Wan (surname)

Updated on Jan 02, 2025

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Language(s) Chinese Variant(s) Man/Ban		Language(s) Old Chinese
Pronunciation Wàn (Mandarin)Man (Cantonese)Ban (Hokkien)

Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.

Notable people

Wan Yu (died 272), Chancellor of Eastern Wu

Consort Wan (1428–1487), consort of the Chenghua Emperor of the Ming dynasty

Wan Quan (1495–1585), Ming dynasty paediatrician

Wan Hu (16th century), legendary "rocket scientist"

Wan Fulin (1880–1951), military governor of Heilongjiang province

The Wan brothers, founders of the Chinese animation industry

Wan Laiming (1900–1997)

Wan Guchan (1900–1995)

Wan Chaochen (1906–1992)

Wan Dihuan

Wan Laisheng (1903–1995), martial artist

Wan Yi (万毅; 1907–1997), general and politician

Wan Jiabao, pen name Cao Yu (1910–1996), influential playwright

Wan Xiaotang (1916–1966), Communist Party chief of Tianjin

Wan Li (1916–2015), Vice Premier, Politburo member

Wan Haifeng (万海峰; born 1920), general

Wan Shaofen (born 1930), former Communist Party chief of Jiangxi province, the first female provincial party chief

Wan Xueyuan (born 1941), former Governor of Zhejiang province

Wan Jifei (born 1948), politician, a son of Wan Li

Wan Jen (born 1950), Taiwanese filmmaker

Wan Gang (born 1952), Ministry of Science and Technology of China

Wan Exiang (born 1956), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China

Alex Man (Wan Ziliang; born 1957), Hong Kong actor

Wan Guanghua (born 1961), economist

Wan Yanhai (born 1963), AIDS activist

Joey Meng (Wan Qiwen; born 1970), Hong Kong actress

Wan Xiaoli (born 1971), singer

Wan Cheng (born 1985), football player

Wan Houliang (born 1986), football player

References

Wan (surname) Wikipedia

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