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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