Chinese surnames

文

wén · Wen

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 353
Ancestral seat (junwang)
雁门
Wikidata
Q1130812

In other languages

  • German Wen
  • English Wen
  • Spanish Wen
  • French Wen
  • Korean 원
  • Russian Вэнь
  • Vietnamese Văn

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Wen Tianxiang1236 – 1283

    Chinese politician of the Song Dynasty

  • Wen Zhengming1470 – 1559

    Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet from the Ming dynasty (1470-1559)

  • Wen Tong1018 – 1079

    Chinese painter of the Song dynasty (1018-1079)

  • Wen Chou101 – 200

    General serving warlord Yuan Shao (died 200)

  • Wen Qimei1867 – 1919

    mother of Mao Zedong (1867-1919)

  • Wen Ping150 – ?

    general

  • Elias Wen1896 – 2007

    Eastern Orthodox priest

  • Wen Jia1499 – 1582

    Chinese painter (1501-1583)

  • Wen Yang238 – 291

    Jin Dynasty general (238–291)

  • Wen Chu1595 – 1634

    Chinese painter who worked under the pen-name Hanshan (1595-1634)

  • Mun Segwang1951 – 1974

    South Korean failed assassin (1951–1974)

  • Wen Qin250 – 257

    Cao Wei state general and politician (died 258)

  • Wen Yanbo1005 – 1096

    Song dynasty politician

  • Wen Zhenheng1585 – 1645

    painter, poet and garden designer (1585-1645)

  • Wen Hu? – 291

    general

  • Wen Boren1502 – 1575

    Chinese artist (1502-1575)

  • Wen Zengxian1952 – 2020

    Chinese politician

  • Mun Ik-chŏm1329 – 1398

    politician of the Goryeo Dynasty and a Neo-Confucian scholar (1329–1398)

  • Wen Peng1498 – 1573

    painter (1498-1573)

  • Wen Yimin1890 – 1978

    Chinese film director

  • Wen Hsia1928 – 2022

    Taiwanese singer and actor

  • Wen Zhenmeng1574 – 1636

    Chinese artist (1574-1636)

  • Suk-ui Nampyeong Mun? – 1776
  • Wen Chuanyuan1918 – 2019

    Chinese aeronautical and automation engineer (1918-2019)

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).