List of Famous people with last name Yi

Li Yi, is a Chinese soccer manager and former international player who is now the assistant coach of Hebei China Fortune. He is also an Internet meme in China with a nickname Imperator Li Yi the Great. A Baidu Tieba named after him is the most popular bars create many famous Network Glossary.

Wang Yi, pen name Wang Shuya, is the founding pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church, a Calvinist house church in Chengdu. He is also a productive writer, editor, and social activist, and was a legal scholar at Chengdu University before he resigned to take up the pastorate.

Wu Yi is a retired Chinese politician. She was one of the country's most visible leaders during the first decade of the 21st century, best known for taking on the role of Minister of Health from April 2003 during the SARS outbreak, shortly after becoming Vice Premier of the State Council, a position she served in between March 2003 and March 2008. She was also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China. She has since retired and left public life. She was commonly referred to as the "iron lady" by Chinese media, and was known to be a tough negotiator internationally.

Xu Yi is a Chinese-born French composer and music educator in France.

Lee Jian Yi is a Malaysian male badminton player.

Zhang Yi is a former Chinese badminton player. In 1997, he reached the final at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Cai Yun, beating their compatriots Xia Xuanze and Chen Hong in the semifinals with the straight games, but they lost to Malaysian paired in the final. In 2005, he compete in the men's singles main draw at the All England Open after won three match in the qualification round. Born in Guangdong, Zhang had won the mixed doubles titles at the 2007 Hungarian International, 2008 Austrian and Portugal International, also at the 2009 Estonian International.

Lü Yi is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He entered the national second team in 2002, and was promoted to the first team in 2006. He was part of the national junior team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships. In the individual events, he was the champions at the 2007 Austrian International, Bitburger Open, and Russian Open.

Teo Ee Yi is a Malaysian badminton player. He won gold medals at the 2011 World Junior Championships in the team and boys' doubles events. Together with Ong Yew Sin, Teo won a Grand Prix Gold title at the 2016 Bitburger Open.

Tee Jing Yi is a Malaysian badminton player. She competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the women's singles event.