Pau may refer to:
Pau (Aachen), a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Pau (river), a river of south-western France (Gave de Pau)
Pau, Edom, a city in the Bible
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a city
Arrondissement of Pau, a district containing the French city
Pau, Sardinia, a municipality
Pau, Spain, a municipality
Pau Brasil, a municipality in Bahia, a state in northeastern Brazil
La Pau (Barcelona Metro), a station
Lac Pau, a lake near Caniapiscau, Quebec, Canada (see Lac Pau (Caniapiscau) Water Aerodrome)
Pau (given name)
Akina Pau (born 1974), fencer from Hong Kong, China
Carlos Pau y Español (1857-1937), botanist
Pau Chin Hau, Burmese religious leader
Juan Margarit i Pau (died 1484), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Maria de la Pau Janer (born 1966), Spanish writer
Paul Pau (1848–1932), French general
Peter Pau (born 1951), Hong Kong cinematographer
Petra Pau (born 1963), German politician
Sioe Gouw Pau (born 1935), Indonesian Olympic fencer
Tyrone Pau, Cook Islander professional rugby league footballer
Pau Shiu-hung (born 1942), Hong Kong politician
PAU, the IATA code for Pauk Airport, Burma
pau, ISO-639 code for the Palauan language
Pau, alternative spelling for baozi (steamed Chinese buns), sometimes used in Malaysia
Pau, an Indian bread native to Goa that commonly accompanies popular Indian fast foods like vada-pau, pau-bhaji, burji-pau, etc.
Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea
Palo Alto University, in Palo Alto, California, United States
Polska Akademia Umiejętności, Polish Academy of Learning
Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad, see Selectividad
Punjab Agricultural University, India
Pau (unit), a unit of capacity used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak
pāʻū, Hawai'ian feather skirt (see Feather cloak), or pau, Hawai'ian word meaning finished or done
Gangte Pau: Language spoken by Gangte people
Pau Grand Prix, an auto race
Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) of the aorta