Jiao (surname)

焦 is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Jiao can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:

• 焦 pinyin: Jiāo
• 矯 / 矫 pinyin: Jiǎo

In Cantonese transliteration, 焦 (Jiāo) is Chiao.

Prominent people with the family name 焦 (Jiāo)

Historical

• Jiao Yu, military officer of Ming Dynasty

Contemporary

• Jiao Li, President of China Central Television
• Leroy Chiao, American engineer, former NASA astronaut
• Jiao Huafeng, Greco-Roman wrestler
• Jiao Fengbo, footballer
• Jiao Shuai, volleyball player
• Jiao Zhimin, former table tennis player
• Jiao Juyin, director, translator, and theater theorist
• Jiao Liuyang, swimmer
• Vincent Chiao, actor

Fictional

• Jiao Ting, a character in the Water Margin

Prominent people with family name 矯 / 矫 (Jiǎo)

• Jiao Zhe, footballer

See also

• All pages beginning with "Jiao"