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Ya
- Ya Boy (* 1984), American rapper
- Ya Kid K (* 1973), Congolese rapper
- Ya Konan, Didier (* 1984), Ivorian football player
- Ya Ndakolo, Penda (* 1960), Namibian politician, governor and minister
- Ya Tshilongo, Iipumbu (1873–1959), Namibian traditional leader
Yaa
- Yaa Asantewaa (1863–1921), Queen Mother of Edweso
- Yaacob, Ibrahim (* 1955), Singaporean politician
- Yaacoub, Aghnatios Elias (1923–1994), Egyptian religious and Coptic Catholic Bishop of Luxor
- Yaakob, Mohd Khalil (* 1937), Malaysian politician, Yang di-Pertua Negeri from Malacca
- Yaari, Ahmed al- (* 2000), Yemeni sprinter
- Yaari, Menahem E. (* 1935), Israeli economist
Yab
- Yâba , Queen of Assyria
- Yabe, Hisakatsu (1878–1969), Japanese paleontologist and geologist
- Yabe, Jirō (* 1978), Japanese football player
- Yabe, Takashi (* 1950), Japanese inventor
- Yabes, Maximo (1932–1967), American soldier
- Yablans, Frank (1935–2014), American film producer and screenwriter
- Yablans, Irwin (* 1934), American film producer
- Yablonovitch, Eli (* 1946), American physicist
- Yablonski, Jeremy (* 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yablonsky, Lewis (1924–2014), American sociologist, criminologist, and psychotherapist
- Yabo, Reinhold (* 1992), German soccer player
- Yabou, Lang (* 1970), Gambian diplomat
- Yabrán, Alfredo (1944–1998), Argentine entrepreneur
- Yabu Kentsū (1863–1937), Japanese master of karate
- Yabu, Yūji (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yabuki, Kentarō (* 1980), Japanese manga artist
- Yabusaki, Shin'ya (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yabusele, Guerschon (* 1995), French basketball player
- Yabushita, Megumi (* 1972), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter
- Yabuta, Mitsunori (* 1976), Japanese football player
- Yabuta, Teijirō (1888–1977), Japanese agrochemist
- Yabuuchi, Kento (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi (1906–2000), Japanese historian of mathematics, astronomy, and science
Yac
- Yacamán, Gustavo (* 1991), Colombian racing car driver
- Yachi, Haruko , Japanese badminton player
- Yachi, Sora (* 2000), Japanese Nordic combined athlete
- Yachigusa, Kaoru (1931–2019), Japanese actress and voice actress
- Yachimovich, Shelly (* 1960), Israeli politician, member of the House of Representatives
- Yachkaschi, Ali (* 1939), Iranian environmental scientist and university professor
- Yachluf, Yachya (* 1944), Palestinian writer
- Yachnyk, Pavlo (* 1993), Ukrainian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Yackel, Ken (1930-1991), American ice hockey player and coach
- Yacob, Claudio (* 1987), Argentine soccer player
- Yacob, Halimah (* 1954), Singaporean politician
- Yaconelli, Mike (1942–2003), American pastor, author, and founder of Youth Specialties and The Wittenburg Door
- Yaconelli, Steve (1941-2003), American cinematographer
- Yácono, Norberto (1919–1985), Argentinian football player
- Yacoob, Zakeria (* 1948), South African lawyer, judge (1998–2013) at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa
- Yacoub, Magdi (* 1935), British-Egyptian cardiac surgeon
- Yacoub, Zara Mahamat , Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist
- Yacouba, Djibo (1923–1968), Nigerien politician and diplomat
- Yacouba, Ibrahim (* 1971), Nigerien politician, trade unionist and sports official
- Yacoubi, Mohamed Ali (* 1990), Tunisian football player
- Yacoubian, Paula (* 1976), Lebanese television presenter and politician
- Yacovelli, Joseph , American Mafioso
Yad
- Yada, Asahi (* 1991), Japanese soccer player
- Yada, Kimio (1913–1990), Japanese high jumper
- Yada, Kōji (1933-2014), Japanese voice actor (seiyū)
- Yada, Lena (* 1978), Japanese-American model, actress, surfer and wrestler
- Yada, Yūsuke (born 1983), Japanese football player
- Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im , Mukarrib of the old South Arabian Empire of Qataban
- Yada'ib Yigal I , ruler of Qataban
- Yada'il Bayyin I , ruler of Hadramaut
- Yada'il Bayyin II , ruler of Hadramaut
- Yada'il Bayyin II , ruler of Saba
- Yada'il Bayyin III. , King of Hadramaut
- Yada'il Bayyin IV , King of Hadramaut
- Yada'il Dharih I , Sabaean ruler (Mukarrib)
- Yada'il II , ruler of Sheba
- Yada'il Yanuf , ruler of Saba
- Yadama, Shirō (* 1944), Japanese children's author and illustrator
- Yadav, Abhishek (* 1980), Indian soccer player
- Yadav, Akhilesh (* 1973), Indian politician
- Yadav, Jagadish (* 1985), Indian badminton player
- Yadav, Lalu Prasad (* 1947), Indian politician
- Yadav, Mulayam Singh (* 1939), Indian politician, founder and chairman of the Samajwadi Party
- Yadav, Ram Baran (* 1948), Nepalese politician
- Yadav, Rubina (* 2001), Indian high jumper
- Yadav, Sharad (* 1947), Indian politician and chairman of the Janata Dal (United) (JD (U)) party
- Yadav, Vikas Krishan (* 1992), Indian boxer
- Yade, Rama (* 1976), French politician
- Yadi'ab Ghailan II , King of Hadramaut
- Yadin, Avihai (* 1986), Israeli soccer player
- Yadin, Uri (1908–1985), Israeli lawyer
- Yadin, Yossi (1920–2001), Israeli actor
- Yadlapalli, Pranjala (* 1999), Indian tennis player
Yae
- Yae, Terefe (* 1981), Ethiopian marathon runner
- Yaegashi, Akira (* 1983), Japanese fly and straw weight boxer
- Yaegashi, Shigeo (1933-2011), Japanese football player
- Yaeji (* 1993), American-Korean DJ and producer
Yaf
- Yafaev, Andrei , French mathematician
- Yafai, Galal (* 1992), British boxer
- Yafai, Gamal (* 1991), English boxer
- Yafai, Khalid Saeed (* 1989), English boxer
- Yafi, Abdullah Aref al- (1901–1986), Lebanese lawyer and politician
- Yaftali, Abdullah (1914–2003), Afghan politician
Yag
- Yağ, Cansu (* 1990), Turkish soccer player
- Yagami, Chitose (* 1969), Japanese cartoonist
- Yagan († 1833), Noongar warrior
- Yağan, Bedri (1959–1993), Turkish leadership cadre of the Dev-Sol
- Yagan, Hiraç (* 1989), Armenian-Belgian soccer player
- Yagara, Ken'ichi (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
- Yagbe'u Seyon († 1294), Negus Negest (Emperor) of Ethiopia
- Yağcı, Melih Can (* 1996), Turkish soccer player
- Yağcı, Selma (* 1981), Turkish boxer
- Yağcıoğlu, İlker (* 1966), Turkish football player and coach
- Yaged, Sol (1922-2019), American clarinetist
- Yager, Arthur (1858–1941), Governor of Puerto Rico
- Yagher, Jeff (born 1961), American actor
- Yagher, Kevin (* 1962), American special effects artist and specialist
- Yaghi, Omar (* 1965), Jordanian-American chemist and university professor
- Yaghi-Siyan († 1098), governor of Antioch
- Yaghmaei, Kourosh , Iranian rock and pop musician
- Yaghoobifarah, Hengameh (* 1991), German journalist, columnist, activist
- Yaghoubi, Mohammad Mehdi (* 1930), Iranian wrestler
- Yaghoubi, Moshtagh (* 1994), Finnish soccer player
- Yagi, Hidetsugu (1886–1976), Japanese physicist
- Yagi, Hirokazu (* 1959), Japanese ski jumper
- Yagi, Jūkichi (1898–1927), Japanese writer
- Yagi, Masao (1932–1991), Japanese jazz musician
- Yagi, Michiyo (* 1962), Japanese musician
- Yagi, Norihiro (* 1968), Japanese manga artist
- Yagi, Sadaharu , Japanese music producer, mixing engineer and recording engineer
- Yagi, Seiichi (* 1932), Japanese university professor for theology and philosophy
- Yagi, Takeshi (* 1954), Japanese diplomat
- Yagi, Tamami (* 1959), Japanese high jumper
- Yagi, Yōko (* 1980), Japanese long-distance runner
- Yagi, Yoshinori (1911-1999), Japanese writer
- Yagira, Yūya (* 1990), Japanese actor
- Yagisawa, Satoshi (* 1975), Japanese composer
- Yagishita, Daiki (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yağız, Samim (* 1950), Turkish soccer player
- Yağlı, Serdar (* 1978), Turkish boxer
- Yagli-El , King of Dilmun
- Yağmur, Eser (* 1983), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yagnik, Alka (* 1966), Indian singer
- Yago, Bernard (1916–1997), Ivorian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Abidjan
- Yagtön Sanggye Pel († 1414), clergyman of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism
- Yaguchi, Shinobu (* 1967), Japanese director, screenwriter, cameraman and actor
- Yagüe, Brigitte (* 1981), Spanish Taekwondoin
- Yagüe, Juan (1891–1952), Spanish general
- Yaguello, Marina (* 1944), French linguist, English and Romance scholar
- Yagyū, Mitsuyoshi (1607-1650), Samurai; Sword master
- Yagyū, Munenori (1571-1646), Samurai; Sword master
- Yagyū, Muneyoshi (1527–1606), Japanese swordsmen and Hyōdo
Yah
- Yahata, Toshihiro (* 1980), Japanese soccer player
- Yahav, Ilana , Israeli sand animation performance artist
- Yahaya, Kulu (* 1976), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yahaya, Mallam (* 1974), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yahaya, Seidu (* 1989), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yahbalaha IV († 1579), Patriarch of the Catholic-Chaldean Church
- Yahel, Sam (* 1970), American jazz musician and composer
- Yahia, Alaeddine (* 1981), Tunisian football player
- Yahia, Anthar (* 1982), Algerian football player with a French passport
- Yahia, Latif (* 1964), Iraqi military, officer, lookalike to Udai Hussein
- Yahia, Mona (* 1954), Iraqi artist and writer (poem, story, novel)
- Yahil, Leni (1912–2007), Israeli historian
- Yahiro, Tomohiro (* 1961), Japanese jazz and rock percussionist
- Yahne, Léonie , French actress
- Yahoo Serious (born 1953), Australian entertainer (comedian, actor, director, producer and screenwriter)
- Yáhuar Huácac , seventh Inca ruler
- Yahuda, Abraham Shalom (1877–1951), Palestinian Zionist, university professor, writer and linguist
- Yahya al-Jaf , Kurdish politician in Iraq
- Yahya al-Mutali († 1035), Caliph of Cordoba
- Yahya al-Muzaffar († 1036), Taifa of Saragossa
- Yahya I., Abu Zakariya (1203–1249), ruler of the Hafsids in Ifriqiya (1229–1249)
- Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz , ninth ruler of the Hammadids
- Yahya ibn Ibrahim († 1048), leader of the Berber tribe of the Judala
- Yahya ibn Ishaq ibn Ghaniya († 1237), warlord in North Africa
- Yahya ibn Umar , leader of the Lamtuna Berber tribe (1040-1056)
- Yahya II. Al-Wathiq († 1280), Caliph of the Hafsiden in Ifriqiya (1277-1279)
- Yahya Khan, Agha Muhammad (1917–1980), Pakistani President and General
- Yahya Muhammad Hamid ad-Din (1869–1948), Imam and King of Yemen
- Yahya Petra (1917–1979), King of Malaysia, Sultan of Selangor
- Yahya of Antioch , Egyptian physician and historian
- Yahya, Faris (1939-2004), British historian
- Yahya, Harun (* 1956), Turkish author
- Yahya, Rassem (* 1938), German basketball player
- Yahya, Tahir (1913–1986), Iraqi general and Prime Minister
- Yahyaoui, Zouhair († 2005), Tunisian dissident
Yai
- Yaida, Hitomi (* 1978), Japanese folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Yaiia, Toufik (* 1983), French football player
- Yaitanes, Greg (* 1970), American television director and producer
Yaj
- Yajima, Akiko (* 1967), Japanese voice actress
- Yajima, Kiichi (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yajima, Rintarō (* 1993), Japanese football player
- Yajima, Shin'ya (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yajima, Takurō (* 1984), Japanese football player
- Yajirō , Japanese samurai and early Christian
yak
- Yak, Justin († 2008), Sudanese politician
- Yakak, Ahmet (* 1979), Turkish soccer player
- Yakan Pascha, Adli (1864–1933), Egyptian politician
- Yakan, François (* 1958), Turkish Patriarchal Vicar of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Turkey
- Yakar, Jak (* 1949), Israeli archaeologist
- Yakar, Rachel (* 1938), French opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
- Yake, Terry (* 1968), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Yakin, Boaz (* 1966), American film director, screenwriter
- Yakin, Hakan (* 1977), Swiss football player
- Yakin, Murat (* 1974), Swiss football player and coach
- Yakış, Yaşar (* 1938), Turkish ambassador, politician and former foreign minister
- Yakobson, Sergius (1901–1979), Russian-German-American librarian, historian and Sovietologist
- Y'akoto (* 1988), German-Ghanaian soul singer
- Yakubowich, Joyce (* 1953), Canadian sprinter
- Yakubu, Abubakari (1981-2017), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yakubu, Alhaji Malik Alhassan , Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament in Ghana
- Yakubu, Salifu (1919–1968), Ghanaian politician and diplomat
- Yakubu, Shaibu (* 1986), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yakupoğlu, Teoman (* 1967), Turkish singer
- Yakura, Nyl (* 1993), Canadian badminton player
- Yakushiji, Yasuei (* 1968), Japanese bantamweight boxer
- Yakusho, Kōji (born 1956), Japanese actor
- Yakut, Atilla (* 1945), Turkish-German educator, specialist author
- Yakymyshyn, Sewerian Stefan (* 1930), Canadian religious, retired Bishop of New Westminster
Yal
- Yalahow, Musa Sudi , Somali warlord
- Yalawatsch, Mahmud († 1254), governor and minister of Genghis Khan
- Yalaz, Suat (1932–2020), Turkish comic author and illustrator, caricaturist, screenwriter and director
- Yalçın, Birol (* 1958), Turkish soccer player
- Yalçın, Güven (* 1999), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yalçın, Kemal (* 1952), German-Turkish writer
- Yalçın, Nevzat (1926–2012), Turkish writer in Germany (since 1971)
- Yalçın, Ömer (* 1983), Turkish soccer player
- Yalçın, Robin (* 1994), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yalçin, Saygin (* 1984), German entrepreneur
- Yalçın, Sergen (* 1972), Turkish soccer player
- Yalçın, Serkan (* 1982), Turkish soccer player
- Yalçın, Soner (* 1966), Turkish journalist and author
- Yalçın, Taner (* 1990), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yalçınbayır, Ertuğrul (* 1946), Turkish lawyer, politician and former minister
- Yalçıner, Taha (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Yalçınkaya, Abdurrahman (* 1950), Turkish lawyer, attorney general (2007-2011)
- Yalçınkaya, Ahmet (* 1963), Turkish poet
- Yalçınkaya, Atagün (* 1986), Turkish boxer
- Yalçınkaya, Işın (* 1943), Turkish prehistorian
- Yalçıntaş, İlyas (* 1989), Turkish pop musician
- Yalda, Tony (* 1981), Lebanese actor
- Yalden, Derek W. (1940-2013) British zoologist
- Yaldız, Marianne (* 1944), German art historian and Indologist
- Yaldo, Basel (* 1970), Iraqi clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon
- Yaldwyn, John C. (1929-2005), New Zealand marine biologist and museum director
- Yale, Brian (* 1968), American musician, bass player for the US band Matchbox Twenty
- Yale, Elihu (1649–1721), British merchant, founder of Yale University
- Yale, Frankie (1893–1928), Italian mobster in New York City
- Yale, Kim (1953–1997), American comic book writer and publishing editor
- Yale, Linus (1821–1868), American inventor (cylinder lock)
- Yale, William H. (1831-1917), American politician
- Yalın (* 1980), Turkish pop musician and songwriter
- Yalınlı, Latif (1906–1965), Turkish football player
- Yalkut-Breddermann, Bânu (* 1951), German ethnologist and religious scholar
- Yallop, David (1937-2018) British author
- Yallop, Frank (* 1964), English-Canadian soccer player and coach
- Yallop, John (born 1949), British rower
- Yallop, Kirsty (* 1986), New Zealand soccer player
- Yallouris, Nicholas (* 1994), Australian cyclist
- Yalman, Ahmet Emin (1888–1972), Turkish journalist, author and professor
- Yalman, Aytaç (1940-2020), Turkish general
- Yalom, Irvin D. (* 1931), American psychiatrist and author
- Yalom, Marilyn (1932-2019), American literary scholar
- Yalon, Hili (* 1985), Israeli actress
- Yalouz, Ghani (* 1967), French wrestler
- Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921–2011), American physicist
- Yalter, Nil (* 1938), Turkish draftsman, photographer, painter and installation artist
- Yaluma, Christopher Bwalya (* 1952), Zambian politician
- Yalung, Crisostomo (* 1953), Filipino clergyman, bishop emeritus of Antipolo
Yam
- Yam, Alex (* 1981), Singaporean politician (PAP), MP
- Yam, Minnie Soo Wai (* 1998), Hong Kong Chinese table tennis player
- Yam, Simon (* 1955), Chinese actor
- Yama, Yaguare (* 1973), Brazilian writer of indigenous origin
- Yamabe no Akahito , Japanese poet
- Yamabe, Hidehiko (1923-1960) Japanese mathematician
- Yamabe, Kanae (* 1990), Japanese judoka
- Yamada Kōta (* 1999), Japanese football player
- Yamada Nagamasa (1590–1630), Japanese adventurer
- Yamada, Akiyoshi (1844-1892), Japanese lieutenant general and politician
- Yamada, Bimyō (1868–1910), Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic
- Yamada, Chiaki (* 1966), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Courtney (* 1980), American skeleton driver
- Yamada, Eimi (* 1959), Japanese writer
- Yamada, Fūtarō (1922-2001), Japanese writer
- Yamada, Genki (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Gorō (1894–1958), Japanese football player and coach
- Yamada, Hanako (1967–1992), Japanese manga artist
- Yamada, Hidetaka (* 1976), Japanese badminton player
- Yamada, Hiroki (* 1982), Japanese ski jumper
- Yamada, Hiroki (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Hiromi (* 1974), Japanese badminton player
- Yamada, Hiroshi (* 1958), Japanese politician
- Yamada, Hiroto (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Hisanari (1907–1987), Japanese civil servant and politician
- Yamada, Isuzu (1917–2012), Japanese actress
- Yamada, Itsuki (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Izumi (* 1978), Japanese ski jumper
- Yamada, Kanematsu (1903-1977), Japanese marathon runner
- Yamada, Katsumi (1905–1970), Japanese skier
- Yamada, Kazuki (* 1979), Japanese conductor and orchestra leader
- Yamada, Kazushi (* 1987), Japanese badminton player
- Yamada, Keiichi (born 1964), Japanese wrestler
- Yamada, Keiji (* 1954), Japanese politician
- Yamada, Keiko (* 1972), Japanese singer
- Yamada, Kenji (* 1989), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Kio (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Kōhei (* 1989), Japanese football player
- Yamada, Kōsaku (1886–1965), Japanese composer
- Yamada, Mariko (* 1950), American politician
- Yamada, Masaaki (* 1942), Japanese plasma physicist
- Yamada, Masahiko (* 1942), Japanese politician
- Yamada, Masamichi (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Masayuki (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Matsuichi (born 1961), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Miku (* 1999), Japanese sprinter
- Yamada, Minoru (* 1930), Japanese civil engineer, earthquake researcher and university professor
- Yamada, Mitsuo (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Moritarō (1897-1980), Japanese Marxist
- Yamada, Murasaki (1948–2009), Japanese manga artist
- Yamada, Naoki (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Naoko (* 1984), Japanese animator and film director
- Yamada, Naoyuki (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Nobuhisa (* 1975), Japanese football player
- Yamada, Otozō (1881–1965), General in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Yamada, Riku (* 1998), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Seiko (* 1978), Japanese badminton player
- Yamada, Shūhei (born 1993), Japanese football player
- Yamada, Taichi (* 1934), Japanese writer and screenwriter
- Yamada, Takahiro (born 1972), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Takumi (* 1989), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Takuya (* 1974), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Takuya (* 1978), Japanese archery biathlete and cross-country skier
- Yamada, Terumichi (* 1953), Japanese jazz musician (double bass)
- Yamada, Yasuhiro (1968-2013), Japanese football player
- Yamada, Yōichi , Japanese video game developer
- Yamada, Yōji (* 1931), Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Yamada, Yoshifumi (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Yoshio (1873–1958), Japanese linguist
- Yamada, Yurina (* 1996), Japanese ski jumper
- Yamada, Yūto (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
- Yamada, Yūya (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Yamadera, Kōichi (* 1961), Japanese voice actor and actor
- Yamafuji, Kenta (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaga, Sokō (1622–1685), Japanese scholar
- Yamagata, Aritomo (1838–1922), Japanese military leader, national hero, and 3rd and 9th Prime Ministers
- Yamagata, Bantō (1748–1821), Japanese rice trader and scholar
- Yamagata, Kyōhei (* 1981), Japanese football player
- Yamagata, Masao (1898–1981), Japanese shipbuilding engineer
- Yamagata, Rachael (* 1977), American singer, songwriter and piano player
- Yamagata, Ryōta (* 1992), Japanese sprinter
- Yamagata, Tatsunori (born 1983), Japanese football player
- Yamagishi, Norihiro (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yamagishi, Ryōko (* 1947), Japanese manga artist
- Yamagishi, Satoru (born 1983), Japanese football player
- Yamagishi, Yasuyo (* 1979), Japanese soccer player
- Yamagishi, Yutaka (* 1967), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamagishi, Yūya (born 1993), Japanese football player
- Yamagō, Nozomi (* 1975), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Akane (* 1997), Japanese badminton player
- Yamaguchi, Akihiro (* 1994), Japanese swimmer
- Yamaguchi, Atsushi (* 1980), Japanese football player
- Yamaguchi, Eri (* 1973), Japanese marathon runner
- Yamaguchi, Gōgen (1909–1989), Japanese karate master of the Goju-Ryu karate style
- Yamaguchi, Harukichi (1881–1938), founder, namesake and first Kumicho of Yamaguchi-gumi
- Yamaguchi, Hitomi (1923-1995), Japanese writer
- Yamaguchi, Hōshun (1893–1971), Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Hotaru (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Ichirō (* 1947), Japanese philosopher
- Yamaguchi, Kaori (* 1964), Japanese judoka
- Yamaguchi, Kaoru (1907–1968) Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Kappei (* 1965), Japanese voice actor (seiyū) and actor
- Yamaguchi, Kayō (1899-1984), Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Kazuki (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Kazuki (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Kazuma (* 1996), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Kei (born 1983), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Keiji (* 1974), Japanese light flyweight boxer
- Yamaguchi, Kōsei (* 1991), Japanese long-distance and obstacle runner
- Yamaguchi, Kristi (* 1971), American figure skater
- Yamaguchi, Louis (* 1998), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Mabumi (* 1946), Japanese jazz musician (tenor and soprano saxophone)
- Yamaguchi, Mai (born 1983), Japanese volleyball player
- Yamaguchi, Mami (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Mizuki (* 1993), Japanese ski jumper
- Yamaguchi, Momoe (* 1958), Japanese singer, actress and Japanese idol
- Yamaguchi, Motohiro (born 1969), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Natsuo (* 1952), Japanese politician
- Yamaguchi, Noboru (1902–1942), second gang leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi
- Yamaguchi, Noboru (1972–2013), Japanese author of light novels and computer game scenarios
- Yamaguchi, Otoya (1943-1960), Japanese ultra-nationalist
- Yamaguchi, Paul Aijirō (1894–1976), Japanese Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Yamaguchi, Renshi (* 1992), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Satoshi (* 1959), Japanese football goalkeeper
- Yamaguchi, Satoshi (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Sayoko (1950–2007), Japanese model and actress
- Yamaguchi, Sayuri (* 1966), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Seigo (1924–1996), Japanese Shihan of Aikido
- Yamaguchi, Seishi (1901-1994), Japanese haiku poet
- Yamaguchi, Seison (1892–1988), Japanese haiku poet and mining scientist
- Yamaguchi, Seiya (* 1993), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Sekkei (1644-1732) Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Shinji (* 1996), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Soken (1759-1818) Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Susumu (1897–1983), Japanese woodcut artist
- Yamaguchi, Takahiro (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Takayuki (* 1973), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Takeo (1902–1983), Japanese painter
- Yamaguchi, Takeshi (* 1979), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Tatsuya (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Tetsuharu (born 1977), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Toshihiro (* 1971), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaguchi, Tsutomu (1916-2010), Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing
- Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi (* 1954), Japanese politician
- Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi (* 1984), Japanese curler
- Yamaguchi, Yoshitada (born 1944), Japanese football player
- Yamaguchi, Yūichirō (* 1956), Japanese musical performer
- Yamaha, Torakusu (1851-1916), Japanese company founder (Yamaha Corporation)
- Yamahana, Ikuo (* 1967), Japanese politician
- Yamahashi, Takashi (* 1972), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaizumi, Kazuko (* 1935), Japanese table tennis player
- Yamaji, Osamu (born 1929), Japanese football player
- Yamaji, Yoshihito (* 1971), Japanese soccer player
- Yamak, Kemal (1924-2009), Turkish general
- Yamak, Meryem (* 1962), German soccer player
- Yamakawa, Desheun Ryō (born 1997), Japanese football player
- Yamakawa, Hitoshi (1880–1958), Japanese politician
- Yamakawa, Masao (1930–1965), Japanese writer
- Yamakawa, Tomiko (1879–1909), Japanese writer
- Yamaki, Hideo (* 1952), Japanese jazz musician
- Yamaki, Rie (* 1975), Japanese soccer player
- Yamakoshi, Kōhei (born 1993), Japanese football player
- Yamakoshi, Kyōtarō (* 1991), Japanese football player
- Yamamichi, Junji (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamichi, Kōhei (born 1980), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Akiko , Japanese pianist
- Yamamoto, Baiitsu (1783-1856) Japanese painter
- Yamamoto, Daiki (* 1992), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Donald , American diplomat
- Yamamoto, Eiichi (* 1940), Japanese director and screenwriter
- Yamamoto, Emi (* 1982), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Eri , Japanese jazz musician
- Yamamoto, Fujiko (born 1931), Japanese actress
- Yamamoto, Fujio (born 1966), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Fumio (* 1962), Japanese writer
- Yamamoto, Gō (* 1995), Japanese Nordic combined athlete
- Yamamoto, Gonnohyōe (1852–1933), 16th and 22nd Prime Ministers of Japan
- Yamamoto, Hideo (* 1968), Japanese mangaka
- Yamamoto, Hideomi (* 1980), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Hiro (* 1961), American bass player
- Yamamoto, Hiroki (* 1991), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Hiromasa (* 1979), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Hiroshi (* 1962), Japanese archer
- Yamamoto, Hiroto (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Hisashi (* 1943), Japanese chemist
- Yamamoto, Hōsui (1850-1906), Japanese painter
- Yamamoto, Hōzan (1937–2014), Japanese flautist (Shakuhachi), composer and university professor
- Yamamoto, Ichita (* 1958), Japanese politician
- Yamamoto, Isoroku (1884–1943), Japanese Grand Admiral
- Yamamoto, Issei (1889–1959), Japanese astronomer
- Yamamoto, Kailer (* 1998), American ice hockey player
- Yamamoto, Kaito (* 1985), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Kanae (1882–1946) Japanese painter
- Yamamoto, Kansai (1944-2020), Japanese fashion designer
- Yamamoto, Kansuke (1493–1561), Japanese general
- Yamamoto, Kaoru (* 1970), Japanese violinist
- Yamamoto, Katsumi (* 1973), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamamoto, Kazuki (* 1986), Japanese ice hockey player
- Yamamoto, Keigo (* 1936), Japanese multimedia and video artist
- Yamamoto, Kenji (born 1965), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Kenkichi (1907–1988), Japanese literary scholar
- Yamamoto, Kōhei (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Kōichi (* 1947), Japanese politician
- Yamamoto, Kōsuke (* 1989), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Kyūjin (1900–1986), Japanese painter
- Yamamoto, Masa (born 1965), Japanese baseball player
- Yamamoto, Masaki (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Masakuni (* 1958), Japanese football player and coach
- Yamamoto, Masamichi (* 1978), Japanese racing cyclist
- Yamamoto, Masaya (* 1991), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Michiko (* 1936), Japanese poet
- Yamamoto, Mika (1967–2012), Japanese journalist
- Yamamoto, Mirai (* 1974), Japanese actress
- Yamamoto, Motoi (* 1966), Japanese artist
- Yamamoto, Naoki (* 1960), Japanese mangaka
- Yamamoto, Naoki (* 1988), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamamoto, Naotaka , Japanese astronomer and asteroid explorer
- Yamamoto, Norimichi (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Ren (born 1997), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Rihito (* 2001), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Ryōma (* 1995), Japanese triple jumper
- Yamamoto, Ryōta (* 1997), Japanese Nordic combiner
- Yamamoto, Ryōtarō (* 1998), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Ryūhei (* 2000), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Sadako (* 1915), Japanese javelin thrower
- Yamamoto, Sakon (* 1982), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamamoto, Sayo (* 1977), Japanese animation director
- Yamamoto, Seiko (* 1980), Japanese wrestler
- Yamamoto, Seito (* 1992), Japanese pole vaulter
- Yamamoto, Shigetarō (1948–2014), Japanese politician and Governor of Yamaguchi (2012–2014)
- Yamamoto, Shizuka (* 1975), Japanese badminton player
- Yamamoto, Shōhei (* 1982), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Shūgorō (1903-1967), Japanese writer
- Yamamoto, Shun (* 1988), Japanese Nordic combined athlete
- Yamamoto, Shunkyo (1872–1933) Japanese painter
- Yamamoto, Shūto (born 1985), Japanese football player
- Yamamoto, Sōji (1928–2013), Japanese lawyer, judge at the International Tribunal for the Sea
- Yamamoto, Takuya (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Tarō (* 1974), Japanese actor, anti-nuclear activist and politician
- Yamamoto, Tatsuo (1856–1947), Japanese politician
- Yamamoto, Tatsurō (* 1910), Japanese historian
- Yamamoto, Teijirō (1870–1937), Japanese agronomist, parliamentarian and minister
- Yamamoto, Toshikatsu (* 1929), Japanese doctor
- Yamamoto, Toyoichi (1899–1987), Japanese sculptor
- Yamamoto, Tsunetomo (1659–1719), Japanese samurai and author of Hagakure
- Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi (* 1948), Japanese jazz musician
- Yamamoto, Yōji (* 1943), Japanese fashion designer
- Yamamoto, Yoshiki (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamoto, Yoshiko (* 1970), Japanese marathon runner
- Yamamoto, Yōsuke (* 1960), Japanese judoka
- Yamamoto, Yūji (* 1952), Japanese politician
- Yamamoto, Yūsuke , Japanese musician (percussion, vibraphone, drums)
- Yamamoto, Yūzō (1887–1974), Japanese writer
- Yamamura, Bochō (1884-1924), Japanese poet
- Yamamura, Hiroto (* 1974), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamura, Kazuya (* 1989), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamura, Kōji (* 1964), Japanese animation film director
- Yamamura, Kōka (1886–1942) Japanese painter
- Yamamura, Shinjirō (1933-1992), Japanese politician
- Yamamura, Sō (1910-2000), Japanese actor and film director
- Yamamura, Yasuhiro (* 1976), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamura, Yasuhisa (* 1964), Japanese computer game designer
- Yamamura, Yūki (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamamuro, Gumpei (1872–1940), Japanese founder of the Salvation Army in Japan
- Yamamuro, Shizuka (1906–2000), Japanese literary and cultural critic
- Yaman, Furkan (* 1996), Turkish soccer player
- Yaman, Volkan (* 1982), Turkish soccer player
- Yamanaka, Chihiro , Japanese jazz pianist
- Yamanaka, Keiichi (* 1947), Japanese law scholar and university professor
- Yamanaka, Miki , Japanese jazz musician (piano)
- Yamanaka, Noriko , Japanese table tennis player
- Yamanaka, Ryōji (born 1983), Japanese football player
- Yamanaka, Ryosuke (born 1993), Japanese football player
- Yamanaka, Ryūya (* 1995), Japanese strawweight boxer
- Yamanaka, Seikō (* 1989), Japanese football player
- Yamanaka, Shinsuke (* 1982), Japanese boxer
- Yamanaka, Shin'ya (* 1962), Japanese doctor
- Yamanaka, Takeshi (* 1971), Japanese ice hockey player and coach
- Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi (1939-2017), Japanese swimmer
- Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki (* 1953), Japanese jazz musician (saxophone, flute)
- Yamanaka, Yūji (born 1937), Japanese biathlete
- Yamanami, Keisuke (1833–1865), Vice-Commander of the Japanese Shinsengumi Police Unit during the Bakumatsu period
- Yamanashi, Hanzō (1864–1944), Japanese general and politician
- Yamane, Ayano , Japanese manga artist
- Yamane, Erina (* 1990), Japanese soccer goalkeeper
- Yamane, Iwao (* 1976), Japanese soccer player
- Yamane, Miki (* 1993), Japanese soccer player
- Yamane, Towa (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
- Yamani, Ahmed Zaki (* 1930), Saudi Arabian politician
- Yamani, Mai (* 1956), Saudi Arabian anthropologist
- Yamanishi, Kōji (* 1977), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamanishi, Takahiro (* 1976), Japanese soccer player
- Yamanishi, Toshikazu (* 1996), Japanese athlete
- Yamano, Takayoshi (* 1955), Japanese football player and coach
- Yamanobe, Hideaki (* 1964), Japanese painter and graphic artist
- Yamanoğlu, Vefa (* 1959), Turkish football player
- Yamanoi, Takumi (* 1998), Japanese soccer player
- Yamanokuchi, Baku (1903–1963), Japanese poet
- Yamanouchi, Mario Michiaki (* 1955), Japanese religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Saitama
- Yamanouchi, Minami (* 1992), Japanese long-distance runner
- Yamanouchi, Sugao (1902-1970), Japanese archaeologist
- Yamanouchi, Yūki (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamanouchi, Yukio (* 1946), Japanese lawyer, author and actor
- Yamanoue no Okura (660-733), Japanese poet
- Yamanoue, Sōji (1544–1590), Japanese tea master of the Sengoku period
- Yamao, Mitsunori (* 1973), Japanese soccer player
- Yamao, Shiori (* 1974), Japanese politician
- Yamaoka, Akira (* 1968), Japanese music producer and composer
- Yamaoka, Kenji (* 1943), Japanese politician
- Yamaoka, Kōtarō (1880–1959), Japanese convert to Islam, secret service officer
- Yamaoka, Magokichi (1888–1962), Japanese entrepreneur
- Yamaoka, Sōko (* 1974), Japanese snowboarder
- Yamaoka, Tetsuya (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamasaki, Arturo (1929-2013), Peruvian-Mexican football referee
- Yamasaki, Masato (* 1980), Japanese soccer player
- Yamasaki, Minoru (1912–1986), American architect
- Yamasaki, Naomasa (1870–1929), Japanese geographer and geologist
- Yamasaki, Ryōgo (* 1992), Japanese football player
- Yamasaki, Taku (* 1936), Japanese politician
- Yamasaki, Toyoko (1924-2013), Japanese writer
- Yamasaki, Yuki (* 1995), Japanese heptathlete
- Yamasaki, Yusuke (* 1979), Japanese actor and voice actor in Germany
- Yamase, Kōji (* 1981), Japanese football player
- Yamase, Yukihiro (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashiki Kimiyoshi (1924-1999), Japanese judoka
- Yamashina, Yoshimaro (1900-1989), Japanese ornithologist
- Yamashiro, Jun'ya (born 1985), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashiro, Ryūichi (1920–1997), Japanese graphic and graphic designer
- Yamashiro, Tomoe (1912-2004), Japanese writer
- Yamashita, Ayaka (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashita, Haruhiro (* 1938), Japanese artistic gymnast
- Yamashita, Iris (* 1965), Japanese-American writer and screenwriter
- Yamashita, Jun (* 1997), Japanese sprinter
- Yamashita, Karen Tei (* 1951), American writer and lecturer
- Yamashita, Katsuji (1906–1969), Japanese economist, professor of business administration
- Yamashita, Kazuhito (* 1961), Japanese concert guitarist
- Yamashita, Keita (* 1996), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashita, Kōhei (* 1994), Japanese triple jumper
- Yamashita, Kunihiro (* 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashita, Maki (1890–1973) Japanese painter
- Yamashita, Mayumi (* 1975), Japanese judoka
- Yamashita, Nobuhiro (* 1976), Japanese film director
- Yamashita, Reo (* 1998), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashita, Ryō (* 1999), Japanese football player
- Yamashita, Ryōji (* 2000), Japanese football player
- Yamashita, Ryōya (born 1997), Japanese football player
- Yamashita, Sachiko (* 1964), Japanese marathon runner
- Yamashita, Shintarō (1881–1966) Japanese painter
- Yamashita, Takahiro (* 1985), Japanese road cyclist
- Yamashita, Takashi (* 1965), Japanese politician
- Yamashita, Takurō (* 1988), Japanese ice hockey player
- Yamashita, Tatsuya (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yamashita, Tokuo (1919-2014), Japanese politician
- Yamashita, Tomohisa (* 1985), Japanese singer and actor
- Yamashita, Tomoyuki (1885-1946), Japanese general
- Yamashita, Yasuhiro (* 1957), Japanese judoka
- Yamashita, Yoshiteru (* 1977), Japanese football player
- Yamashita, Yōsuke (* 1942), Japanese pianist of creative jazz
- Yamashta, Stomu (* 1947), Japanese musician
- Yamassoum, Nagoum (* 1954), Chadian Prime Minister
- Yamatani, Eriko (* 1950), Japanese politician
- Yamato, Tetsu (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yamatotakeru (72-113), Japanese prince
- Yamauchi Fusajirō (1859-1940), Japanese entrepreneur
- Yamauchi, Edwin M. (* 1937), American historian and theologian
- Yamauchi, Hideki (* 1988), Japanese racing car driver
- Yamauchi, Hirofumi (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yamauchi, Hiroshi (1927–2013), Japanese entrepreneur, president of the video game company Nintendo (1949–2002)
- Yamauchi, Kazunori (* 1967), Japanese game developer, senior vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment and president of Polyphony Digital
- Yamauchi, Keita (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yamauchi, Kyōko (* 1972), Japanese biathlete
- Yamauchi, Mara (* 1973), British long-distance runner
- Yamauchi, Takao (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yamauchi, Tatsurō (* 1994), Japanese football player
- Yamauchi, Tomohiro (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yamauchi, Yūichi (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yamaura, Mayo (* 1984), Japanese curler
- Yamawaki, Masataka (1886–1974), Japanese general and war criminal
- Yamawaki, Michiko (1910–2000), Japanese student at the Bauhaus and textile and fashion designer
- Yamawaki, Tōyō (1706–1762), Japanese medic who carried out the first autopsy in Japan
- Yamaya, Yūshi (* 2000), Japanese football player
- Yamazaki, Chōun (1867-1954) Japanese sculptor
- Yamazaki, Hiroshi , Japanese jazz musician
- Yamazaki, Hōdai (1914–1985), Japanese writer
- Yamazaki, Kaishū (born 1997), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Kenta (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Kōichi , Japanese jazz musician
- Yamazaki, Kore (* 1990), Japanese mangaka
- Yamazaki, Kōsuke (born 1995), Japanese football player
- Yamazaki, Kōtarō (* 1978), Japanese football player
- Yamazaki, Makoto (* 1970), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Marumi (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Masaaki (* 1942), Japanese politician
- Yamazaki, Masaharu (* 1968), Japanese cross-country skier
- Yamazaki, Masakazu (1934-2020), Japanese playwright, literary critic, and philosopher
- Yamazaki, Masami , Japanese badminton player
- Yamazaki, Masato (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Masato (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Naoko (* 1970), Japanese astronaut
- Yamazaki, Ryō (* 1972), Japanese synthesizer programmer
- Yamazaki, Ryōhei (* 1989), Japanese football player
- Yamazaki, Sōkan , Japanese poet
- Yamazaki, Susumu (1833–1868), spy of the Shinsengumi, a police unit of the Bakumatsu period
- Yamazaki, Taihō (1908–1991), Japanese painter and calligrapher
- Yamazaki, Takamasa (* 1992), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Tetsuya (* 1978), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Tsutomu (born 1936), Japanese actor
- Yamazaki, Wataru (* 1980), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Yuka (* 1980), Japanese soccer player
- Yamazaki, Yūki (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yambulatov, Rustam (* 1950), Uzbek sports shooter
- Yameen, Abdulla (* 1959), Maldivian politician
- Yaméogo, Hermann (* 1948), Burkinabe politician
- Yaméogo, Jacques (1943–2010), Burkinabe soccer coach
- Yaméogo, Maurice (1921–1993), Burkinabe politician, President of Burkina Faso
- Yaméogo, Narcisse (* 1980), Burkinabe soccer player
- Yaméogo, Pierre (1955–2019), Burkinabe film director
- Yamgnane, Kofi (* 1945), French politician (PS), member of the National Assembly
- Yammine, Habib (* 1956), Lebanese musician, composer and musicologist
- Yammine, Lamia (* 1974), Lebanese politician
- Yamolki, Mustafa (1866–1936), Ottoman Mirliva, judge, minister and journalist
- Yampolsky, Mariana (1925–2002), American artist
- Yampolsky, Philip B. (1920–1996), American translator of Japanese literature and Buddhist scholar
- Yamrali, Ata (* 1982), Afghan national soccer player
- Yamuni Tabush, Miguel (1915-2013), Costa Rican diplomat
- Yamura, Ken (born 1997), Japanese soccer player
- Yamut, Nuri (1890–1961), Turkish general
Yan
- Yan An (* 1993), Chinese table tennis player
- Yan Aung Kyaw (* 1989), Myanmar soccer player
- Yan Hui (521 BC – 490 BC), Chinese philosopher
- Yan Ji († 126), Chinese empress of the Han dynasty
- Yan Lei (* 1965), Chinese artist
- Yan Liang († 200), Chinese general under Yuan Shao at the time of the Three Kingdoms
- Yan Ming († 152), Empress mother of the Han Dynasty
- Yan Paing (* 1983), Myanmar soccer player
- Yan Ruoqu (1636–1704), Chinese scholar
- Yan Ying , politician and statesman of Qi State
- Yan, Bingtao (* 2000), Chinese snooker player
- Yan, Cathy , Sino-US director, screenwriter, and producer
- Yan, Fu (1853–1921), Chinese translator of Western scripts
- Yan, Geling (* 1958), Chinese-American writer and screenwriter
- Yan, Guowei , Chinese erhu player and traditional Chinese music lecturer
- Yan, Han (* 1996), Chinese figure skater
- Yan, Hong (* 1966), Chinese athlete
- Yan, Jingyue (1905–1976), Chinese sociologist and criminologist
- Yan, Jun (* 1958), Chinese astrophysicist, chief scientist of the Chinese lunar program, member of parliament (Society of September 3rd)
- Yan, Lianke (* 1958), Chinese writer
- Yan, Liben († 673), Chinese figure painter
- Yan, Ni (* 1987), Chinese volleyball player
- Yan, Nieng (* 1977), Chinese molecular biologist
- Yan, Pei-Ming (* 1960), Chinese painter
- Yan, Sen (* 1975), Chinese table tennis player
- Yan, Song (1480–1567), Chinese politician of the Ming period
- Yan, Xishan (1883–1960), Chinese warlord and prime minister
- Yan, Xuetong (* 1952), Chinese political scientist
- Yan, Yujiang (* 1953), Chinese badminton player
- Yán, Zhào (* 1962), Chinese journalist
- Yan, Zi (* 1984), Chinese tennis player
- Yanadori, Shin'ya (* 1986), Japanese ice hockey player
- Yanagawa Nobuyuki (* 1974), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Yanagawa, Heisuke (1879–1945), Japanese Army General in the Russo-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Pacific War
- Yanagawa, Masaki (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagawa, Seigan (1789-1858), Japanese Kanshi poet
- Yanagi, Kaneko (1892-1984) Japanese singer
- Yanagi, Miwa (* 1967), Japanese artist
- Yanagi, Muneyoshi (1889–1961), Japanese philosopher and founder of the folk art movement
- Yanagi, Sōri (1915-2011), Japanese designer
- Yanagi, Takahiro (born 1997), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagi, Yasutaka (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagi, Yūtarō (born 1995), Japanese football player
- Yanagida, Hideaki (* 1947), Japanese wrestler
- Yanagida, Kenta (* 1995), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagida, Masahiro (* 1992), Japanese volleyball player
- Yanagida, Minoru (* 1954), Japanese politician
- Yanagida, Nobuaki (* 1970), Japanese football player
- Yanagida, Seizan (1922-2006), Japanese Buddhologist
- Yanagida, Takayoshi (* 1948), Japanese composer
- Yanagida, Tsutomu (* 1949), Japanese physicist
- Yanagihara, Hanya (* 1974), American journalist and author
- Yanagihara, Yoshitatsu (1910-2004), Japanese sculptor
- Yanagimachi, Ryūzō (* 1928), Japanese reproductive biologist
- Yanagimoto, Hiroshige (* 1972), Japanese football player
- Yanagisawa, Atsushi (* 1977), Japanese football player
- Yanagisawa, Jun (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagisawa, Kien (1703–1758), Japanese painter
- Yanagisawa, Kō (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Yanagisawa, Kōta (* 1982), Japanese football player
- Yanagisawa, Masayuki (* 1979), Japanese football player
- Yanagishima, Katsumi (* 1950), Japanese cameraman
- Yanagishita, Masaaki (* 1960), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagita, Kunio (1875–1962), Japanese ethnologist and poet
- Yanagita, Miyuki (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
- Yanagiya, Tatsuya (born 1964), Japanese badminton player
- Yanagizaki, Shōhei (* 1984), Japanese football player
- Yanai, Aiko (* 1975), Japanese singer
- Yanai, Masayuki (* 1959), Japanese astronomer
- Yanai, Shunji (* 1937), Japanese lawyer, judge at the International Tribunal for the Sea
- Yanai, Tadashi (* 1949), Japanese entrepreneur
- Yanai, Zvi (1935-2013), Israeli writer
- Yanaihara, Tadao (1893–1961), Japanese economist
- Yanal, Ersun (* 1961), Turkish football player and coach
- Yanar, Ali Emre (* 1998), Turkish football goalkeeper
- Yanar, Kaya (* 1973), German comedian and presenter
- Yanase, Masamu (1900–1945), Japanese manga artist and caricaturist
- Yancey, Bartlett (1785–1828), American politician
- Yancey, Bill (1933-2004), American jazz bassist
- Yancey, Estelle (1896-1986), American blues singer
- Yancey, Jimmy (1898–1951), American blues and boogie woogie pianist
- Yancey, Joel (1773-1838), American politician
- Yancey, Philip (* 1949), American journalist, editor, publicist, author and editor of Christianity Today
- Yancey, Rick (* 1962), American writer
- Yancey, William Lowndes (1814–1863), American politician and lawyer
- Yancy, Allen N. (1881-1941), Liberian politician
- Yancy, Richard (* 1979), German American football player and coach
- Yanda, Marshal (* 1984), American football player
- Yandaş, Mert (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Yandel (* 1977), Puerto Rican reggaeton musician
- Yandell, Enid (1869–1934), American sculptor
- yaNdemufayo, Mandume († 1917), Namibian traditional leader
- Yandle, Bruce (* 1933), American economist and university professor
- Yandle, Keith (* 1986), American ice hockey player
- Yanel, Lúcio (* 1946), Argentinian guitarist, composer and actor
- Yanes Álvarez, Elías (1928–2018), Spanish clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Saragossa
- Yanes, Agustín Díaz (* 1950), Spanish director and screenwriter
- Yanés, Roberto (1932–2019), Argentine singer
- Yánez Calvachi, Skiper Bladimir (* 1972), Ecuadorian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Babahoyo
- Yáñez de la Almedina, Fernando , Spanish Renaissance painter
- Yáñez Neira, Damián (1916–2015), Spanish Trappist and historian of the Cistercian order
- Yanez, Beverly (* 1988), American soccer player
- Yanez, Diego (* 1958), Swiss journalist
- Yáñez, Eduardo (* 1960), Mexican-American actor
- Yáñez, Emanuel (* 1985), Uruguayan road cyclist
- Yáñez, Enrique (1908–1990), Mexican architect
- Yánez, Jesús (1917–2000), Cuban opposition activist and human rights activist
- Yáñez, Luis (* 1988), American boxer
- Yáñez, María-Paz (* 1944), Swiss-Spanish Hispanic
- Yáñez, Mario (* 1993), Mexican squash player
- Yáñez, Mirta (* 1947), Cuban writer
- Yáñez, Roberto (* 1974), German-Chilean painter, poet and songwriter
- Yáñez, Rubén (1929–2015), Uruguayan theater director, actor and lecturer
- Yáñez, Rubén (* 1993), Spanish football player
- Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Luis (* 1943), Spanish doctor and politician (PSOE), MEP
- Yang Ching-shun (* 1978), Taiwanese pool player
- Yang Chuan-Kwang (1933-2007), Taiwanese decathlete
- Yang Fan (* 1987), Chinese weightlifter
- Yang Feng , cavalry officer of the later Han Dynasty
- Yang Fuqing (* 1932), Chinese mathematician, computer scientist and university lecturer
- Yang Hu (221-278), general of the Jin Dynasty
- Yang Lei (* 1977), German table tennis player
- Yang Lian (* 1955), Sino-New Zealand poet
- Yang Shangkun (1907–1998), Chinese politician, President of the PRC
- Yang Shaobin (* 1963), Chinese artist
- Yang Sheng (* 1867), Chinese diplomat
- Yang Wangsun , Taoist and atheist philosopher
- Yang Xiaodu (* 1953), Chinese politician in the People's Republic of China
- Yang Xiong (53 BC – 18), Chinese philosopher and poet
- Yang Xiuli (* 1983), Chinese judoka
- Yang Yilin (* 1992), Chinese gymnast
- Yang Yongqiang, Joseph (* 1970), Chinese clergyman, Bishop of Zhoucun
- Yang Zhu , Chinese philosopher
- Yang Zili (* 1971), Chinese journalist
- Yang, Andrew (* 1975), American entrepreneur
- Yang, Aska (* 1978), Taiwanese singer
- Yang, Chaoguan (1710–1788), Chinese politician and opera writer
- Yang, Chen (* 1974), Chinese soccer player
- Yang, Chen Ning (* 1922), Chinese-American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Yang, Chengfu (1883–1936), Chinese representative of the "soft" martial art of the Yang style in Taijiquan
- Yang, Chia-Chen (* 1984), Taiwanese badminton player
- Yang, Chih-Hsun (* 1991), Taiwanese badminton player
- Yang, Chin-Yi (* 1981), Chinese weightlifter
- Yang, Chun-han (* 1997), Taiwanese sprinter
- Yang, Chung-Tao (1923-2005), Sino-American mathematician
- Yang, Chunlin (* 1954), Chinese human rights activist and dissident
- Yang, Dezhi (1911–1994), Chinese politician and general
- Yang, Dongliang (* 1954), Chinese politician
- Yang, Edward (1947–2007), Chinese director and screenwriter
- Yang, Ermin (* 1964), Chinese painter and university professor
- Yang, Fangxu (* 1994), Chinese volleyball player
- Yang, Fen (* 1982), Congolese table tennis player
- Yang, Fengxia (* 1989), Chinese marathon runner
- Yang, Fudong (* 1971), Chinese photographer, installation and video artist
- Yang, Gene Luen (* 1973), American comic book writer
- Yang, Gladys (1919–1999), British translator of Chinese literature
- Yang, Guang (* 1984), Chinese ski jumper
- Yang, Gui-ja (* 1955), South Korean writer
- Yang, Guifei (719–756), Chinese concubine of Emperor Xuanzong
- Yang, Ha-eun (* 1994), South Korean table tennis player
- Yang, Haegue (* 1971), South Korean object artist
- Yang, Hak-seon (* 1992), South Korean gymnast
- Yang, Hao (* 1980), Chinese volleyball player
- Yang, Hui , Chinese mathematician
- Yang, Huiyan (* 1981), Chinese stock market speculator
- Yang, Huiyu (214-278), mother empress of the Jin Dynasty
- Yang, Hyong-sop (* 1925), North Korean politician
- Yang, Hyun-min (* 1979), South Korean natural track luge
- Yang, Hyun-mo (* 1971), South Korean wrestler
- Yang, Hyun-suk (* 1969), South Korean singer, record producer and founder of YG Entertainment
- Yang, Jerry (* 1968), American poker player
- Yang, Jerry (* 1968), American entrepreneur, co-founder and director of the Yahoo!
- Yang, Jia (1980-2008), alleged Chinese murderer
- Yang, Jiang (1911–2016), Chinese writer and translator
- Yang, Jianli (* 1963), Chinese dissident
- Yang, Jiayu (* 1996), Chinese athlete
- Yang, Jiechi (* 1950), Chinese politician, diplomat and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (2007 to 2013)
- Yang, Jimmy O. (* 1987), Chinese-American actor, comedian and book author
- Yang, Jin-mo , South Korean film editor
- Yang, Jinghui (* 1983), Chinese water diver
- Yang, Jingnian (1908-2016), Chinese economist
- Yang, Jisheng (* 1940), Chinese journalist
- Yang, John Baptist Xiaoting (* 1964), Chinese clergyman, bishop in Yan'an
- Yang, John Shudao (1919–2010), Chinese clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Fuzhou
- Yang, Kaihui (1901–1930), Chinese politician's wife, wife of Mao Zedong
- Yang, Kyong-il (* 1987), North Korean wrestler
- Yang, Kyoungjong (1920–1992), Korean soldier who served in the Imperial Japanese Army, the Red Army, and the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Yang, Lei (* 1984), Chinese singer and actress
- Yang, Lei (* 1995), Chinese sprinter
- Yang, Li Lian (* 1993), Malaysian badminton player
- Yang, Ling (* 1972), Chinese marksman
- Yang, Liwei (* 1965), Chinese spaceman, first Taikonaut
- Yang, Luchan (1799–1872), founder of the Yang style of Taijiquan
- Yang, Lung-hsiang (* 1996), Taiwanese sprinter
- Yang, Min (* 1963), Italian table tennis player of Chinese descent
- Yang, Ming (* 1974), Chinese badminton player
- Yang, Mingxi (* 1993), Chinese ice hockey player
- Yang, Pati (* 1980), Polish singer
- Yang, Paul C (* 1947), American mathematician
- Yang, Pedro (* 1976), Guatemalan badminton player
- Yang, Peidong (* 1971), Chinese chemist and materials scientist
- Yang, Philémon (* 1947), Cameroonian politician, Prime Minister of Cameroon
- Yang, Pu (* 1978), Chinese soccer player
- Yang, Qianyu (* 1993), Chinese cyclist (Hong Kong)
- Yang, Quan , Chinese philosopher and atheist
- Yang, Rainie (* 1984), Taiwanese singer, actress and talk show host
- Yang, Ricky (* 1972), Indonesian pool player
- Yang, Ruby , Sino-American film editor, film director and film producer
- Yang, Senlian (* 1990), Chinese wrestler
- Yang, Seok-il (* 1936), Japanese writer of Korean descent
- Yang, Seung-kook (* 1944), North Korean soccer player
- Yang, Shaoqi (* 1976), Chinese sword fencer
- Yang, Shih-Jeng (born 1965), Taiwanese badminton player (Republic of China)
- Yang, Shin-young (* 1990), South Korean short tracker
- Yang, Shong Lue (1929–1971), Vietnamese script inventor
- Yang, Shou-chung (1910–1985), Chinese grandmaster in the Yang style of Taijiquan
- Yang, Shu-chun (* 1985), Taiwanese Taekwondoin
- Yang, Shuchao (* 1982), Chinese eSportsman
- Yang, Shuo (1913–1968), Chinese poet and essayist
- Yang, Sinn (* 1982), German violinist
- Yang, Song (* 1965), Australian badminton player
- Yang, Sukyun (* 1966), South Korean painter and multimedia artist
- Yang, Tianwa (* 1987), Chinese violinist
- Yang, Timothy (* 1942), Taiwanese politician
- Yang, Tsung-hua (* 1991), Taiwanese tennis player
- Yang, Wei (* 1960), Chinese pipa player
- Yang, Wei (* 1979), Chinese badminton player
- Yang, Wei (* 1980), Chinese gymnast and member of the Chinese national team
- Yang, Wei-ting (* 1994), Taiwanese hurdler
- Yang, Welly , American actor, playwright, and singer of Taiwanese-Chinese descent
- Yang, Wen-Sinn (* 1965), Swiss cellist and university professor
- Yang, Wenhui (1837–1911), Chinese Buddhist, educator, reformer, author, and publisher
- Yang, Wenyi (* 1972), Chinese swimmer
- Yang, Xiangzhong (1959-2009), American stem cell researcher
- Yang, Xianyi (1915–2009), Chinese translator
- Yang, Xiaojun (* 1963), Chinese volleyball player and coach
- Yang, Xinfang , Chinese badminton player
- Yang, Xinhai (1968-2004), Chinese serial killer
- Yang, Xiufeng (1897–1983), Chinese lawyer, President of the Chinese People's Court
- Yang, Xiuqing (1820-1856), leader of the Taiping Rising
- Yang, Xu (* 1987), Chinese soccer player
- Yang, Xuanzhi , Chinese prose writer and translator of Mahayana Buddhist texts into Chinese
- Yang, Xuefei (* 1977), Chinese classical guitarist
- Yang, Yan (727–781), Chancellor of the Empire of China
- Yang, Yanbo (* 1990), Chinese discus thrower
- Yang, Yang (* 1963), Chinese badminton player
- Yang, Yang (* 1976), Chinese short track speed skater
- Yang, Yang (* 1977), Chinese short track speed skater
- Yang, Yansheng (* 1988), Chinese pole vaulter
- Yang, Yeon-soo (* 1991), South Korean squash player
- Yang, Yi (* 1964), Japanese-Chinese writer
- Yang, Ying , Chinese table tennis player
- Yang, Ying (* 1977), Chinese table tennis player
- Yang, Yinliu (1899–1984), Chinese music researcher
- Yang, Yong-eun (* 1972), South Korean golfer
- Yang, Young-ja (* 1964), South Korean table tennis player
- Yang, Younhee (* 1977), Korean artist
- Yang, Youxin (* 1963), Chinese scientist, screenwriter, film director and painter
- Yang, Yu (* 1985), Chinese freestyle swimmer
- Yang, Yu (* 1991), Chinese freestyle skier
- Yang, Yuanqing (* 1964), Chinese manager and chairman of the supervisory board of Lenovo Group Limited
- Yang, Zhaoxuan (* 1995), Chinese tennis player
- Yang, Zhenzong (* 1968), Chinese photo artist
- Yang, Zhi (* 1983), Chinese soccer player
- Yang, Zhongjian (1897–1979), Chinese paleontologist
- Yang, Zi (* 1984), Singaporean table tennis player
- Yang, Zi (* 1993), Chinese tennis player
- Yang-Mocnik, Franz (* 1951), Austrian artist
- Yanga, Danny (* 1983), Dutch singer, actor, presenter and model
- Yanga-Mbiwa, Mapou (* 1989), French-Central African football player
- Yangchen, Soname (* 1973), British singer of Tibetan origin
- Yangco, Teodoro R. (1861-1939) Filipino politician
- Yangel, Alexandra (* 1992), Russian violinist and mezzo-soprano
- Yanggönpa Gyeltshen Pel , master of the Drugpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, founder of the Yang dgon Bka 'brgyud pa, a branch of the Upper Drugpa tradition of the Duggpa Kagyu school
- Yanghat, Alphonse (* 1957), Congolese athlete
- Yangın, Hatice Kübra (* 1989), Turkish Taekwondoin
- Yangki, Dorji , Bhutanese architect
- Yangnyung (1394–1462), Korean prince, poet, painter and writer
- Yango, Jeannette (* 1993), Cameroonian football player
- Yanguas Sanz, José María (* 1947), Spanish priest, Bishop of Cuenca
- Yanguas, Antonio de (1682–1753), Spanish composer
- Yangyang Xu (* 1986), climate impact researcher
- Yani, Michael (* 1980), American tennis player
- Yanık, Erol (* 1944), Turkish soccer player
- Yanık, Lale (* 1972), Turkish-German theater actress and actress in film and television
- Yanık, Serkan (* 1987), Turkish-French soccer player
- Yanikian, Kurken (1895–1987), American author and engineer
- Yanilov, Eyal (* 1959), Israeli self-defense instructor and martial arts trainer
- Yanin Vismitananda (* 1984), Thai actress
- Yanıt, Nevin (* 1986), Turkish hurdler
- Yaniv, Ori (* 1982), Israeli actor
- Yankaya, Özgür (* 1978), Turkish football referee
- Yankevich, Leo (1961-2018), American poet and editor
- Yankey, Rachel (* 1979), English soccer player
- Yankı, Semiha (* 1958), Turkish singer and representative of Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
- Yankovic, Weird Al (* 1959), American musician
- Yankovich, Duda (* 1976), Brazilian welterweight boxer
- Yanlı, Coşkun (* 1955), Turkish football coach
- Yann (* 1954), French comic book author
- Yannakakis, Mihalis (* 1953), Greek computer scientist
- Yannakoudakis, Marina (* 1956), British politician (Conservative Party), MEP
- Yannaras, Christos (* 1935), Greek philosopher and theologian
- Yannasit Sukchareon (* 1998), Thai soccer player
- Yannatou, Savina (* 1959), Greek singer and composer
- Yannay, Yehuda (* 1937), Israeli composer
- Yanne, Jean (1933–2003), French actor, director, screenwriter
- Yannes, Robert (* 1957), American engineer
- Yanni (* 1954), Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist
- Yanni, Rosanna (* 1938), Argentine actress
- Yannoulatos, Anastasios (* 1929), Greek clergyman, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all of Albania
- Yano (* 1992), Angolan football player
- Yano, Daisuke (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yano, Hayato (* 1980), Japanese soccer player
- Yano, Kentarō (1912-1993), Japanese mathematician
- Yano, Kishō (* 1984), Japanese football player
- Yano, Kyōko (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yano, Marco Aurelio (1963–1991), Brazilian composer
- Yano, Michael (* 1979), Japanese soccer player
- Yano, Saori (* 1986), Japanese jazz saxophonist
- Yano, Sho (* 1990), American child prodigy of Japanese and Korean descent
- Yano, Tetsurō (* 1946), Japanese politician
- Yanobe, Kenji (* 1965), Japanese artist
- Yanofsky, Charles (1925-2018), American geneticist and molecular biologist
- Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham (1925-2000), Canadian chess player
- Yanofsky, Nikki (* 1994), Canadian jazz and pop singer
- Yanosey, Robert J. (* 1946), American author and publicist
- Yanou (* 1974), German DJ and music producer
- Yanov-Yanovski, Dmitri (* 1963), Uzbek composer
- Yanovsky, Zal (1944–2002), Canadian musician, author, restaurateur
- Yanow, Scott (* 1954), American jazz journalist
- Yanta, John Walter (* 1931), American clergyman, Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo
- Yantin-hamu , king of Byblos
- Yantit , German musician
- Yantorno, Fabián (* 1982), Uruguayan football player
- Yantz, Gerard (1917-1989), American handball player
- Yanyalı, Timur (* 1975), Turkish soccer player
Yao
- Yao Dingchen (1905–1965), Chinese diplomat
- Yao Hermann, Kouassi (* 1990), Ivorian football player
- Yao Jingyuan (* 1958), Chinese weightlifter and Olympic champion
- Yao Kouadio, Marcellin (* 1960), Ivorian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Daloa
- Yao Liang, Leon (1923–2009), Chinese clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Xiwanzi, Hebei
- Yao Wenyuan (1931–2005), Chinese politician
- Yao Yan (* 1988), Chinese table tennis player
- Yao Yilin (1917–1994), Chinese politician (People's Republic of China)
- Yao, Amani (* 1963), Ivorian soccer player and coach
- Yao, Andrew (* 1946), Chinese computer scientist
- Yao, Chen (* 1979), Chinese actress
- Yao, Chia-wen (* 1938), Taiwanese politician
- Yao, Defen (1972–2012), Chinese size record holder
- Yao, Devann (* 1990), American-French soccer player
- Yao, Eloge (* 1996), Ivorian football player
- Yao, Fen (* 1967), Chinese badminton player
- Yao, Jie (* 1977), Chinese-Dutch badminton player
- Yao, Jie (* 1990), Chinese athlete
- Yao, Kazuki (* 1959), Japanese voice actor (Seiyū)
- Yao, Lei (* 1990), Singaporean badminton player
- Yao, Ming (* 1980), Chinese basketball player
- Yao, Tongbin (1922–1968), Chinese materials scientist
- Yao, Vital Komenan (1938–2006), Ivorian clergyman, Archbishop of Bouaké
- Yao, Ximing (* 1956), Chinese badminton player, later starting for the USA
- Yao, Xue (* 1991), Chinese badminton player
- Yao, Yan (* 1974), Chinese badminton player
- Yao, Yann Michael (* 1997), Ivorian football player
- Yao-Ndré, Paul (* 1956), Ivorian politician
- Yaouda Hourgo, Barthélemy (* 1964), Cameroonian clergyman, Bishop of Yagoua
Yap
- Yap Sean Yee (* 1995), Malaysian high jumper
- Yap, Arthur (* 1965), Filipino politician and lawyer
- Yap, Egbert Collin , Singaporean diplomat of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- Yap, Jose (1929-2010), Filipino politician and lawyer
- Yap, Justino , East Timorese independence activist
- Yap, Kim Hock (* 1970), Malaysian badminton player
- Yap, Susan , Filipino politician
- Yap, Timothee Jin Wei (* 1994), Singaporean sprinter
- Yap, Yee Guan (* 1970), Malaysian badminton player
- Yap, Yee Hup (* 1970), Malaysian badminton player
- Yapaupa, Cyr-Nestor (* 1970), Central African priest, Roman Catholic bishop
- Yapi Yapo, Gilles (* 1982), Ivorian football player
- Yapi, Cyril (* 1980), French football player
- Yapıcılar, Serkan (* 1986), Turkish ice hockey player
- Yapıcıoğlu, Yavuz (* 1967), Turkish serial killer and arsonist
- Yaple, George L. (1851-1939) American politician
- Yapo Aké, Joseph (* 1951), Ivorian clergyman, Archbishop of Gagnoa
- Yapo Atsé, Benjamin (* 1951), Ivorian politician
- Yapo, Mennan (* 1966), German-Turkish film director and film producer
- Yapo, Yanon , Ivorian politician
- Yapp, Aloysius (* 1996), Singaporean pool player
- Yapp, John (born 1983) Welsh rugby union player
- Yaprajan, Yothin (* 1992), Thai middle distance runner
- Yaprakcı, Gürsel (1991–2011), Turkish soccer player
- Yapsutco Fortich, Antonio (1913–2003), Filipino priest, Bishop of Bacolod
Yaq
- Yaqoob, Mullah (* 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omars and Taliban fighter
- Yaqoob, Salem Eid (* 1996), Bahraini sprinter of Nigerian origin
- Yaqoubi, Gholam Reza (* 1991), Afghan soccer player
- Yaqub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier among the Fatimids
- Yaqūb ibn Tāriq , Persian astronomer and mathematician
- Yaʿqūbī, Al- , Arab historian and geographer
- Yaqubi, Davud (* 1982), Afghan soccer player
- Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi , Arabic calligrapher
- Yāqūt ar-Rūmī († 1229), oriental geographer
Yar
- Yar Beg, Mirza Ali (* 1970), Pakistani badminton players
- Yara (* 1983), Lebanese singer
- Yara, Baba (1936–1969), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yar'Adua, Umaru (1951-2010), Nigerian politician
- Yarahi, Amir (* 1995), German YouTuber and voice actor
- Yaralı, Şemsi (* 1982), Turkish boxer
- Yaran, Osan (* 1986), German-Turkish comedian and moderator
- Yaras, Dave (1912–1974), American Mafioso
- Yarashenka, Vadim (* 1996), Belarusian table tennis player
- Yarayan, Ali (* 1976), German lawyer, lawyer and university professor
- Yarayıcı, Hilmi (* 1969), Turkish singer and composer
- Yarbay, Savaş (* 1946), Turkish football player
- Yarborough, Cale (* 1939), American racing car driver
- Yarborough, Ralph (1903-1996), American politician
- Yarborough, William P. (1912–2005), American Lieutenant-General in the US Army and a graduate of the United States Military Academy
- Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn (born 1942), American writer
- Yarbrough, Glenn (1930-2016), American singer with the Limeliters group
- Yarbrough, Jean (1900–1975), American director and television producer
- Yarbrough, Raya (* 1979), American songwriter, singer, guitarist and pianist
- Yarbrough, Vincent (born 1981), American basketball player
- Yarbrough, William Paul (* 1989), American-Mexican soccer player
- Yarchoan, Robert (* 1950), American physician
- Yard, Francis (1873-1947), French writer
- Yard, Molly (1912-2005), American suffragette
- Yarde, Anthony (* 1991), British light heavyweight boxer
- Yarde, Jason (* 1970), British jazz musician (saxophone, piano, composition, arrangements)
- Yarden, Einav (* 1978), Israeli pianist
- Yardım, Fahri (* 1980), German actor
- Yardımcı, Barış (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Yardley, George (1928-2004) American basketball player
- Yardley, Herbert (1889-1958), American cryptologist
- Yardley, Malcolm (1940-2020), British sprinter
- Yardley, Robert Morris (1850–1902), American politician
- Yared (505-571), semi-legendary ancient Ethiopian church musician, music theorist, priest and saint
- Yared, Christiane (* 1960), Brazilian pastor, entrepreneur and politician
- Yared, Gabriel (* 1949), Lebanese composer
- Yarema, Brendan (* 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yaremchuk, Gary (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yaremchuk, Ken (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yaren, Aylin (* 1989), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yarhai , Satrap of Bahrain
- Yarhai, Marcus Ulpius , Palmyric caravan leader
- Yarhibol , Palmyric merchant
- Yarhouse, Mark A. (* 1968), American psychologist, professor of psychology
- Yari, Labo (* 1942), Nigerian writer
- Yarigo, Noélie (* 1985), Benin middle-distance runner
- Yariri , regent of the neo-Hittite Karkemish
- Yariv, Amnon (* 1930), Israeli physicist, professor of applied physics and electrical engineering
- Yarker, John (1833–1913), Freemason, writer, esotericist
- Yarkın, Çağrı (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Yarkoni, Yafa (1925–2012), Israeli singer
- Yarlett, Claire (born 1965), British-American actress
- Yarmush, Michael (* 1982), Canadian actor and voice actor
- Yarmuth, John (* 1947), American politician
- Yarnall, Celeste (1944-2018), American actress
- Yarnell, Bruce (1935–1973), American actor, musical and opera singer
- Yarnell, Harry E. (1875-1959), American naval officer
- Yarnell, Lorene (1944–2010), American actress, mime artist, and dancer
- Yarnold, Elizabeth (* 1988), British skeleton athlete
- Yaron, Dan (1919–1999), Austrian-Israeli official and translator
- Yaron, Gil (* 1973), Israeli doctor and journalist
- Yarosh, Danika (* 1998), American actress
- Yaroshevskaya, Kim (born 1923), Canadian actress
- Yarosz, Teddy (1910–1974), American middleweight boxer
- Yarovenko, Natasha (* 1979), Ukrainian actress
- Yarramundi , Australian Aboriginal
- Yarranton, Andrew (1616–1684) English entrepreneur
- Yarrell, William (1784-1856) English bookseller and naturalist
- Yarrow, Alan (* 1951), British investment banking specialist
- Yarrow, Peter (born 1938), American singer
- Yarrow, Squire (1905-1984), British marathon runner
- Yarshater, Ehsan (1920–2018), Iranian Iranist
- Yary, Ron (born 1946), American football player
- Yarza, Rosita (1922–1996), Spanish actress
Yas
- Yas (* 1982), Iranian rapper
- Yasang Chökyi Mönlam (1169–1233), Tibetan Buddhist of the Yasang Kagyu school
- Yaşar (* 1970), Turkish pop musician
- Yaşar, Ali (* 1995), Belgian-Turkish soccer player
- Yaşar, Ebru (* 1977), Turkish pop musician of Kurdish origin
- Yaşar, Hasan (* 1984), Turkish soccer player
- Yaşar, İbrahim Halil (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Yaşar, İsmail (1955–2005), Turkish victim of a series of murders
- Yaşar, Kadem Burak (* 1995), Turkish soccer goalkeeper
- Yaşar, Mithat (* 1986), Turkish soccer player
- Yaşar, Selim (* 1990), Russian-Turkish wrestler
- Yasar, Ursal (* 1980), Swiss football player
- Yaşargil, Gazi (* 1925), Turkish physician and neurosurgeon
- Yasarlar, Cihan (* 1993), German e-athlete
- Yasbeck, Amy (* 1962), American film actress
- Yaseen, Hatem (* 1986), Egyptian snooker player
- Yaseen, Khalid Kamal (* 1982), Bahraini long-distance runner
- Yaseen, Taha Husein Yaseen (* 1998), Iraqi athlete
- Yasen, Mazen al- (* 1996), Saudi sprinter
- Yasha (* 1981), German rapper, singer and songwriter
- Yashhur'il Yuhar , ruler of Hadramaut
- Yashima, Tetsuya (* 1985), Japanese grass skier
- Yashiro, Akio (1929–1976), Japanese composer and professor
- Yashiro, Kazuo (1930–1991), Japanese jazz musician
- Yashiro, Rokurō (1860–1930), Japanese admiral and politician
- Yashiro, Satoshi (* 1974), Japanese soccer player
- Yasin Ghani, Ahmed (* 1991), Iraqi soccer player
- Yasin, Ahmad (1936–2004), Palestinian co-founder of the militant Hamas
- Yaşın, Neşe (* 1959), Cypriot poet and writer
- Yasinsky, Karen (* 1965), American artist
- Yaska , grammarian of ancient India
- Yaskil, Amos (* 1935), Israeli artist
- Yasmin K. (* 1986), German pop singer
- Yasmine Al-Bustami , American actress
- Yasmine, Ariel (* 1998), American actress and model
- Yaso, Yūji (* 1969), Japanese soccer player
- Yasodhara , wife of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha
- Yasovarman I († 910), King of Angkor
- Yasovarman II († 1166), ruler of the Khmer Empire (1160–1166)
- Yasri, Hichem (* 1990), Algerian tennis player
- Yasser, Ahmed (* 1994), Qatari soccer player
- Yasser, Radwan (* 1972), Egyptian soccer player
- Yasser, Ramadan (* 1980), Egyptian boxer
- Yassi, Marie (* 1985), Ivorian football player
- Yassin (* 1985), German rapper
- Yassin, Anas Yusuf (1934–1974), Saudi diplomat
- Yassine, Abdessalam (1928–2012), Moroccan Islamic scholar
- Yassine, Nadia (* 1958), Moroccan Islamist author
- Yassir (* 1973), German rapper
- Yassour, Penny (* 1950), Israeli installation artist
- Yastrzemski, Carl (* 1939), American baseball player
- Yasuda, Fumio (* 1953), Japanese improvisation musician (piano) and composer
- Yasuda, Hironobu (* 1983), Japanese automobile racing driver
- Yasuda, Hitoshi (* 1950), Japanese author, translator and game designer
- Yasuda, Kōdai (* 1989), Japanese football player
- Yasuda, Kojirō (* 2003), Japanese football player
- Yasuda, Michihiro (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
- Yasuda, Michio (* 1949), Japanese football player
- Yasuda, Michiyo (1939-2016), Japanese animator
- Yasuda, Minami (* 1943), Japanese jazz musician
- Yasuda, Paul Hisao (1921–2016), Japanese clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Osaka
- Yasuda, Yojūrō (1910–1981), Japanese writer
- Yasuda, Yukihiko (1884–1978), Japanese Nihonga style painter
- Yasuda, Zenjirō (1838–1921), Japanese entrepreneur
- Yasuhara, Nariyasu (* 1968), Japanese soccer player
- Yasuhito, Endō (* 1980), Japanese football player
- Yasui, Sōtarō (1888–1955), Japanese painter
- Yasui, Takuma (1909-1995), Japanese economist
- Yasui, Takuya (* 1998), Japanese soccer player
- Yasukawa, Gorō (* 1965), Japanese composer
- Yasukawa, Roger (* 1977), American racing driver
- Yasukawa, Yū (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Yasumi, Rie (* 1972), Japanese writer
- Yasumoto, Sawako (* 1990), Japanese soccer player
- Yasunaga, Reo (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
- Yasunaga, Sōtarō (* 1976), Japanese football player
- Yasuoka Shōtarō (1920-2013), Japanese writer
- Yasuoka, Choke (* 1973), Thai disabled athlete who competes for Japan today
- Yasuoka, Okiharu (1939–2019), Japanese politician
- Yasutake, Patti (* 1953), American actress
- Yasutake, Tōru (* 1978), Japanese football player
- Yasutoko, Takeshi (* 1986), Japanese inline skater
- Yasuzaki, Naoki (* 1969), Japanese ski jumper
- Yasynskyy, Artem (* 1988), classical pianist and university lecturer
Yat
- Yat Siu (* 1973), entrepreneur and angel investor in Hong Kong
- Yatabaré, Mustapha (* 1986), Malian-French football player
- Yatabaré, Sambou (* 1989), Malian football player
- Yatabe, Ryōkichi (1851–1899), Japanese botanist
- Yateke, Sterling (* 1999), Central African soccer player
- Yater-Wallace, Torin (* 1995), American freestyle skier
- Yates, Abraham († 1796), American lawyer and politician
- Yates, Adam (* 1992), British cyclist
- Yates, Cassie (* 1951), American actress
- Yates, Cecil (1912–1987), American track cyclist
- Yates, Daron (* 1987), German actor
- Yates, David (* 1963), British director and screenwriter
- Yates, David Peel (1911–1978), British officer and Lieutenant General in the Army
- Yates, Dorian (born 1962), British bodybuilder
- Yates, Frances A. (1899–1981), English historian and author
- Yates, Francesco (* 1995), Canadian singer
- Yates, Fred Dewhurst (1884-1932), English chess player
- Yates, Grant (* 1984), South African ice hockey player
- Yates, Harry D. (1903-1996), American officer, banker, and politician
- Yates, Herbert (1880–1966), American businessman and film producer
- Yates, Howard (1913-1989), Australian sprinter
- Yates, Ivan (* 1959), Irish politician (Fine Gael)
- Yates, James (1789–1871) English pastor, archaeologist and amateur botanist
- Yates, Janty (* 1950), American costume designer
- Yates, Jeremy (* 1982), New Zealand cyclist
- Yates, John (1925–2008) British Anglican theologian and Bishop of Gloucester
- Yates, John B. (1784–1836), American lawyer and politician
- Yates, John T. (1935-2015) American chemist
- Yates, John Van Ness (1779–1839), American lawyer and politician
- Yates, Joseph C. (1768–1837), American politician
- Yates, Mary Ann (1728–1787) English actress and dancer
- Yates, Matthew (born 1969), British middle-distance runner
- Yates, Nick (* 1962), English badminton player
- Yates, Paula (1959-2000), British television presenter
- Yates, Peter (1929–2011), British film director
- Yates, Peter W. (1747-1826), American politician
- Yates, Renate (* 1933), Austrian-Australian writer
- Yates, Richard (1926–1992), American writer and essayist
- Yates, Richard Jr. (1860–1936), American politician
- Yates, Richard Sr. (1818–1873), American politician
- Yates, Robert (1738–1801) American lawyer and politician
- Yates, Robert (* 1952), American serial killer
- Yates, Ross (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Yates, Ryan (born 1997), English soccer player
- Yates, Sally (* 1960), US government official and politician
- Yates, Sean (* 1960), British cyclist and sports director
- Yates, Sidney R. (1909-2000), American politician
- Yates, Simon (* 1963), British mountaineer
- Yates, Simon (* 1992), British cyclist
- Yates, W. Edgar (* 1938), English literary and theater researcher with a focus on Austria
- Yates, William (1880-1967), British walker
- Yates-Smith, Adrian (1945-2005), British racing car driver
- Yatim, Michel (1920–2006), Syrian Archbishop
- Yator, Bellor Minigwo (* 1984), Kenyan marathon runner
- Yator, Jacob Kiplagat (* 1982), Kenyan marathon runner
- Yator, Richard (* 1998), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Yator, Vincent Kipsegechi (* 1989), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Yatra, Sebastián (* 1994), Colombian singer and songwriter
- Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios , Greek Graecist
- Yatron, Gus (1927–2003), American politician
- Yatsuda, Kōsuke (* 1982), Japanese football player
- Yatsuzuka, Toshirō (* 1991), Japanese football player
- Yattara, Ibrahima (* 1980), Guinean football player
- Yatyoe, Yui (* 1978), Thai Luk Thung singer in Thailand
Yau
- Yau Wai-ching (* 1991), Hong Kong-Chinese politician and activist
- Yau, Chingmy (* 1968), Chinese actress
- Yau, Horng-Tzer (* 1959), Taiwanese-American physicist
- Yau, John (* 1950), American poet, essayist, prose writer and art critic
- Yau, Shing-Tung (* 1949), Chinese mathematician
- Yau, Tsz Yuk (* 1976), Hong Kong-Chinese badminton player
- Yauch, Adam (1964–2012), American musician and record producer
- Yaurreche, Marcelo , Argentine-Uruguayan football coach
Yav
- Yávar, Guillermo (* 1943), Chilean football player
- Yavaş, Ali (* 1950), Turkish soccer player, coach and official
- Yavaş, Lale (* 1978), Swiss actress
- Yavaş, Mansur (* 1955), Turkish lawyer and politician (CHP)
- Yavaşer, Gökhan (* 1978), Turkish wrestler
- Yavetz, Zvi (1925–2013), Israeli ancient historian
- Yavi, Winfred Mutile (* 1999), Bahraini athlete of Kenyan origin
- Yavitz, Jaime (1933–2016), Uruguayan actor, theater director and lecturer
- Yavman, Yılmaz (* 1949), Turkish football player
- Yavnai, Alon (* 1969), Israeli jazz pianist and composer
- Yavru, Zeki (* 1991), Turkish soccer player
- Yavsaner, Semih (* 1979), Swiss comedian and musician
- Yavuz, Emre (* 1990), Turkish pianist
- Yavuz, Emre (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, Erdinç (* 1978), Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, Hakan (* 1997), Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, İbrahim (* 1982), Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, Kamuran (* 1947), Turkish soccer player and coach
- Yavuz, Karaman (* 1958), German film director and author in Hamburg
- Yavuz, Meriç (* 1965), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, Mustafa (* 1994), Austrian soccer player
- Yavuz, Seval (* 1970), Turkish singer and saz player
- Yavuz, Yiğit (* 1996), Turkish soccer player
- Yavuz, Yüksel (* 1964), filmmaker of Kurdish origin
- Yavuzarslan, Oktay (* 1980), Turkish ice hockey player
- Yavuzaslan, Altay (1942–1997), Turkish football player
Yaw
- Yaw Afoakwa, John (* 1955), Ghanaian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Obuasi
- Yaw Anokye, Gabriel Justice (* 1960), Ghanaian clergyman, Archbishop of Kumasi
- Yaw, Joachim (* 1973), Ghanaian soccer player
- Yawa, Xolile (* 1962), South African long-distance runner
- Yawalapiti, Aritana (1949–2020), Brazilian Kazike of the Yawalapiti and Xingu Indians in Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Yaweh, Tyla (* 1995), American singer and rapper
- Yawney, Trent (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Yay
- Yay, İrfan (* 1926), Turkish lieutenant general
- Yayi, Boni (* 1952), Beninese economist and politician
- Yayım, Volkan (* 1950), Turkish soccer player and coach
- Yayla, Murat Can (* 1999), Turkish soccer player
- Yayo, Tony (* 1978), American rapper
Yaz
- Yazaki, Hitoshi (* 1956), Japanese film director
- Yazalde, Héctor (1946–1997), Argentinian football player
- Yazar, Ceyhun (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Yazar, Saffet Gurur (* 1987), Turkish football player
- Yazawa, Ai (* 1967), Japanese manga artist
- Yazawa, Nao , Japanese manga artist
- Yazawa, Tatsuya (* 1984), Japanese soccer player
- Yazawa, Wataru (* 1991), Japanese hurdler
- Yazbeck, Sean (* 1973), British entrepreneur and actor
- Yazbek, Samar (* 1970), Syrian author
- Yazdani, Ali , American physicist
- Yazdani, Hassan (* 1994), Iranian wrestler and Olympic champion
- Yazdani, Ramin (* 1952), German-Iranian actor and director
- Yazdani, Reza (* 1984), Iranian wrestler
- Yazdani, Saleh (* 1997), German-Iranian acrobat and equilibrist
- Yazdani, Somayeh (* 1990), Iranian cyclist
- Yazdegerd I , Great King of the Sassanid Empire (399–420 / 421)
- Yazdegerd II. († 457), Great King of the Sassanid Empire (439–457)
- Yazdegerd III. († 651), Great King of the Sassanid Empire (632–651)
- Yazdi, Ebrahim (1931–2017), Iranian politician
- Yazdi, Mehdi Azar (1922–2009), Iranian author for children and young people
- Yazdi, Mehdi Hairi (1923–1999), Iranian religious scholar
- Yazdi, Mesbah (* 1934), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
- Yazdi, Muhammad Baqir , Persian mathematician
- Yazdin , tax officer in the late ancient Sassanid Empire
- Yazdjian, Haig (* 1959), oude player of Armenian descent, composer and singer
- Yazgan, Ferhat (* 1992), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yazğılı, Uğurcan (* 1999), Turkish football player
- Yazıcı, Ercan (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Yazıcı, Hayati (* 1952), Turkish lawyer, politician and minister of state
- Yazıcı, Hüseyin (1939–1989), Turkish football player
- Yazıcı, İbrahim (1948–2013), Turkish businessman, politician and sports official
- Yazıcı, Oğuzhan (* 1977), German politician (CDU)
- Yazıcı, Tahsin (1892–1970), Turkish general and politician
- Yazıcı, Yusuf (* 1997), Turkish soccer player
- Yazıcıoğlu, Cengiz (* 1953), Turkish soccer player
- Yazıcıoğlu, Muhsin (1954–2009), Turkish MP and Chairman of the Nationalist Islamist Party of Great Unity (BBP)
- Yazıcıoğlu, Mustafa Sait (* 1949), Turkish politician and Islamic theologian
- Yazıcıoğlu, Ümit (* 1958), German-Turkish administrative and political scientist and specialist author
- Yazid (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco
- Yazid I (644–683), second Umayyad caliph (680–683)
- Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab (673–720), Arab military leader
- Yazīd ibn Hārūn (736–821), Iraqi Koran exegete and traditionalist
- Yazid II. (687-724), ninth Umayyad caliph
- Yazid III. (701-744), Umayyad Caliph
- Yazigi, Ibrahim al- (1847–1906), Lebanese philologist, poet and journalist
- Yazuri, al- († 1058), vizier of the Fatimids (1050-1058)
- Yazz (* 1960), British singer, keyboardist and songwriter