Chinese surnames

谢

xiè · Xie

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 34
Ancestral seat (junwang)
陈留
Wikidata
Q3570980

In other languages

  • German Xie
  • English Xie
  • French Xie
  • Japanese 謝
  • Korean 셰
  • Russian Се
  • Vietnamese Tạ
  • Traditional Chinese 謝

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Bing Xin1900 – 1999

    Chinese writer,poet (1900-1999)

  • Xie Fuzhi1909 – 1972

    Chinese politician (1909-1972)

  • Xie Jin1923 – 2008

    Chinese film director (1923–2008)

  • Xie Lingyun385 – 433

    Jin Dynasty poet (385-433)

  • Tony Hsieh1973 – 2020

    American businessman (1973–2020)

  • Patrick Tse1936 – 2026

    Hong Kong actor (1936–2026)

  • Xie Xuehong1901 – 1970

    Taiwanese communist leader (1901–1970)

  • Xie Daoyun349 – 409

    Chinese philosopher, poet

  • Xie He450 – 600

    Chinese art historian

  • Hsieh Tung-min1908 – 2001

    6th Vice President of Republic of China

  • Xie An320 – 385

    Jin Dynasty statesman (320–385)

  • Xie Jinyuan1905 – 1941

    Chinese general (1905-1941)

  • Xie Fang1935 – 2024

    Chinese actress

  • Xie Xide1921 – 2000

    Chinese physicist (1921–2000)

  • Xie Tiao464 – 499

    poet

  • Xie Juezai1884 – 1971

    Chinese politician

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).