Chinese surnames

董

dǒng · Dong

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 127
Ancestral seat (junwang)
陇西
Wikidata
Q1078753

In other languages

  • German Dong
  • English Dong
  • Spanish Dong
  • French Dong
  • Korean 둥
  • Russian Дун
  • Vietnamese Đổng

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Dong Zhongshu179 BCE – 104 BCE

    Premier Confucian scholar, philosopher, and official during the Western Han

  • Dong Biwu1886 – 1975

    former acting President of the People's Republic of China (1886–1975)

  • 董建华1937 – 2026

    businessman and politician from Hong Kong, first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1937–2026)

  • Dong Zhuo139 – 192

    Chinese general and warlord during the late Han (2nd century)

  • Dong Qichang1555 – 1636

    Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist (1555-1636)

  • Dong Yuan934 – 962

    10th-century Chinese artist

  • Dong Xian23 BCE – 1 BCE

    Han dynasty politician

  • Dong Zhiming1937 – 2024

    Chinese paleontologist (1937–2024)

  • Dong Cheng200 – 200

    Chinese Eastern Han general (died 200)

  • Bill Tung1933 – 2006

    Hong Kong horse racing pundit, actor, singer, and show host (1933-2006)

  • Dong Zhao156 – 236

    Cao Wei official (156 – 236)

  • Empress Dowager Dong200 – 189

    Chinese Han dynasty empress dowager (died 189)

  • Dong Xi200 – 217

    General serving warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan (died 217)

  • Dong Yun150 – 246

    Shu Han state general and official (died 246)

  • Dong He? – 221

    Chinese official and minister (died 221)

  • Dong Haichuan1797 – 1882

    Chinese martial artist (1797-1882)

  • Dong Fuxiang1839 – 1908

    Chinese general (1839–1908)

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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).