Mao (surname)
Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛, 茅 and some rare names , , etc.
originated from Ji, the clan name of Zhou Dynasty. 毛 is the 106th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames, and ranks 87th largest number of people with this surname in China.
is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.Notable people surnamed Mao
毛
- Mao Chaofeng, politician born in 1965
- Mao Chi-kuo, a Republic of China politician
- Mao Jie, a minister to Cao Cao
- Mao Sidi, pseudonym of Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
- Mao Wenlong, a commander of the Ming Dynasty
- Mao Zedong,, the founder of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Communist Party of China
- *Madame Mao, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and a leading politician in the Cultural Revolution
- *Mao Zemin,, early Communist revolutionary, Mao Zedong's brother
- *Mao Zetan, brother of Mao Zedong
- *Mao Anying, the son of Mao Zedong
- *Mao Yuanxin, nephew of Mao Zedong
- *Mao Xinyu,, grandson of Mao
- *Mao Zehong, the sister of Mao Zedong
- Mao Xiaobing, former party chief of Xining, investigated for corruption
- Mao Xiaoping, former mayor of Wuxi
- Mao Xinyuan, a Chinese race walker
- Empress Mao, Empress of Cao Rui during the Three Kingdoms era
- Teresa Mo, Hong Kong actress
- Yeni Mao, contemporary artist
- Mao WeiJia, singer
茅
- Angela Mao, Taiwanese actress
- Mao Dun, pen name of a Chinese writer
- Mao Yisheng, a Chinese structural engineer.
- Mao Yushi, a Chinese economist, nephew of Mao Yisheng, critic of Mao Zedong.
