Mao (name)

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), also known as "Chairman Mao", was the leader of the Communist Party of China from 1935 to 1976 and of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976.

Mao or MAO may also refer to:

Mao surname

Persons or subjects related to Mao Zedong

• Madame Mao (Jiang Qing), the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and a leading politician in the Cultural Revolution
• Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan, the brothers of Mao Zedong
• Mao Zehong, the sister of Mao Zedong
• Mao Anying, the son of Mao Zedong
• Mao: The Unknown Story, a biography of Mao Zedong by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
• Maoism, an ideology derived from Mao Zedong's teachings

Other Chinese people

• the Chinese family name:
  • Mao Chi-kuo, a Republic of China politician
  • Mao Wenlong (1579–1629), a Ming era military commander
  • Mao Yisheng, a Chinese engineer
  • Mao Xinyuan, a Chinese race walker
• Empress Mao (Gao), a Chinese empress of Former Qin
• Empress Mao (Ming), a Chinese empress of Cao Wei

Mao, Japanese female first name

(occasionally used by men):

• • Mao Abe, a singer-songwriter
  • Mao Asada, a figure skater
  • Mao Daichi, an actress
  • Mao Denda, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Mao Inoue, an actress
  • Mao Kobayashi, a junior idol
  • Mao Kobayashi (actress), an actress
  • Mao Miyaji, an actress

Fictional characters

• Madoka and Arisu Fujisaki's angel in the anime and manga series Angelic Layer
• a Geass-user in the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
• a female character in the anime series Blood+
• a character in the anime and manga series Darker than Black
• a character in the video game Shadow Hearts: From The New World
• a character in the video game Tales of Rebirth
• The main character in the video game Disgaea 3
• a character in the video game Shining Wind
• a character in the film Marock, played by Assaad Bouab

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