Chinese surnames

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guǎn · Guan

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 166
Ancestral seat (junwang)
晋阳
Wikidata
Q1930521

In other languages

  • German Guan
  • English Guan
  • Spanish Guan
  • French Guan
  • Korean 관
  • Russian Гуань
  • Vietnamese Quản

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Guan Zhong720 BCE – 645 BCE

    Chinese chancellor and reformer (c. 720–645 BC)

  • Guan Daosheng1262 – 1319

    Chinese artist and poet (1262-1319)

  • Guan Lu209 – 256

    Chinese diviner (209-256)

  • Guan Hai? – 193

    Chinese rebel

  • Guan Pinghu1895 – 1967

    Chinese musician (1895-1967)

  • Guan Ning158 – 241

    Cao Wei politician and writer (158–241)

  • Guan Zongxiang1922 – 2023

    Chinese actor (1922-2023)

  • Guan, Weiyan1928 – 2003

    Chinese physicist, educator

  • Guan Ganzhen1734 – 1798

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 57020

  • Guan Zhidao1536 – 1608

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Tingqua1809 – 1870

    Cantonese painter (1809–1870)

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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).