Chinese surnames

黄

huáng · Huang

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 96
Ancestral seat (junwang)
江夏
Wikidata
Q845104

In other languages

  • German Huang
  • English Huang
  • Spanish Huang
  • French Huang
  • Korean 황
  • Russian Хуан / Вон
  • Vietnamese Hoàng
  • Traditional Chinese 黃

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Huang Xianfan1899 – 1982

    Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

  • Wong Fei-hung1847 – 1925

    Chinese martial artist and physician (1847-1924)

  • Huang Xing1874 – 1916

    Chinese revolutionary (1874-1916)

  • Huang Tingjian1045 – 1105

    Chinese Song Dynasty artist and poet (1045–1105)

  • Huang Chao801 – 884

    Chinese emperor

  • Huang Ju1938 – 2007

    Chinese politician (1938–2007)

  • Huang Hua1913 – 2010

    Chinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010)

  • Flossie Wong-Staal1947 – 2020

    American virologist

  • Tyrus Wong1910 – 2016

    Chinese-American artist (1910-2016)

  • Huang Zhong148 – 220

    Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (died 220)

  • Huang Zongxi1610 – 1695

    Chinese naturalist, political theorist and philosopher (1610-1695)

  • Huang Fu1883 – 1936

    Chinese politician (1883-1936)

  • Huang Gai145 – 222

    Han dynasty general under warlord Sun Quan

  • Huang Gongwang1269 – 1354

    Chinese artist (1269-1354)

  • James Wong1941 – 2004

    Hong Kong lyricist, composer, television presenter, writer and actor (1941–2004)

  • Huang Binhong1865 – 1955

    Chinese art historian (1865-1955)

  • Huang Zunxian1848 – 1905

    Qing dynasty official, scholar, and writer (1848–1905)

  • Huang Zongying1925 – 2020

    Chinese actress and writer (1925-2020)

  • Huang Quan903 – 965

    10th century Chinese painter (903-965)

  • Huang Yueying200 – 234

    Zhuge Liang's wife

  • Wong Ka-Kui1962 – 1993

    Hong Kong singer-songwriter (1962-1993)

  • Lord Chunshen? – 238 BCE

    Prime Minister of Chinese state of Chu (died 238 BC)

  • Huang Yongsheng1910 – 1983

    Chinese general (1910-1983)

  • Huang Yanpei1878 – 1965

    Chinese politician (1878–1965)

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).