Chinese surnames

唐

táng · Tang

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 64
Ancestral seat (junwang)
晋昌
Wikidata
Q2233706

In other languages

  • German Táng
  • English Tang
  • Spanish Táng
  • French Tang
  • Korean 탕
  • Russian Тан
  • Vietnamese Đường

Notable historical bearers

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

  • 唐寅1470 – 1524

    Ming dynasty painter (1470-1524)

  • Tang Shaoyi1862 – 1938

    First Premier of the Republic of China (1862-1938)

  • Tang Jingsong1841 – 1903

    Qing Dynasty general (1841-1903)

  • Tang Jiyao1883 – 1927

    Chinese warlord (1883-1927)

  • Tang Shengzhi1889 – 1970

    Chinese politician (1889–1970)

  • Tang Hao1887 – 1959

    Chinese lawyer

  • Tang Qunying1871 – 1937

    Chinese political activist (1871-1937)

  • Tong King-sing1832 – 1892

    Chinese comprador, interpreter, and businessman during the late Qing dynasty (1832-1892)

  • Tsin Tang1897 – 1984

    Chinese botanist (1897-1984)

  • Tang Zhen1630 – 1704

    Chinese philosopher

  • Tang Chun-i1909 – 1978

    Chinese philosopher (1909–1978)

  • Tang Saier1301 – 1500
  • Tang Shunzhi1507 – 1560

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 34219 (1507–1560)

  • Tang Di1296 – 1364

    Yuan Dynasty painter (1296–1364)

  • Tang Caichang1867 – 1900

    political activist

  • Tang Shenwei1056 – 1093

    Song dynasty person (CBDB = 10111)

  • Tang Jian579 – 656

    Chinese diplomat

  • Tang Bin235 – 294

    Western Jin dynasty person CBDB = 17860

  • Tang Zonghai1846 – 1897

    person, CBDB ID = 387431

  • Tang Ti-sheng1917 – 1959

    Hong Kong Cantonese Opera playwright (1917-1959)

  • Tong Tekong1920 – 2009

    historian (1920–2009)

  • Tang Aoqing1915 – 2008

    Chinese chemist (1915-2008)

  • Tang Ying1682 – 1756

    Qing Dynasty Chinese governor, dramatist and poet (1682–1756)

  • Tang Yuemei1931 – 2023

    Chinese translator

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).