Monday, October 6, 2008

Wei

The term Wei may refer to:

Dynasties
* Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties.
* Wei , state during the Spring and Autumn Period
* State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
* Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period

People

* Wei Zhongxian, considered by many to be the most infamous eunuch in Chinese history. Orginal name was Li Jinzhong.
* Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident
* Wei Qing, a general of the Western Han Dynasty
* Lady Wei Shuo, calligrapher
* Wei Yan, a military officer of Shu during the Three Kingdoms Period
* Shang Yang, Qin minister, originally known as Wei Yang
* Wei Zheng, a statesman of the Tang Dynasty
* , a Chinese volleyball player

* Wei Chen, a Canadian television and radio journalist
* Zhao Wei, a Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English name, Vicki Zhao
* a common misspelling of Michelle Wie, golfer

Other
*Wei Hai, an ancient wargame
*Wei , a company-grade officer in Chinese armed forces.
* Wei River, a main tributary to the Yellow River]
* Wei, a star otherwise known as Epsilon Scorpii

The acronym WEI may also refer to:
* Wau Ecology Institute
* The Windows Experience Index reported by the Windows System Assessment Tool, a measure of the user-perceived performance of a computer running Microsoft Windows.

Wang (surname)

Wang is one of the most common and ancient Chinese family names. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and 1st in "National Citizen ID Information System" . As of 2007, Wang is ranked as the most common surname in Mainland China, with 92.88 million people bearing this surname. Translated into English, Wang literally means "” , although bearing the name has no royal implications in most cases. Outside of China, there are also many people who bear Wang as their surname, such as in Korea.

Wang is also romanized as "Wong", especially for people from Hong Kong or from Guangdong. Note that "Wong" is actually the Cantonese romanization of three different surnames; Wang , Huang and Wang . In addition, "Wang" is the Cantonese romanization of the following uncommon family names: , , , and . In Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, it was romanized as Ong and Heng.

Pronunciation


In western countries, the surname Wang is very commonly mispronounced. In most forms of English including American English, "Wang" is often anglicized into /w??/ with a long "a" and has entered common usage, and even adopted by some Chinese immigrants to the area who grow weary of correcting the mispronunciation. The actual pronunciation of the surname is with a short "a"; /wɑ?/ in a rising tone.

Origins and development


There were many origins in the development of Wang as a surname, but the main origins that structure the modern surname of Wang were four: , , and change of surnames from other ethnic groups outside of Han Chinese.

Zi house


The most ancient family name of Wang was originated from the surname . The Chinese legend mentions that near the end of Shang Dynasty, King Zhou of Shang's uncle Bi Gan, Qi Zi and Wei Zi were called "The Three Kindhearted of Shang". King Zhou was violent in his rule, and Bi Gan repeatedly remonstrated to the king regarding his behavior. The king refused his comments, and killed Bi Gan instead. Bi's descendants used "Wang" as their surname as they are descendants of a prince, and was known as the "The Bi clan of Wang family". The Zi clan existed around 3100 years through Qin Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, and until today. The Zi clan of Wang lived predominantly in Henan during these times, and developed into the famous Wang Family of Ji prefecture.

Ji house


More families of Wang were originated from the royal family of Zhou Dynasty. The original surname of the royal family of Zhou Dynasty was . However, many of them have separated out of the family due to the loss of power amd land. Because of they once belonged to the royal family, they used "Wang" as their surname. This family of Wang traced its ancestry to Wang Ziqiao

According to the classical records, after King Wu of Zhou defeated the Shang Dynasty, he chose the capital at the city of Gao. This was known in history as the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of the 21th king, King Ling of Zhou , the capital was in Chen Zhou, which is the present day Luoyang, Henan. The son of King Ling, , was reduced to civilian status due to his remonstration to the king. His son Zong Jin remains to be a Situ in the palace, and because of the people at the time recognized him as the descendant of the royal family, they called his family the "Wang family". From this moment on, this clan used "Wang" as their surname. When the 8th generation of the Ji clan of Wang Wang Cuo became a general in the State of Wei, the clan finally regained its status. In the early period of Qin Dynasty, this clan was active in areas of Luoyang, Henan. Between the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, Wang Yuan and Wang Wei, sons of the Marquis of Wuchen Wang Li, moved to Langye, Shandong and Taiyuan, Shanxi. Since then, they have developed into the most famous Wang family of Langye and Taiyuan, the biggest group in the surname of Wang. The Ji clan of Wang existed around 2600 years. In China, 90% of the Wang family that have their family tree originated from the Ji clan of Wang.



Wang in other countries and ethnic groups


Hmong


The Hmong version of Wang is Vang, or in RPA Vaj or Vaaj. It has the same etymology as the Chinese surname, and is fairly common among the Hmong. The Vang constitute one of the largest of the eighteen clans of the Hmong.

Korean



Wang is a ? but fairly rare in Korea. According to the South Korean census of 2000, in that year 23,447 people bearing the Wang surname were living in the country.

Wang was one of the most powerful clans in the Chinese on the Korean Peninsula. According to the ''Houhanshu'', its ancestor Wang Zhong originally lived in Qi in the 2nd century B.C.E., but fled to when the Prince of Qibei revolted against the Han Dynasty. The Wang clan flourished in the Lelang commandery, and seems to have contributed to the cultural development of subsequent kingdoms.

Although it was the Goryeo royal family name, Wang is very rare today. It is said that when Goryeo fell, people called Wang changed their surname to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding Joseon Dynasty. The Kaesong Wang traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers.

Japanese


is a rare which is the equivalent of Wang. ? is the way Japanese pronounce the character 王. Most Japanese with this family name are of Chinese descent. Sadaharu Oh is a famous baseball player and manager in Japan.

Indonesian


The surname Wang in Indonesia is often pronounced as Heng or Bong for people of Hokkien descent, and more commonly as Ong by Chinese Peranakan.

Vietnamese


The name Wang in the Vietnamese language is V??ng.

Prominent personages


:''Note: people with the family name “?” are listed in the “” article.''

Taiwanese


* Wang Chien-Ming, a Taiwanese baseball pitcher of the New York Yankees
* Wang Banyang , US-born volunteer fighter pilot, pre-Flying Tigers, made one of the earliest monoplane-fighter versus monoplane fighter kills in air-combat history
* Wang Guowei, scholar of late Qing Dynasty, early era
* Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese politician
* Winston Wong, Taiwanese businessman

Chinese


* An Wang, computer scientist who founded Wang Laboratories
* Wang Anshi, politician during the .
* Wang Can, scholar of late Eastern Han Dynasty
* Charles Wang, co-founder of Computer Associates International Inc.
* Wang Chien-shien, politician of the Republic of China

* Wang Chong , Chinese philosopher
* , general during the Three Kingdoms period
* Wang Chongyang, Taoist
* Wang David, former Chinese ambassador to Australia.
* Wang David, professional American track athlete
* Wang Dan, Student Leader - Tiananmen Square Dissident
* Wang Dao, statesman and chief advisor of Emperor Yuan of Jin
* Wang Dun, ambitious militant of the Eastern
* Wang Fanxi, Trotskyist
* Faye Wong, Chinese singer
* Wang Fuzhi Chinese philosopher and historian
* Garrett Wang, Chinese American actor
* Wang Guangmei, wife of Liu Shaoqi
* Wang Guangya, UN ambassador
* , Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician
* Wong Kar-wai, movie director
* Wang Liqin, table tennis player
* Wang Mang, founder of Xin Dynasty
* Wang Meng, Chief Advisor of Fu Jian
* Wang Nan, table tennis player
* Paul Wang, American film producer
* Wang Pi, Taoist philosopher during the Three Kingdoms
* Wang Shiyan, Chinese Painter
* Wang Shizhen, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang subordinate
* Wang Tao, Reformer, political essayist, newspaper publisher, fiction writer
* Vera Wang, designer
* Wang David, Abercrombie/Hollister model
* Wayne Wang, movie director
* , Famous poet of Tang Dynasty
* Wang Xizhi, calligrapher during the Eastern
* Wang Xianzhi, calligrapher, son of Wang Xizhi
* Wang Xiaobo, modern writer
* Wang Yan, statesman and Taoist philosopher during the Western
* Wang Yangming, prominent Neo-Confucian of Ming Dynasty
* Wang Yung-ching, influential businessman
* Wang Zhaojun, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China
* Empress Wang Zhengjun, mother of Emperor Cheng of Han and aunt of Wang Mang
* Wang Zhizhi, former NBA player
* Yuja Wang, Classical pianist
* Wong Jing, movie director
* Wang Jingwei , politician of early Republic of China
* Wang Daohan , politician of the People's Republic of China and president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
* Lee-Hom Wang, Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, actor, and commercial model
* Wáng Dǐngchāng, , The first directly elected President of Republic of Singapore

Korean


*The royal family of the Goryeo Dynasty, founded by Wang Geon
**Wang Go
**Wang Toghtua Bukha
* Wang Ki-Chun, judo world champion
* Wang Ji-hyun, popularly known as Jun Ji-hyun

Fiction


* Wang Shizhen, a character in ''Hikaru no Go''
* Amy Wong, a character from ''''
* Wang Lung from the book ''The Good Earth''
* Nina Wáng a character in ''My-Otome''
* Lo Wang, the protagonist of the video game ''Shadow Warrior''
* Chon Wang, a protagonist in ''Shanghai Noon'' and ''Shanghai Knights''
* Wang Jinrei, a playable character in the popular video game franchise

Notes and citations

Táng (surname)

Tang , is a surname. Japanese, Korean and also have the surname with the same character but different pronunciation/romanization .

History



People with this surname mainly have two originations :

* From the clan name Tao-Tang
** ''Tao-Tang'' was the clan name for Emperor 's tribe, so Yao is also known as Tang Yao or Tang Fangxun . ''Tao'' means ''pottery'', which was a very important invention and tool in acient China; ''Tang'' was the ancient name for the place currently is part of central China and the central plain of Shanxi Province. Yao's tribe combined the names of pottery and their resident place as their clan name . The of Yao continued using the surname Tang instead of ''Tao-Tang'', probably for simplification purpose.

* From the King Tang Shuyu
** In the early Zhou Dynasty , when the King Wu of Zhou was still a child, one day he played a game with his young brother Tang Shuyu. The King Wu of Zhou cut a leaf to a Jade Gui shape, sent to Tang Shuyu, and said: you're rised to the Marquis of Tang . The chancellor aside immediately advised the King Wu of Zhou to choose an auspicious day and make a royal ceremony for establishing Tang Shuyu. The King Wu of Zhou felt suprising and said: we are just playing a game and I just made a joke. The chancellor replied: the King cannot make a joke, once the King speaks out, historians record his words, the loyal ceremony will be held, and the loyal music will be played. Thus Tang Shuyu was rised to the Marquis of Tang, and later became the first king of . It's a famous historic event and the origin for the Chinese phrase ''Tongye Fenghou'' . His offspring continued using ''Tang'' as their surname.

Notable people


* Tang of Shang : King of Shang Dynasty
* Tang Shuyu: King of
* Tang Yin : Ming Dynasty official, painter, calligraphist, poet, literator
* Tang Ching-sung : the first President of the Republic of Formosa
* Tang Shaoyi : Prime Minister of the Republic of China
* Tang Jiyao : general, warlord
* Tang Shengzhi : general, warlord
* Tang Junyi : philosopher
* Tang Ti-sheng : opera playwright, scriptwriter, film director
* Tang Fei : the Premier of the Republic of China
* Tang Jiaxuan : the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
* Henry Tang : Hong Kong politician and official

Related topic


* Tang Dynasty

Toy (surname)

Toy is a surname, and may refer to:

*Ah Toy , Chinese-American prostitute and madam in San Francisco
*Camden Toy , American actor and script writer
*Crawford Howell Toy , American Hebrew scholar
* , American professional baseball player
*Jim Toy , American LGBT activist
*Michael Toy , computer programmer and game developer
*Sam Toy , American industrialist; chairman of Ford Motor Company 1980–86

Teng

Teng can refer to two distinct Chinese surnames.

Most commonly, it is an alternate spelling of the Chinese surname used especially in Taiwan based on the Wade-Giles transliteration of . This spelling is used in many English language sources on China written before the widespread adoption of the pinyin transliteration system in the 1980s. For example, Deng Xiaoping was written "Teng Hsiao-p'ing."

However, Teng is also a different and much rarer Chinese surname derived from in the . It is ''Tàhng'' in and is usually Romanized as "Tang" in Hong Kong. It is ''Têng'' in Minnan .

Notable persons with the surname Teng




Persons surnamed Teng include:

*Teng Biao , Beijing, China-based human rights lawyer
*Teng Haibin , gymnast from Beijing, China
*Joyce Tang , Hong Kong celebrity
*Lee C. Teng, Chinese-American Accelerator Physicist
*Teng Xiu , Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period
*Teng Yin , Wu minister during the Three Kingdoms period
*Empress Teng , empress of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China

Other persons named Teng include:
*Tais Teng, Dutch writer
*Vienna Teng, American singer
*Shanghua Teng , computer scientist

Tan (surname)

Tan and Tam is a Chinese surname. In a 2006 study of the 100 most common Chinese surnames, Tan was found to be the 67th most common.

Origin



Two origins have been suggested for the Tan surname:

* The surname came from the ancient , which was located in the western part of what is now Shandong Province. During the Spring and Autumn Period, this state was conquered by the neighbouring . The court changed their surname to Tan in remembrance of their defeated homeland, and later prospered in Hunan Province.

* The surname came from the less common surname 談, another with the same pronunciation in Mandarin and Cantonese. In order to avoid the revenge of their enemies, the clan leaders changed it to 譚.

A study by geneticist Yuan Yida has found that people with either of the two Tan surnames are especially concentrated in Hunan Province which would tend to support these accounts. This does not mean that they are the most common surnames in that province.

Romanisation and pronunciation


''Tán'' is the Chinese character's pinyin romanisation in . It is pronounced and romanised differently in different languages and dialects.

*In , it is romanised as ''Taam4'' in Jyutping and ''Tàahm'' in . It can also be romanised as ''Tam''.
*In Taishanese, it may be romanised as ''Tom'', ''Thom'', ''Hom'', ''Ham'', or ''Hum''.
*In Min Nan, it is romanised as ''Th?m'' in POJ.
*In , it is spelt as ''?àm''.

Prominent people


*Alan Tam
*Amy Tan
*Tan Dun
*Tam Kung
*Patrick Tam Kar Ming
*Patrick Tam Yiu Man
*Roman Tam
*Tan Sitong
*Steven Tan

Fictional people


*River Tam
*Simon Tam
*Dana Tan

Clan villages


*Bei Hou

Sun (surname)

Sun is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname, written or 孙 in Chinese characters, ''sūn'' in . Other common transliterations include Suen , T?n .

For Hong Kong, surname is translated as Sun.

Prominent people with Family Name 孫


*The rulers of the Kingdom of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period
*Sun Tzu
*Sun Bin
*Sun Caiyun
*Sun Yat-sen
*Sun Wukong
*Sun Li-jen
*Sun Jihai
*Michael Suen
*Soon Sien Fong

Sui (surname)

Sui is the of two Chinese surnames, Suí and Suī .

Persons named Sui include:
*Anna Sui, an American fashion designer
*Sui Feifei, a female Chinese basketball player who played with the American WNBA.
*Sui Gu, a vassal in the Three Kingdoms Period of China
*Sui Jianguo, a contemporary Chinese artist
*Sui Lin, a British Chinese actress
*Sui Xinmei, a Chinese shot putter
*Sui Yuanjin, an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period of China
*Sui Yunjiang, a Chinese martial arts master

Su (surname)

or So is the 41st most common Chinese family name in 2006 and also Korean family name.

Origines


There are many alternate theories to the origins of this name.

1) It derives from a minority ethnic group. In Liaodong during the period of Han Dynasty a family name ''Wuyuanyousu'' , which later changed into today's ''Su'' during the period of Northern Wei.

2)

3)As the legend goes that Fan, the eldest grandson of the six descendants of the 6th generation of Huang Di lived in Kunwu, roughly the northeast region of Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi province, and was historically called Kunwu Shi.

In the middle of Xia Dynasty, Di Huai gave You Su to the offspring of Kunwu Shi as a fief, and they established State Su thereafter.

State Su was perished in late Shang Dynasty, and clansmen of the conquered state took Su as their surname and moved to other places. Only those with surname Su living in Su Ling pledged allegiance to Zhou Dynasty. Su Chasheng secured an official position of Si Kou and King Wu of Zhou Dynasty gave him the place of Su as fief, with capital city in Wen, today's Wen County, Henan province. For this reason, people respectfully called Su Chasheng the earliest ancestor of surname Wen.

During the pre-Qin days , people with surname Su mainly lived in Henan and Hebei. In Warring States period, one branch moved southward to Hunan and Hubei and the other westward to Shaanxi.

During Qin and Han Dynasties, Su people moved eastward to Shandong and later Su people living in the western regions of Shaanxi province became a prominent and distinguished family.

In late Northern and Southern Dynasties, ethnic minorities from northern regions moved to central plains and many changed their surnames to Su during the migration process.

Large number of Su people moved to Sichuang and Fujian during Tang Dynasty. In northern Song Dynasty, they moved further southward to Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Su people moved to Taiwan Island during Ming and Qing Dynasties, and now surname Su on the island has enjoyed the most popularity.



Famous people named Su


*Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe - called 三蘇, Chinese poets
*Su Wu, a politician of Western Han Dynasty
*Su Song, an astronomer and pharmacist
*Su Buqing, a mathematician and educator
*Su Tseng-chang, a Taiwanese politician and former Premier of the Republic of China
*William So, Hong Kong singer and actor
*Louisa So, Hong Kong actress
*Alec Su, Taiwanese singer and actor
*Wesley So, Filipino chess prodigy

Song (surname)

Song is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name . It is transliterated as Sung in Wade-Giles, and Soong is also a common transliteration. In addition to being a common surname, it is also the name of a Chinese dynasty, the ''Song Dynasty'', written with the same character.

The first written record of the character Song was found on the oracle bones of the Shang dynasty. The origin of the character can possibly be dated to an even earlier time . Structurally, the character has remained virtually unchanged for nearly 4000 years. The etymology of the character can possibly be traced back to the abstract representation of a totem symbol. With the outer radical denoting preciousness, and the inner character representing trees or woods, the entire character literally means "holy wood" or "treasured tree", possibly a totem symbol from the late Neolithic and Bronze Age.

In the written records of Chinese history, the first time the character Song was used as a surname appeared in the early stage of the Zhou dynasty. One of the children of the last emperor of Shang dynasty was a duke named Song. The State of Song, Song's personal dominion, became part of the Zhou dynasty when Shang has fallen. Citizens of the former State of Song, to commemorate their fallen state, began to use the character Song, as their surname.

A less common Chinese family name can also be transliterated to Soong in some Chinese dialects.

Prominent people


* Duke Xiang of Song, leader in Song during Spring and Autumn Period
* Song Yu, Zhou Dynasty poet
* Consort Song, empress during Han Dynasty
* Empress Song , empress during Han Dynasty
* Song Xian, Three Kingdoms era military officer
* Song Qian, officer of Eastern Wu during Three Kingdoms era
* Song Bian, Northern Wei official
* Song Jingang, Prince during Transition from Sui to Tang
* Song Jing, b. 663, Tang Dynasty chancellor
* Song Ci, b. 1186, Song Dynasty scientist
* Song Zhun, Song Dynasty scholar
* Song Lian, b. 1310 Ming Dynasty historian
* Song Yingxing, b. 1587 Ming Dynasty scientist and encyclopedist
* Charlie Soong, b. 1863
* T. V. Soong, b. 1894
* Soong sisters
** Soong May-ling
** Soong Ching-ling
** Soong Ai-ling
* Kenneth Soong
* Elaine Soong
* Bill Sung
* Sung Chiao-jen, b. 1882, revolutionary and political leader
* Song Zheyuan, b. 1885, general
* Song Renqiong, b. 1909, general
* Song Ping, b. 1919, Communist Party official
* James Soong, b. 1942, Republic of China governor
* Song Defu, b. 1946, Communist Party politician
* Song Zuying, b. 1966, ethnic Miao Chinese singer
* Song Weiping, b. 1967, billionaire
* Sarah Song, b. 1985, Miss Chinese International 2007

Fictional characters


* Song Jiang
* Noonien Soong, The creator of the android Data in Star Trek
* Arik Soong, Great grandfather of Noonien Soong

Sima (surname)

Sima is a Chinese family name. Unlike most single- Chinese family names, it is one of the rare . It is an occupation name, literally meaning "control" "horses" , and corresponds exactly to the English surname , whose etymology is from the ish ''mare'' + ''skalkoz'' . The surname originated from one of the offices of the Three Excellencies of the Han dynasty.

People with family name 司馬


*Sima Rangju or Rang Ju, strategist during the Spring and Autumn Period and regarded as the author of ''Sima Fa''
*Sima Qian, historian in Western Han Dynasty and author of ''Records of the Grand Historian''
*Sima Xiangru, a minor official in Western Han Dynasty but better known for his poetic skills, Chinese wine business and controversial marriage to a widow Zhuo Wenjun after both eloped.
*Sima Yi, renowned strategist during the Three Kingdoms, ultimate adversary of Zhuge Liang in ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' and the revered progenitor of the Jin Dynasty .
*Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi
*Sima Zhao, son of Sima Yi and younger brother of Sima Shi, ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Wei and the origin of a Chinese proverb.
*Sima Yan, also known as the Emperor Wu of Jin, was a son of Sima Zhao. He took the throne of the Kingdom of Wei, proclaimed the Jin Dynasty and unified China.
*Sima Ai, son of Emperor Wu of Jin and Prince of Changsha among the
*the ruling family of the Jin Dynasty .
*Sima Guang, historian and statesman during the Song Dynasty , known for his monumental historical work ''Zizhi Tongjian'' and rivalry against contemporary Wang Anshi. There is a popular story of him, as a youth, saving someone who fell into a large water pot by smashing it with a rock.

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Shen

Shen can refer to:

*Shen 神, a central word in Chinese philosophy, , , and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
*Shen 蜃, a shapeshifting Chinese dragon believed to create mirages
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People


* Shen 沈, a common Chinese surname
* Shen Sinyan or Sinyan Shen is an American physicist and classical composer.
* Shen Xue, a Chinese figure skater

Places


* State of Shen, state in the Zhou Dynasty of China
* Shanghai, abbreviated as Shen, city in China

Entertainment


* the alias for Kami-Sama's in the manga of Dragon Ball and anime of Dragon Ball
* Shen , a character in Ender's Game
* Shen Woo, ''King of Fighters'' character
* Shén, a fictional race from the world of Tékumel
* Swift , a comic book character in Wildstorm, is named Shen Li-Min
* Shen, a character from



Other


* Shaanxi, abbreviated as Qin , province of China

Qian

Qian may refer to:

* Qián , a traditional name for the Guizhou province of southwestern China
* Qián
**One of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g
**A Chinese surname :
*** Qian Liu, Founding king of Wuyue
*** Qian Qichen, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, 1988-1998
*** Qian Zhongshu, Chinese writer
*** Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology
*** Weichang Chien, Chinese scientist and educator
*** Qian Sanqiang, Chinese scientist
*** Qian Liren, Chinese politician, director of the ''People's Daily'' dismissed in 1989
*** , J-Pop singer.

Poy

Poy is a surname of or origin. The name refers to:
*Aldo Poy , Argentine professional football player
*José Poy , Argentine professional football player
*Mauro Poy , Argentine professional football player
*Neville Poy , Canadian plastic surgeon; husband of Vivienne Poy
*Ronald Lou-Poy , Canadian university chancellor
*Vivienne Poy , Chinese-Canadian fashion designer and politician from Ontario; Canadian senator since 1998
*William Poy , Australian businessman

Phan

Phan may refer to:

In Asian continent:
*The Vietnamese spelling of the surname .
*Amphoe Phan district, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.

In English languange:
*Phelps Phans, fans of Olympic Gold Medalist, Michael Phelps.
*, fans of the character Erik in The Phantom of the Opera.
*A nickname to a person who is a fan of the jam band Phish.
*A term used by fans of the Phantasy Star series of role-playing games to describe themselves.
*A fan of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Danny Phantom. Most of the 'phans' of this series are girls and known as members of the 'Phandom'.