Linghu () is a Chinese compound surname. During the Zhou dynasty, a general, Wei Ke (魏顆) scored many victories for Zhou and was granted the city of Linghu. All his descendants took the compound surname Linghu.
Notable people Bruce Linghu (born 1954), Taiwanese politician and diplomat Linghu An (born 1946), Chinese politician Linghu Chu (766–837), an official of the Tang dynasty Linghu Defen (583–666), a historian-official of the Tang dynasty Linghu Tao (795–872), an official of the Tang dynasty Ling Jihua (Chinese: 令计划; born 1956, originally Linghu Jihua) former Chinese politician as one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao Fictional: Linghu Chong, the protagonist in Louis Cha's wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
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