List of Famous people named Yuri
Yuri Norstein
PAR Yuri Norstein, is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Since 1981 he has been working on a feature film called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name. According to the Washington Post, "He is considered by many to be not just the best animator of his era, but the best of all time".
Yuri Ichii
Yuri Ichii is a Japanese pop idol and rapper, best known for being a member in the breakthrough Japanese hip hop trio, East End X Yuri. She was also a singer with the revolving-door group Tokyo Performance Doll (TPD) alongside Ryoko Shinohara. She was part of TPD for a while but sought to do something different, deciding to try rap. Ichii began practicing her rapping in preparation for a solo show with her friend Gaku, who was a part of the group East End. In February 1994 when Gaku performed with Yuri for part of her show, she was seen by File Records. They were impressed with her and decided to sign them together for a mini-album.
Yuri Kasparyan
Yuri Dmitriyevich Kasparyan is the former guitarist of the Russian rock band Kino and an ex-member of Vyacheslav Butusov's group U-Piter. With Butusov he jointly wrote the 1997 album Незаконнорожденный.
Yuri Rozanov
Yuri Albertovich Rozanov was a Russian sports TV commentator, mainly working on broadcasts of football and ice hockey matches. Together with Sergey Crabu, they were awarded the TEFI in the category sports commentator / presenter of the sports program in 2012.
Yuri Trutnev
Yury Petrovich Trutnev is a Russian politician who serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District since 2013. From 2004 to 2012, he served as Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of Russia.
Yūri Morishita
Yuri Morishita is a Japanese idol who is represented by the talent agency Asche.
Yuri Fudoh
Yuri Fudoh is a Japanese golfer. She was the leading money winner on the JLPGA Tour six times in a row from 2000 to 2005. She became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to earn in excess of 100 million yen, a feat she accomplished in 2000, and achieved again in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Yuri Alberto
Yuri Alberto Monteiro da Silva, known as Yuri Alberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Internacional as a forward.
Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of June 2016, Malenchenko ranks second for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former Commander of the International Space Station.
Yuri Yamano
Miyuki Hoshino , better known as Yuri Yamano , is a Japanese entertainer and model who is represented by Gunn's Management and Aint.