Wan (surname)

Wan (万/萬)

Pronunciation	Wàn (Mandarin) Man (Cantonese) Ban (Hokkien)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Man/Ban

Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese. It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 88th most common surname in China, shared by 2.4 million people.

Notable people

• Wan Yu (died 272), Chancellor of Eastern Wu
• Consort Wan (1428–1487), consort of the Chenghua Emperor of the Ming dynasty
• Wan Quan (1495–1585), Ming dynasty paediatrician
• Wan Hu (16th century), legendary "rocket scientist"
• Wan Fulin (1880–1951), military governor of Heilongjiang province
• The Wan brothers, founders of the Chinese animation industry
  • Wan Laiming (1900–1997)
  • Wan Guchan (1900–1995)
  • Wan Chaochen (1906–1992)
  • Wan Dihuan
• Wan Laisheng (1903–1995), martial artist
• Wan Yi (万毅; 1907–1997), general and politician
• Wan Jiabao, pen name Cao Yu (1910–1996), influential playwright
• Wan Li (born 1916), former Vice Premier of China, Politburo member
• Wan Haifeng (万海峰; born 1920), general
• Wan Shaofen (萬紹芬; born 1929), former Communist Party chief of Jiangxi province, the first female provincial party chief
• Wan Xueyuan (born 1941), former Governor of Zhejiang province
• Wan Jifei (born 1948), politician, a son of Wan Li
• Wan Jen (born 1950), Taiwanese filmmaker
• Wan Gang (born 1952), Ministry of Science and Technology of China
• Wan Exiang (born 1956), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China
• Alex Man (Wan Ziliang; born 1957), Hong Kong actor
• Wan Guanghua (born 1961), economist
• Wan Yanhai (born 1963), AIDS activist
• Joey Meng (Wan Qiwen; born 1970), Hong Kong actress
• Wan Xiaoli (born 1971), singer
• Wan Cheng (born 1985), football player
• Wan Houliang (born 1986), football player