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Huang (zh-ts|t=|s=) is a
Chinese surname that means "yellow". While "Huáng" is thepinyin romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Houang, Hoang,Wong ,Vong , Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei or Ooi,Ong ,Hwang , or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. The surname is known as Hoàng or as Huỳnh in Vietnamese, and Hwang, Whang in Korean.Huang is the 7th most common surname in China. A typical chinese name is Edmund Huynh. The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 4.3 million Vietnamese (5.1%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed it was the surname for 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th) [http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/Huang_origin.html Retrieved 2005-12-15] .
See also
Wong , the common English transliteration of Cantonese on the surname Huang.Huang(黃)
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Huang Chao (? – AD 884), Tang dynasty. Leader of peasant rebellion army
*Huang Chunping , chief commander of rocket system of China's Manned Space Program, deputy chief commander of the Jiuquan Space Launch Center, member of theNational Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
*Huang Chuping , also known as Wong Tai Sin, aTaoist deity
*Huang Di
*Huang Feihong (Wong Fei Hung ) a prominentkung fu master
*Frank Huang (b. 1978?), American violinist born in China
*Huang Gai , General ofWu Kingdom during theThree Kingdoms Period
*Huang Gongwang (1269 – 1345), Yuan Dynasty. Famous painter
*Huang He, Chinese name for the Yellow River.
*Huang Huahua 黃華華, (born1946 ) is the currentGovernor of Guangdong , a southern province ofChina
*Jen-Hsun Huang 黃仁勳, co-founder ofNvidia Corporation
*Huang Jiading (Ong Ka Ting ) 黃家定, President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Minister of Housing and Local Government & Acting Minister of Health of Malaysia.
*Wong Jim (1940 – 2004), lyricist and writer
*Huang Jianxiang , football commentator
*Huang Jinhui (Wee Kim Wee) (1915 – 2005). Former president of the Republic of Singapore.
*Huang Ju , politician
*Huang Shumin , Famous woman in China in the Tang Dynasty with gorgeous feature.
*Kai Wong U.S. actor, producer.
*Huang Kun (1919 – 2005), physicist
*Huang Qiaoshan (AD 871 – 953), Vice-Minister of Works ofTang dynasty .
*Huang Senping (Ming Dynasty ), better known as Ong Sum Ping, son-in-law of Sultan Muhammad Shah, the first Muslim ruler of the Sultanate ofBrunei .
*Huang Sheng Shyan , also known as Huang Hsing-hsien (WG) or Huáng Xìngxián (py), akung fu andtai chi master.
*Huang Shengyi , a Chinese actress.
*Huang Shougong (AD 629 – 712), Founder of the famous Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, China.
*Huang Tingjian (1045 – 1105), Famous poet and calligrapher
*Huang Xie , Lord of Chunshen, Prime Minister of the state of Chu during theWarring States Period
*Huang Xiang (AD 53 – 117), Han dynasty. A noted filial son in Chinese history.
*Huang Xiaojing , Governor ofFujian , a southern province ofChina
*Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary
*Huang Xun , General ofShu Kingdom during theThree Kingdoms Period
*Huang Yueying invented the juggernaut and wooden ox during theThree Kingdoms Period , also the wife ofZhuge Liang
*Huang Zhexian (Wong Jeh Shyan ), The CEO of CommerceNet Singapore
*Huang Zhong , General ofShu Han Kingdom during theThree Kingdoms Period
*Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695), Philosopher during Ming-Qing dynasties
*Alex Huang , Tai-American violinist
*David Henry Hwang , Chinese-American playwright
*Kai Huang , Medical Student (Columbia University ,University of Pennsylvania , undergraduate), affiliated with R&B singerT-Pain
*Wayne Huang , The CEO and founder of the Rapid Learning Center, California, United StatesHwang(黃)
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Hwang (Korean name) , a common Korean family name.
*TheHwang River
*David Henry Hwang , US American playwright (b.1957)
*Dennis Hwang , a Korean American graphic artist.
*Hwang Jin-i , a legendarykisaeng of theJoseon Dynasty .
*Yi Hwang , a prominent KoreanConfucian scholar.
*Hwang Woo-Suk , a discredited South Korean biomedical scientist.
*Hwang Seong-gyeong , a fictional character in the Soul series of fighting games.
*Jack Hwang , a legendary martial artist andTaekwondo Grandmaster.
*Jun Hwang , a Korean Canadian musician.See also
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Wang Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Huynh(黃)
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Alex Huynh
*Carol Huynh
*Edmund Huynh
*Randy Huynh
*Huỳnh Công Út
*Huynh Phu So
*Huynh Quang Thanh
*Huynh Sanh Thong
*Huỳnh Tấn Phát
*Tony Huynh
*Huynh Van Cao
*Huỳnh Văn Tiểng Notes
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang Huang Genealogy]
* [http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/Huang_origin.html Origin and Development of the Huang Surname Clan]
* [http://61.146.236.26/hfl/ Huang Surname Research] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.generasian.ca/roots_wong.html A personal site on the family name Wong] (in English)
* [http://www.ivanwong.net/wong.htm Huang Family of Zhongshan] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.ourhappyland.net/wdb/wdblist.php?forumid=8 Huang Forum] (in Chinese)
* [http://pem.org/yinyutang/ " Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home "] provides a detailed look at a Huang family residence built during the late Qing dynasty and occupied for over 200 years.
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