Famous People with Name Tao

Guo Tao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Guo Tao: is a Chinese actor. Guo was born in Beijing. He graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 1992.

Shi Tao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shi Tao: is a mainland Chinese journalist, writer and poet, who in 2005 was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years for releasing a document of the Communist Party to an overseas Chinese democracy site after Yahoo! China provided his personal details to the Chinese government. On August 28, 2007, the World Organization for Human Rights USA sued Yahoo! for allegedly providing information (email and IP address) to the Chinese government that caused the arrests of writers and dissidents. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco for journalists Shi Tao and Wang Xiaoning.

Song Tao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Song Tao: is a retired Chinese basketball player and coach. 6'10" with impressive mobility, he was the first player from Asia drafted by an NBA team when the Atlanta Hawks selected him in the 3rd round of the 1987 NBA draft, although he never went to training camp due to serious knee injuries. Song competed at 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and was the flag bearer of the Chinese Olympic Team. He retired from China men's national basketball team in 1991 and became a coach/player on the Shandong provincial team. In 1993, Song went to study in San Francisco, California and then moved to Taiwan to compete in the professional Chinese Basketball Alliance until he retired there around the turn of the century. He coached the National Chiao Tung University varsity team in the ensuing years.

Chou Tao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chou Tao: is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast. She won the group gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games.

Huang Zi Tao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Huang Zi Tao: is a Chinese rapper and singer. He is currently a member of the Mandopop group EXO-M, a subgroup of the Chinese-South Korean boy band EXO. The group released their first "prologue" single "What Is Love", on January 30, followed by their second "prologue" single "History" on March 9. They held their first pre-debut showcase in Seoul's Olympic Stadium on March 31, 2012, one hundred days after EXO debuted their first trailer on December 21, 2011. Approximately 3,000 fans from 8,000 applicants were selected to attend the showcase. The group held their second showcase and first press conference in the Great Hall of the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China on April 1.