Cao is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Gao in Chinese and Go in Korean. It is unrelated to the Chinese surname Cao, which is transliterated as Tào in Vietnamese.

• Cao Lỗ, weaponry engineer and minister
• Cao Bá Quát, poet and revolutionary
• Cao Thắng, bandit-turned-anticolonial fighter
• Cao Xuân Dục, scholar, historian-mandarin, and court adviser
• Cao Văn Lầu, musician
• Cao Văn Viên, General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
• Đoan Trang (Cao Thị Đoan Trang), singer
• Joseph Cao, lawyer, former US representative from Louisiana

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Cao.
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