Ming Dynasty, the ruling dynasty in China from 1368 to 1644

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader

Robert Menzies (nicknamed "Ming"), an Australian Prime Minister (using the pronunciation "Men-zeez" for his surname)

Yao Ming, professional NBA player from China

British politician Menzies Campbell (using the pronunciation "MING-iss") is often called "Ming"

Emperor Ming of Wei (205-239), see Cao Rui

Emperor Ming of Liu Song (439 - 472)

Emperor Ming of Zhao (274 - 333), see Shi Le

Emperor Ming of Han (28-75)

Emperor Ming of Southern Qi (452 - 498)

Ming-Ming Duckling, a character from Wonder Pets

Ming (typeface), a common typeface for writing Chinese characters

Emperor Ming of Jin (299 - 325)

Ming the Merciless is a fictional villain in the Flash Gordon stories

Ming (Flash Gordon 2007) is an updated version of Ming the Merciless.

Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (534 - 560)

Ming class submarine, a class of diesel-electric submarines built by China

Motorola MING, a smartphone released by Motorola

Ming-Na (born 1963), an American actress

Ming Tsai, a celebrity chef

Ming, a tiger who lived in a New York apartment

Yan Pei Ming (born 1960), a Chinese born painter

Ngoc Minh, a Vietnamese poet

Ming library, a C library with PHP bindings for creating Adobe Flash (.swf) files

Ming (clam) is a clam, claimed to be the oldest animal ever discovered.

Ming (明) is a common personal name among Chinese people, Vietnamese people, and Korean people. In pinyin, it is written Míng, in romanized Vietnamese, it is written as Minh, and in Korean it is pronounced Myeong. Directly translated as "bright" (to understand/intelligence), the Chinese character is made up of the words sun (日) and moon (月) written side by side. It may also mean:

The Scottish name Menzies is traditionally pronounced "MING-iss" (IPA: /ˈmɪŋɪs/) and a shortened form is "Ming"