A gong is a percussive musical instrument or a warning bell.

Gong or GONG may also refer to:

Places

  • Gong, Iran, a city
  • 21523 GONG, an asteroid discovered in 1998
  • Gong County, Henan, former name of Gongyi, a city in Henan, China
  • Gong County, Sichuan, a county in Sichuan, China
  • Wollongong, ("the Gong"), a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia
  • Zhonggong, a pejorative name for Communist-controlled China (1927–49)

People

Gong as a name may refer to:

  • Gong (title), a title of Chinese nobility generally translated as "duke"

Nicknamed "Gong"

  • Gong, the pseudonym of Jonathan Crowther, a composer of Listener Crosswords
  • Leonard Howell, known as The Gong, founder of the Rastafari movement

Given named "Gong"

  • Marquis Gong (disambiguation), several marquises named Gong
  • Duke Gong (disambiguation) (), several dukes named Gong
  • Prince Gong (disambiguation), several princes named Gong
  • King Gong (disambiguation), several kings named Gong
  • Emperor Gong (disambiguation), several emperors named Gong

Surnamed "Gong"

  • Gong (surname), several Chinese surnames
  • Alex Gong (1971–2003), Chinese-American kickboxer
  • Gong Baoren, Chinese Olympic swimmer
  • Gong Guohua (born 1964), Chinese decathlete
  • Gong Hwang-cherng (1934–2010), linguist from Taiwan
  • Gong Li (born 1965), Chinese film actress
  • Gong Ruina (born 1981), Chinese badminton player
  • Xiao Hua Gong<!-- In the Canadian press, Gong's surname is placed last. -->, Chinese-Canadian businessman and politician
  • Gong Zhichao (born 1977), Chinese badminton player

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Gong (band), a Franco-British rock band
  • The Gongs, an American experimental folk band
  • Gong Gong Gong, a Chinese experimental rock band
  • "Gong", a song on the album Takk... by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós
  • "Gong", a song from the 2019 single ' by a Japanese punk rock band Wanima
  • "", a song by the Japanese band JAM Project
  • "", a single by a Japanese idol group SixTones

Television

  • GONG (IPTV channel), an Internet Protocol Television channel specialising in anime
  • The Gong Show, American television variety show spoof (1976-1980)
  • Palace (TV series) (Gōng), a Chinese TV series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Gong (magazine), a German television magazine
  • A series of Japanese martial arts magazines published by , and
  • Gong bass drum, a type of drum
  • Gong 97.1, a classic rock radio station in Nuremberg, Germany.

Organizations

  • GONG (organization), a Croatian non-government organization that oversees elections
  • Global Oscillations Network Group, studying solar structure and dynamics

Other uses

  • Gōng or Guang (vessel), an ancient Chinese shape of ritual ewer
  • Gong farmer, term used in Tudor Britain for a person who emptied privies and cesspits
  • Gong Gong, Chinese water god
  • Gong language

See also

  • Kong (surname) (孔), a Korean and Chinese surname, sometimes written as "Gong"
  • Gong gong (disambiguation)