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* [[Anna Chan Chennault]], first female reporter for the [[Central News Agency]]
* [[Anna Chan Chennault]], first female reporter for the [[Central News Agency]]
* [[Eason Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
* [[Eason Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
* [[Jordan Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
* [[Jackie Chan]], Hong Kong actor
* [[Jackie Chan]], Hong Kong actor
* [[Jesse Tran]], owner of JesseNeo.com
* [[Jordan Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
* [[Johnny Chan (poker player)|Johnny Chan]], poker player
* [[Johnny Chan (poker player)|Johnny Chan]], poker player
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* Peter Chan, the only "Chan" listed on the Vietnam War Memoral. He served on the US Aircraft carrier USS Oriskany.
* [[Peter P. Chen]], a computer scientist, inventor of the Entity-Relationship Model
* [[Peter P. Chen]], a computer scientist, inventor of the Entity-Relationship Model
* [[Priscilla Chan]], Hong Kong singer
* [[Priscilla Chan]], Hong Kong singer
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* [[Chin Siu Dek]], aka Jimmy H. Woo, brought one of the [[Chinese martial arts]], Tsoi Li Ho Fut Hung, or Kung Fu [[San soo|San Soo]] from Taishan to America, as [http://www.taishan.com/english/people/ noted here]
* [[Chin Siu Dek]], aka Jimmy H. Woo, brought one of the [[Chinese martial arts]], Tsoi Li Ho Fut Hung, or Kung Fu [[San soo|San Soo]] from Taishan to America, as [http://www.taishan.com/english/people/ noted here]
* [[Vincent Chin]], victim of racial crime
* [[Vincent Chin]], victim of racial crime
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* Rulers of the [[Tran Dynasty]]
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* David Tran, Vietnamese American hot sauce producer and founder of [[Huy Fong Foods]]
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* [[Trần Đức Lương]], President of [[Vietnam]]
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* Trần Nghia, Vietnamese computer scientist
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* [[Trần Hưng Đạo]], Vietnamese national hero
* [[Tan Kah Kee]], prominent businessman, community leader, and philanthropist in colonial Singapore and China.
* [[Tan Kah Kee]], prominent businessman, community leader, and philanthropist in colonial Singapore and China.
* [[Tony Tan Keng Yam]], the former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence of Singapore
* [[Tony Tan Keng Yam]], the former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence of Singapore
* [[Tan Tjeng Bok]], [[Indonesia]]n theatrical actor.
* [[Tan Tjeng Bok]], [[Indonesia]]n theatrical actor.
* Chen Qingzhi, General of Emperor Wu of Liang, Northern and Southern Dynasty
* Chen Qingzhi, General of Emperor Wu of Liang, Northern and Southern Dynasty
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* Rulers of the [[Tran Dynasty]]
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* Peter Chan, the only "Chan" listed on the Vietnam War Memoral. He served on the US Aircraft carrier USS Oriskany.
* [[Charles Tran Van Lam]] , Minister for Foreign Affairs for The Republic of Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War. He was one of signers of the Paris Peace Accord in 1973. Foreign minister in 1969. In 1973 he became the president of the Senate of South Vietnam
* [[Charles Tran Van Lam]] , Minister for Foreign Affairs for The Republic of Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War. He was one of signers of the Paris Peace Accord in 1973. Foreign minister in 1969. In 1973 he became the president of the Senate of South Vietnam
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* David Tran, Vietnamese American hot sauce producer and founder of [[Huy Fong Foods]]
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* [[Trần Đức Lương]], President of [[Vietnam]]
*[[Tran Hieu Ngan]], the first Vietnamese athlete to win a medal at the Olympic Games
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* [[Trần Hưng Đạo]], Vietnamese national hero
* [[Jesse Tran]], owner of JesseNeo.com
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* Trần Nghia, Vietnamese computer scientist


== Fictional characters with surname Chen ==
== Fictional characters with surname Chen ==

Revision as of 07:17, 20 August 2007

For other uses, see Chen.

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Chen
陳; Chén
Origin
Word/nameChina
Meaningafter a region in Henan

Chén (Simplified Chinese: 陈, Traditional Chinese: 陳; Wade-Giles: Ch'en) is one of the most common Chinese family names. It ranks at the 5th most popular surname in Mainland China and the most popular surname in Singapore and Taiwan. Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian (spelt Tan in Malaysia), Hong Kong (spelt Chan in Hong Kong)and Macau. It is usually romanised as Chan in Cantonese, and sometimes as Chun. In Min (including dialects of Chaozhou (Teochow), Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan. In Hakka and Toisan, the name is spelt and pronounced as Chin. Some other Romanisations include Zen and Ding.

In Vietnam, this surname is written in Quoc Ngu as Trần, and is the second most popular Vietnamese surname, accounting for 11% of the population,[1] after the surname Nguyễn (38.4%).

Chen is also a Hebrew name used by Israelis. It is pronounced khen, and means grace or favour.

History

The initial surname Chen was from Gui (Chinese: 媯, pinyin: Gūi), which was an ancient Chinese surname of descendants of Emperor Shun, who was one of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors. When King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he gave the Land of Chen to the descendants to establish their own state. To show his respect for Emperor Shun, the new state, which was also named by Chen, was one of the Three Guest States of Zhou (Chinese: 三恪, pinyin: Sān Kè), which meant this nation was not the subordinate, but the guest of Zhou. However, the Chen state was occupied by Chu after the 10th century BC. Since then, the people of this state began to use Chen as their surname.

Other pronounciations

Prominent people

Fictional characters with surname Chen

References

  1. ^ Họ và tên người Việt Nam của Lê Trung Hoa, Nhà xuất bản Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005
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