List of Famous people with last name Young
Donald Young
Donald Oliver Young Jr. is an American professional tennis player. As a junior he was ranked #1 in the world in 2005. As an adult, Young had a career-high ATP ranking of #38. His best performance in the Grand Slams was reaching the fourth round of the 2011 US Open, as well as the 2015 US Open.
Toby Young
Toby Daniel Moorsom Young is a British social commentator and the London associate editor at Quillette, for whom he has written since 2017.
Brett Young
Brett Charles Young is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Orange County, California. He was a college baseball pitcher but took up songwriting after an elbow injury. His self-titled debut EP, produced by Dann Huff, was released by Republic Nashville on February 12, 2016. The lead single, "Sleep Without You", was released on April 11, and he had a major success with his following single, "In Case You Didn't Know". He released his second major label album Ticket to L.A. in 2018.
Chris Young
Christopher Ryan Young is an American baseball executive currently serving as the general manager of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is also a former professional baseball pitcher.
Thomas Young
Thomas Young FRS was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He "made a number of original and insightful innovations" in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs before Jean-François Champollion eventually expanded on his work.
Eric Young
Jeremy Fritz is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he performs under the ring name Eric Young, and is a two-time Impact World Champion.
Jimmy Young
Sir Jimmy Young, was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality. Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and "The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2, The JY Prog, which ran from 1973 until 2002.
Paul Young
Paul Antony Young is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album No Parlez, the first of three UK number-one albums, made him a household name. His smooth yet soulful voice belonged to a genre known as "blue-eyed soul". At the 1985 Brit Awards, Young received the award for Best British Male. Associated with the Second British Invasion of the US, "Every Time You Go Away" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. It also won Best British Video at the 1986 Brit Awards.
Ann Eliza Young
Ann Eliza Young also known as Ann Eliza Webb Dee Young Denning was one of Brigham Young's fifty-five wives and later a critic of polygamy. She spoke out against the suppression of women and was an advocate for women's rights during the 19th century.
Fernanda Young
Fernanda Maria Young de Carvalho Machado, commonly known as Fernanda Young, was a Brazilian writer, screenwriter, television presenter, model and actress.