Mao (surname)
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Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 Máo, 茅 Māo and some rare names wikt:茆 Máo, wikt:卯 Máo, wikt:貌 Mào etc.
wikt: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]
wikt:茅 is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.[2]
Notable people surnamed Mao
毛
- Mao Chaofeng, politician born in 1965
- 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
- Mao Zemin, (1896-1943), early Communist revolutionary, Mao Zedong's brother
- Mao Yuanxin, nephew of Mao Zedong
- Mao Xinyu, (born 1970), grandson of Mao
- Mao Xiaobing, former party chief of Xining, investigated for corruption
- Mao Xiaoping, former mayor of Wuxi
- Empress Mao, Empress of Cao Rui during the Three Kingdoms era
- Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
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.
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