- Hu (surname)
Chinese | title=Hu | pic=胡.jpg| picsize=170px | c= | p= | w= | y= | j= | poj= Hoo; Ô· | qn= Hồ | hangul= | rr = Ho | kanji = 胡 | romaji = Ko
Hu is a
Chinese surname . It is the 15th most commonsurname inChina , according to a study published in 2006. [zh icon cite web |url=http://culture.163.com/06/0110/09/273JO40F00280003.html |title=New 100 family names fresh data |accessdate=2007-09-10 |author=Jiansong Zhang |date=2006-01-10 |work=NetEase (163.com) ]The spelling Hu can be used by numerous less common Chinese family names including but not limited to 瓠,護,戶,扈,虎,呼,忽,斛 etc.
History
Non-Chinese peoples in China (see
Ethnic minorities in China ) sometimes took the name of their ethnic group as surname. The best example is Hu (胡), which was also used to refer to all "barbarian" groups on the northern frontier of China in ancient times. In addition, some adopted Chinese surnames that sound similar to their name, such as Hu for Hussain.Notable people
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Hu Jintao , the currentPresident of the People's Republic of China
*Hu Bin , freestyle swimmer
*Hu Shih , writer and scholar
*Ho Chi Minh , pseudonym of the first leader of theDemocratic Republic of Vietnam , and theSocialist Republic of Vietnam as well.
*Hồ Xuân Hương , Vietnamese poet
*Hu Yaobang ,PRC leader
*Hu Qiaomu , prominent politician of thePeople's Republic of China
*Hu Qili , prominent politician of thePeople's Republic of China
*Hu Bei-Lok , theoreticalphysicist specializing in gravitation andspacetime
*Kelly Hu , American actress
*Richard Hu , former Finance Minister ofSingapore
*Gordon Ying Sheung Wu (Chinese: 胡應湘, CantoneseRomanization: Wu Ying Sheung), chairman of the board of Hong Kong-listed Asian infrastructure firm Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
*Hu Zaobin ( _zh. 胡藻斌), Early 20th century Chinese painter, famous for painting tigersSee also
*Ho, variant of surname Hu
References
External links
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