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• Yakovlev, Aleksandr, Soviet aircraft designer
• Yakovlovic, Boris, Bukreev, (1859-1962), mathematician
• 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
• 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 Philippines
• Yameogo, Maurice
• Yancey, Jimmy, US boogie-woogie musician
• Yankovich, Bosa
• Yankovic, Weird Al, (born 1959), US parody musician
• Yanofsky, Zal, of Lovin' Spoonful
• Yao Ming, 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
• Yarwood, Mike, British comedian
• Yascheshyn, Kerri (1985 - 2003), cancer patient
• Yashin, Lev, (1929-1990), Russian football goalkeeper
• Yastrzemski, Carl, (born 1939)
• 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
• Yau, John, poet
• Yau, Shing-Tung, Chinese mathematician
• Yazdegerd I of Persia, from 399 to 420.
• Yazdegerd II of Persia, from 438 to 457.
• Yazdegerd III of Persia, from 632 to 651.
• 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 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)
• Ylppö, Arvo, (1887-1992), Finnish pediatrician
• Yngve, Victor, (born 1920), linguist
• 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
• 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
• Yoshinobu, Tokugawa, (1837-1913), shogun
• Yoshitaka, Ouchi, daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Yoshiteru, Ashikaga, (1536-1565), Shogun, Japanese feudal leader
• Youd, Samuel, (born 1922), author
• Young, Andre (Dr. Dre), (b. 1965), hip hop artist, producer
• Young, Andrew, (b. 1932), civil rights activist, UN ambassador
• 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, 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, 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, Will, musician
• Younger, George, (1931-2003), UK politician
• Younghusband, Francis, (1863-1942), British explorer
• Youngsam, Kim, president
• Yourcenar, Marguerite, (1903-1987), Belgian novelist
• Yousab I of Alexandria, (831-849), Coptic Pope
• Yousef, Ramzi, terrorist
• Youssef El Khazen, Maronite Patriarch
• Yozei, (869-949), emperor of Japan
• Ysaye, Eugene, (1858-1931), composer
• Yuan-Cheng Fung, Biomechanics
• Yu, Han, Chinese poet
• Yu, Li, Chinese poet
• 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 (singer), (b. 1964), Mexican diva
• Yuryaku, emperor of Japan
• Yusab II of Alexandria, (1946-1956), Coptic Pope
• Yussupov, Felix, (1887-1967), Russian assassin of Grigori Rasputin
• Yzerman, Steve, (born 1965)