Sadao (given name)

Sadao (written: 貞雄, 貞夫, 禎雄 or サダオ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Sadao Abe (阿部 サダヲ), Japanese actor and musician
 * Sadao Araki (荒木 貞夫), Imperial Japanese Army general, politician, and political philosopher
 * Sadao Bekku (別宮 貞雄), Japanese classical composer
 * Sadao Fuchigami (渕上 貞雄), Japanese politician
 * Sadao Hasegawa (長谷川 サダオ), Japanese gay erotic artist
 * Sadao Kazama (風間 貞夫), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Kotogahama Sadao (琴ヶ濵 貞雄), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Sadao Munemori (旨森 貞雄), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Sadao Nakajima (中島 貞夫), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Sadao Sato (佐藤 貞雄), Japanese sport wrestler
 * Sadao Sei (清 貞雄), Japanese astronomer
 * Sadao Takagi (高木 貞夫), Japanese entomologist
 * Wakabayama Sadao (若葉山 貞雄), Japanese sumo wrestler
 * Sadao Watanabe (artist) (渡辺 禎雄), Japanese printmaker
 * Sadao Watanabe (musician) (渡辺 貞夫), Japanese jazz musician
 * Sadao Yamahana (山花 貞夫), Japanese politician
 * Sadao Yamanaka (山中 貞雄), Japanese film director and screenwriter