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Yamagata, Aritomo (1838–1922), Japanese army reformer and prime minister
Yamamoto, Isoroku (1884–1943), Japanese admiral in World War II
Yamamoto, Tsunetomo (1659-1719), Japanese samurai and author
Yamashita Tomoyuki (1885-1946), Japanese general; Commander in the occupied Philippines; executed as a war criminal
Yarborough, William P. (1912-2005), American general; Paratroopers; "Father of the Green Berets"; first commander of the Special Warfare Center
Yeager, Chuck (* 1923), American pilot, first horizontal supersonic flight
Yi Sun-sin (1545–1598), Korean admiral
Yeo, Sir James Lucas (1782-1818), British admiral in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812
Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann David Ludwig Graf (1759–1830), Prussian field marshal
York, Alvin Cullum (1887–1964), called "Sergeant York", American war hero in the First World War
York and Albany, Friedrich August, Duke von (1763–1827), 2nd son of George III. of England, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, incompetent British field marshal
Ypsilantis, Alexander (1792–1828), Russian general in the struggle for Greek independence
Ysenburg-Philippseich, Ludwig von (1815–1889), royal Bavarian lieutenant general and commander of Munich