page_title: Yuan (surname)
section_title: Modern
hierarchical_section_title: Yuan (surname) / Prominent personages / Modern
caption_attribution_description: English: Yuan Shikai中文: 袁世凱Bân-lâm-gú: Uân Sè-khái
context_page_description: Yuan is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. In Standard Chinese, the surname is transliterated Yuán or Yüen²". Other romanizations include Yeu, Ion, Yuen, Oan, Wang, Won, and Viên. Pronunciation differs widely from region to region.
  According to tradition, the surname originated from a noble family of the ancient state of Chen, in what is now eastern Henan province. The written form of the character took its current standardised form around the 1st century. During the Han Dynasty, it was associated with the powerful Yuan clan of Ru'nan and later during Jin and Southern Dynasties, with the Yuan clan of Chen.
  Historically, the name has been fast growing amongst Han Chinese, and has also been taken up by various non-Chinese ethnic groups. The surname is now held by more than 6.5 million people worldwide, and makes up 0.54% of the population of mainland China. Although growth has tapered off in the past six centuries, the Yuan name is still relatively widespread throughout China, as well as among overseas Chinese, with heaviest per capita concentrations in the Yangtze Delta region of central coastal China.
context_section_description: Yuan Dehui (c. 19th century) was an interpreter, best known for translating sections of Emerich de Vattel's Le droit des gens into Chinese.
  Yuan Shikai (1859–1916): military commander of the late Qing Dynasty, President of the Republic of China, later self-proclaimed emperor of China.
  Yuan Tze-yu, Deputy Secretary-General of Examination Yuan of the Republic of China
  Yuan Jiliu (1868－1932): history teacher to Mao Zedong.
  Yuan Wencai (died 1930): bandit, Communist commander.
  Yuan Muzhi (1909–1978): early left-wing actor and director.
  Yuan Luke Chia-Liu (1912–2003): physicist, grandson of Yuan Shikai, and husband of prominent physicist Chien-Shiung Wu.
  Yuan Baohua (born 1916): economic planner, former President of Renmin University.
  Yuan Xuefen (born 1922): pioneer of the Yue opera.
  Yuan Longping (born 1930): agronomist, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s.
  Yuan Weishi (born 1931): philosopher and historian, known for criticising the accuracy of Chinese history textbooks.
  Yuan Zhongyi (born 1932): archaeologist, curator of the Terracotta Army museum.
  Yuan Weimin (born 1939): sports administrator and civil servant; Executive President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the XXIX Olympiad.
  Yuan Shoufang (born 1939): General and Director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army.
  Yuen Mo (born 1941): representative to the National People's Congress.
  Yuen Woo-ping (born 1945): martial arts choreographer and director.
  Yuan Yida (born 1947): population genetics researcher and authority on Chinese surnames.
  Yuan Guiren (born 1950): academic, and Minister of Education in the PRC.
  Yuen Henry (born 1948): high technology entrepreneur, founder of Gemstar International.
  Yuan Hongbing (born 1953): former legal academic, now a dissident seeking political asylum in Australia.
  Yuan Baojing (1966–2006): investment tycoon, executed for murder in a high-profile case.
  Yuen Nancy (born 1967): operatic soprano.
  Yuen Anita (born 1971): film and television actress.
  Yuen Andrew (born 1972) Hong Kong actor.
  Yuen Fiona (born 1976): actress and TV presenter.
  Yuan Quan (born 1977): television and film actress in mainland China.
  Eric Yuan (born 1969/70): American billionaire, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications
  Yuan Chushuang: journalist for Apple Daily news, Hong Kong
  Yuan king dan( 苑瓊丹）： a notable Hong Kong actress
caption: Yuan Shikai, the most well-known person with the surname Yuan in modern history. His descendants are known to live in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia.
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