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/* Prominent people with family name Huang(黃) */
'''Huang''' ({{zh-c|c=[[Wiktionary:黃|黃]]}}) is a [[Chinese surname]] that means "yellow". While ''Huáng'' is the [[pinyin]] romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Houang, Hoang, [[Wong]], [[Vong]], Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei or Ooi, [[Ong]], [[Hwang]], or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. The surname is known as Hoàng or as '''Huỳnh''' in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], and Hwang, Whang in [[Korean language|Korean]].
Huang is the 7<sup>th</sup> most common surname in China. The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 4.3 million Vietnamese (5.1%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed it was the surname for 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th)<ref>http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/Huang_origin.html Retrieved 2005-12-15</ref>.
See also [[Wong]], the common English transliteration of Cantonese on the surname Huang.
==Prominent people with family name Huang(黃)==
*[[Huang Chao]] (? – AD 884), Tang dynasty. Leader of peasant rebellion army
*[[Huang Chunping]], chief commander of rocket system of [[Chinese space program#Manned spaceflight programs|China's Manned Space Program]], deputy chief commander of the [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan Space Launch Center]], member of the [[National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]
*[[Huang Chuping]], also known as Wong Tai Sin, a [[Taoist]] deity
*[[Huangdi|Huang Di]]
*Huang Feihong ([[Wong Fei Hung]]) a prominent [[kung fu]] master
*[[Frank Huang]] (b. 1978?), American violinist born in China
*[[Huang Gai]], General of [[Wu Kingdom]] during the [[Three Kingdoms Period]]
*[[Huang Gongwang]] (1269 – 1345), Yuan Dynasty. Famous painter
*[[Huang Huahua]] 黃華華, (born [[1946]]) is the current [[Governor of Guangdong]], a southern province of [[China]]
*[[Jen-Hsun Huang]] 黃仁勳, co-founder of [[Nvidia Corporation]]
*Huang Jiading ([[Ong Ka Ting]]) 黃家定, President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Minister of Housing and Local Government & Acting Minister of Health of Malaysia.
*[[Wong Jim]] (1940 – 2004), lyricist and writer
*[[Huang Jianxiang]], football commentator
*[[Huang Jinhui]] (Wee Kim Wee) (1915 – 2005). Former president of the Republic of Singapore.
*[[Huang Ju]], politician
*[[Huang Shumin]], Famous woman in China in the Tang Dynasty with gorgeous feature.
*[[Kai Wong]] U.S. actor, producer.
*[[Huang Kun]] (1919 – 2005), physicist
*[[Huang Qiaoshan]] (AD 871 – 953), Vice-Minister of Works of [[Tang dynasty]].
*[[Huang Senping]] ([[Ming Dynasty]]), better known as Ong Sum Ping, son-in-law of Sultan Muhammad Shah, the first Muslim ruler of the Sultanate of [[Brunei]].
*[[Huang Sheng Shyan]], also known as Huang Hsing-hsien ([[Wade-Giles|WG]]) or Huáng Xìngxián ([[pinyin|py]]), a [[kung fu]] and [[tai chi]] master.
*[[Huang Shougong]] (AD 629 – 712), Founder of the famous Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, China.
*[[Huang Tingjian]] (1045 – 1105), Famous poet and calligrapher
*[[Huang Xie]], Lord of Chunshen, Prime Minister of the state of [[Chu (state)|Chu]] during the [[Warring States Period]]
*[[Huang Xiang]] (AD 53 – 117), Han dynasty. A noted filial son in Chinese history.
*[[Huang Xiaojing]], Governor of [[Fujian]], a southern province of [[China]]
*[[Huang Xing]], Chinese revolutionary
*[[Huang Yueying]] invented the juggernaut and wooden ox during the [[Three Kingdoms Period]], also the wife of [[Zhuge Liang]]
*Huang Zhexian ([[Wong Jeh Shyan]]), The CEO of CommerceNet Singapore
*[[Huang Zhong]], General of [[Shu Han]] Kingdom during the [[Three Kingdoms Period]]
*[[Huang Zongxi]] (1610 – 1695), Philosopher during Ming-Qing dynasties
*[[Alex Huang]], Tai-American violinist
*[[David Henry Hwang]], Chinese-American playwright
*[[Kai Huang]], Medical Student ([[Columbia University]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], undergraduate), affiliated with R&B singer [[T-Pain]]
*[[Wayne Huang]], The CEO and founder of the Rapid Learning Center, California, United States
==Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Huynh(黃)==
*[[Alex Huynh]]
*[[Huỳnh Công Út]]
*[[Huynh Phu So]]
*[[Huynh Quang Thanh]]
*[[Huynh Sanh Thong]]
*[[Huỳnh Tấn Phát]]
*[[Tony Huynh]]
*[[Huynh Van Cao]]
*[[Huỳnh Văn Tiểng]]
==Notes==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang Huang Genealogy]
* [http://www.geocities.com/bx_huang/Huang_origin.html Origin and Development of the Huang Surname Clan]
* [http://61.146.236.26/hfl/ Huang Surname Research](in Chinese)
* [http://www.generasian.ca/roots_wong.html A personal site on the family name '''Wong'''] (in English)
* [http://www.ivanwong.net/wong.htm Huang Family of Zhongshan] (in Chinese)
* [http://www.ourhappyland.net/wdb/wdblist.php?forumid=8 Huang Forum] (in Chinese) <!-- is there really a reason to link from the English-language Wikipedia to a forum in Chinese? -->
*[http://pem.org/yinyutang/ '' Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home ''] provides a detailed look at a Huang family residence built during the late Qing dynasty and occupied for over 200 years.
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