Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007.
Academia and literature
Dai Yi (戴逸, born 1926), Chinese historian
Dai Qing (戴晴, born 1941), Chinese journalist
Dai Sijie (戴思杰, born 1954), Chinese-born French author and filmmaker
Dai Jinhua (戴锦华, born 1959), Chinese feminist cultural critic
Dai Xu (戴旭, born 1964), Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation
Benny Tai (戴耀廷, born 1964), associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong
Hongjie Dai (戴宏杰, born 1966), Chinese-born American chemist
Aaron Dai (戴海晶, born 1967), American composer and pianist
Leon Dai (戴立忍, born 1966), Taiwanese actor and film director
Penny Tai (戴佩妮, born 1978), Malaysian Mandopop singer
Dai Jiaoqian (戴娇倩, born 1982), Chinese actress
Dantes Dailiang (戴亮，borm 1978), French Mandopop Singer
Politics and government
Tai Chi-tao (戴季陶, 1891–1949), journalist and Kuomintang leader
Dai Li (also Tai Li; 戴笠, 1897–1946), Republic of China spy chief
Dai Bingguo (戴秉国, born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat
Dai Xianglong (戴相龙, born 1944), Chinese politician, former governor of the People's Bank of China
Tai Chin-wah (戴展華, born 1952), Hong Kong former politician and lawyer
Dai Weimin (戴维民, born 1962), People's Liberation Army general
Tai Cheuk-yin (戴卓賢), Hong Kong politician, former chairman of the 123 Democratic Alliance
Irving H.C. Tai (戴豪君), Taiwan politician, former Deputy Commissioner of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
Tai Chao-chih (戴兆智, born 1930), Taiwanese sport shooter
Dai Guohong (戴国红, born 1977), Chinese swimmer
Dai Yun (戴韫, born 1977), retired Chinese female badminton player
Dai Xianrong (戴宪荣, born 1982), China League One footballer
Dai Lili (戴丽丽, born 1986), Chinese table tennis player
Dai Lin (戴琳, born 1987), Chinese Super League footballer
Tai Hung-hsu (戴宏旭, born 1987), Taiwanese football striker
Dai Xiaoxiang (戴小祥, born 1990), Chinese archer
Dai Jun (戴骏, born 1992), Chinese swimmer
Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎, born 1992), Taiwanese badminton player
Olivia Tai Qing Tong (戴辛彤, born c. 1998), Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
Tai Kwok Yuen (戴國源, born 1941), Hong Kong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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