List of Famous people named Yao

Yao Ximing is a former badminton player from China and current coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Yao Bin is a Chinese figure skating coach. He is considered one of the pioneers of the sport in China. Yao and his partner Luan Bo were the first team to represent China at the World Figure Skating Championships. Since then Yao has almost single-handedly turned China into a pair skating world power.

Yao Yan is a retired Chinese badminton player from Nanning, Guangxi. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Yao Zhenhua is a Chinese billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Baoneng Group.

Yao Fen is a Chinese former international level women's badminton player.

Yao Xingtong is a Chinese actress. She is also known as Helen Yao and Anna Yao. Yao is fluent in French and English.

Yao Leeh-ter is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was appointed political deputy minister of Education in September 2017 and resigned the position in January 2019.

Yao Chia-wen is a Taiwanese politician and former president of the country's Examination Yuan. He was the second chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).