Wen (surname)

For other uses, see Wen and 文.

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).

Notable people named Wen

文 (Wén)

• Wen Zhong (Spring and Autumn) (fl. c. 496 BC), advisor in the state of Yue
• Wen Chou (d. 200), military general in Eastern Han Dynasty
• Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), chancellor of Southern Song Dynasty
• Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), calligrapher in Ming Dynasty
• Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645 AD), Ming Dynasty painter, scholar

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)

• Wen Yiduo (1899–1986), poet and scholar
• Wen Zhong (Shang Dynasty), fiction character from the ancient novel Fengshen Yanyi

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