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List of people with surname Yan

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This is a list of people with the surname Yan (顏). Yán is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 顏 in Chinese character. The surname is the 112th most common surname in the People's Republic of China in 2016, mostly concentrated in Hunan, Guangxi and Hubei regions, with total population of around 1.7 million.

In history

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Government, politics, military

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Entertainment

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Business

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Scholars, academics, scientists

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  • Yan Fuqing (颜福庆) (1882–1970), also known as Fu Ching (F.C.) Yen, was a Chinese medical practitioner, public health pioneer, civil servant, and educator
  • Yan Wenliang (顏文樑) (20 July 1893 – 1 May 1988), was a Chinese painter and educator
  • Yen Shui-long (顏水龍) (5 June 1903 – 24 September 1997) was a Taiwanese painter and sculptor
  • Guy Ngan OBE (顏國鍇) (3 February 1926 – 26 June 2017), was a New Zealand artist
  • Yan Long'an (颜龙安), is a Chinese agronomist best known for developing the hybrid rice "Shan-You 2"
  • Yan Ge (颜歌), Chinese writer
  • Yan Nieng (颜宁), is a structural biologist researcher
  • Yan Tung-Mow (顏東茂) is a Taiwanese-born American physicist, who has specialized in theoretical particle physics
  • Catherine Yan (颜华菲), Chinese and American mathematician
  • Yen Ching-hwang (顏清湟), is a historian of China and an Emeritus professor at the University of Adelaide
  • Gan Wee Teck (颜维德), Malaysian mathematician

Sport

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  • Yan Junling (颜骏凌), Chinese football goalkeeper
  • Yan Bingtao (颜丙涛), Chinese snooker player
  • Yan Ni (颜妮), is a Chinese female volleyball player
  • Yan Ting (颜婷) is a Chinese freestyle skier
  • Ngan Lok Fung (顏樂楓), Hong Kong football midfielder
  • Ngan Cheuk Pan (顏卓彬), is a Hong Kong professional footballer
  • Kevin Ngan (顏冠一), Hong Kong fencer
  • Yen Hsing-su (顏行書), also known as Johnny Yen, Taiwanese basketball player
  • Sebra Yen (颜少博), is a Taiwanese-American figure skater who competes internationally for Taiwan in men's singles[citation needed]
  • Jeremy Gan (颜偉德), is a Malaysian former badminton player, who now works as a badminton coach
  • James Gan Teik Chai (颜德财), is a Malaysian badminton player
  • Brendan Gan (颜兴龙), is a professional footballer
  • Heidi Gan (颜海蒂), is a Malaysian distance swimmer

Fictional characters

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Other

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  • Yan Jingang (顏金港), was a captain of Taiwanese fishing vessel MV Tai Ching 21 which was found empty and gutted by fire in 2008 near Kiribati
  • Yan Ganhui (颜赣辉), was a CCP secretary of Yichun. In 2021, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery.

See also

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