The ancestral hall of the Jia family in Jiajiayuan Village, Honggang Town, Tongshan County, Hubei Jiǎ (simplified Chinese: 贾 ; traditional Chinese: 賈 ) is a surname . Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization , which is commonly used in Taiwan . Ka is the corresponding Cantonese -based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions.
Notable people with Jia as a surname
Historical figures Jia Yi (賈誼; 200–169 BCE), official of the Han dynastyJia Kui (scholar) (賈逵; 30–101), scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynastyJia Xu (賈詡; 147–223), official of the Cao Wei stateJia Kui (general) (賈逵; 174–228), general of Cao Wei stateJia Chong (賈充; 217–282), general of the Jin dynastyJia Nanfeng (賈南風; 257–300), empress of the Jin dynastyHuiyuan (慧遠; 334–416), Buddhist teacher of the Jin dynastyJia Dan (賈耽; 730–805), official of the Tang dynastyJia Dao (賈島; 779–843), poet of the Tang dynastyJia Su (賈餗; died 835), official of the Tang dynastyJia Xian (贾宪; 1010–1070), mathematician of the Song dynastyJia Sidao (賈似道; 1213–1275), grand chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty under Emperor Lizong
Film and television
Government and politics Chia Ching-teh (1880–1960), President of the Republic of China Examination Yuan (1952–1954)Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940), Republic of China general and politicianJia Zhijie (贾志杰; born 1935), Chinese politician, governor of Gansu and HubeiJia Chunwang (贾春旺; born 1938), Chinese official of the Supreme People's ProcuratorJia Qinglin (贾庆林; born 1940), Chinese politician, member of the Politburo Standing CommitteeJia Zhibang (贾治邦; born 1946), Chinese official of the State Forestry AdministrationJia Yongsheng (贾永生; born 1947), People's Liberation Army Air Force generalJia Ting'an (贾廷安; born 1952), People's Liberation Army General Political Department generalJia Gaojian (贾高建; born 1959), Chinese official of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau
Sport Jia Lianren (1912–?), Chinese middle-distance runnerJia Xiuquan (贾秀全; born 1963), Chinese football managerJia Guihua (born 1964), Chinese fencerJia Zhanbo (贾占波; born 1974), Chinese sport shooterJia Wenpeng (贾文鹏; born 1978), Chinese football midfielderJia Xiaozhong (贾孝忠; born 1980), Chinese basketball playerJia Yunbing (born 1981), Chinese judo practitionerJia Dandan (贾丹丹; born 1982), Chinese ice hockey playerJia Yubing (贾昱冰; born 1983), Chinese baseball playerJia Delong (贾德龙; born 1985), Chinese baseball playerJia Juntingxian (born 1986), Chinese Paralympic sprinterJia Yuping (born 1986), Chinese cross-country skierJia Tong (贾童; born 1991), Chinese diverJia Zongyang (贾宗洋; born 1991), Chinese aerial skierJia Tianzi (贾天子; born 1994), Chinese football midfielderJia Yifan (贾一凡; born 1997), Chinese badminton player
Other Jia Lanpo (贾兰坡; 1908–2001), Chinese archaeologistJia Pingwa (贾平娃; born 1952), Chinese writerJia Yueting (贾跃亭; born 1973), Chinese businessman, founder of Le.comJia Ling (贾玲; born 1982), Chinese xiangsheng performerJia Jinglong (贾敬龙; 1986–2016), Chinese protester, executed for murderJia Hongguang (born 1988), Chinese Paralympic swimmerJia Junpeng (贾君鹏), Chinese man whose name became associated with a 2009 internet memeJia Rongqing (贾荣庆; fl. 1968–present ), Chinese-born Canadian mathematicianJia Ruhan (贾茹涵), Chinese sopranoXiaohua Jia , Chinese electrical engineer
Fictional characters Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber :