Wen (surname)

For other uses, see Wen and 文.

Wen
Family name
Language(s) of origin	Chinese

Wen is the Pinyin romanization shared by several different Chinese surnames, including 文 (Wén), 温 (Wēn), 闻 (Wén), and 问 (Wèn).

Contents

1 Notable people named Wen
2 References

Notable people named Wen

文 (Wén)

Wen Zhong (Spring and Autumn) (fl. c. 496 BC), advisor in the state of Yue
Wen Chou (d. 200), military general in Eastern Han Dynasty
Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), chancellor of Southern Song Dynasty
Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), calligrapher in Ming Dynasty
Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645 AD), Ming Dynasty painter, scholar

温 (Wēn)

Wen Yanbo (575-637), official in early Tang Dynasty
Wen Tingyun (812–870), poet in Tang dynasty
Wen Jiabao (b. 1942), Premier of the People's Republic of China beginning in 2003
Wen Bixia (b. 1967), Hong Kong actress
Wen Ruian (b. 1954), Wuxia-novel writer
Wen Changming (Walter Woon), b. 1956, professor of law and former Attorney-General of Singapore

闻 (Wén)

Wen Yiduo (1899–1986), poet and scholar
Wen Zhong (Shang Dynasty), fiction character from the ancient novel Fengshen Yanyi

References