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