List of Famous people with last name Yao

Kuo Shu-yao, nicknamed Yao Yao, is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host. In 2013 she won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer for her role in Step Back to Glory.

Tong Yao is a Chinese actress, best known in film for portraying Chen Shu in A Big Deal (2011), May in Snowfall in Taipei (2012) and Annie Yang in To Love Somebody (2014), and has received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Meng Xizi in Militia Ge Erdan (2012) and Zhou Xiaobei in Three Bosom Girls (2014).

Yao Wen-chih is a Taiwanese politician also known by the English name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.

Chen Yao is a Chinese actress. She is known for her role as Yue Qiluo in Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015).

Kazuki Yao is a voice actor and actor.

Andrew Chi-Chih Yao is a Chinese computer scientist and computational theorist. He is currently a Professor and the Dean of Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University. Yao used the minimax theorem to prove what is now known as Yao's Principle.

Yang Yao is a Taiwanese politician.

Pang Yao is a Hong Kong road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team China Liv Pro Cycling. She represented her nation as a junior on the road at the 2012 and 2013 UCI Road World Championships and at the track at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Kris Yao is a Taiwanese architect, and the founder and head architect at KRIS YAO | ARTECH in Taipei and Shanghai.