Fán (surname)

Fán (樊) is a Chinese family name. It was the name of a fief, located in present-day Jiyuan in Henan province. Granted by Zhong Shanfu by Zhou Xuang Wang. It is shared by around 2 million people, or 0.150% of the population, with the province with the largest population being Henan.

Notable people

 * Fan Hui (樊麾), European Go champion
 * Fan Kuai (樊噲), Han dynasty military general and friend of Han dynasty founder Liu Bang (Emperor Gao)
 * Fan Rui (樊瑞), historical fictional character from the Water Margin
 * Louis Fan (convert), Catholic convert and first Chinese witness to modern Europe
 * Fan Mei-sheng, (樊梅生, born 1942) Hong Kong actor
 * Louis Fan (actor) (樊少皇), Hong Kong film actor, son of Fan Mei-sheng
 * Fan Gang (樊刚), economist
 * Ky Fan (樊𰋀, 1914–2010), Chinese-born American mathematician