Ge (surname)
Ge (Chinese: 葛; pinyin: Gĕ) is a Chinese surname. One branch of the family became the compound surname Zhuge. In 2013 it was found to be the 110th most common surname, composed of 1.95 million people or 0.150% of the total national population, with the province with the largest population being Jiangsu.[1] It is the 44th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
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| See also | Zhuge (諸葛) |
Notable people
- Ge Tian (Chinese: 葛天; pinyin: Gě Tiān; born 1988) Chinese actress and fashion model. Ge Tian was born in Jinan, Shandong
- Ge Hongsheng (Chinese: 葛洪升 1931 – 30 January 2020) was a politician of the People's Republic of China.
- Christine Ko (born 1988) a Taiwanese-American actress
- Ernest Shiu-Jen Kuh (Chinese: 葛守仁; pinyin: Gě Shǒurén; 1928 – 2015) was a Chinese-born American electrical engineer. He served as Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley
- Ge Xiaoguang (born 1953), Chinese artist who painted the Mao Zedong portrait that hangs in Tiananmen Square.
- Misha Ge (born May 17, 1991), Uzbek male figure skater
Stagenames
- Grace Chang (born 1933), known by her stagename as Ge Lan (葛蘭), Hong Kong-Chinese actress and singer.
References
- 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., Jan 1, 2013
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