Tang (; simplified Chinese: 汤; traditional Chinese: 湯; pinyin: Tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is the 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames of the Song dynasty and the 101st most common surname in China in 2013. The Tang family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth". In Cantonese, the surname is pronounced Tong1 (in Jyutping), and in Hokkien, it is pronounced Thng (in Pe̍h-ōe-jī).
Notable people
Tang Xianzu (Chinese: 湯顯祖; 1550–1616), Chinese playwright
Tang Enbo (1898–1954), Nationalist general in the Republic of China
Tang Xiaodan (1910–2012), Chinese film director
Tang Yuhan (1913–2014), Hong Kong doctor and oncologist
Tang Yijie (1927–2014), Chinese scholar and professor
John Tong Hon (born 1939), Chinese Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Hong Kong
Tang, Ming Yue (Chinese: 湯明越), a news analyses, and an LGBT rights activist of Taiwan
Tang, Lan hua (Chinese: 湯蘭花), a female singer of Taiwan
Ronny Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong politician
Timothy Tong (born 1949), Hong Kong commissioner
Kent Tong (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
Tang Sulan (born 1965), Chinese writer and politician
Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress
Tang Wei (simplified Chinese: 汤唯; traditional Chinese: 湯唯; pinyin: Tāng Wéi; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress
Katy Tang (Chinese: 湯凱蒂; pinyin: Tāng Kǎidì; 9 July 1984) is a former American elected official in San Francisco, California
Muhai Tang (simplified Chinese: 汤沐海; traditional Chinese: 湯沐海; pinyin: Tāng Mùhǎi; born 1949 in Shanghai) is a Chinese conductor
Tang Jiali (Chinese: 汤加丽) is a Chinese dancer and model
Tang Yifen (Chinese: 汤贻汾) ca. 1778-1853 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912).
Tang Can (simplified Chinese: 汤灿; traditional Chinese: 湯燦; pinyin: Tāng Càn; born 12 June 1975) is a Chinese singer
Tang Muli (Chinese: 汤沐黎; pinyin: Tāng Mùlǐ; born 1947 in Shanghai) is a Chinese painter and poet based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tang Tao (simplified Chinese: 汤涛; traditional Chinese: 湯濤; pinyin: Tāng Tāo; born May 1963) is a Chinese mathematician currently serving as President of BNU-HKBU United International College
Tang Chao (physicist) (Chinese: 汤超 born 1958) is a Chair Professor of Physics and Systems Biology at Peking University
Tang He (Chinese: 湯和; 1326–1395), courtesy name Dingchen, was a significant character in the rebellion that ended the Yuan dynasty and was one of the founding generals of Ming dynasty
Tang Te-Chang (Chinese: 湯德章; 1907–1947) was a Taiwanese lawyer who was killed in the aftermath of the February 28th Incident
Asher Hong (Chinese: 湯健華; born 2004), American artistic gymnast
Thung Sin Nio (Chinese: 汤新娘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thng Sin-niû), Indonesian physician, politician, and suffragist