Chinese surnames

潘

pān · Pan

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 43
Ancestral seat (junwang)
荥阳
Wikidata
Q4344508

In other languages

  • German Pan
  • English Pan
  • Spanish Phan
  • French Pan
  • Korean 판
  • Russian Пань
  • Vietnamese Phan

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Phan Thanh Gian1796 – 1867

    Vietnamese official (1796-1867)

  • Pan Shu250 – 252

    Eastern Wu empress

  • Poon Lim1918 – 1991

    Chinese sailor of the British Merchant Navy

  • Phan Huy Quat1911 – 1979

    Prime minister of South Vietnam (1911-1979)

  • Phan Dinh Phung1847 – 1896

    Vietnamese revolutionary

  • Márta Pán1923 – 2008

    sculptor from Hungary and France (1923-2008)

  • Pan Zhang150 – 234

    Chinese general serving warlord Sun Quan (died 234)

  • Pan Mei925 – 991

    Song Dynasty general (925-991)

  • Phan Xich Long1893 – 1916

    Self-proclaimed religious leader and Emperor of Vietnam

  • Pan Tianshou1897 – 1971

    Chinese artist and historian (1897-1971)

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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).