Ng (pronounced ; English approximation often or ) is a Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/吴 (Mandarin Wú) and 伍 (Mandarin Wǔ). Alternately, it is a common Hokkien transcription of the name 黃/黄 (, Mandarin Huáng). The surname is sometimes romanized as Ang, Eng, Ing and Ong in the United States and Ung in Australia. The Mandarin version of Ng is sometimes romanized as Woo or Wu, such as John Woo. In Vietnam, the corresponding surname is Ngô. In Cambodia, the corresponding surname is Oeng. A variant pronunciation for 黃/黄 in the Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien is () and has various transliterations, such as Oei, Oey, and Uy. Notable people with the surname Ng (character unknown) Clive Ng (born 1962), media sector financier and executive Elise Ng (born 1981), Hong Kong squash player Evelyn Ng (born 1975), professional poker player from Canada Fae Myenne Ng, writer living in New York City Geeling Ng, New Zealand actress of "China Girl" fame Jasmine Ng (born 1972), Singaporean film director John Ng (born 1950), kung fu master, traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and pharmacist – now living in Kentucky, US Jonathon Ng, Irish singer-songwriter known as EDEN Josiah Ng (born 1980), Malaysian track cyclist Kelvin Ng, politician in Canada who was elected in both the Nunavut Legislature and Northwest Territories Legislature Konrad Ng, US President Barack Obama's brother-in-law and husband of Maya Soetoro-Ng Kim Ng, general manager of the Miami Marlins, the first woman general manager in Major League Baseball Lenhard Ng, Chinese American mathematician (ex-child prodigy) Maya Soetoro-Ng (born 1970), Indonesian-born American writer, US President Obama's half-sister and wife to Konrad Ng Perry Ng (born 1996), English footballer Ng Poon Chew (1866–1931), author, publisher, and advocate for Chinese American civil rights Ng Swee Hong (1935–2006), Malaysian Chinese businessman who founded Pacific Andes Ng Tat Wai (born 1947), badminton player from Penang, Malaysia Ng Yi-Sheng (born 1980), Singaporean writer Ng Yong Li (born 1985), Malaysian professional racing cyclist Ren Ng, founder and the chief executive officer of Californian start-ups Refocus Imaging, Inc and Lytro, Inc Win Ng (1936–1991), Chinese-American sculptor, industrial designer and illustrator Notable people with the surname Ng (吳) Ng Mui, said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders – survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Temple by the Qing Dynasty Andrew Ng (born 1976), computer science professor at Stanford and founder of Coursera Antonio Ng (born 1957),