伍
wǔ · Wu
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 89
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 安定
- Wikidata
- Q2652694
In other languages
- German Wu
- English Wu
- Spanish Wǔ
- French Wǔ
- Korean 우
- Vietnamese Ngũ
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Wu Lien-teh1879 – 1960
Malaysian physician (1879–1960)
- Wu Zixu526 BCE – 483 BCE
Chinese Wu kingdom general and politician (died 484 BC)
- Wu Ting-fang1842 – 1922
Premier of the Republic of China (1842-1922)
- Howqua1769 – 1843
Chinese businessman (1769-1843)
- Esther Eng1914 – 1970
American film director and restauranteur
- Wu Jinghua1931 – 2007
Chinese politician (1931–2007)
- Wu Chaoshu1887 – 1934
Republic of China diplomat (1887–1934)
- Wu Xiuquan1908 – 1997
Chinese diplomat and politician, Vice Foreign Minister of China
- Wu Xianwen1900 – 1985
Chinese ichthyologist (1900-1985)
- Howqua IV1810 – 1863
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 65924
- Sylvia Wu1915 – 2022
Chinese-American restaurateur and cookbook author
- Wu Chi-mei1898 – 1956
Chinese physician and politician
- Hanlin Wu1934 – 2022
Chinese ichthyologist
- Wu Qiong? – 190
Han dynasty politician
- Wu Shaozu1939 – 2012
Chinese politician and general (1939-2012)
- Wu Tse-yuan1945 – 2008
Taiwanese politician
- Wu Rongsheng1934 – 2025
Chinese meteorologist
- Ng Fong-wing1940 – 2008
sports commentator and journalist from Hong Kong
Find printed genealogies
The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.
Search 伍 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).