Sha (surname)
Sha is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is listed 387th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 216th most common surname in China, shared by 400,000 people.Notable people
- Sha Cheng, Qing dynasty Minister of Rites
- Sha Liang, Qing dynasty general
- Sha Chunyuan, Qing dynasty general, killed in the Second Opium War
- Sha Yuanbing, politician and poet
- Sha Qianli, entrepreneur, Minister of Light Industry
- Sha Menghai, calligrapher
- Sha Ke, PLA major general
- Sha Xuejun, Republic of China geographer
- Sha Wenhan, historian, Governor of Zhejiang province, brother of Sha Menghai
- Sha Fei, war photographer
- Sha Qi, oil painter
- Sha Gengshi, calligrapher and painter, son of Sha Menghai
- Sha Guohe, chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Sha Xianming, PLA lieutenant general
- Sha Yexin, playwright and political activist
- Sha Zukang, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Zhi Gang Sha, self-styled spiritual healer
- Sha Hailin, politician and diplomat
- Sha Baoliang, singer
- Sha Yi, actor
- Sha Zhengwen, member of the China women's national handball team
- Sha Yibo, football player
- Sha Wujing, fictional character in the classic novel Journey to the West
