Fán (surname)
Appearance
Fán( phàn ) is a Chinese family name. It was the name of a fief, located in present-dayJiyuanin Henan province. Granted by Zhong Shanfu by Zhou Xuang Wang.[1][better source needed]It is shared by around 2 million people, or 0.150% of the population, with the province with the largest population being Henan.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Fan Hui( phàn huy ), European Go champion
- Fan Kuai( phàn khoái ), Han dynasty military general and friend of Han dynasty founder Liu Bang (Emperor Gao)
- Fan Rui( phàn thụy ), historical fictional character from theWater Margin
- Louis Fan (convert),Catholic convert and first Chinese witness to modern Europe
- Fan Mei-sheng,( phàn mai sinh, born 1942) Hong Kong actor
- Louis Fan (actor)( phàn thiếu hoàng ), Hong Kong film actor, son of Fan Mei-sheng
- Fan Gang( phàn cương ), economist
- Ky Fan( phàn 𰋀,[a]1914–2010), Chinese-born American mathematician
- Fan Zhendong( phàn chấn đông ), Chinese professional table tennis player
Notes
[edit]- ^The character in his given name is(⿰ thổ kỳ ), a variant of㙨.It was added to theCJK Unified Ideographs Extension GinUnicode version 13,and may not display properly on all systems.