Benny Tai

Benny Tai is not a figure I can write about lightly. A legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong, he stepped out of the lecture hall to co-found Occupy Central with Love and Peace, demanding genuine universal suffrage for his city. Born in Hong Kong in 1964, he could have spent a quiet career teaching law; instead he chose conviction at enormous personal cost. There is a particular gravity to an academic who refuses the safety of the sidelines. His name is bound to an entire chapter of Hong Kong's history, and recording it here feels less like commentary than a small act of respect.

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Name (English)

Benny Tai

Name (Japanese)

戴耀廷

Reading

たい・ようてい

Born

July 12, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

British Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Occupation

docent / politician / teacher / jurist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

University

University of Hong Kong

Awards & achievements

• Medal of Honour

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Tai
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E8%80%80%E5%BB%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11075375

Tags

• docent
• politician
• teacher

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.