List of Famous people with last name Yau

Neo Yau Hawk-Sau is a Hong Kong-based actor. He co-founded a political satire group called "Mocking Jer," which specialised in creative derivative work which satirised local news and government. In 2015, he gained recognition with his performance as the main character Pang Shing-Wa in She Remembers, He Forgets.

Chingmy Yau Suk-zing is a retired Hong Kong actress.

Shing-Tung Yau is an American mathematician and the William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University.

Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP is the current Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong. He was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2017, he was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong.

Horng-Tzer Yau is a Taiwanese-American mathematician. He received his B.Sc. in 1981 from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in 1987 from Princeton University. Yau joined the faculty of NYU in 1988, and became a full professor at its Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1994. He moved to Stanford in 2003, and then to Harvard University in 2005. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1987–88, 1991–92, and 2003, and was a Distinguished Visiting Professor in 2013–14.

Alan Yau, OBE is a Chinese restaurateur who founded the Wagamama chain in the United Kingdom. Of Hakka ethnicity, he was born in Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong and moved to King's Lynn, Norfolk in 1975 with his family.

Yoyo Ng Tsz Yau is a Hong Kong badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and in 2013, she competed in the women's doubles event with Yeung Nga Ting. In 2014, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. She won the mixed doubles gold medal together with her partner from Malaysia Cheam June Wei. In 2017, she reach the mixed doubles semi final round at the Malaysia Masters, and in November 2017, she and Yeung won the senior tournament at the Tata Open India International tournament.

Herman Yau Lai-to is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.