Chinese surnames

任

rèn · Ren

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 58
Ancestral seat (junwang)
乐安
Wikidata
Q7386141

In other languages

  • German Ren
  • English Ren
  • Spanish Rén
  • French Rén
  • Korean 런
  • Russian Жэнь
  • Vietnamese Nhâm

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Ren Bishi1904 – 1950

    Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1904-1950)

  • Ren Bonian1840 – 1896

    Chinese painter

  • Ren Hang1987 – 2017

    Chinese photographer

  • Ren Jianxin1925 – 2024

    Chinese judge and politician

  • Ren Renfa1254 – 1327

    Chinese politician and painter (1254-1327)

  • Ren Xiong1823 – 1857

    Chinese Qing dynasty painter (1823–1857)

  • Ren Xinmin1915 – 2017

    Chinese scientist

  • Yam Kim-fai1913 – 1989

    Hong Kong actress, Cantonese opera performer (1913-1989)

  • Ren Jun? – 204

    military officer serving under Cao Cao (died 204)

  • Ren Fang460 – 508

    Liang dynasty person CBDB = 30841

  • Ren Rong1917 – 2017

    Chinese general (1917-2017)

  • Ren Yuandao1890 – 1980

    Chinese general and traitor

  • Ren Shang? – 118

    Han dynasty general and diplomat

  • Ren Guang1900 – 1941

    Chinese musician (1900–1941)

  • H. C. Zen1886 – 1961

    Chinese scientist, educator (1886-1961)

  • Ren An124 – 202
  • Ren Zhu? – 1867

    Chinese general

  • Ren Zhongyi1914 – 2005

    Chinese politician

  • Ren Farong1936 – 2021

    Chinese Taoist priest

  • Chih-Kung Jen1906 – 1995

    American physicist

  • Ren Guang50 BCE – 29

    Eastern Han dynasty general

  • Ren Jiyu1916 – 2009

    Chinese philosopher (1916–2009)

  • Ren Mei'e1913 – 2008

    Chinese geologist (1913–2008)

  • Zhuoxuan Ren1896 – 1990

    Chinese political scientist (1896-1990)

Find printed genealogies

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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).