Chinese surnames

窦

dòu · Dou

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 39
Ancestral seat (junwang)
挟风
Wikidata
Q16078362

In other languages

  • English Dou
  • Japanese 竇
  • Korean 더우
  • Russian Доу (фамилия)
  • Vietnamese Đậu
  • Traditional Chinese 竇

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Dou Wu100 – 168

    Chinese Han Dynasty politician and scholar (died 168)

  • Empress Dou Miao150 – 172

    Chinese Han Dynasty empress (died 172)

  • Dou Jiande573 – 621

    Chinese rebel leader (573–621)

  • Empress Dou100 – 97

    1st century empress of the Chinese Han dynasty

  • Dou Xian50 – 92

    1st century Chinese general

  • Empress Dou205 BCE – 135 BCE

    wife of Emperor Wendi of the Han dynasty

  • Dou569 – 613

    noblewoman; wife of Li Yuan, later Emperor Gaozu of Tang; CBDB ID=135646

  • Dou Gu50 – 88

    Chinese general

  • Đậu Thái500 – 537

    Northern Wei and Eastern Wei general (500–537)

  • Dou Wei550 – 618

    Chinese official during the Tang dynasty

  • Dou Kang550 – 621

    Chinese general and official

  • Consort Dou650 – 693

    Empress consort, spouse of Emperor Ruizong of Tang

  • Dou Ying? – 131 BCE

    Chinese politician of the Han dynasty

  • Dou Dexuan598 – 666

    Chinese chancellor

  • Dou Huaizhen650 – 713

    Chinese official

  • Dou Yizhi701 – 833

    Chinese chancellor

  • Dou Qun750 – 814

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 94888

  • Dou Yi914 – 966

    Song dynasty politician (914-966)

  • Dou Zhengu892 – 969

    Song dynasty person (CBDB = 52864)

  • Dou Deming? – 649

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 171764

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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).