Tian (surname)

Origins

• perhaps from a fief called Tian in Qi state, which was granted to Chen Wan, a Prince in the State of Chen,who fled to Qi in order to escape persecution. The Qi clan also went on to rule Qi for many generations.
• possibly dates even further back to the post name of an official in charge of the management of farmlands who served the Shang dynasty
• adopted in place of the Chinese surname Huang by the son of the official Huang Zicheng during the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid persecution.

  Notable people

• Tian Bingyi, Chinese men's badminton player and 1992 Olympic medallist
• Tian Bu, military general of the Chinese Tang dynasty
• Tian Chengping, Chinese communist politician
• Tian Chengsi, military general of the Chinese rebel state Yan
• Tian Dan, military general during ancient China's Warring States period
• Tian Feng, advisor to Yuan Shao during the late Han Dynasty
• Tian Fengshan, Chinese communist official
• Gang Tian, Chinese-American mathematician
• Tian Han, Chinese revolutionary lyricist and playwright, wrote March of the Volunteers
• Tian Hongzheng, military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Houwei, Chinese men's badminton player
• Hebe Tien, a famous Taiwanese Mando-pop singer, and member of S.H.E
• Tian Huaijian, military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Ji, military general of the Qi state during the early Warring States period
• Tian Jia, Chinese female beach volleyball player
• Tian Ji'an, military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tin Ka Ping or Tian Jiabing, Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Tian Jianxia, Chinese men's handball player
• Tian Jiyun, Chinese communist politician
• Tian Jun, warlord during the late Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Jun , Chinese male rower
• Tian Kai, Chinese official in Qing Province during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Kehan, honorific name used to refer to various Chinese leaders
• Tian Liang , Chinese female Olympic rower
• Tian Liang, Chinese male diver and two-time Olympic champion
• Tian Liming, Chinese painter and artist
• Tian Lingzi, eunuch during the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang
• Tian Mingjian, Chinese First Lieutenant and spree killer
• Tian Pengfei, Chinese male snooker player
• Tian Qing, Chinese women's badminton player
• Tian Songyao, Chinese warlord of the Sichuan clique and later Kuomintang general
• Tian Tian , Chinese female chess grandmaster
• Tian Wang, honorific name used to refer to various Chinese leaders
• Tian Xiusi, Chinese communist politician and military general
• Tian Xu, military general during the late Chinese Han Dynasty
• Tian Xu , military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Ye, Chinese former football goalkeeper
• Tian Ye, male Chinese cross-country skier and biathlete
• Tian Yi, Ming Dynasty court eunuch
• Tian Yu, military general of the state of Cao Wei
• Tian Yue, military general during the Chinese Tang Dynasty
• Tian Yunzhang, Chinese calligrapher and academic
• Tian Yuan , Chinese musician and actress
• Tian Yuan , Chinese-Croatian table tennis player
• Tian Yuan , Chinese female weightlifter
• Tian Yumei, Chinese former sprint athlete
• Tian Zhen, Chinese rock singer
• Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chinese film director and producer
• Chang-Lin Tien or Tian Changlin, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
• James Tien, Chinese actor
• James Tien , a Hong Kong businessman and politician, current Chairman of the Liberal Party
• Michael Tien, brother of James Tien

  Fictional characters

• Tian Hu, antagonist in the Water Margin
• Tian Qilang, protagonist of a short story with the same name in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio