| Yada; Akiko (1978- ); Kanagawa Prefecture; Japan; actress |
| Yale; Linus (1821- ); US; portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) |
| Yale; Elihu (1649- ); England; philanthropist founded Yale |
| Yamamoto; Isoroku (1884- ); admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet |
| Yamasaki; Minoru (1912- ); Seattle; US; architect (World Trade Center; NY) |
| Yamashta; Stomu (1947- ); Japanese percussionist and keyboardist; composer |
| Yang; Chen Ning (1922- ); China; US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957) |
| Yang; Edward (1947- ); Shanghai; China; director (Mahjong; The Terroriser) |
| Yankovic; Weird Al (1959- ); LA.; Cal.; USA.; composer; singer; parodist |
| Yanni; (1954- ); New age musician (Live at the Acropolis; Sand Dance) |
| Yasunari; Kawabata (1899- ); Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968) |
| Yauch; Adam (1964- ); [MCA]; Brooklyn; NY; US; musician; (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight) |
| Yearwood; Trisha (1964- ); Monticello; GA; country singer (Sweetest Gift) |
| Yeats; William Butler (1865- ); Ireland; poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923) |
| Yeltsin; Boris (1931- ); Ural Mts.; USSR; president of Russian SSR |
| Yeoh; Michelle (1962- ); Ipoh; Perak; Malaysia; actress |
| Yepes; de (1542- ); [Juan de la Cruz]; Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint |
| Yepes; Narciso (1927- ); Lorca; Spain; guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947) |
| Yevtushenko; Yevgeny (1933- ); Russian poet |
| Yoakam; Dwight (1956- ); Pikeville; Kentucky; USA.; country singer |
| Yonkers; Jon Voight (1938- ); NY; actor; (Deliverance; Midnight Cowboy; Zoolander) |
| York; Susannah (1941- ); London; actress (A Man for All Seasons; Tom Jones) |
| York; Michael (1942- ); England; actor (Cabaret; Logan's Run; 3 Musketeers) |
| Yosano; Akiko (1878- ); Japan poet (Tangled Hair) |
| Youmans; Vincent (1898- ); US composer/songwriter (Tea for Two) |
| Young; Loretta (1913- ); Salt Lake City; Ut.; USA.; actress (Midnight Mary; Stranger) |
| Young; Brigham (1801- ); Whitingham; Vermont; painter/religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist |
| Young; Thomas (1773- ); British philologist/physician (light interference) |
| Young; Terence (1915- ); Shanghai China; director (The Dirthy Game; Thunderball) |
| Young; Neil (1945- ); Toronto; singer/songwriter (Cosby; Sills & Young) |
| Yourcenar; Marguerite (1903- ); France/US writer (Memoires d'Hadrien) |
| Yukawa; Hediki (1907- ); Japan; physicist (Nobel 1949) |
| Yun-Fat; Chow (1955- ); Lamma Island; Hong Kong; actor |
| Yutkevich; Sergei (1904- ); St. Petersburg; Russia; director
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