Chinese surnames

朱

zhū · Zhu

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 17
Ancestral seat (junwang)
沛郡
Wikidata
Q13391907

In other languages

  • German Zhu
  • English Zhu
  • Spanish Zhu
  • French Zhu
  • Korean 주
  • Russian Чжу
  • Vietnamese Chu

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Zhu Xi1130 – 1200

    Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)

  • Hongwu Emperor1328 – 1398

    founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

  • Zhu Rongji1928 – 2026

    5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 (1928–2026)

  • Yongle Emperor1360 – 1424

    emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424

  • Zhu De1886 – 1976

    Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886-1976)

  • Chongzhen Emperor1611 – 1644

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty

  • Jianwen Emperor1377 – 1402

    emperor of China from 1398 to 1402

  • Jiajing Emperor of Ming1507 – 1567

    Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567

  • Wanli Emperor1563 – 1620

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620)

  • Koxinga1624 – 1662

    17th-century Chinese military leader and first King of Tungning

  • Shitao1642 – 1707

    Chinese painter and poet (1642-1707)

  • Xuande Emperor1399 – 1435

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1399-1435)

  • Hongxi Emperor1378 – 1425

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty from 1424 to 1425

  • Zhengde Emperor1491 – 1521

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty

  • Taichang Emperor1582 – 1620

    15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

  • Tianqi Emperor1605 – 1627

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty

  • Jingtai Emperor1428 – 1457

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty

  • Zhengtong Emperor1427 – 1464

    emperor of the Ming Dynasty

  • Chenghua Emperor1447 – 1487

    9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)

  • Hongzhi Emperor1470 – 1505

    10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505)

  • Longqing Emperor1537 – 1572

    13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

  • Bada Shanren1626 – 1705

    Chinese artist (1626-1705)

  • Zhu Shijie1249 – 1314

    mathematician of Yuan dynasty (during the reign of Temür Khan), inventor of Chinese quaternion, Si yuan shu (四元術) and stacking technique Duo ji shu (垛積術)

  • Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui1623 – 1662

    Chinese Emperor (1623-1662)

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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).