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Famous people surnamed Yan (燕)

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

  • Yan Rong(燕荣)

    b. 550

    person, CBDB = 151344

  • Yan Gongnan(燕公楠)

    1241–1302

    Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 112013

  • Yan Zhong(燕忠)

    1459–1515

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 133011

  • Yan Ji(燕楫)

    b. 1512

    Ming dynasty person CBDB=203041

  • Yan Zhongyi(燕仲义)

    b. 1521

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 204320

  • Yan Haojue(燕好爵)

    b. 1540

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 205912

  • Shutang Yan(燕树棠)

    1891–1984

    judge

  • Yan Hongyuan(燕宏远)

    b. 1940

    philosopher

  • Yan Ping(燕平)

    b. 1958

    Chinese politician

  • Yan Yuhang(燕宇航)

    b. 2002

    badminton player

  • Yan Su(燕肃)

    ?–1040

    Song dynasty official and painter

  • Yan Cheng(燕澄)

    Ming dynasty person CBDB = 298878

  • Yan Zhou(燕周)

    military personnel

Some entries have not been translated into English yet and are omitted.

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