Tu (Chinese:屠;pinyin:Tú) is aChinese surname, and the 279th family name inHundred Family Surnames (百家姓). Other Chinese surnames romanizedTú include 涂, 凃, and 塗.

Từ is also the Vietnamese form of the surname 徐, romanized fromMandarin Chinese asXú and from Cantonese asTsui.

From one of the characters in the name of the ancient city of Zoutu. The legendary emperorYellow Emperor (2697–2595 BC) used this city as a military base.

• Tu Qihua (屠玘華; 1914–2004), birth-name of the 20th century author Mei Zhi
• Tu Youyou (屠呦呦; born 1930), Chinese medical scientist, winner of the 2011Lasker Award and the 2015Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Tu Jida (屠基达; 1927–2011), aircraft designer, "father of theChengdu J-7" fighter

• Thor Chuan Leong (涂振龙; born 1988), Malaysian professional snooker player
• Tu Mingjing (涂铭旌; 1928–2019), Chinese materials scientist
• Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲), Taiwanese epidemiologist and mayor of Chiayi City (2014–2018)
• Li Tu (涂辰立; born 1996), Australian tennis player

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