Jong

Jong often appears as a surname. In some cases, it is a romanisation transliteration of the Chinese 楊/杨, more commonly represented as Yang. In the 1947 census, "de Jong", from "de jonge" (Dutch for "junior" [lit: "the young"] ), was the most common surname in the Netherlands.

People with the surname Jong include:
* Erica Jong, an American author.
*#if:|(#if:1980|#switch:1980|fl|fl.=fl.|1980–|died)|#if:1980|(born 1980)#if:boxer|,|#if:South Korean|, South Korean boxer
*#if:|(#if:|#switch:|fl|fl.=fl.|–|died)|#if:|(born )#if:diplomat|,|#if:North Korean|, North Korean diplomat

People with the surname "de Jong" and close variants include:

*#if:1957|(#if:1865|#switch:1865|fl|fl.=fl.|1865–|died1957)|#if:1865|(born 1865)#if:linguist|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch linguist
*#if:|(#if:1955|#switch:1955|fl|fl.=fl.|1955–|died)|#if:1955|(born 1955)#if:speed skater|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch speed skater
*#if:|(#if:1976|#switch:1976|fl|fl.=fl.|1976–|died)|#if:1976|(born 1976)#if:speed skater|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch speed skater
*#if:|(#if:1950|#switch:1950|fl|fl.=fl.|1950–|died)|#if:1950|(born 1950)#if:playwright|,|#if:American|, American playwright
*#if:|(#if:1955|#switch:1955|fl|fl.=fl.|1955–|died)|#if:1955|(born 1955)#if:politician|,|#if:Canadian|, Canadian politician
*#if:|(#if:1964|#switch:1964|fl|fl.=fl.|1964–|died)|#if:1964|(born 1964)#if:footballer|,|#if:New Zealand|, New Zealand footballer
*#if:2000|(#if:1921|#switch:1921|fl|fl.=fl.|1921–|died2000)|#if:1921|(born 1921)#if:indologist|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch indologist
*#if:|(#if:1939|#switch:1939|fl|fl.=fl.|1939–|died)|#if:1939|(born 1939)#if:activist|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch activist
*#if:|(#if:1970|#switch:1970|fl|fl.=fl.|1970–|died)|#if:1970|(born 1970)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1964|#switch:1964|fl|fl.=fl.|1964–|died)|#if:1964|(born 1964)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1982|#switch:1982|fl|fl.=fl.|1982–|died)|#if:1982|(born 1982)#if:model|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch model
*#if:1955|(#if:1885|#switch:1885|fl|fl.=fl.|1885–|died1955)|#if:1885|(born 1885)#if:religious leader|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch religious leader
*#if:|(#if:1977|#switch:1977|fl|fl.=fl.|1977–|died)|#if:1977|(born 1977)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1947|#switch:1947|fl|fl.=fl.|1947–|died)|#if:1947|(born 1947)#if:linguist|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch linguist
*#if:2005|(#if:1914|#switch:1914|fl|fl.=fl.|1914–|died2005)|#if:1914|(born 1914)#if:historian|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch historian
*#if:|(#if:1986|#switch:1986|fl|fl.=fl.|1986–|died)|#if:1986|(born 1986)#if:footballer|,|#if:Canadian|, Canadian footballer
*#if:|(#if:1968|#switch:1968|fl|fl.=fl.|1968–|died)|#if:1968|(born 1968)#if:volleyball player|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch volleyball player
*#if:1991|(#if:1906|#switch:1906|fl|fl.=fl.|1906–|died1991)|#if:1906|(born 1906)#if:author|,|#if:Dutch-born American|, Dutch-born American author
*#if:|(#if:|#switch:|fl|fl.=fl.|–|died)|#if:|(born )#if:politician|,|#if:Canadian|, Canadian politician
*#if:|(#if:1984|#switch:1984|fl|fl.=fl.|1984–|died)|#if:1984|(born 1984)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1915|#switch:1915|fl|fl.=fl.|1915–|died)|#if:1915|(born 1915)#if:politician|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch politician
*#if:|(#if:1964|#switch:1964|fl|fl.=fl.|1964–|died)|#if:1964|(born 1964)#if:swimmer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch swimmer
*#if:|(#if:1942|#switch:1942|fl|fl.=fl.|1942–|died)|#if:1942|(born 1942)#if:politician|,|#if:Canadian|, Canadian politician
*#if:|(#if:1947|#switch:1947|fl|fl.=fl.|1947–|died)|#if:1947|(born 1947)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1974|#switch:1974|fl|fl.=fl.|1974–|died)|#if:1974|(born 1974)#if:speed skater|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch speed skater
*#if:|(#if:1922|#switch:1922|fl|fl.=fl.|1922–|died)|#if:1922|(born 1922)#if:athlete|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch athlete
*#if:|(#if:1986|#switch:1986|fl|fl.=fl.|1986–|died)|#if:1986|(born 1986)#if:footballer|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch footballer
*#if:|(#if:1944|#switch:1944|fl|fl.=fl.|1944–|died)|#if:1944|(born 1944)#if:comedian|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch comedian
*#if:|(#if:1916|#switch:1916|fl|fl.=fl.|1916–|died)|#if:1916|(born 1916)#if:activist|,|#if:Belgian|, Belgian activist
*#if:1663|(#if:1606|#switch:1606|fl|fl.=fl.|1606–|died1663)|#if:1606|(born 1606)#if:painter|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch painter
*#if:|(#if:1939|#switch:1939|fl|fl.=fl.|1939–|died)|#if:1939|(born 1939)#if:mathematician|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch mathematician
*#if:|(#if:1957|#switch:1957|fl|fl.=fl.|1957–|died)|#if:1957|(born 1957)#if:politician|,|#if:Caribbean|, Caribbean politician
*#if:1679|(#if:1616|#switch:1616|fl|fl.=fl.|1616–|died1679)|#if:1616|(born 1616)#if:painter|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch painter
*#if:|(#if:1973|#switch:1973|fl|fl.=fl.|1973–|died)|#if:1973|(born 1973)#if:cyclist|,|#if:Dutch|, Dutch cyclist
*#if:|(#if:|#switch:|fl|fl.=fl.|–|died)|#if:|(born )#if:businessperson|,|#if:South African|, South African businessperson
*#if:1942|(#if:1885|#switch:1885|fl|fl.=fl.|1885–|died1942)|#if:1885|(born 1885)#if:painter|,|#if:Dutch-born South African|, Dutch-born South African painter
*#if:|(#if:1946|#switch:1946|fl|fl.=fl.|1946–|died)|#if:1946|(born 1946)#if:politician|,|#if:Caribbean|, Caribbean politician

Other uses of Jong include:
* Jong, a Korean bell
* Mala Mala Jong, a fictional character from the animated series Xiaolin Showdown
* Muk Yan Jong, a martial arts dummy