Bao (surname)

Bao or Pao is the pinyin romanization of two Chinese surnames, 包 (pinyin: Bāo) and 鮑/鲍 (pinyin: Bào). It could also be a sinification of the Mongolian surname Borjigin. It is also a Vietnamese surname.

List of people with surname 包
  • Bao Zheng (999–1062), government official during the Song dynasty and the Chinese cultural icon of justice
  • Bao Daoyi, fictional Song dynasty outlaw from the novel Water Margin
  • Bao Zunxin (1937–2007), Chinese historian and dissident
  • Bao Yingying (born 1983), Chinese sabre fencer
  • Bao Bei'er (born 1984), Chinese actor
  • Bao Yixin (born 1992), Chinese badminton player

List of people with surname 鮑/鲍

It is the 62nd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1]

  • Bao Shuya (died 644 BC), official under the Qi during the Spring and Autumn period
  • Bao Xin (152–192), general during the Han dynasty
  • Bao Xun (died 224), government official during the Han dynasty and later under the Wei during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Bao Sanniang, fictional character during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Bao Xu, fictional Song dynasty outlaw from the novel Water Margin
  • Bao Chao (1828–1886), Qing dynasty general and official
  • Bao Tong (1932–2022), former Chinese politician
  • Bao Guo'an (born 1946), Chinese actor
  • Bao Xishun (born 1951), ethnic Mongolian man from China recognized as the tallest man on earth
  • Yih-Ho Michael Pao, American engineer
  • Ellen Pao, American lawyer and corporate executive
  • Bao Chunlai (born 1983), Chinese badminton player

References
  1. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
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