Bao (surname)

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

List of people with surname 包 Bāo

 * 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 Bào
It is the 62nd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
 * 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