists' community) during the Song dynasty in
Jin Yong
Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist and co-founder of '' Ming Pao.'' Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most pop ...
's
wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...
novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and its sequel "The Return of the Condor Heroes"
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Huang Yuanji 黃元濟, General of
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...
and Deity of Can'chu Star 蠶畜星 in Chinese classic novel ''
Fengshen Yanyi
''The Investiture of the Gods'', also known by its Chinese titles () and is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (''shenmo'') genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Co ...
'' (''The Investiture of the Gods'')
See also
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Hwang (Korean name)
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Ng (surname) Ng (pronounced ; English approximation often or or ) is both a Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surnames wikt:吳, 吳/wikt:吴, 吴 (Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin ''Wú'') and wikt:伍, 伍 (Mandarin ''Wǔ'') and also a common Hokkien tra ...
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Wong (surname)
Wong is the Jyutping, Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale and Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, Hong Kong Romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surnames Huang (surname), Huang () and Wang (surname), Wang (), two ubiqui ...
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Wang (surname)
Wang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the common Chinese surname (''Wáng''). It has a mixture of various origin with uncertain lineage of family history, however it is currently the list of common Chinese surnames, mo ...
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Huang Worldwide Organization Network Group 世界黄联邦华夏黄氏网黄氏宗亲网Huang Shi Zong Hui (Singapore)Huang Association of MalaysiaWong Kong Har Tong of Hawaii黄姓家谱黄姓简史(A Brief History of the Family Name Huang)
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Chinese-language surnames
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Individual Chinese surnames
Surnames of Vietnamese origin