Yao

Yao can refer to:

* The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture.
* Yao, a city in Japan
* Yao, a town in Chad
* 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.