Chinese surnames

霍

huò · Huo

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 160
Ancestral seat (junwang)
太原
Wikidata
Q10769186

In other languages

  • German Huo
  • English Huo
  • Spanish Huo
  • French Huo
  • Russian Хо (фамилия)
  • Vietnamese Hoắc

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Huo Yuanjia1868 – 1910

    Chinese martial artist (1868-1910)

  • Huo Guang150 BCE – 68 BCE

    politician and regent

  • Huo Qubing140 BCE – 117 BCE

    Chinese military general and official (140 B.C.E. – 117 B.C.E.)

  • Huo Chengjun50 BCE – 54 BCE

    Chinese empress

  • Huo Jun178 – 217

    General serving warlord Liu Bei (c.178–217)

  • Huo Yi250 – ?

    general of Shu Han

  • Clarence Fok1958 – 2024

    Hong Kong actor

  • Hoo Cha-pen1924 – 2004

    basketball player

  • Huo Kuizhang1901 – 1953

    Chinese general (1901–1953)

  • Huo Tao1487 – 1540

    Ming dynasty politician, died 1540

  • Huo Shàn150 BCE – 110 BCE

    Huo Qubing's son

  • Huo Yanwei872 – 928

    general

  • Huo Shilian1909 – 1996

    Chinese politician

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).