Chinese surnames

杨

yáng · Yang

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 16
Ancestral seat (junwang)
弘农
Wikidata
Q845069

In other languages

  • German Yang
  • English Yang
  • Spanish Yang
  • French Yang
  • Japanese 楊
  • Korean 양
  • Russian Ян
  • Vietnamese Dương
  • Traditional Chinese 楊

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Chen-ning Yang1922 – 2025

    Chinese physicist (1922–2025)

  • Emperor Wen of Sui541 – 604

    founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty (541-604)

  • Yang Shangkun1907 – 1998

    4th President of the People's Republic of China (1907–1998)

  • Emperor Yang of Sui569 – 618

    emperor of the Sui Dynasty

  • Yang Zhu369 BCE – 318 BCE

    Chinese founder of Yangist philosophy (440–c.360 BC)

  • Yang Guifei719 – 756

    Tang dynasty imperial consort (719–756)

  • Edward Yang1947 – 2007

    Taiwanese film director and screenwriter (1947-2007)

  • Yang Kaihui1901 – 1930

    wife of Mao Zedong (1901-1930)

  • Yang Jiang1911 – 2016

    Chinese writer (1911-2016)

  • Yang Chuan-kwang1933 – 2007

    Taiwanese decathlete (1933–2007)

  • Yang Hui1238 – 1298

    Chinese mathematician

  • Yang Xinhai1968 – 2004

    Chinese serial killer (1968–2004)

  • Emperor Gong of Sui605 – 619

    emperor of the Sui Dynasty

  • Yang Zhongjian1897 – 1979

    Chinese paleontologist (1897–1979)

  • Bai Yang1920 – 1996

    Chinese actress (1920-1996)

  • Michael Yeung Ming-cheung1946 – 2019

    Hong Kong bishop (1946-2019)

  • Yang Zengxin1867 – 1928

    Chinese politician (1867-1928)

  • Yang Xiuqing1821 – 1856

    east King of the Heavenly Kingdom (1821-1856)

  • Yang Shen1488 – 1559

    Ming Dynasty poet (1488-1559)

  • Yang Xiu175 – 219

    Official and adviser serving warlord Cao Cao (175-219)

  • Yang Weizhen1296 – 1370

    Chinese artist (1296-1370)

  • Yang Xingmi852 – 905

    Military governor of Huainan Circuit who founded and ruled the Wu Kingdom during the 10th-century Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history

  • Yang Hucheng1893 – 1949

    Chinese warlord (1893-1949)

  • Yang Pu900 – 939

    emperor of Wu

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.

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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).