Chinese surnames

何

hé · He

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 21
Ancestral seat (junwang)
庐江
Wikidata
Q3083948

In other languages

  • German He
  • English He
  • Spanish He
  • French He
  • Korean 허
  • Russian Хэ
  • Vietnamese Hà

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Stanley Ho1921 – 2020

    Macau gambling magnate (1921–2020)

  • He Pingping1988 – 2010

    world's shortest man who was able to walk

  • Ho Ying-chin1890 – 1987

    Chinese politician (1890-1987)

  • He Xiangning1878 – 1972

    Chinese politician and artist (1878-1972)

  • He Jin135 – 189

    Han dynasty regent and general (died 189)

  • Empress He200 – 189

    Han dynasty empress (died 189)

  • He Zhen1884 – 1920

    Chinese feminist, anarchist, revolutionary

  • He Zehui1914 – 2011

    Chinese physicist (1914–2011)

  • He Yan195 – 249

    Chinese official, scholar and philosopher (c.195-249)

  • Ho Fan1931 – 2016

    Chinese photographer, film director and actor (1931–2016)

  • He Ping1957 – 2023

    Chinese film director (1957–2023)

  • Leonard Ho1925 – 1998

    Hong Kong film producer (1925–1997)

  • Guifeng Zongmi780 – 841

    Buddhist scholar-monk, patriarch of Huayan

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).