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Famous people surnamed Yan (严)

24 of the best-known people with the Yan (严) surname, chosen by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them, listed by date of birth.

  • Yan Yan(严颜)

    153–234

    Early third century Shu Han general

  • Yan Song(严嵩)

    1480–1567

    Chinese politician (1480-1567)

  • Yan Jiachi(严家炽)

    1885–1952

    Chinese politician

  • Yan Jici(严济慈)

    1901–1996

    Chinese physicist (1901-1996)

  • Yan Shunkai(严顺开)

    1937–2017

    Chinese actor (1937-2017)

  • Yan Jiaqi(严家其)

    b. 1942

    Chinese dissident

  • Yan Junqi(严隽琪)

    b. 1946

    Chinese politician

  • Yim Ho(严浩)

    b. 1952

    Hong kong film director

  • Yen Teh-fa(严德发)

    b. 1952

    Taiwanese politician

  • Geling Yan(严歌苓)

    b. 1958

    Chinese writer and screenwriter (1958- )

  • Yan Jinhai(严金海)

    b. 1962

    Deputy Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Tibet Committee

  • Kenneth Yen(严凯泰)

    1965–2018

    Taiwanese businessman

  • Yan Jiankui(严剑葵)

    b. 1976

    Chinese sprinter

  • Gerald Giam(严燕松)

    b. 1977

    Singaporean politician

  • Yan Kuan(严屹宽)

    b. 1979

    Chinese actor-singer

  • Yan Mingyong(严明勇)

    b. 1985

    Chinese artistic gymnast

  • Yan Shimin(严诗敏)

    b. 1987

    Chinese rower

  • Yan Langyu(严浪宇)

    b. 1999

    Chinese trampoline gymnast (born 1999)

  • Yan Haibin(严海滨)

    b. 2003

    Chinese sprinter

  • Yan Ziyi(严子怡)

    b. 2008

    Chinese athlete (born 2008)

  • Yim Wing-chun(严咏春)

    ?–1795

    Chinese legendary character

  • Yan Baihu(严白虎)

    Late 2nd century Eastern Han bandit leader

  • Yan Jun(严畯)

    3rd century official of the state of Eastern Wu

  • Yan Gang(严纲)

    ?–192

    Chinese general

Famous people with other surnames

People are members of the Chinese Wikipedia surname category, confirmed as people on Wikidata (CC0) and ranked by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them. Dates and descriptions come from Wikidata.

Updated 2026-10-29