Yao

Yao can refer to:

• The name of the demiurge in Gnostic scripture.\n* Yao, Japan, a city\n* The Yao people in China\n* Emperor Yao, a mythical Chinese ruler\n* The transliteration of Chinese family names 姚, 銚, and 么.\n* The waYao people in southern Africa\n* Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, a computer scientist\n* Yao Wenyuan, a member of the Gang of Four\n* Yao Ming, a basketball player\n* Francis Yao, a liver transplantation expert at UCSF