Niu () is a Chinese family name was listed 310th on the Song Dynasty list of the '' Hundred Family Surnames.'' It means "ox". According to a 2013 study it was the 103rd most common surname at the time, shared by 2.20 million people, or 0.150% of the total population, with the province with the most being Henan.
Prominent people with family name 牛
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Consort Niu Consort Niu, imperial consort rank ''Zhaorong'' (牛昭容, personal name unknown) was an imperial consort of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. She was a concubine to Emperor Shunzong (Li Song).
Nothing is known about Consort Niu's background, ...
(牛昭容), a concubine said to be a power behind the throne after Tang emperor Shunzong suffered a stroke.
* Niu Ben (牛犇), stage name of Chinese actor Zhang Xuejing.
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Niu Fu
Niu Fu () (died 192) was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Life
Niu Fu had served under the warlord Dong Zhuo when the latter was still serving as a military genera ...
(牛辅), general during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
* Niu Guannan (牛冠男), Chinese water polo player.
* Niu Huijun (牛惠君), international football referee.
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Niu Jianfeng
Niu Jianfeng (; born on April 3, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a Chinese table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, ...
(牛剑锋), Chinese bronze medallist in table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
* Niu Junfeng (牛骏峰), Chinese actor.
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Niu Jin
Niu Jin () ( 208–238) was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He continued serving in the state of Cao Wei, founded by Cao Cao's successor Cao Pi, during the Three Kingdoms period ...
(牛金), general during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period.
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Niu Lijie
Niu Lijie (born 12 April 1969) is a Chinese former football player who played for the China women's national football team. She represented China at the 1996 Summer OlympicsNiu Sengru (牛僧孺), chancellor for Tang emperors Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong.
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Niu Weiyu
Niu Weiyu (; January 1927 – 3 June 2020) was a Chinese photojournalist whose career started in the 1940s with coverage of the Chinese Communist Party's wartime experiences and continued after 1949. She is praised for her photographs of ordina ...
(牛畏予), Chinese photojournalist and head of the Xinhua News Agency.
* Niu Xianke (牛仙客), chancellor for Tang emperor Xuanzong.
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Niu Yingzhen
Niu Yingzhen () was a poet in Imperial China who lived during the 8th century. It was claimed that Niu was able to learn different texts within her dreams. Niu wrote over 100 works and showed talent with composing rhapsodies and odes.
Persona ...
, poet
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Niu Zhiyuan
Niu Zhiyuan (born 13 December 1973) is a Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the ...
(牛志远), Chinese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Niu Zhizhong
Niu Zhizhong (; born March 1955) a former officer in the People's Armed Police of China. At the height of his career, he served as deputy commander of the People's Armed Police. He was an alternate member of the 18th CPC Central Committee. He wa ...
(牛志忠), member of China's 18th Central Committee from 2012, expelled from the Party in 2016.
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Niu Zhuang
Niu Zhuang (, born 26 June 1994) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.
Career
Niu first received attention in world snooker when he entered APTC Event 2 in 2012, reaching the last 16 and defeating established professionals Mark Ki ...
(牛壮), Chinese former professional snooker player.
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Thomas Niu Huiqing
Thomas Niu Huiqing (; 18 September 1895 - 28 February 1973) was a Chinese Catholic priest and bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funing and Yanggu.
Biography
Niu was born in Xinhe County, Hebei, on September 18, 1895, during the late Qi ...
(牛会卿), Chinese Catholic bishop.
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Yuh-Line Niou
Yuh-Line Niou ( , born July 15, 1983) is a Taiwanese-American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district. The Lower Manhattan district, which is heavily Democratic and over 40% Asian American, includes ...
(牛毓琳), New York State Assembly member
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Zhisheng Niu Zhisheng Niu () is a professor in the electrical engineering department of Tsinghua University. He became a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers in 2007. In addition, he was named Fellow of the IEEE Co ...
(牛志升), electrical engineering professor.
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Niu Chiao
Niu Chiao was an obscure Chinese writer and poet of the 9th century CE. Reputedly, he wrote more than 30 books on a variety of topics.
Some of his writings are collected in "Ling Kuai Lu" (about A.D. 879).
Chiao short story "The Story of the Fox ...
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Niu Lizhi
Niu Lizhi (born 1966) is a Chinese surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive cryosurgery for cancers. In 1996, he graduated from the Fourth Military Medical University with a doctoral degree in Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery.
Lizhi is the pr ...