Ah Hoon (died 1909) was a Chinese American comedian, actor, and associate of the On Leong Tong.
A celebrated comic in New York's Chinatown during the tong wars between the On Leong and Hip Sing Tong, Ah Hoon began insulting the rival Hip Sings during performances at the Chinese Theater on Doyers Street.
Perceiving his insults as an attack of their honor, the Hip Sings declared a death sentence against Ah Hoon.
On December 29, Ah Hoon was under the protection of a police sergeant and two patrolmen as he performed and was escorted back to his Chatham Square boardinghouse where members of the On Leongs stood on guard.
Despite Herbert Asbury’s claim in his 1928 book “The Gangs of New York” that a Hip Sing hatchetman had been lowered from the roof while on a chair and sneaked into the apartment where he shot the sleeping comedian with a silenced pistol, the reality is that Ah Hoon’s body was discovered in the hallway, having been killed after his police escorts had already left him alone and he attempted to wash up in the communal basin.