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| ==Notable people with the surname Ng== | ==Notable people with the surname Ng== | ||
| *] – famous for lead role in ], born Kwok-Leung Ng (吳國良), changed his Chinese name | *] – famous for lead role in ], born Kwok-Leung Ng (吳國良), changed his Chinese name | ||
| * Asst Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA | |||
| *] - convicted in Seattle's ] of 13 counts of murder | *] - convicted in Seattle's ] of 13 counts of murder | ||
| *] (born 1960) – serial killer from California, USA | *] (born 1960) – serial killer from California, USA | ||
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For other uses, see Ng (name) (disambiguation).Ng is a Cantonese and Hakka transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/吴 (Pinyin: Wú) and 伍 (Pinyin: Wǔ), and Hokkien (Taiwanese) and Teochew transliteration of the Chinese surname 黃/黄 (Pinyin: Huáng). It is pronounced ]], and 伍 means "five." It is sometimes romanized as Ang, Eng, Ing and Ong in the United States and Ung in Australia. It is sometimes romanized as Woo or Wu even by people of Cantonese origin, such as John Woo.
吴 / 吳 (Wú) is the 10th most common Chinese surname in the 2006 List of common Chinese surnames, but was the 8th most common in 1990.
Notable people with the surname Ng
- John Lone – famous for lead role in The Last Emperor, born Kwok-Leung Ng (吳國良), changed his Chinese name
- Benjamin Ng - convicted in Seattle's Wah Mee Massacre of 13 counts of murder
- Charles Ng (born 1960) – serial killer from California, USA
- Edward W Ng- mathematical scientist in the US Space Program
- Evelyn Ng – professional poker player from Canada
- Francis Ng – award-winning actor from Hong Kong
- Irene Ng (born 1974) – Malaysian actress now living in Pennsylvania, USA
- Kary Ng - Hong Kong Cantopop Artist
- Deep Ng - Hong Kong Cantopop Artist
- Kim Ng (born 1968) – United States baseball executive
- Konrad Ng – US President Barack Obama's brother-in-law, husband of Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng
- Lawrence Ng – Television Broadcasts Limited actor
- Margaret Ng (born 1948) – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Melissa Ng – actress from Hong Kong
- Richard Ng Man Tat (born 1952) – veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry
- Ron Ng (born 1979) – Hong Kong TVB actor and singer
- Sandra Ng – award-winning Hong Kong actress
- Wai Chiu "Tony" Ng" - convicted in Seattle's 1983 Wah Mee Massacre
Other uses
- "Ana Ng" is an alternative rock song by the band They Might Be Giants.
See also
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