Chung (surname)

Chung (surname)

Chung is a surname whose bearers are generally people of Chinese or Korean descent. It is also Vietnamese surname but is very rare in Vietnam; the surname is known as Zhong in Chinese, and Jung (정) in Korean.

It may refer to:

  • Connie Chung (born 1946), American television journalist and host of news programs
  • Chung Ling Soo, European stage name of American stage magician William Ellsworth Robinson (1861–1918).
  • Richard Chung (1951–1992), American Roman Catholic priest and suspected pedophile
  • Roy Chung, one of six American servicemen who defected to North Korea

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