Yusuf
Yusuf , in Southeastern Europe also Jusuf ( Arabic يوسف- also Yousef, Yousuf, Youssef , Yusef, Yousif, Yossef or Yosef ), is an Arabic and Turkish male given name of Hebrew origin analogous to Josef .
Yusuf is one of the prophets in the Koran and corresponds to the biblical progenitor Joseph . Yusuf is also a family name .
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Yusuf Franko Pascha (1855–1933), Greek Catholic politician
- Yusuf Izzettin Efendi (1857–1916), heir to the Ottoman throne
First name
- Yusuf Abdioğlu (* 1989), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Akçura (1876–1935), Tatar-Ottoman activist and ideologue of Pan-Turkism
- Yusuf Akyel (* 1991), Turkish soccer player
- Yusuf Alli (* 1960), Nigerian long jumper
- Yusuf Altıntaş (* 1961), Turkish soccer player
- Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989), Turkish writer
- Yusuf Balcıoğlu (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Yusuf Barak (* 1984), Afghan football player
- Yusuf Ziya Bey (1882–1925), Kurdish politician
- Yusuf Çoban (* 1996), German-Turkish soccer player
- Yusuf Dadoo (1909–1983), South African politician (SACP)
- Yusuf Erdoğan (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- Yusuf Emre Gültekin (* 1993), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Mohammed Haji (* 1940), Kenyan politician
- Yusuf Halil (* 1991), Turkish ice hockey player
- Yusuf Harputlu (* 1981), Kurdish singer
- Yusuf Idris (1927–1991), Egyptian writer
- Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), wrestler from the Ottoman Empire
- Yusuf Saad Kamel (birth name Gregory Konchellah ; * 1983), Bahraini athlete of Kenyan origin
- Yusuf Fırat Kaplan (* 1998), Turkish football player
- Yusuf al-Khal (1917–1987), Syrian writer and translator
- Yusuf Kurtuluş (* 1986), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Lule (1912–1985), Ugandan politician
- Yusuf Ziya Özcan (* 1951), Turkish social scientist and university professor
- Yusuf Sağ (* 1935), Turkish clergyman of the Syrian Catholic Church
- Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer
- Yusuf Şimşek (* 1975), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Songoka (* 1979), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Yusuf Tavaslı (* 1935), Turkish author and clergyman
- Yusuf Tunaoğlu (1946-2000), Turkish football player
- Yusuf Yeşilöz (* 1964), German-speaking Turkish-Kurdish author
- Yusuf Zuayyin (1931–2016), Syrian politician
family name
Form Yusuf
- Mahamud Ali Yusuf , Djiboutian diplomat and politician
- Jussuf , pseudonym of Emil Faktor , (1876–1942), German theater critic, editor and writer
Form Yusuf
- Abdulla Yusuf Helal (* 1993), Bahraini football player
- Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (* 1948), Somali lawyer and judge
- Ade Yusuf (* 1993), Indonesian badminton player
- Al-Aziz Yusuf (* 1424), Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt
- Alhassan Yusuf (* 2000), Nigerian soccer player
- Eddy Yusuf (* 1931), Indonesian badminton player
- Fatima Yusuf (* 1971), Nigerian athlete
- Hamza Yusuf (* 1958), American Islamic scholar
- Kadra Yusuf (* 1980), Somali-Norwegian women's rights activist
- Mahjiddin Jusuf (1918–1994), Indonesian Islamic scholar
- Mohammad Yusuf (1914–1998), Afghan physicist, politician and diplomat
- Mohammad Yusuf (general) , Indonesian general in the 1970s
- Mohammed Yusuf (soccer player) (* 1983), Nigerian soccer player
- Muhammed Yusuf Khan , Indian general
- Mohammed Yusuf Shah , known as Sayeed Salahudeen , Islamist in Kashmir
- Mohammed Abdi Yusuf , Somali politician
- Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf (1970–2009), Nigerian preacher and sect leader
- Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015), Uzbek Mufti
- Mulai Yusuf (1882–1927), Sultan of the Alawids in Morocco
- Šaip Jusuf (~ 1933–2010), Yugoslav author
- Salim Yusuf (* 1952), Canadian-Indian cardiologist and epidemiologist
- Sami Yusuf (* 1980), British singer and composer
- Samia Yusuf Omar (1991-2012), Somali athlete
- Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf (1970–2009), Nigerian preacher and sect leader
- Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869–1933), American photographer
Form Yussof
- Mohd Fakhrul Zulhzami Yussof (* 1991), Brunei football player
- Muhammad Wardun Yussof (* 1981), Brunei football player
Form Youssouf
- Abdou Sidi Youssouf (* 1978), Comorian football player
- Benjaloud Youssouf (* 1994), Comorian football player
- Mohamed Youssouf (* 1988), French-Comorian football player
- Zaydou Youssouf (* 1999), French football player
Form Yussuf
- Ayila Yussuf (* 1984), Nigerian soccer player
stage name
- Yusuf Islam ( Cat Stevens ; born 1948), British singer and songwriter