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
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.
Search 任 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).