Wu (surname)
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Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Traditional Chinese), 吴 (Simplified Chinese), which is 10th largest number of people with this surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames are also translated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, and 鄔 It is
Wu (or Woo) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the different Chinese surnames 胡 (see Hu), 烏 and 鄔, used in Hong Kong, and by overseas Chinese of Cantonese speaking areas of Guangdong, or Hong Kong origin. \
The name is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, but more commonly spelled Oh in South Korea.
Famous people named Wu
- 吳 - Wu Jianquan (1870-1942), Taijiquan teacher
- 吳 - David Wu, congressman from the 1st district of Oregon
- 吳 - John Woo, film director
- 吳 - Woo Kwong Ching, Peter, Hong Kong entrepreneur, billionaire and politician
- 吳 - Frank Wu, artist
- 伍 - William F. Wu, author
- Johnny Wu, actor
- 吳 - Wu Bangguo, Chinese official
- 吳 - Wu Jianxiong, Chinese scientist
- 吳 - Wu Yi, Chinese politician
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