Dương
Dương (楊, IPA: [zɨəŋ]) is a Vietnamese surname, an estimated 1% of the Vietnamese population shares the last name.
In transcription it is a Chinese family name or given name of Yang. The name is also transliterated as Yang in Korean and Yeung or Young in Cantonese.[1] It is commonly anglicized as Duong. It is not to be confused with another Vietnamese surname Đường (唐 ), which is anglicized the same; some write Dzuong to distinguish the two.
Notable people
- Dương Đình Nghệ, administrator of Giao Chỉ in around 931 AD
- Dương Vân Nga, only empress dowager of the Đinh dynasty and afterwards empress of Lê Đại Hành, the first emperor of the Early Lê dynasty
- Dương Tam Kha, King of Vietnam during the short time from 944 to 950 in the Ngô Dynasty
- Dương Nhật Lễ, emperor of Đại Việt from 1369 to 1370
- Dương Văn An, minister in the cabinet of Mạc dynasty
- Dương Hiếu Nghĩa, ARVN officer
- Dương Hồng Sơn, footballer
- Dương Quỳnh Hoa, member of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and a member of its provisional government, serving as a cabinet member.
- Dương Thu Hương, Vietnamese author and political dissident.
- Dương Trương Thiên Lý, beauty pageant contestant
- Dương Thụ, composer
- Dương Triệu Vũ (Tuấn Linh), singer
- Dương Văn Đức, ARVN general
- Dương Văn Minh, President of South Vietnam, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general
- Dương Văn Nhựt, general in the People's Army of Vietnam, brother of Dương Văn Minh
- Dương Văn Khánh, President of the Đồng Xuân Labor Union and mob boss
- Porter Duong, American actress
See also
- Yang (surname)
References
- ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
Surname list
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