| 1 | 邓小平 | 鄧小平 | dèng xiǎo píng | Deng4 Xiao3 ping2 | Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" | | |
| 2 | 邓 | 鄧 | dèng | Deng4 | surname Deng | | |
| 3 | 邓颖超 | 鄧穎超 | dèng yǐng chāo | Deng4 Ying3 chao1 | Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩来 | | |
| 4 | 邓迪 | 鄧迪 | dèng dí | Deng4 di2 | Dundee, Scotland | | |
| 5 | 邓加 | 鄧加 | dèng jiā | Deng4 jia1 | Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player | | |
| 6 | 邓丽君 | 鄧麗君 | dèng lì jūn | Deng4 Li4 jun1 | Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol | | |
| 7 | 邓亮洪 | 鄧亮洪 | dèng liàng hóng | deng4 liang4 hong2 | Tang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections) | | |
| 8 | 邓世昌 | 鄧世昌 | dèng shì chāng | Deng4 Shi4 chang1 | Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese | | |
| 9 | 邓通 | 鄧通 | dèng tōng | Deng4 Tong1 | Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前汉 officials | | |
| 10 | 邓拓 | 鄧拓 | dèng tuò | Deng4 Tuo4 | Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution; wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 马南邨 | | |
| 11 | 邓析 | 鄧析 | dèng xī | Deng4 Xi1 | Deng Xi (545-501 BC), Chinese philosopher and rhetorician, the first lawyer of ancient China | | |
| 12 | 邓小平理论 | 鄧小平理論 | dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn | Deng4 Xiao3 ping2 Li3 lun4 | Deng Xiaoping Theory; Dengism; the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control | | |
| 13 | 邓亚萍 | 鄧亞萍 | dèng yà píng | Deng4 Ya4 ping2 | Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner | | |
| 14 | 邓州 | 鄧州 | dèng zhōu | Deng4 zhou1 | Dengzhou county level city in Nanyang 南阳 , Henan | | |
| 15 | 邓州市 | 鄧州市 | dèng zhōu shì | Deng4 zhou1 shi4 | Dengzhou county level city in Nanyang 南阳 , Henan | | |
| 16 | 邓紫棋 | 鄧紫棋 | dèng zǐ qí | Deng4 Zi3 qi2 | G.E.M. (1991-), Chinese pop star | | |