List of Famous people named Yusuf
Yusuf Demir
Yusuf Demir is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish team Barcelona B, on loan from Rapid Wien, and the Austria national team.
Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, was leader of the Berber Almoravid empire. He co-founded the city of Marrakesh and led the Muslim forces in the Battle of Sagrajas. Ibn Tashfin came to al-Andalus from Africa to help the Muslims fight against Alfonso VI, eventually achieving victory and promoting an Islamic system in the region. He was married to Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah, whom he reportedly trusted politically.
Yusuf Khan
Yousuff Khan, popularly known as Zebisko from Amar Akbar Anthony, was a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. Although Khan acted in 35 films and remained popular as a rather sympathetic villain through the 1970s and 1980s with films like Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) and Disco Dancer (1982), he is mostly remembered for his role of Zebisko, the bodyguard of Parveen Babi's character in Manmohan Desai's blockbuster Amar Akbar Anthony (1977).
Yusuf Çim
Yusuf Çim is a Turkish singer, actor, TV presenter and model.
Yusuf Yazıcı
Yusuf Yazıcı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lille OSC and the Turkey national football team.
Yusuf İsmail
Yusuf İsmail, also known as Youssouf Ishmaelo, was a Turkish professional wrestler who competed in Europe and the United States as Yusuf Ismail the Terrible Turk during the 1890s. During his lifetime, native Turks knew him as Şumnulu Yusuf Pehlivan. However, writer Rıza Tevfik posthumously awarded him the honorific Koca ("Great"), and thus he was later remembered as Koca Yusuf.
Yusuf Gatewood
Yusuf Gatewood is an American actor best known for playing Vincent Griffith and Finn Mikaelson in The Originals and Doug in the 2005 film The Interpreter. His television work includes guest roles on the television series Hack (2003), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006) and CSI: Miami (2007). He is now playing Raymond Chestnut on the Netflix Original Series, The Umbrella Academy (2020).
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences include Hassan al-Banna, Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui. He is best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh, broadcast on Al Jazeera, which has an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide. He is also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped to found in 1997 and for which he serves as chief religious scholar.
Yusuf Halaçoğlu
Yusuf Halaçoğlu is a Turkish historian and politician. He is a former president of the Turkish Historical Society and was a member of the Turkish Parliament from 2011-2017 representing the electoral district of Kayseri for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and from 2017 for the Good Party.
Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Pathan is a former Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His younger brother Irfan Pathan was also an Indian cricketer.