Zao may refer to:
Mayor Zao, a character in the video game Freedom Planet
Zao (American band), a metalcore band from West Virginia
Zao (French band)
Mount Zaō, a mountain in northern Japan
Zaō, Miyagi, a town in Japan
Zaō Station, a JR East station in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
5751 Zao, an asteroid
ZAO, an abbreviation for a Russian closed joint-stock company
Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013), Chinese-French contemporary painter
ZAO, a free Chinese Deepfake app
Captain Zao, Chinese submarine officer in Fallout 4
Zao, evil North Korean military officer in Die Another Day
