Origin and branch
*The Fan trace their origin to the , a legendary Chinese ruler who lived from 2358 - 2258 BCE. Until the Zhou Dynasty 1122–256 BCE they are grouped with the clan. Legend has it that the Fan became an independent clan when a descendant of Du Bo was created Duke of Fan. His son took the name of Fan Quan or Fan Ziwen, and must have lived in the ancient state of in the beginning of the Spring and Autumn period.
*Later the Fan clan lived in the area situated in the southern part of present day Shanxi and western part of present day Henan. There is nowadays a Fan county in Puyang prefecture situated in the north east of Henan province.
*Some families of this name are derived from the Mǐ surname.
*From some ancient people in , Yunan
*From Jurchen 孛鲁术氏
*From Manchu
Notables
*Fan Li , advisor of
* , Chinese historian
*Fan Zhen , a Chinese philosopher of the Southern Dynasty
*Fan Yun , poet and friend of Emperor Wu of Liang
*Fan Zhongyan
*Fan Chengda
Modern Times
*Fan Bingbing , Chinese actress
*Fan Changjiang , Chinese journalist
*Fan Chun Yip , Hong Kong soccer player
*FanFan , Taiwanese singer
*Fann Wong , Singaporean actress
*Mavis Fan , Taiwanese singer
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