Yeoh
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Yeoh is the transliteration of the Hokkien (Min Nan
) surname which shares the same Chinese character as the Mandarin surname Yang
. See the Yang
entry for the history of the name.
Famous people with the surname "Yeoh" include:
Min Nan
The Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....
) surname which shares the same Chinese character as the Mandarin surname 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...
. See the 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...
entry for the history of the name.
Famous people with the surname "Yeoh" include:
- Michelle YeohMichelle YeohMichelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....
- Francis YeohFrancis YeohTan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh Sock PingCBE is a prominent business personality in Malaysia, and the eldest son of Malaysian billionaire Tan Sri Dato' Seri Yeoh Tiong Lay...
- Yeoh Tiong LayYeoh Tiong LayTan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Yeoh Tiong Lay is a Malaysian business tycoon and a prominent philanthropist. He founded YTL Corporation, Malaysia's biggest and most successful conglomerate with interests in construction, utilities, hotels, property development and technology...
- Yeoh Eng-kiongYeoh Eng-kiongYeoh Eng Kiong was Secretary for Health and Welfare of Hong Kong between 1999 and 2002, and Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food and member of the Executive Council between 2002 to 2004.-Career:...
- Joanne YeohJoanne YeohJoanne Yeoh is a Malaysian violinist who has performed worldwide. In 2004, she was selected as the honoree for The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award for the category, "Personal Improvement and Accomplishment"...
- Benjamin YeohBenjamin YeohBenjamin Yeoh aka Ben Yeoh is one of the first British Chinese playwrights to have his plays performed and recognised in the UK.Born near London, England his father came from Ipoh, Malaysia and mother from Singapore...
- Yeoh Ghim SengYeoh Ghim SengYeoh Ghim Seng was Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore from 1970 to 1989.He received his early education at St. Michael's Institution in his hometown of Ipoh and at Penang Free School...
Alternative uses
- Yeoh modelYeoh (hyperelastic model)300px|right|thumb|Yeoh model prediction versus experimental data for natural rubber. Model parameters and experimental data from The Yeoh hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model for the deformation of nearly incompressible, nonlinear elastic materials such as rubber...
: a material model for rubbers named after O.H. Yeoh.