Hau is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It may be a variant spelling of the

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

Hao 郝, the

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

spelling of the Chinese surname Hou 侯, or a Danish surname. Notable individuals with the surname Hau include: * Alyson Hau (born 1983), Hong Kong radio DJ * Brian Hau (born 1982), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and author * Carl Hau (1881–1926), German lawyer and murderer * Caroline Hau (born 1969), Chinese-Filipino author and academic * Hau Chi-keung (born 1956), Hong Kong businessman * Eduard Hau (1807–1888), German painter and graphic artist * Gretchen Hau, Puerto Rican politician and lawyer * Johannes Hau (1771–1838), German painter *

Lene Hau Lene Vestergaard Hau (; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–E ...

(born 1959), Danish physicist * Hau Lung-pin (born 1952), Taiwanese politician, Mayor of Taipei * Hau Man-kin (born 1992), Hong Kong activist and politician * Hau Pei-tsun (1919–2020), Chinese politician and military officer, Premier of the Republic of China * Hau Shui-pui (born 1924), Hong Kong politician * Hau Yung Sang (born 1917), Chinese-Taiwanese footballer * Woldemar Hau (1816–1895), German painter

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