Wu (surname)

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Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Traditional Chinese), 吴 (Simplified Chinese), which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames are also translated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, 鄔 and 巫.

Wu (or Woo or Wou) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the different Chinese surname 胡 (see Hu), used in Hong Kong, and by overseas Chinese of Cantonese speaking areas of Guangdong, or Hong Kong origin. In Vietnamese, it is Hồ.

The name is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, but more commonly spelled Oh in South Korea. Also in Vietnam, Ngô.

[edit] Famous people named Wu

(in alphabetical order)

吳作棟 (吴作栋) - Goh Chok Tong, fomer Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, current Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore
吳宇森 (吴宇森) - Woo, John, film director
吳光正 (吴光正) - Woo Kwong Ching, Peter, Hong Kong entrepreneur, billionaire and politician
吳邦國 (吴邦国) - Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the PRC
吳尊 - Wu Chun, Brunei-born actor, singer from Taiwanese band, Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)
吳彥祖 (吴彦祖) - Wu, Daniel, Chinese actor
吳振偉 (吴振伟) - Wu, David, congressman from the 1st district of Oregon
吳 (吴) - Wu, Frank, science-fiction artist
吳嘉文 (吴嘉文) - Wu Jia Wen, Notable Table Tennis Captain from Australia
吳健雄 (吴健雄) - Wu Jianxiong, Chinese scientist
吳鑑泉 (吴鉴泉) - Wu Jianquan (1870 – 1942), Taijiquan teacher
吳景滔 (吴景滔) - Wu, Jingtao, Ian, Chinese child actor from Hong Kong, Won Best Supporting Actor at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards in 2006
吴立红 - Wu Lihong, environmental activist
吳百福 (吴百福) - Momofuku Ando (1910 - 2007), Taiwanese-born Japanese inventor of instant noodles
吳蠻 (吴蛮) - Wu Man, pipa and ruan player
- Wu Sangui (1612-1678) Chinese general who supported the Manchus in their invasion of China after the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. Later became a threat to the Manchu Qing dynasty during the Revolt of the Three Feudatories
武松 - Wu Song, famous hero from the Chinese classic, Outlaws of the Marsh.
吳天明 (吴天明) - Wu Tianming Chinese film director
伍家球 - Wu, William F., science-fiction author
吳儀 (吴仪) - Wu Yi, Vice-premier of the People's Republic of China
伍子胥 - Wu Zixu, great general in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history
- - Wu Zetian, Empress Wu Zhou of China
呉子良 - the birthname of a famous Chinese Japanese model named Emi Suzuki