Jiang (surname)

Jiang (surname)

Jiang can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:

#江, Jiāng
#蔣 (traditional) or 蒋 (simplified), Jiǎng
#姜, Jiāng

Branches

Branches of surname Jiangs include Zhang [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200604/06/eng20060406_256460.html People's Daily Online - History of surname Zhang ] ] ,
Lü [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200509/12/eng20050912_208092.html People's Daily Online - Chinese Lü surname history ] ] ,
Qiu [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200512/08/eng20051208_226640.html People's Daily Online - Chinese surname history: Qiu ] ] and Shen [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200507/25/eng20050725_198116.html People's Daily Online - Chinese surname history: Shen ] ] .

Famous people surnamed 江:

*Jiang Qing (江青), the third wife of Mao Zedong (real name: Li Jin 李近)
*Jiang Zemin, PRC leader
*March Fong Eu Kong (江月桂), first Asian American woman elected to state constitutional office in US

Famous people surnamed 蔣/蒋/장:

*Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China Chinese Nationalist Party, Director General
*Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China Chinese Nationalist Party, Chairman
*Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and ROC politician
*Chiang Wei-shui, Taiwanese colonial resistance movement advocate
*Jiang Bingzhi, author better known as Ding Ling
*Jiang Menglin, Chinese educator
*Jiang Tingxi, painter
*Jiang Wan, Shu Han official
*Jiang Yanyong, Chinese physician

Famous people surnamed 姜/강:

*Jiang Ziya, Zhou dynasty
*Jiang Kui, composer
*Jiang Wei, general of Shu-Han.

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