List of Famous people named 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.

Yao Yuan-hao is a Taiwanese actor and television host.

Yao Chen is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. In 2014, Time named Yao as one of the most influential people on their Time 100 list. As of 2014, she is listed as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Several English-language media outlets have nicknamed her "China's answer to Angelina Jolie."

Yao Chun-yao or Jack Yao is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He is best known for his role in the critically acclaimed 2010 Taiwanese film Au Revoir Taipei, which won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival. He is also known for hosting the Taiwanese long-running television show Stories in Taiwan. He won Best Host for a Travel Program at the 51st Golden Bell Awards.

Yao Jen-to is a Taiwanese politician who has been the Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of Straits Exchange Foundation since 21 June 2018.

Yao Di is a Chinese actress.

Yao Gang is a Chinese executive who served as one of four Vice-Chairmen at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China’s top security regulator. He was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in November 2015, after a stock market rout rocked global markets. Yao's downfall marked the widened government crackdown on corruption in the financial industry. Zhang Yujun (张育军), former assistant chairman of the CSRC, was placed under investigation in the end of 2015.

Yao Jie is a Chinese-born female badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.

Yao Li-ming is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator.

Yao Lei is a China-born Singaporean former badminton player. She won the women's doubles silver and mixed doubles bronze at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She also represented Singapore in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Shinta Mulia Sari. Her parents Yao Yiping and Gu Xiaojing were both international badminton players. In 2003, as a 13-year-old she emigrated to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.