Cao (Vietnamese surname)
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Cao is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Gao
in Chinese
and Go in Korean
. Unrelated, it is also the Chinese surname Cao which is transliterated as Tào in Vietnamese
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Gao (surname)
Gao is a Chinese family name. There are approximately 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanize this family name into Kao. In Hong Kong, it is romanized to Ko....
in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and Go in Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
. Unrelated, it is also the Chinese surname Cao which is transliterated as Tào in Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
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List of persons with the surname
- Cao Lỗ, weaponry engineer and minister
- Cao Bá QuátCao Bá QuátCao Bá Quát was a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary who led a peasant uprising against Emperor Tự Đức. He was either executed or killed in battle. Many of his poems were destroyed, but about 1400 survive....
, poet and revolutionary - Cao ThangCao ThangCao Thang was a Vietnamese bandit-turned-anticolonial fighter. He was an assistant of Phan Dinh Phung, and was Phan's military coordinator. His forces operated in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces. He was killed in battle in 1893....
(Cao Thắng), bandit-turned-anticolonial fighter - Cao Xuân DụcCao Xuân DụcCao Xuân Dục was a scholar, historian-mandarin, and court adviser in the Nguyễn Dynasty, Vietnam.Cao Xuân Dục was born in Thịnh Mỹ, Diễn Châu, Nghệ An...
, scholar, historian-mandarin, and court adviser - Cao Van LauCao Van LauCao Văn Lầu , also known as Sáu Lầu , was a Vietnamese musician.He was born on 22 December 1892 in Long An province, French Cochinchina. At the age of 4, he moved to Bac Lieu and spent all his life there. In Bac Lieu, he studied Hán tự with a monk and then attended a French primary school...
(Cao Văn Lầu), musician - Cao Van VienCao Van VienCao Văn Viên was a Vietnamese soldier who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and rose to the position of Chairman of the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff...
(Cao Văn Viên), General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) - Cao Thị Đoan Trang, singer
- Joseph CaoJoseph CaoAnh "Joseph" Quang Cao is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, he announced he will be a candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2011, however in September 2011 he pulled out of the race.He was the first...
, lawyer, former US representative from Louisiana