Yao

Yao can refer to:

• The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture.
• Yao, a city in Japan
• The Yao people in China
• 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
• Francis Yao, a liver transplantation expert at UCSF