List of Famous people named Yuri

Yuri Yakovlevich Arbachakov is a former boxing champion in the flyweight division. He was the first Russian professional boxing champion.

Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 1998 until 2008. Since 2012, he has been an advisor to the President of Russia on foreign policy issues.

Yuri Lowenthal is an American actor, producer and screenwriter known chiefly for his voice-over work in cartoons, anime and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's Prince of Persia, Alucard in Castlevania, Hayate/Ein in Dead or Alive, Matt Miller in Saints Row, the protagonist in Persona 3, Joseph Oda in The Evil Within, Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4, Marth in Fire Emblem and Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Insomniac's Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. He has a production company, Monkey Kingdom Productions, with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have produced several feature films and a live action web series called Shelf Life. He co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor.

Yuri Eduardovich Loza is a Russian singer, poet, and composer.

Yury Aleksandrovich Gazinsky is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Krasnodar and the Russia national team.

Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian is a Russian-Armenian nuclear physicist who is considered the world's leading researcher in superheavy chemical elements. He led the discovery of these elements in the periodic table. He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as director of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 1989 and is now its scientific leader. The heaviest element on the periodic table, oganesson, is named after him, only the second time that an element was named after a living scientist.

Yuri Nikolayevich Galtsev is a Russian entertainer and clownery, TV presenter, parodist, singer, theater, film and television actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2003). Art Director of the Raikin Variety Theater in St. Petersburg.

Yuri Mitsui , is a Japanese actress and model. She is also a race car driver. She was born in Chiba Prefecture.

Yuri Sardarov, aka Yuriy Sardarov, is an actor and producer. He has done extensive work in the theater. Since 2012, he had starred on NBC's Chicago Fire, before ending his role in the series at the beginning of season eight. His character is still mentioned periodically in the show, with some episodes having small portions dedicated to his character.

Yury Nikolayevich Chernov is a Soviet and Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of Russia (1994) and People's Artist of Russia (2008).