Fán (樊) is a Chinese family name. It was the name of a fief, located in present-day Jiyuan in Henan province. Granted by Zhong Shanfu by Zhou Xuang Wang.[1][better source needed] It is shared by around 2 million people, or 0.150% of the population, with the province with the largest population being Henan.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Fan Hui (樊麾), European Go champion
- Fan Kuai (樊噲), Han dynasty military general and friend of Han dynasty founder Liu Bang (Emperor Gao)
- Fan Rui (樊瑞), historical fictional character from the Water Margin
- Louis Fan (convert), Catholic convert and first Chinese witness to modern Europe
- Fan Mei-sheng, (樊梅生, born 1942) Hong Kong actor
- Louis Fan (actor) (樊少皇), Hong Kong film actor, son of Fan Mei-sheng
- Fan Gang (樊刚), economist
- Ky Fan (樊𰋀,[a] 1914–2010), Chinese-born American mathematician
- Fan Zhendong (樊振东), Chinese professional table tennis player
Notes
[edit]- ^ The character in his given name is
(⿰土畿), a variant of 㙨. It was added to the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G in Unicode version 13, and may not display properly on all systems.