Chinese surnames

彭

péng · Peng

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 47
Ancestral seat (junwang)
陇西
Wikidata
Q842166

In other languages

  • German Peng
  • English Peng
  • Spanish Peng
  • French Peng
  • Korean 펑
  • Russian Пэн
  • Vietnamese Bành

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Peng Dehuai1898 – 1974

    Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

  • Lin Zhao1932 – 1968

    poet and writer (1932–1968)

  • Peng Pai1896 – 1929

    Chinese agrarian movement and peasants' rights activist (1896-1929)

  • Peng Ming-min1923 – 2022

    Taiwanese activist (1923–2022)

  • Peng Xiaolian1953 – 2019

    Chinese film director (1953-2019)

  • Peng Yue150 BCE – 196 BCE

    military and political figure in the late Qin and early Han dynasty

  • Peng Yang178 – 214

    Chinese official of the Eastern Han dynasty (178-214)

  • Peng Peiyun1929 – 2025

    Chinese politician

  • Peng Qi? – 1120

    Water Margin character

  • Peng Shuzhi1895 – 1983

    Chinese communist leader

  • Peng Yulin1816 – 1890

    Qing dynasty politician

  • Peng Chong1915 – 2010

    Chinese politician (1915-2010)

  • Peng Huanwu1915 – 2007

    Chinese physicist (1915–2007)

  • Peng Xiuwen1931 – 1996

    Chinese composer

  • Pheung Kya-shin1932 – 2022

    Burmese army commander (1931-2020)

  • Peng Shaohui1906 – 1978

    中国人民解放军开国上将

  • Peng Wan-ru1949 – 1996

    Taiwanese politician

  • Peng Shilu1925 – 2021

    Chinese engineer (1925-2021)

  • Peng Le525 – 551

    Northern Wei, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi general (died 551)

  • Peng Shi1416 – 1475

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Peng Ruilin1904 – 1984

    photographer from Taiwan (1904-1984)

  • Peng Jiamu1925 – 1980

    Chinese biochemist (1925–1980)

  • Peng Meng-Chi1908 – 1997

    politician, general officer and sports administrator (1908-1997)

  • 彭宠50 BCE – 29

    東漢初期群雄之一,自號燕王

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).