Chinese surnames

罗

luó · Luo

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 75
Ancestral seat (junwang)
豫章
Wikidata
Q717763

In other languages

  • German Luo
  • English Luo
  • Spanish Luo
  • French Luo
  • Japanese 羅
  • Korean 뤄
  • Russian Ло
  • Vietnamese La
  • Traditional Chinese 羅

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Luo Guanzhong1334 – 1400

    14th-century Chinese writer

  • Lo Wei1918 – 1996

    Chinese film director (1918–1996)

  • Luo Ruiqing1906 – 1978

    Chinese general, politician (1906-1978)

  • Luo Ronghuan1902 – 1963

    Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1902-1963)

  • Luo Yixiu1889 – 1910

    first wife of the future Chinese revolutionary and political leader Mao Zedong (1889-1910)

  • Luo Zhenyu1866 – 1940

    Qing Dynasty scholar (1866-1940)

  • Luo Ping1733 – 1799

    Chinese painter of the Qing Dynasty (1733-1799)

  • Luo Yin833 – 909

    Chinese writer and statesman (833-909)

  • Stanislaus Lo Kuang1911 – 2004

    bishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei

  • Luo Qinshun1465 – 1547

    author and writer (1465-1547)

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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).