Author name Tao might refer to:

• Chia-Chu Tao (1911–1999), Chinese aphidologist
• De Ding Tao (1937-) D.D.Tao, Chinese botanist
• Gang Tao (fl. 2013 G.Tao), Chinese botanist
• Guang Fu Tao (fl. 1985 G.F.Tao), Chinese botanist
• Guo Da Tao (1939-) G.D.Tao, Chinese botanist
• Jia Feng Tao (1926-) J.F.Tao, Chinese botanist
• Jun Rong Tao (fl. 1986 J.R.Tao), Chinese botanist
• Kai Tao (fl. 1985 K.Tao), Chinese botanist
• Shi-Heng Tao, Chinese entomologist
• Shu-Xia Tao, Chinese entomologist
• Tian-Shen Tao, Chinese microbiologist
• Xie Tao, palaeontologist
• Xiu Liu Tao, (fl. 1982 X.L.Tao), Chinese botanist
• Ye Tao
• Zhu-Lin Tao, entomologist