Famous People with Name Gao

Gao Min            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Min: is a Chinese diver who won gold medals in the springboard event of the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games.

Gao Qípeì            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Qípeì: was born in Jiangxi to a family with Manchurian connections. He had success as an official in southern China, but is best known today as a painter. He initially gained reputation as an artist who did landscapes and figures in traditional style. By age twenty he became known as an eccentric who preferred using his fingers instead of a brush. This style had precedents as Zhang Zhao also preferred finger painting, but Gao Qípeì went further. He grew his fingernails long to make them more effect instruments and used his entire hand to create a highly individualized style.

Gao Shuying            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Shuying: is a Chinese pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.64 metres, achieved in 2007 in New York City.

Gao Song            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Song: is a Chinese figure skater. He captured the bronze medal at the 2002 Four Continents Championships.

Gao Xiang            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Gao Xiang: was a Qing Chinese painter, and one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

George Gao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

George Gao: is a Chinese-born erhu player and composer.In 1991, he was admitted into the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto and began studying piano and vocals.[4] He also established the Inner Pulse pop band during that year. Two years later, he became the first erhu instructor at the school, established the first erhu syllabus, and organized the first large erhu concert in Canada.[4] In 2005, he was invited to play at the Governor-General's inauguration in Ottawa.[5] He tours the world frequently, performing in entertainment centers such as the United States, Canada, France, Japan, and China.Gao has performed with multiple orchestras as a soloist, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra. His most notable work is on the soundtrack of the television series Earth: Final Conflict.[6] He has also performed with the Canada-based violin group Bowfire.

Bao Li Gao            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Bao Li Gao: is a Chinese San Shou fighter and mixed martial artist born in the Inner Mongolia Province. He is currently fighting the Art of War Fighting Championships in the Super Middleweight division. Bao Li Gao's background lies mainly in Sanshou (also known as Sanda; which is a combat adapted form of kung fu that incorporates kicks, knees, elbows, punching, throws, and takedowns). He is also doing training in Shuai Jiao (which is a traditional style of Chinese/Mongolian wrestling), and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu since he has crossed over to MMA. However his main asset still lies in his striking.