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Nie (surname)

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Nie (simplified Chinese: 聂; traditional Chinese: 聶; pinyin: Niè) is a Chinese surname. Nie is the 126th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is spelled Nip in Cantonese.

Notable people named Nie

  • Nie Er, Chinese composer in the 20th century
  • Nie Haisheng, a Chinese astronaut
  • Nie Rongzhen, marshal of People's Liberation Army
  • Nie Shicheng, general in Qing Dynasty
  • Nie Weiping, professional weiqi player
  • Nie Yuan, actor
  • Nie Yuanzi, key figure in the Cultural Revolution
  • Nie Dan (Daniel Nie), a recipient of 2000 Sam Ragan Awards, a leading Chinese-American artist.
  • Nie Ch'i-Kuei or Nieh Ch'i-Kuei (聶緝槼), Provincial Judge of Shanghai under Empress Dowager Cixi. Nieh was a son-in-law of Zeng Guofan (曾国藩)

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