Names beginning with Y

• Yaa AsantewaaAshanti Queen Mother and military leader

  1832 – October 17, 1921
• Yahya Jammeh2nd President of the Gambia

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• Yahya Ould HademineMauritanian politician

  b. December 31, 1953
• Yahyo AzimovPrime Minister of Tajikistan

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• Yair LapidLeader of the Opposition in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Former Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 and Chairman of the Yesh Atid Party

  b. November 5, 1963
• Yamandú Orsi43rd President of Uruguay

  b. June 13, 1967
• Yang LiweiChinese astronaut

  b. June 21, 1965
• Yang Shangkun4th President of the People's Republic of China (1907–1998)

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• Yann LeCunFrench computer scientist (born 1960)

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• Yao MingParticle physicist

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• Yaqub MammadovAzerbaijani politician, professor and scientist (born 1941)

  b. March 3, 1941
• Yaroslav the WiseGrand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054

  978 CE – February 20, 1054
• YashIndian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012)

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• YashpalHindi writer (1903–1976)

  December 3, 1903 – December 26, 1976
• Yasser ArafatPalestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)

  August 4, 1929 – November 11, 2004
• Yasunari KawabataJapanese novelist (1899–1972)

  June 11, 1899 – April 16, 1972
• Yat SiuAustrian-born Hong Kong entrepreneur (born 1973)

  b. 1973
• Yaya TouréIvorian association football player

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• Yayoi KusamaJapanese artist (1929–2026)

  March 22, 1929 – August 14, 2026
• Yazdegerd IIIThe 27th and last Sasanian emperor (632–651)

  624 CE – 652 CE
• Yellapragada SubbarowIndian-American scientist

  January 12, 1895 – August 9, 1948
• Yi HwangKorean Confucian scholar (1502 -1571)

  1501 – 1570
• Yi IJoseon civil servant & Neo-Confucianist (1536 – 1584)

  December 26, 1536 – 1584
• Yi Sun-sinKorean (Joseon) naval commander (1545 – 1598)

  April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598
• Yitzhak RabinIsraeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)

  March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995
• Yo-Yo MaAmerican cellist (born 1955)

  b. October 7, 1955
• Yogmaya NeupaneOne Nepali poet

  1860 – 1941
• Yohanan ben Zakkai1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage

  c. 50 BCE – c. 70 CE
• Yohji YamamotoJapanese fashion designer (born 1943)

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• Yoko OnoJapanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)

  b. February 18, 1933
• Yolande of AragonInfanta de Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, French noble (1384-1442)

  August 11, 1384 – November 14, 1442
• Yonatan SompolinskyIsraeli computer scientist

  b. 1984
• Yongle EmperorEmperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424

  May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424
• Yoni AssiaBusinessperson

  b. March 1, 1981
• Yoon Suk YeolPresident of South Korea from 2022 to 2025

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• Yoshihide SugaPrime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021

  being archived
• Yoshihiko NodaPrime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012

  b. May 20, 1957
• Yoshua BengioCanadian computer scientist (born 1964)

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• Yotam OttolenghiIsraeli-born chef, cookery writer and restaurant owner

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• Youn Yuh-jungSouth Korean actress

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• Younis KhanPolitician in Pakistan

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• Yoweri Hunter Wacha-OlwolUgandan judge, president of Uganda (1923–2017)

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• Yoweri MuseveniPresident of Uganda since 1986

  b. August 15, 1944
• Yu Gwan-sunKorean independence activist (1902-1920)

  December 17, 1902 – September 28, 1920
• Yuan LongpingChinese biologist (1930-2021)

  August 13, 1929 – May 22, 2021
• Yue FeiSong dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)

  March 24, 1103 – January 27, 1142
• Yukio MishimaJapanese author (1925–1970)

  January 14, 1925 – November 25, 1970
• Yul BrynnerRussian-born American actor (1920–1985)

  July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985
• Yulia SvyrydenkoUkrainian politician, Former Prime Minister of Ukraine

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• Yumna ZaidiPakistani actor and model
• Yuri GagarinFirst human in space aboard Vostok 1

  March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Yusuf Aziz MagsiHistorical figure

  1908 – 1935
• Yusuf HaroonPakistani politician

  1916 – February 12, 2011
• Yusuf MeherallyIndian activist

  September 23, 1903 – July 2, 1950
• Yusuf Raza GilaniPrime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012

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• Yusuf ibn TashfinLeader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus

  1009 – September 2, 1106
• Yuval Noah HarariIsraeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

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• Yuzo KanoHistorical figure
• Yuzuru HanyuJapanese figure skater

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• Yves LetermeFormer Belgian prime minister

  b. October 6, 1960
• Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion designer (1936–2008)

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