Yao

Yao can refer to:

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• The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture.
• Yao, a city in Japan
• The Yao people of China and southeast Asia
• Emperor Yao, a mythical Chinese ruler
• The transliteration of Chinese family names 姚, 銚, and 么.
• The waYao people in southern Africa
• Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, a computer scientist
• Yao Wenyuan, a member of the Gang of Four
• Yao Ming, a basketball player
• Kazuki Yao, a seiyu
• Francis Yao, a liver transplantation expert at UCSF
• Yao (Africa), an African language.