List of Famous people named Yusuf

Yusuf Khass Hajib Balasaguni was an 11th-century Central Asian Turkic poet, statesman, vizier, Maturidi theologian and philosopher from the city of Balasaghun, the capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate in modern-day Kyrgyzstan. He wrote the Kutadgu Bilig and most of what is known about him, comes from his own writings in this work. He is also referred to as Yūsuf Balasaguni, derived from his city of origin.

Yusuf Kemal Bey (1878–1969) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and academic. His birth name was Yusuf Kemal. After the Turkish Surname Law in 1934, he assumed the surname Tengirşenk.

Yusuf bin Ismail bin Yusuf bin Ismail bin Muhammad Nâsir al-Dîn an-Nabhani (1849–1932) born in Ijzim in Palestine, now south of Haifa in Israel, was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar, judge, prolific poet, and defender of the Ottoman Caliphate. He died in Beirut.

Yusuf Şimşek is a Turkish football manager and former player. He most recently served as the manager of Balıkesirspor.

Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin was an Ottoman prince, the eldest son of Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadın.

Yusuf Tunaoğlu was a Turkish former international footballer and sports writer.

Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels.

Yusuf Izzet Pasha was a general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

Yusuf Kironde Lule was a Ugandan professor who served as the President of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979.

Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–1510), referred as Adil Khan or Hidalcão by the Portuguese, was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur for nearly two centuries. As the founder of the newly formed Bijapur dynasty, Yusuf Adil Shah is credited with developing the town of Bijapur and elevating it to significant status.