Chinese surnames

孙

sūn · Sun

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 3
Ancestral seat (junwang)
乐安
Wikidata
Q3543591

In other languages

  • German Sun
  • English Sun
  • Spanish Sun
  • French Sun
  • Japanese 孫
  • Korean 쑨
  • Russian Сунь / Сюнь
  • Vietnamese Tôn
  • Traditional Chinese 孫

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Sun Tzu544 BCE – 496 BCE

    6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist

  • Sun Yat-sen1866 – 1925

    Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

  • Sun Quan182 – 252

    Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period

  • Sun Bin400 BCE – 316 BCE

    Chinese general, military strategist and writer (died 316 BC)

  • Sun Jian155 – 192

    late Han dynasty general and warlord (155-191)

  • Sun Ce175 – 200

    Chinese general, politician and warlord (175–200)

  • Sun Xiu235 – 264

    Emperor of Eastern Wu from 258 to 264

  • Sun Simiao581 – 682

    Chinese physician and writer (Tang dynasty)

  • Sun Liang243 – 260

    Eastern Wu emperor from 252 to 258

  • Sun Hao243 – 284

    last emperor of Eastern Wu (243-284)

  • Sun Chuanfang1885 – 1935

    Chinese politician (1885-1935)

  • Sun Fo1891 – 1973

    Chinese politician (1891-1973)

  • Sun Li-jen1900 – 1990

    Chinese general and politician (1900-1990)

  • Sun Yun-suan1913 – 2006

    Taiwanese politician (1913–2006)

  • Sun Baoqi1867 – 1931

    Qing dynasty Republic of China politician (1867-1931)

  • Sunshu Ao630 BCE – 593 BCE

    Prime Minister in the State of Chu and Hydraulic engineer

  • Sun Yu1900 – 1990

    Chinese film director (1900-1990)

  • Sun Tzu400 – 460

    mathematician

  • Sun Yaoting1902 – 1996

    Chinese eunuch (1902 - 1996)

  • Sun Jun216 – 256

    Eastern Wu state general and regent (219-256)

  • Sun He224 – 253

    Prince of Nanyang (224–253)

  • Sun Guoting646 – 691

    Tang Dynasty calligrapher

  • Empress Xiaogongzhang1399 – 1462

    Ming Dynasty empress

  • Sun Dianying1887 – 1948

    Chinese general (1887-1948)

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).