Famous People with Name Dao

Jia Dao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Jia Dao: was a Chinese poet born near modern Beijing. After a period as a Buddhist monk, he went to Chang'an. He became one of Han Yu's disciples, but failed the jinshi exam several times. He wrote both discursive gushi and lyric jintishi. His works were criticised as "thin" by Su Shi, and some other commentators have considered them limited and artificial.

Shen Dao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Shen Dao: was an itinerant Chinese philosopher from Zhao who also served at the Jixia academy in Qi. His own original 42 essays have been lost, and only 7 are still extant, and he is known largely through short references and the writings of others, notably Han Fei and Zhuang Zi.

Issoumaila Dao            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Issoumaila Dao: is an Ivory-Coast-born football defender who plays for French Ligue 2 club SC Bastia.In August 2008, he played games on trial for English Championship clubs Doncaster Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively.

Bernadette Sanou Dao            Origin/Culture/Country: Burkinabé

Bernadette Sanou Dao: is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11 her family returned to Burkina Faso from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in the United States and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. From 1986 to 1987 she was Burkina Faso's Minister for Culture. She currently lives in Ouagadougou. She writes poetry, short-stories and children's stories.