Wen (surname)

Wen (surname)
Wen
Family name
Language(s) of origin Chinese

Wen is the Pinyin romanization shared by several different Chinese surnames, including 文 (Wén), 温 (Wēn), 闻 (Wén), and 问 (Wèn).

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Notable people named Wen

文 (Wén)

温 (Wēn)

  • Wen Yanbo (575-637), official in early Tang Dynasty
  • Wen Tingyun (812–870), poet in Tang dynasty
  • Wen Jiabao (b. 1942), Premier of the People's Republic of China beginning in 2003
  • Wen Bixia (b. 1967), Hong Kong actress
  • Wen Ruian (b. 1954), Wuxia-novel writer
  • Wen Changming (Walter Woon), b. 1956, professor of law and former Attorney-General of Singapore

闻 (Wén)

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