阮
ruǎn · Ruan
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 130
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 陈留
- Wikidata
- Q16932644
In other languages
- German Ruan
- English Ruan
- French Ruan
- Korean 롼
- Russian Жуань
- Vietnamese Nguyễn
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Quang Trung1752 – 1792
Vietnamese emperor
- Ruan Lingyu1910 – 1935
Chinese silent film actress
- Ruan Ji210 – 263
Chinese musician and poet (210–263)
- Ruan Yuan1764 – 1849
Chinese historian, politician and writer (1764–1849)
- Ruan Yu150 – 212
Cao Wei person CBDB = 29613
- Ruan Xiaoer? – 1120
Water Margin character
- Ruan Xiaoqi
Water Margin character
- Ruan Xiaowu? – 1120
Water Margin character
- Ruan Xian234 – 305
3rd century Chinese scholar and musician
- Ruan Dacheng1587 – 1646
Qing dynasty person CBDB = 65772
- Anthony Yuen1946 – 2020
American editor (1946-2020)
- Nguyen An1381 – 1453
designer and builder of the Forbidden City
- Ruan Lingying477 – 542
concubine of Emperor Wu of Liang
- Nguyễn Dương Đôn1911 – 1999
Vietnamese professor
- Trung Ngạn Nguyễn1289 – 1370
Vietnamese politician
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.
Search 阮 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).