List of people by name Y

List of people by name

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Ya

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Yad-Yan

Yadav, Laloo Prasad, Indian politician
Yakovlev, Aleksandr, Soviet aircraft designer
Yakub of Alexandria, (819-830), Coptic Pope
Yakubu Gowon, military leader of Nigeria
Yakushev, Alexander, ice hockey player
Yale, Elihu, (1649-1721), Yale University benefactor
Yale Jr., Linus, (1821-1868) inventor of locks
Yalom, Irvin, psychologist
Yamagata Hiro, author
Yamamoto Isoroku, (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese Author of Hagakure
Yamaoka, Akira, Japanese composer
Yamasaki, Minoru, (1912 -1986), US architect
Yamashita, Tomoyuki, Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
Yameogo, Maurice
Yan Chia-kan, ROC politician
Yancey, Jimmy, US boogie-woogie musician
Yang Ch'eng-fu (楊澄甫, 1883-1936), famous T'ai Chi Ch'uan teacher
Yankovich, Bosa
Yankovic, Weird Al, (born 1959), US parody musician
Yanofsky, Zal, of Lovin' Spoonful

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Yao - Yat

Yao Ming (born 1980), NBA Basketball player, Houston Rockets
Yao Wenyuan, (born 1931)
Yarborough, Ralph, U.S. Senator (1957-1971) and Texas politician
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn, US horror author
Yarov, Yury (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary
Yarwood, Mike, British comedian
Yascheshyn, Kerri (1985 - 2003), cancer patient
Yashin, Lev (1929-1990), Russian football goalkeeper
Yastrzemski, Carl (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer
Yasunori Mitsuda, (b. 1972), Japanese video game music composer
Yates, Andrea Pia, former mother and murderer of her five children
Yates, Dornford, (1885 - 1960), British novelist
Yates, Frank, (1902-1994), statistician
Yates, Joseph C., Democratic-Republican, 1823-1824
Yates, Peter W., (1747-1826), Continental Congress delegate from New York
Yates, Richard, 19th century governor of Illinois
Yates, Richard (1926-1992), U.S. novelist

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Yau - Yaz

Yau, John, poet
Yau, Shing-Tung, Chinese mathematician
Yavlinsky, Grigory (born 1952), Russian economist and politician
Yazdegerd I of Persia, from 399 to 420.
Yazdegerd II of Persia, from 438 to 457.
Yazdegerd III of Persia, from 632 to 651.

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Ye

Yeager, Chuck, (b. 1923), US pilot, broke sound barrier
Yearwood, Trisha, musician
Yeats, Jack Butler, (1871-1957), painter
Yeats, William Butler, (1865-1939), Irish poet, dramatist, senator
Yegorov, Boris, Russian astronaut
Yehoshua, A. B., author of Mr. Mani
Yeliseyev, Aleksei, (born 1934), astronaut
Yeltsin, Boris, (b.1931) President of Russia
Yen Chia-jin
Yenser, Stephen, (Whitman winner - The Fire In All Things)
Yeo, Philip, industrial and systems engineer
Yeo-Thomas, Edward, (1901-1964), WW2 SOE agent
Yeoh, Michelle, (born 1962), Chinese actor
Yepes, Narciso, musician
Yeremenko, Andrey, Soviet marshal and front line general in Stalingrad
Yerkes, Robert, (1876-1956), psychologist
Yermakov, Nicholas, (born 1951), Russian author
Yesenin, Sergei, (1895-1925), poet
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, (b. 1933), Russian novelist

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Yi

Yi Jachun, (1315 - 1360),Yuan Dynasty officer
Yi Kun-mo, (1986-1988), prime minister
Yi Sun-sin, (1545 - November 19, 1598), Korean admiral
Yimou, Zhang, (born 1950), film director
Yip Man, (1893-1972)

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Yl - Yn

Ylppö, Arvo, (1887-1992), Finnish pediatrician
Yngve, Victor, (born 1920), linguist

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Yo

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Yoa-Yob

Yoakam, Dwight, singer-songwriter, musician
Yoakum, Joseph, (1886-1972), painter
Yoannis I of Alexandria, (496-505), Coptic Pope
Yoannis II of Alexandria, (505-516), Coptic Pope
Yoannis III of Alexandria, (681-689), Coptic Pope
Yoannis IV of Alexandria, (776-799), Coptic Pope
Yoannis IX of Alexandria, (1320-1327), Coptic Pope
Yoannis V of Alexandria, (1146-1166), Coptic Pope
Yoannis VI of Alexandria, (1189-1216), Coptic Pope
Yoannis VII of Alexandria, (1261-1268), Coptic Pope
Yoannis X of Alexandria, (1363-1369), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XI of Alexandria, (1428-1453), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XII of Alexandria, (1480-1483), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XIII of Alexandria, (1483-1524), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XIV of Alexandria, (1573-1589), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XIX of Alexandria, (1929-1942), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XV of Alexandria, (1621-1631), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XVI of Alexandria, (1676-1718), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XVII of Alexandria, (1727-1745), Coptic Pope
Yoannis XVIII of Alexandria, (1770-1797), Coptic Pope
Yoba, Malik, actor

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Yoc-Yos

Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe, mathematician
Yogananda, Paramahansa, (1893-1952)
Yoko Shimomura, (born 1970), Japanese video game music composer
Yolen, Jane, the Commander Toad series, the Dragon's Blood series
Yomei, emperor of Japan
Yonge, Charlotte M, (1823-1901), British novelist
Yongle Emperor of China
Yon Hyong-muk, (1988-1992), prime minister
Yorke, Thom, of Radiohead
Yoshikawa, Eiji, (1892-1962), novelist
Yoshikawa, Takeo
Yoshinobu, Tokugawa, (1837-1913), shogun
Yoshitaka, Ouchi, daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Yoshiteru, Ashikaga, (1536-1565), Shogun, Japanese feudal leader
Yost, David US actor

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You

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Youd

Youd, Samuel, (born 1922), author

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Youn

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Young

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People named Young

Young, Andre (Dr. Dre), (b. 1965), hip hop artist, producer
Young, Andrew, (b. 1932), civil rights activist, UN ambassador
Young, Angus, (b. 1955), guitarist for AC/DC
Young, Brigham, (1801-1877), Mormon leader
Young, Charles Augustus, (USA, 1834-1908), astronomer
Young, Coleman, (1918-1997) mayor of Detroit
Young, Colville N., Governor-General
Young, Cy, (1867-1955) baseball pitcher
Young, Dave
Young, Ed, Lon Po Po, Seven Blind Mice
Young, Edward, (1683-1765), poet
Young, Francis Brett, (1884-1954), British novelist
Young, Graham Frederick, (1947-1990), British serial killer
Young, Horatio Nelson (1845-1913), military hero
Young, Jimmy, US heavyweight boxer in the 1970s
Young, Jimmy, (born 1923), British disc jockey
Young, John, (1802-1852), Governor of New York
Young, John Watts, (b. 1930), US astronaut
Young, La Monte, (born 1935), composer
Young, Lester, (1909), US jazz musician
Young, Loretta, (1913-2000) US actress
Young, Malcolm, (b. 1953), guitarist for AC/DC
Young, Marguerite, poet
Young, Neil, (b. 1945) US singer-songwriter
Young, Paraffin, a.k.a. James Young, James (Paraffin) Young
Young, Robert, (1907-1998), US actor
Young, Simon
Young, Thomas, (1773-1829), physicist
Young, Venn, New Zealand politician
Young, Will, musician

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Younge - Youngs

Younger, George, (1931-2003), UK politician
Younghusband, Francis, (1863-1942), British explorer
Youngsam, Kim, president

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Your-Yous

Yourcenar, Marguerite, (1903-1987), Belgian novelist
Yousab I of Alexandria, (831-849), Coptic Pope
Yousef, Ramzi, terrorist
Youssef El Khazen, Maronite Patriarch

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Yoz

Yozei, (869-949), emperor of Japan

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Yr

Yrigoyen, Hipólito, President of Argentina (1916-1922, 1928-1930).

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Ys

Ysaÿe, Eugène, (1858-1931), composer

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Yu

Yu, Han, Chinese poet
Yu, Li, Chinese poet
Yuan-Cheng Fung (correct filing appears to be "Fung, Yuan-Cheng", but retained her for accessibility), Biomechanics
Yuan Shikai, (1859-1916), alleged mastermind behind assassination of Sung Chiao-jen
Yudenich, Nikolai
Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician
Yuldashev, Tohir, leader of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist group
Yun, Isang, (1917-1995), Korean-German composer
Yunupingu, Mandawuy, singer & political activist
Yunus Emre, 13th century Turkish poet
Yunusov, Sabir, (1909-1995), Soviet scientist
Yurchikhin, Fyodor, astronaut
Yuri, (b. 1964), singer, Mexican diva
Yuryaku, emperor of Japan
Yusab II of Alexandria, (1946-1956), Coptic Pope
Yussupov, Felix, (1887-1967), Russian assassin of Grigori Rasputin

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Yz

Yzerman, Steve, (born 1965)


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