Jong
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Jong often appears as a surname
. In some cases, it is a romanisation transliteration of the Chinese
楊/杨, more commonly represented as Yang
. In the 1947 census, "de Jong", from "de jonge" (Dutch
for "junior" [lit: "the young"]), was the most common surname in the Netherlands
.
People with the surname Jong include:
People with the surname "de Jong" and close variants include:
People with the name Jong and close variants include:
Other uses of Jong include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. In some cases, it is a romanisation transliteration of the Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
楊/杨, more commonly represented as Yang
Yang (surname)
Yang is the transcription of the Chinese family name 楊 / 杨. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China.- Characters :Yang is most often the transliteration of the character 楊 . The same character can also mean a type of poplar...
. In the 1947 census, "de Jong", from "de jonge" (Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for "junior" [lit: "the young"]), was the most common surname in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
People with the surname Jong include:
- Erica JongErica JongErica Jong is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.-Career:A 1963 graduate of Barnard College, and with an M.A...
, an American author. - Jong Sub Baik, (born 1980), South Korean boxer
- Jong Thae-yangJong Thae-yangJong Thae-yang, also spelled Jong Tae Yang, is a North Korean diplomat. He currently serves as the deputy chief of the US Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry. He has frequently been involved in international talks , including the Six Party Talks...
, North Korean diplomat - Lin JongLin JongLin Jong is a Taiwanese-born cinematographer. Best known for his work on many of director Ang Lee's early films, Lin has gone on to serve as director of photographer with some of Mainland China's most important directors, and has also gone abroad, where he served as the cinematographer for...
, Taiwanese cinematographer
People with the surname "de Jong" and close variants include:
- Jong, Arie deArie de JongDoctor Arie de Jong was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands...
(1865–1957), Dutch linguist - Jong, Bert deBert de JongBert de Jong is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-References:*...
(born 1955), Dutch speed skater - Jong, Bob deBob de JongBob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in long distances: five and ten kilometers.-Speed skating career:...
(born 1976), Dutch speed skater - Jong, Constance deConstance de JongConstance DeJong is an American artist writer and playwright. She is probably best known as the writer on the libretto of Philip Glass's opera Satyagraha. She is also well known for her numerous collaborations with Tony Oursler on projects such as Fantastic Prayers...
(born 1950), American playwright - Jong, Fnk deFrank de JongFrank de Jong, is a Canadian politician, environmentalist and elementary school teacher at Fern Avenue Public School...
(born 1955), Canadian politician - Jong, Fred deFred de JongFred de Jong was a New Zealand football striker who represented his country.-Club career:He player senior football with Mt. Wellington before moving to Australia, helping Marconi Stallions to consecutive National Soccer League titles in 1988 and 1989. De Jong then took advantage of his heritage,...
(born 1964), New Zealand footballer - Jong, J. W. deJ. W. de JongJan Willem de Jong was a 20th century indologist and buddhologist.-Birth and Education:J. W. de Jong was born in Leiden on 15 February 1921...
(1921–2000), Dutch indologist - Jong, Jacqueline deJacqueline de JongJacqueline de Jong was born in the Dutch town of Hengelo to Jewish parents. Faced with the German invasion, they went into hiding. After an abortive escape attempt to England, her father Hans remained in Amsterdam while she and her mother made for Switzerland...
(born 1939), Dutch activist - Jong, Jean-Paul deJean-Paul de JongJean-Paul de Jong is a Dutch former football player, who played mostly as a right midfielder. He is best known for his lengthy spell with FC Utrecht.-Football career:...
(born 1970), Dutch footballer - Jong, Jerry deJerry de JongJerry Murrien de Jong is a retired Dutch footballer.He played as a defender or defensive midfielder, and played for seven different clubs during a seventeen-year professional career, including PSV Eindhoven.-Football career:De Jong started off his career in the second division, where he...
(born 1964), Dutch footballer - Jong, Jill deJill de JongJill de Jong, also known as Jildou de Jong is a Dutch model and actress.On March 21, 2002, she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series....
(born 1982), Dutch model - Jong, Johannes deJohannes de JongJohannes de Jong was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII....
(1885–1955), Dutch religious leader - Jong, John deJohn de JongJohn de Jong is a retired Dutch professional footballer, best known for his lengthy spell at Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven.An attacking midfielder, he had good passing abilities, also having his career cut short by injury....
(born 1977), Dutch footballer - Jong, John H.A.L. deJohn de JongJohn de Jong is a retired Dutch professional footballer, best known for his lengthy spell at Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven.An attacking midfielder, he had good passing abilities, also having his career cut short by injury....
(born 1947), Dutch linguist - Jong, Loe deLoe de JongLouis de Jong was a Dutch journalist and historian specialising in the history of the Netherlands in World War II and the Dutch resistance....
(1914–2005), Dutch historian - Jong, Marcel DeMarcel De JongMarcel de Jong is a Canadian football player of Dutch descent who currently plays for Bundesliga side FC Augsburg.-Club career:...
(born 1986), Canadian footballer - Jong, Marjolein deMarjolein de JongMarjolein Elisabeth de Jong is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
(born 1968), Dutch volleyball player - Jong, Meindert De (1906–1991), Dutch-born American author
- Jong, Mike deMike de JongMike de Jong, Q.C. is a politician from British Columbia, Canada.-Politics and career:He was appointed Minister of Health Mike de Jong on March 14, 2011. He has previously held the post of Attorney General and Government House Leader, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Minister of...
, Canadian politician - Jong, Nigel deNigel de JongNigel de Jong is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team....
(born 1984), Dutch footballer - Jong, Piet dePiet de JongPetrus Josef Sietse "Piet" de Jong is a retired Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from April 5, 1967 until July 6, 1971....
(born 1915), Dutch politician - Jong, Reggie deReggie de JongRegina Constance de Jong is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the in 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union....
(born 1964), Dutch swimmer - Jong, Simon DeSimon De JongSimon Leendert De Jong was a Canadian parliamentarian. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election as an New Democratic Party Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan...
(born 1942), Canadian politician - Jong, Theo deTheo de JongTheodorus Jacob de Jong is a former Dutch footballer, and now coach.During his career he played for NEC Nijmegen and Feyenoord Rotterdam...
(born 1947), Dutch footballer - Jong, Tonny deTonny de JongTonny de Jong is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003....
(born 1974), Dutch speed skater - Jong, Xenia de (born 1922), Dutch athlete
- Jong-a-Pin, CalvinCalvin Jong-a-PinCalvin Jong-a-Pin is a Dutch footballer plays as a left back who currently plays for the Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.- Career :...
(born 1986), Dutch footballer - Jonge, Freek deFreek de JongeFrederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge is a Dutch cabaret performer, singer, comedian and blogger.-Early life and career:...
(born 1944), Dutch comedian - Jongh, Andrée deAndrée de JonghCountess Andrée de Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II. She organized the Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers...
(born 1916), Belgian activist - Jongh, Claude deClaude de JonghClaude de Jongh , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a landscape painter who travelled to England and is registered there several times from 1625-1650.-References:* on Artnet...
(1606–1663), Dutch painter - Jongh, Dick deDick de JonghDick H. J. de Jongh is a Dutch logician and mathematician and a retired professor at the University of Amsterdam.He received his PhD degree in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under supervision of Stephen Kleene with a dissertation entitled Investigations on the Intuitionistic...
(born 1939), Dutch mathematician - Jongh, John deJohn de JonghJohn Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...
(born 1957), Caribbean politician - Jongh, Ludolf de (1616–1679), Dutch painter
- Jongh, Steven deSteven de JonghSteven de Jongh is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.de Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of , while he made the move to in 2006...
(born 1973), Dutch cyclist - Jongh, Theunis Willem deTheunis Willem de JonghTheunis Willem de Jongh was the fifth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. His term of office was from 1 July 1967 to 31 December 1980. He was succeeded by Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan de Kock.-References:...
, South African businessperson - Jongh, Tinus deTinus de JonghMartinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh was one of South Africa's most popular painters.Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam purchased one of his early pictures...
(1885–1942), Dutch-born South African painter - Jongh-Elhage, Emily deEmily de Jongh-ElhageEmily Saïdy de Jongh-Elhage was the last Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 26 March 2006 until their dissolution on 10 October 2010.She is also leader of the Party for the Restructured Antilles.-Personal background:...
(born 1946), Caribbean politician
People with the name Jong and close variants include:
- Jong UichicoJong UichicoJoseph Enrique Uichico, better known as Jong Uichico, is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. Uichico is a former Philippines national basketball team Youth member and a former player and head coach of the La Salle...
, Filipino professional basketball head coach - Jhong HilarioJhong HilarioVirgilio Hilario, Jr. , better known by his stage name Jhong Hilario, is a Filipino actor and dancer. He is part of the dance group Streetboys in the Philippines....
, (born 1976) Filipino actor and dancer
Other uses of Jong include:
- Jong, a Korean bell
- Mala Mala Jong, a fictional character from the animated series Xiaolin ShowdownXiaolin ShowdownXiaolin Showdown is an American animated television series that aired on Kids WB and was created by Christy Hui. Set in a world where martial arts battles and Eastern magic are commonplace, the series follows four young warriors in training that battle the forces of evil...
- Muk Yan JongMuk Yan JongMu ren zhuang is a wooden dummy used in Chinese martial arts training. It is associated with the martial art of Wing Chun and other kung fu styles of Southern China...
, a martial arts dummy