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Ya
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
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
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.
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
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)
Yl - Yn
- Ylppö, Arvo, (1887-1992), Finnish pediatrician
- Yngve, Victor , (born 1920), linguist
Yo
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
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
You
Youd
- Youd, Samuel, (born 1922), author
Youn
Young
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, Mae, (born 1923), United States professional wrestler, manager
- 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
Younge - Youngs
- Younger, George, (1931-2003), UK politician
- Younghusband, Francis, (1863-1942), British explorer
- Youngsam, Kim, president
Your-Yous
- Yourcenar, Marguerite, (1903-1987), Belgian novelist
- Yousab I of Alexandria , (831-849), Coptic Pope
- Yousef, Ramzi, terrorist
- Youssef El Khazen , Maronite Patriarch
Yoz
Yr
Ys
- Ysaÿe, Eugène, (1858-1931), composer
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
- Yulee, David Levy, (1810-1886), Florida politician and railroad executive
- 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
Yz
- Yzerman, Steve, (born 1965)
Last updated: 01-22-2005 17:26:39