Hé Language(s) Chinese Origin Region of origin China
He orHo is theromanized transliteration of severalChinese family names . According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé (何 ) listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China,[ 1] [ 2] Hundred Family Surnames Ho , which is theMandarin Wade–Giles romanization and theCantonese romanization of the Chinese family names.
In theKorean language , the equivalent surname isHa (하). In theVietnamese language , the equivalent surname isHà .
Other less common family names that are romanized as He include河 (Pinyin: Hé),佫 (Pinyin: Hè),赫 (Pinyin: Hè), and和 .
The surname originates from theJi clan of theZhou dynasty , and theJiang clan ofYandi .[citation needed
Science and mathematics [ edit ] He Jifeng (何積豐 ), Chinese computer scientistHe Zehui (何泽慧 ), Chinese nuclear physicistDavid Ho (何大一 ), Chinese American AIDS researcherMae-Wan Ho (1941–2016), Hong Kong-born geneticist and biophysicistTin-Lun Ho (born 1951), Chinese-American theoretical physicistXuhua He (何旭华 , born 1979), Chinese mathematicianHe Zuoxiu , Chinese physicist and member of Chinese Academy of SciencesAlbert Ho (何俊仁 ), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with the Democratic PartyCyd Ho (何秀蘭 ), Hong Kong Legislative Council member with The FrontierEdmund Ho (何厚鏵 ), Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of ChinaHe Depu (何德普 ) dissident in the People's Republic of ChinaHo Chih-chin (何志欽 ), Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (2006–2008)Ho Chi-kung (何啟功 ), Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of ChinaHo Feng-Shan (何鳳山 ), diplomat who saved a large number of Jews during World War II, known as "China's Schindler"Ho Mei-yueh (何美玥 ), Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Republic of China (2007–2008)Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊 ), Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of ChinaHou Kok Chung (何国忠 ), Malaysian Deputy Minister for Higher EducationHe Qiaonü (何巧女 ) entrepreneur and philanthropistHo Ching (何晶 ), executive director of Temasek Holdings and wife of Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien LoongHo Kwon Ping , executive chairman of Banyan Tree HoldingsStanley Ho (何鴻燊 ), Hong Kong and Macau businessmanRobert Hotung (何東 ), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropistFilmography and entertainment [ edit ] Keishla He (何嘉裟 ), Puerto Rican social media personalityHe Meitian (何美钿 ) Hong Kong actress and former gymnastHe Ping (何平 ) Chinese film directorHe Ying Ying (何盈莹 ) Singaporean actressHe Zhuoyan (何琢言 ), Chinese actress and singerA. Kitman Ho (何傑民 ), Hong Kong-born American film producerDaniel Ho , American musician, composer and producer specializing in Slack-key guitar, ukulele, and Hawaiian music.Denise Ho (何韻詩 ), Hong Kong singer and actressDennis Trillo (also known as Dennis Ho), Filipino actorDon Ho (何大來 ), Hawaiian musician and entertainer.Godfrey Ho , Hong Kong–based movie director best known for hisNinja filmsHoku Ho , American musician and actressJosie Ho (何超儀 ), singer and actress from Hong KongHo Ping (何平 ), Taiwanese film directorSiobhán Haughey (何詩蓓 ) Hong Kong swimmerHe Bingjiao (何冰娇 ) Chinese badminton playerHe Jin (何進 ) Eastern Han dynasty generalHe Jianshi (何剑士 ), Chinese cartoonistKevin He , Chinese Canadian ice hockey playerHe Kexin (何可欣 ), Chinese Olympic gymnastHe Luli (何鲁丽 ) Chinese doctor and politicianSui He (何穗 ) Chinese fashion modelHe Pingping (何平平 ), one of the world's smallest men, from Inner MongoliaHe Qifang (何其芳 ), Chinese poet and essayistQiu Xia He (何秋霞 ), Chinese pipa playerHe Xuntian (何训田 ), modern Chinese composer, famous for his compositions for DadawaHe Yanwen (何燕雯 ), Chinese female rowerHe Ying (何影 ), Chinese athlete and archerHe Yingqin (何應欽 ), senior Kuomintang generalHe Yong (何勇 ), Chinese rock musicianHe Zhi Wen (何誌文 ), Chinese-born Spanish male table tennis playerHo Fuk Yan (何福仁 ), teacher, Chinese language author and poet in Hong KongJames C. Ho , Taiwanese-born American federal judge
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