Wei (魏) is the English spelling of 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, ...

Notable people surnamed Wei (魏)

During the

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 ...

Wei (state) Wei (; ) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included ...

(魏) the Ji family acquired the surname Wèi (魏). During the

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei ( zh, c=北魏, p=Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei ( zh, c=拓跋魏, p=Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei ( zh, c=元魏, p=Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei ( zh, t=後魏, p=Hòu Wèi), was an Dynasties of China, impe ...

(北魏), Xiaowen family got the surname Wei with the state name. In 636 BC, Prince Chong’er became a

Hegemon Hegemony (, , ) is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global. In Ancient Greece (ca. 8th BC – AD 6th c.), hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of the ''hegemon'' ...

of China. One of his followers, Wei Wuzi had a son, Wei Qi. Prince Chong’er gave Wei Qi the fiefs of Lü and

Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: 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 ...

. As a result, most of Wei Qi's descendants changed their last name to Lü During the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

Gao Gao (or Gawgaw/Kawkaw) is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley. For much of its history Gao was an imp ...

(高) and Li (李) family changed their surname to Wei. Wei is also a surname used by some Chinese minorities. In 2019 it was the 45th most common surname in mainland China. It is the 30th name on the ''

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

'' poem. *

Vision Wei Wei Chen () (born February 22, 1986) is a Chinese pop singer and actor, who rose to fame through televised singing competition '' Super Boy''. He is probably best known through his album ''Disparate'' and his role as Ye Shuo in television serie ...

(魏晨), Chinese singer and actor * Wei Wei (murderer), executed for murder in Japan by Masako Mori * Wei Pengyuan, sentenced to death for bribery * Wei Hongtian, Chinese diplomat *

Wei Wenbo Wei Wenbo (; 1905–1987) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who played an extensive role in the building of Law of the People's Republic of China, China's legal system. He was also one of East China's most senior party leaders be ...

(魏文伯), Chinese politician and revolutionary *

Wei Jingsheng Wei Jingsheng (; born 20 May 1950) is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay " The Fifth Modernization", which ...

(魏京生), Chinese dissident * Wei Kuo-yen (魏國彥), Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China (2014–2016) *

Wei Ming-ku Wei Ming-ku (; born 18 March 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 until 2014, when he was elected Magistrate of Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is ...

(魏明谷), Magistrate of Changhua County (2014–2018) * Wei Qiuyue (魏秋月), Chinese volleyball player *

Wei Tao-ming Wei Tao-ming (; October 28, 1899 – May 18, 1978) was a Chinese diplomat and public servant. He was the Republic of China's Ambassador to the United States during the Second World War and foreign minister during the years when the People's R ...

(魏道明), ambassador, mayor of Nanjing, governor of Taiwan, foreign minister * Wei Xiaoyuan (魏晓媛), Chinese

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

Wei Yan Wei Yan () (died October 234), courtesy name Wenchang, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Originally a subordinate of the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han ...

(魏延), a military officer of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period *

Wei Yao-chien Wei Yao-chien (; born 5 February 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and dentist. Early life and education Wei was born on 5 February 1950 in Tainan to a conservative family with strong ties to the Kuomintang. After attending high school i ...

(魏耀乾), member of Legislative Yuan (1990–1996) *

Wei Yaxin Wei Yaxin (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She affiliates with the Hunan team. Career Wei started her career on the Changsha badminton team, and later joined the Hunan provincial team in 2013. Wei began the 2018 season a ...

(born 2000), Chinese badminton player * Empress Xiaoyichun of Wei clan, consort of the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr ...

and Empress of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

Wei Yung Wei Yung (; 5 May 1936 – 3 March 2004) was a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He served as the Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission from 1976 to 1988 and represented Taipei in the Second Legislative Yuan ...

(魏鏞), Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Republic of China (1976–1988) *

Wei Zheng Wei Zheng (580 – 11 February 643), courtesy name Xuancheng, posthumous name Duke Wenzhen of Zheng, was a Chinese politician and historian. He served as a chancellor of the Tang dynasty for about 13 years during the reign of Emperor Taizong. H ...

(魏徵), the statesman of the Tang dynasty *

Wei Zhongxian Wei Zhongxian (1568 – December 12, 1627), born Wei Si (魏四), was a Chinese court eunuch who lived in the late Ming dynasty. As a eunuch he used the name Li Jinzhong (李进忠). He is considered by most historians as the most notorious eu ...

(魏忠賢), eunuch, original name Li Jinzhong * Katherine Wei-Sender, Chinese American bridge player and spouse of C. C. Wei * C. C. Wei (魏重庆), Chinese American bridge player *

Dexter Goei Dexter Gregory Goei (born 1971) is an American businessman who is former CEO of Altice USA, a subsidiary of multinational telecoms company Altice N.V. Early life Dexter Goei was born in 1971, the son of Dr. Gordon Goei, an obstetrician/gynecol ...

, Chinese-Indonesian American businessman * Alan Budikusuma (魏仁芳), Indonesian badminton player *

Daniel Gooi Zi Sen Daniel Gooi Zi Sen (; born on 11 June 1987) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Pe ...

(魏子森), Malaysian politician * Gooi Hsiao Leung, Malaysian politician *

Juncheng Wei Juncheng Wei (; born 1968) is a Chinese mathematician working in the area of nonlinear partial differential equations, nonlinear analysis and mathematical biology. Since 1994, he has over 500 published articles in top journals, including Annals o ...

, mathematician *

Wee Ka Siong Wee Ka Siong ( zh, t=, s=魏家祥, p=Wèi Jiāxiáng, c=, poj=Gūi Ka-siông; born 20 October 1968) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Hitam (federa ...

(魏家祥), Malaysian politician

Notable people surnamed Wei (尉)

Wèi (尉) family name originated from Wei family of Zheng (郑国), Yu family of

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 ...

(复), and royal of

(北魏), and many more. *

Wei Liao Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), ''Wèi'' in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger ''Wèi'' of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warrin ...

(尉缭, Wèi Liáo) – a strategist of Warring States period, purported writer of the classic military text ''

Wei Liaozi The ''Wei Liaozi'' ( zh, t=尉繚子) is a text on military strategy, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China. It was written during the Warring States period. History and authorship The work is purportedly named after Wei Liao, w ...

Notable people surnamed Wei (蔿)

Wěi (蔿) family name from the

Yuan (surname) Yuan ( 袁, ) is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. In Standard Chinese, the surname is transliterated Yuán ( hanyu pinyin) or Yüen2" ( Wade-Giles). Other romanizations include Yeu ( Shanghainese), Ion ( Chang-Du Gan ...

(薳) the form a

Xiong (surname) Xiong is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (''Xióng''). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji (surname 紀), Ji, Shu (surname), Shu, Qu (surname 屈), Qu ...

(熊) of

Chu (state) Chu (, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was an Ancient Chinese states, ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted ...

Other notable people surnamed Wei

* Belle Wei, American electric engineer and educator

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