Xiao (surname) - Notable People Surnamed Xiao

Notable People Surnamed Xiao

  • Xiao He, one of the most highly regarded statesmen in Chinese history and the first Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
  • Empress Dowager Xiao, known under the title "Grand Empress Dowager", during the Liao Dynasty.
  • Seow Poh Leng (1883–1942), a prominent and successful Singaporean banker, founding member of the Ho Hong Bank, member of the committee of the Straits Settlement (Settlement of Singapore) famous philanthropist and benefactor of public development works.
  • Xiao Hong, Chinese writer (1911–1942)
  • Seow Sieu Jin (1907–1958) was a prominent and successful Singaporean banker brought up in a banking family, trained in China and England and was an important contributor to the growth and development of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) during its early years.
  • Xiao Ke, General in the PLA of China
  • Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
  • Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwanese legislator
  • William Hsiao, Xiao from Jiangxi. American economist, K.T. Li Professor of Economics at Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA. He is internationally recognized for his work in health care financing and social insurance.
  • Vincent Siew, Vice President of the Republic of China
  • Francis Seow, a Singapore-born political dissident who is in exile from Singapore after lawsuits by the former Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew. Seow is currently a United States citizen, and a University Fellow based in the Department of Asian Studies at Harvard University.
  • Siu Fong Fong, Siao Liang or Josephine Siao, MBE, a Hong Kong movie star who became popular as a child and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including best actress at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival. Since retiring from show business she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse.
  • Siow Lee Chin, renowned Singaporean violinist. She is an assistant professor and the Director of Strings at the College of Charleston. Siow is the Gold Medal winner of the 1994 Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition and First Prize winner of the 1994 Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition for Strings.In 1996, Siow won the Singapore National Arts Council's Young Artist Award.
  • Gaetan Siew, elected President of the International Union of Architect during the UIA General Assembly which took place in Istanbul (Turkey), from 8 to 10 July 2005. Born in Mauritius in 1954, Gaétan Siew graduated from the Marseille School of Architecture in 1979. He is in private practice in Port Louis since 1981.
  • Jiang Zeming, former President of People Republic of China. He is from Xiao Jiang family.
  • Xiao Qiang, adjunct professor of University of California, Berkeley, USA. Founder and Editor in Chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. Full time human right activist after the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989. Xiao is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. He was also a visiting fellow of the Santa Fe Institute in 2002.
  • Xiao Yang, from Heyuan, Guangdong, the former President of the Supreme People's Court of China, People Republic of China from 1998-2008, the Minister of Justice from 1993 to 1998.
  • Yum Tong Siu from Taishan, Kwangdong, mathematician, William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. Dr. Siu has been the dominant figure in the mathematics of several complex variables. He has mastered techniques at the interfaces between complex variables, differential geometry, and algebraic geometry.
  • Di Xiao, Chinese pianist. Described by the critics as “a pianist of awesome gifts", Di Xiao recently concluded a major international tour representing the UK as part of the universally acclaimed European Concert Halls Organisation (ECHO) 'Rising Stars' series.
  • David Xiao, Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Edmonton-McClung as a Progressive Conservative
  • Xiao-Li Meng, an award-winning Chinese-American statistician, and the Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics at Harvard University
  • Seow Hood Seng (1862–1940), also Hsiao Fo-cheng, and Siamese name SiaohIuseng SriboonIiang. He was President of Tongmenhui Siam branch, supporter of Dr Sun Yat-sen in the Chinese revolution movement, representative of KMT in Bangkok and founder of Sriboonruang family
  • Siauw Giok Tjhan (1914–1981), Indonesian politician, cabinet minister under Sukarno, imprisoned for 10 years by Suharto (id:Siauw Giok Tjhan (Indonesian))
  • Lam Truong (Tiêu Lam Trường, 蕭藍長), a popular singer in Vietnam

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