Mao (surname)
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Language(s) | Chinese |
Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 (Máo), 茅 (Māo) and some rare names 茆 (Máo), 卯 (Máo), 貌 (Mào) etc.
毛 originated from Ji (Chinese: 姬; pinyin: Jī), the clan name of Zhou Dynasty. 毛 is the 106th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames, and ranks 87th largest number of people with this surname in China (2007).[1]
茅 is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.[2]
Notable people surnamed Mao
毛
- Mao Chaofeng, politician born in 1965
- Mao Chi-kuo, a Republic of China politician
- Mao Jie, a minister to Cao Cao
- Mao Sidi, pseudonym of Steven W. Mosher (born 1948), American social scientist and author
- Mao Wenlong, a commander of the Ming Dynasty
- Mao Zedong, (1893-1976), the founder of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Communist Party of China
- Madame Mao (Jiang Qing), the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and a leading politician in the Cultural Revolution
- Mao Zemin, (1896-1943), early Communist revolutionary, Mao Zedong's brother
- Mao Zetan, brother of Mao Zedong
- Mao Anying, the son of Mao Zedong
- Mao Yuanxin, nephew of Mao Zedong
- Mao Xinyu, (born 1970), grandson of Mao
- Mao Zehong, the sister of Mao Zedong
- Mao Xiaobing, former party chief of Xining, investigated for corruption
- Mao Xiaoping, former mayor of Wuxi
- Mao Xinyuan, a Chinese race walker
- Empress Mao, Empress of Cao Rui during the Three Kingdoms era
- Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
- Yeni Mao, (born 1971) contemporary artist
- Mao WeiJia, singer
茅
- Angela Mao, Taiwanese actress
- Mao Dun, pen name of a Chinese writer
- Mao Yisheng, a Chinese structural engineer.
- Mao Yushi, a Chinese economist, nephew of Mao Yisheng, critic of Mao Zedong.
See also
- Mao (given name), a feminine Japanese given name