# Jia (surname)

Jiǎ (simplified Chinese: 贾; traditional Chinese: 賈) is a surname. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Ka is the corresponding Cantonese-based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions.

## Notable people with Jia as a surname
### Historical figures

* Jia Yi (賈誼; 200–169 BCE), official of the Han dynasty
* Jia Kui (scholar) (賈逵; 30–101), scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynasty
* Jia Xu (賈詡; 147–223), official of the Cao Wei state
* Jia Kui (general) (賈逵; 174–228), general of Cao Wei state
** Jia Chong (賈充; 217–282), general of the Jin dynasty
** Jia Nanfeng (賈南風; 257–300), empress of the Jin dynasty
* Huiyuan (慧遠; 334–416), Buddhist teacher of the Jin dynasty
* Jia Dan (賈耽; 730–805), official of the Tang dynasty
* Jia Dao (賈島; 779–843), poet of the Tang dynasty
* Jia Su (賈餗; died 835), official of the Tang dynasty
* Jia Xian (贾宪; 1010–1070), mathematician of the Song dynasty
* Jia Sidao (賈似道; 1213–1275), grand chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty under Emperor Lizong

### Film and television

* Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯; born 1970), Chinese film director
* Jia Hongsheng (贾宏声; 1967–2010), Chinese actor
* Alyssa Chia (賈靜雯; born 1974), Taiwanese actress
* JJ Jia (賈曉晨; born 1982), Chinese actress
* Jia Nailiang (贾乃亮; 賈乃亮; born 1984), Chinese actor

### Government and politics

* Chia Ching-teh (1880–1960), President of the Republic of China Examination Yuan (1952–1954)
* Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940), Republic of China general and politician
* Jia Zhijie (贾志杰; born 1935), Chinese politician, governor of Gansu and Hubei
* Jia Chunwang (贾春旺; born 1938), Chinese official of the Supreme People's Procurator
* Jia Qinglin (贾庆林; born 1940), Chinese politician, member of the Politburo Standing Committee
* Jia Zhibang (贾治邦; born 1946), Chinese official of the State Forestry Administration
* Jia Yongsheng (贾永生; born 1947), People's Liberation Army Air Force general
* Jia Ting'an (贾廷安; born 1952), People's Liberation Army General Political Department general
* Jia Gaojian (贾高建; born 1959), Chinese official of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau

### Sport

* Jia Lianren (1912–?), Chinese middle-distance runner
* Jia Xiuquan (贾秀全; born 1963), Chinese football manager
* Jia Guihua (born 1964), Chinese fencer
* Jia Zhanbo (贾占波; born 1974), Chinese sport shooter
* Jia Wenpeng (贾文鹏; born 1978), Chinese football midfielder
* Jia Xiaozhong (贾孝忠; born 1980), Chinese basketball player
* Jia Yunbing (born 1981), Chinese judo practitioner
* Jia Dandan (贾丹丹; born 1982), Chinese ice hockey player
* Jia Yubing (贾昱冰; born 1983), Chinese baseball player
* Jia Delong (贾德龙; born 1985), Chinese baseball player
* Jia Juntingxian (born 1986), Chinese Paralympic sprinter
* Jia Yuping (born 1986), Chinese cross-country skier
* Jia Tong (贾童; born 1991), Chinese diver
* Jia Zongyang (贾宗洋; born 1991), Chinese aerial skier
* Jia Tianzi (贾天子; born 1994), Chinese football midfielder
* Jia Yifan (贾一凡; born 1997), Chinese badminton player

### Other

* Jia Lanpo (贾兰坡; 1908–2001), Chinese archaeologist
* Jia Pingwa (贾平娃; born 1952), Chinese writer
* Jia Yueting (贾跃亭; born 1973), Chinese businessman, founder of Le.com
* Jia Ling (贾玲; born 1982), Chinese xiangsheng performer
* Jia Shu (贾舒; born 1982), Chinese American biomedical engineer
* Jia Jinglong (贾敬龙; 1986–2016), Chinese protester, executed for murder
* Jia Hongguang (born 1988), Chinese Paralympic swimmer
* Jia Junpeng (贾君鹏), Chinese man whose name became associated with a 2009 internet meme
* Jia Rongqing (贾荣庆; fl. 1968–present), Chinese-born Canadian mathematician
* Jia Ruhan (贾茹涵), Chinese soprano
* Xiaohua Jia, Chinese electrical engineer

## Fictional characters

Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber:
* Jia Baoyu (賈寶玉), principal character
* Jia Xichun (賈惜春), third cousin of Jia Baoyu
* Jia Tanchun (賈探春), half-sister of Jia Baoyu
* Jia Qiaojie (賈巧姐), daughter of Jia Lian