Chinese surnames

韩

hán · Han

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 15
Ancestral seat (junwang)
南阳
Wikidata
Q717767

In other languages

  • German Han
  • English Han
  • Spanish Han
  • French Han
  • Japanese 韓
  • Korean 한
  • Russian Хань
  • Vietnamese Hàn
  • Traditional Chinese 韓

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Han Fei280 BCE – 233 BCE

    Chinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE

  • Han Yu768 – 824

    Chinese historian, poet, philosopher and politician (768–824)

  • Han Xin231 BCE – 196 BCE

    Chinese military general and politician (231-196 BC)

  • Han Gan706 – 783

    Chinese artist (706-783)

  • Charlie Soong1863 – 1918

    Methodist Episcopal missionary, late Qing revolutionary, businessman (1863-1918)

  • Han Fu149 – 191

    Chinese official and warlord (died 191)

  • Han Sui101 – 215

    Han dynasty general and warlord (died 215)

  • Han Shizhong1089 – 1151

    Chinese general (1089–1151)

  • Han Dang150 – 227

    Chinese military general (died 227)

  • Han Shantong1318 – 1355

    Red Turban rebellion leader (1318-1355)

  • Han Hao150 – 218

    Late 2nd/early 3rd century military officer serving warlord Cao Cao

  • Han Tuozhou1152 – 1207

    Chinese chancellor (1152-1207)

  • Han Wo844 – 923

    Chinese poet of the Tang and Min dynasty

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).