Yao (disambiguation)
Yao stands for:
- Yao , a people in China
- Yao (Osaka) , a city in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka
- Yao (city) , a city in Chad
- Yao (Chad) , a sub-prefecture in Chad
- Wayao , a people in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
- Yao (language) or Chiyao, a language spoken by the Wayao people
- Yao graph , a subgraph that guarantees the connection
- the former Yao district (Chinese 耀县) of Tongchuan in the Chinese province of Shaanxi, today the district of Yaozhou (耀 州 区)
- Yao (song) , one of the most famous Chinese folk songs
- an Akan first name
- Yao - Adventures of a Chief's Son , a 1969 TV miniseries
Yao is the family name (or ruler's name) of the following people:
- Yao (emperor) , a great emperor of ancient China
- Yao Chen (* 1979), Chinese actress
- Yao Chia-wen (* 1938), Taiwanese politician
- Yao Defen (1972–2012), tallest woman in the world from China
- Devann Yao (* 1990), American-French soccer player
- Yao Fen (* 1967), Chinese badminton player
- Yao Jie (* 1977), Chinese-Dutch badminton player
- Yao Jie (athlete) (* 1990), Chinese pole vaulter
- Yao Jingyuan (* 1958), Chinese weightlifter
- Yao Lei (* 1990), Singaporean badminton player
- Yao Ming (* 1980), Chinese basketball player
- Yao Tongbin (1922–1968), Chinese materials scientist
- Yao Wenyuan (1931–2005), Chinese politician
- Yao Ximing (* 1956), Chinese badminton player
- Yao Xue (* 1991), Chinese badminton player
- Yao Yan (* 1974), Chinese badminton player
- Amani Yao (* 1963), Ivorian football player and coach
- Andrew Yao (* 1946), Chinese computer scientist
- Eloge Yao (* 1996), Ivorian football player
- Kazuki Yao (* 1959), Japanese voice actor (Seiyū)
- Kouassi Yao Hermann (* 1990), Ivorian football player
- Leon Yao Liang (1923–2009), Chinese clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Xiwanzi, Hebei
- Marcellin Yao Kouadio (* 1960), Ivorian clergyman, Bishop of Daloa
- Marguerite Müller-Yao (1934–2014), Chinese-German painter and art historian
- Paul Yao-Ndré (* 1956), Ivorian politician
- Vital Komenan Yao (1938–2006), Ivorian clergyman, Archbishop of Bouaké
- Yann Michael Yao (* 1997), Ivorian football player
