Jia (surname)

The ancestral hall of the Jia family in Jiajiayuan Village, Honggang Town, Tongshan County, Hubei

Jiǎ (simplified Chinese: 贾; traditional Chinese: 賈) is a surname. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Ka is the corresponding Cantonese-based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions.

Notable people with Jia as a surname

Historical figures

• Jia Yi (賈誼; 200–169 BCE), official of the Han dynasty
• Jia Kui (scholar) (賈逵; 30–101), scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynasty
• Jia Xu (賈詡; 147–223), official of the Cao Wei state
• Jia Kui (general) (賈逵; 174–228), general of Cao Wei state
• Jia Chong (賈充; 217–282), general of the Jin dynasty
• Jia Nanfeng (賈南風; 257–300), empress of the Jin dynasty
• Huiyuan (慧遠; 334–416), Buddhist teacher of the Jin dynasty
• Jia Dan (賈耽; 730–805), official of the Tang dynasty
• Jia Dao (賈島; 779–843), poet of the Tang dynasty
• Jia Su (賈餗; died 835), official of the Tang dynasty
• Jia Xian (贾宪; 1010–1070), mathematician of the Song dynasty
• Jia Sidao (賈似道; 1213–1275), grand chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty under Emperor Lizong

Film and television

• Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯; born 1970), Chinese film director
• Jia Hongsheng (贾宏声; 1967–2010), Chinese actor
• Alyssa Chia (賈靜雯; born 1974), Taiwanese actress
• JJ Jia (賈曉晨; born 1982), Chinese actress
• Jia Nailiang (贾乃亮; 賈乃亮; born 1984), Chinese actor

Government and politics

• Chia Ching-teh (1880–1960), President of the Republic of China Examination Yuan (1952–1954)
• Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940), Republic of China general and politician
• Jia Zhijie (贾志杰; born 1935), Chinese politician, governor of Gansu and Hubei
• Jia Chunwang (贾春旺; born 1938), Chinese official of the Supreme People's Procurator
• Jia Qinglin (贾庆林; born 1940), Chinese politician, member of the Politburo Standing Committee
• Jia Zhibang (贾治邦; born 1946), Chinese official of the State Forestry Administration
• Jia Yongsheng (贾永生; born 1947), People's Liberation Army Air Force general
• Jia Ting'an (贾廷安; born 1952), People's Liberation Army General Political Department general
• Jia Gaojian (贾高建; born 1959), Chinese official of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau

Sport

• Jia Lianren (1912–?), Chinese middle-distance runner
• Jia Xiuquan (贾秀全; born 1963), Chinese football manager
• Jia Guihua (born 1964), Chinese fencer
• Jia Zhanbo (贾占波; born 1974), Chinese sport shooter
• Jia Wenpeng (贾文鹏; born 1978), Chinese football midfielder
• Jia Xiaozhong (贾孝忠; born 1980), Chinese basketball player
• Jia Yunbing (born 1981), Chinese judo practitioner
• Jia Dandan (贾丹丹; born 1982), Chinese ice hockey player
• Jia Yubing (贾昱冰; born 1983), Chinese baseball player
• Jia Delong (贾德龙; born 1985), Chinese baseball player
• Jia Juntingxian (born 1986), Chinese Paralympic sprinter
• Jia Yuping (born 1986), Chinese cross-country skier
• Jia Tong (贾童; born 1991), Chinese diver
• Jia Zongyang (贾宗洋; born 1991), Chinese aerial skier
• Jia Tianzi (贾天子; born 1994), Chinese football midfielder
• Jia Yifan (贾一凡; born 1997), Chinese badminton player

Other

• Jia Lanpo (贾兰坡; 1908–2001), Chinese archaeologist
• Jia Pingwa (贾平娃; born 1952), Chinese writer
• Jia Yueting (贾跃亭; born 1973), Chinese businessman, founder of Le.com
• Jia Ling (贾玲; born 1982), Chinese xiangsheng performer
• Jia Jinglong (贾敬龙; 1986–2016), Chinese protester, executed for murder
• Jia Hongguang (born 1988), Chinese Paralympic swimmer
• Jia Junpeng (贾君鹏), Chinese man whose name became associated with a 2009 internet meme
• Jia Rongqing (贾荣庆; fl. 1968–present), Chinese-born Canadian mathematician
• Jia Ruhan (贾茹涵), Chinese soprano
• Xiaohua Jia, Chinese electrical engineer

Fictional characters

Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber:

• Jia Baoyu (賈寶玉), principal character
• Jia Xichun (賈惜春), third cousin of Jia Baoyu
• Jia Tanchun (賈探春), half-sister of Jia Baoyu
• Jia Qiaojie (賈巧姐), daughter of Jia Lian