Tong may refer to:

Chinese

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese *

Tong (organization) A ''tong'' ()Chin, Ko-lin. "Chinatowns and Tongs". ''In Chinese Subculture and Criminality: Non-Traditional Crime Groups in America''. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990 is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominantly living ...

, a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities *''tong'', pronunciation of several

Chinese character Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only on ...

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Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

s Tang (唐 and 湯/汤) transliterated based on Cantonese **The

s (佟, 童 and 仝) transliterated based on Mandarin * Tso/Tong land of Hong Kong

People

Tong (surname) Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames. There were 8,589 Tongs in the United States during the year 2000 US census, 2000 census, making it the 3,075th surname overall ...

, a Gan Chinese of Zhang, (张), (莊), Cantonese of Tang (滕), (鄧), Beijing Chinese of Tung (佟) *

Tong Dizhou Tong Dizhou (; May 28, 1902 – March 30, 1979) was a Chinese embryologist known for his contributions to the field of cloning. He was a vice president of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Biography Born in Yinxian, Zhejiang province, Tong graduated ...

(1902–1979) *

Tong Fei Tong Fei (; born 25 March 1961) is a Chinese retired gymnast. He competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in men's horizontal bar (score: 19.975). He also helped Chinese men's gymnastics team to win a silver medal in team compet ...

(born 1961) * Tong Guan (1054–1126) *

Tong Jian Tong Jian (; born August 15, 1979, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion (2002, 2004, ...

(born 1979) * Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka *

Anote Tong Anote Tong (; born 11 June 1952) is an I-Kiribati environmental activist and former politician for the Pillars of Truth party with half Chinese heritage, who served as the fourth president of Kiribati, from 2003 to 2016. He won the election in ...

(born 1952) *

Bao Tong Bao Tong ( zh, s=鲍彤; 5 November 1932 – 9 November 2022) was a Chinese writer and activist. He was Director of the Office of Political Reform of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Policy Secretary of Zhao ...

(1932–2022), Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CPC Central Committee and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang * Grace Tong (born 1942) *

Jacqueline Tong Jacqueline Tong (born 21 February 1950) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Daisy Peel in the television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–1975), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding C ...

(born 1951) *

Kaity Tong Kaity Tong (; born July 23, 1947) is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist. She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981. Early life Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee")Tong, Kaity"What's in a name?" ''WPIX Blog'', March 4, 2 ...

(born 1947) *

Kelvin Tong Kelvin Tong Weng Kian (born in 1971 or 1972) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer. He was a former film critic for ''The Straits Times''. Career Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school d ...

Kent Tong Kenneth Tong Chun-yip (; born 29 September 1958) is a Hong Kong actor. He was a popular TVB actor during the 1980s, nicknamed "Prince" and one of the " Five Tiger Generals" of TVB. Early life Kent Tong was born to and grew up in a poor family in H ...

(born 1958) *

Lim Goh Tong Lim Goh Tong (; 28 February 1918 – 23 October 2007) was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese entrepreneur. He was the founder of Genting Highlands and renowned for transforming the resort from an unexplored hilltop into one of the world's mo ...

(1918–2007), Malaysian Chinese businessman *

Ling Tong Ling Tong () (189–217), courtesy name Gongji, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He started his service under Sun Quan when he was still a teenager and, throughout his ...

(189–237), military general of the state of Eastern Wu *

Ly Tong Lê Văn Tống (September 1, 1945 – April 5, 2019), known as Lý Tống, was a Vietnamese American aviator and anti-communist activist. Early life Ly Tong was born on September 1, 1945 to a family of 9 brothers. His father, Lê Văn Tấn was ...

(1945–2019), Vietnamese American anti-communist activist *

Michael Tong Michael Tong Man-lung (Chinese language, Chinese: 唐文龍; Cantonese Romanization: Tong Man Lung (Tang Wen Long); born 17 November 1969) is a Hong Kong actor. Filmography TV series *''Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000) *''The Kung Fu Master'' ( ...

(born 1969) *

Pete Tong Peter Michael Tong (born 30 July 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as '' Essential Mix'' and '' Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for ...

(born 1960), dance music DJ and radio presenter *

Rona Tong Rona Iris McCarthy (née Tong, 22 August 1916 – 31 January 2016) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Early life and family Born in Hastings on 22 August 1916, McCarthy was the d ...

(1916–2016), New Zealand athlete *

Ronny Tong Ronny Tong Ka-wah (; born 28 August 1950) is a senior counsel and politician in Hong Kong. He is a current non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He co-founded the Civic Party and was a member of the Legislative Council of ...

(born 1950) *

Shen Tong Shen Tong (Simplified Chinese: 沈彤; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Tóng; born 1968) is an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He founded business & Impact accelerators TheFutureCo in 2023, FoodFutureCo in 2015, and Food-X in 2014, recogni ...

(born 1968), Chinese dissident *

Simon Tong Simon Tong (born 9 July 1972) is an English guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of the Verve between 1996 and 1999. He has played with Damon Albarn on tour with his bands Blur and Gorillaz, and as a member of the Good, the Bad & the Q ...

(born 1972), English musician and member of The Verve *

Stanley Tong Stanley Tong (; born 7 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, stunt choreographer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is known for directing action-adventure films, including several with Jackie Chan. Early life Stanl ...

(born 1960) *

Tong Yabgu Tong Yabghu Qaghan (r. 618–628 or 630) was the khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate from 618 to 628 AD. Tong Yabghu was the brother of Sheguy (r. 611–618), the previous khagan of the western Göktürks, and was a member of the Ashina ...

, a 7th-century Turkish khagan *

Vincent Tong (actor) Vincent Tong is a Canadian voice actor. His voice roles include Gene Khan / The Mandarin in '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', Toro in ''Sushi Pack'', Henry in '' Kid vs. Kat'', Garble, Flash Sentry, and Sandbar in '' My Little Pony: Friendship i ...

(born 1980) * Tong Wen (born 1983) *

Wang Tong (disambiguation) Wang Tong may refer to: * Wang Tong (basketball) (born 1995), Chinese player * Wang Tong (philosopher) (584–617), Chinese official, writer and Confucian philosopher of the Sui dynasty * Wang Tong (footballer, born 1993) * Wang Tong (footballer, b ...

William Tong William Morten Tong (, born May 2, 1973) is an American lawyer and progressive politician who is the 25th and current Attorney General of Connecticut. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Tong attended Brown University and the University of Chicago L ...

(born c. 1970) *

Yang Tong Yang Tong (; 600s – June or July 619), known in traditional histories by his princely title of Prince of Yue (越王) or by his Chinese era name, era name as Lord Huangtai (皇泰主), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of S ...

(605–619) *

Yeo Cheow Tong Yeo Cheow Tong (; born 22 June 1947) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served in the Cabinet from 1990 to 2006, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) of Hong Kah SMC from 12 December ...

(born 1947)

Places

Tong, Shropshire Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood. It is near junction 3 of the M54 motorway and A41 road. The population of the village w ...

, a village in Shropshire, England, UK **

Tong Castle Tong Castle was a very large mostly Gothic country house in Shropshire whose site is between Wolverhampton and Telford, set within a park landscaped by Capability Brown,Wolverhampton's Listed Buildings on the site of a medieval castle of the sa ...

, a large country house in Shropshire, demolished in 1954 *

Tong, West Yorkshire Tong or Tong Village is a village and former civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan district, West Yorkshire, England. It is a historic village, and gives its name to the larger electoral ward of Tong. History Evidence of early acti ...

, a village in England, UK **

Tong (ward) Tong (population 17,069 - 2001 UK census) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire, England, named after Tong village which is its oldest settlement. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,608. Geo ...

, an electoral division of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK *

Tong, Lewis Tong ( from ) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527 ( 2001 census). Fishing forms part of the local economy. The mainland ...

, a village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK *

Tong, South Sudan Tonj is a town located in Warrap State, in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. It is known by various names, including ''Kalkuel, Genanyuon, Jurkatac, Madiera, Genngeu, and Tonjdit''. The town is bordered by Rumbek, Cueibet, Yambio, Benti ...

, a town in Warrup State (also spelled Tonj) *

Tong District Tong () is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at Bökönbaev. Its area is , and its resident population was 53,401 in 2021. Tong District borders Issyk-Kul District to the north-west, Jeti-Ögüz District ...

, Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan

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