Hou (surname)
Hou[1] (Chinese: 侯; pinyin: Hóu) is a Chinese surname, listed the 80th in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is romanized Hau in Cantonese.
Notable people
- Hou Yao, pioneering film director, screenwriter, and theorist
- Hou Yaowen, actor
- Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer
- Hou Jiachang, badminton player, inducted to the Badminton Hall of Fame
- Hou Dejian, songwriter from Taiwan
- Hou Junji, Tang Dynasty general
- Hou Yifan, chess player
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien, film director
- Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, violinist
- Hou Bin, athlete
- Alyson Hau (Hou Jiaming), Hong Kong DJ/presenter
- John Hou Sæter, Norwegian football player
Fictional characters
- Ranka Hou, character from Mr. Driller
Notes
- ↑ The approximate pronunciation in English is /hoʊ/.
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