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Yair Raziel Rodríguez Portillo is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist who is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) where he competes in their featherweight division. He has been with the UFC since 2014 after winning The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America tournament. As of October 19, 2020, he is #4 in the UFC featherweight rankings.

Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan is a Saudi business personality who is Governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Chairman of Saudi Aramco. He also sits on the boards of the transportation network company Uber Technologies Inc. and the Japanese multinational SoftBank Group.

Yassine Belattar, born on June 27, 1982, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, is a comedian, columnist and French radio host.

Yasmine Akram is an Irish actress, writer and comedian, best known for playing Janine Hawkins in the third series of Sherlock.

Yami Gautam is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She came to prominence after starring in a series of Glow & Lovely commercials. She later made her television debut in Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009) and also appeared in Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009–2010). Following this, she appeared in several South Indian films.

Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus', known as Yaroslav the Wise or Iaroslav the Wise was thrice grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. Yaroslav's baptismal name was George (Yuri) after Saint George.

Yannick Jadot is a French environmentalist and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the West France constituency.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor. He is best known for portraying David Kane/Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman (2018), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Cal Abar in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). For the latter, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is a Belgian footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team as a winger and wingback.

Yasin Abdullahi Mahamoud, known as Yasin, is a Swedish born hip hop artist and criminal of Somali heritage, currently serving a prison sentence for kidnapping.

Yang Mi is a Chinese actress and singer. She made her acting debut in historical television series Tang Ming Huang, and later received recognition for her leading roles in various television series such as Wang Zhaojun (2007), Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Palace 1(2011), Beijing Love Story (2012), Swords of Legends (2014), The Interpreter (2016), Eternal Love (2017) and Legend of Fuyao (2018); as well as films Mysterious Island (2011), Tiny Times (2013–2015), and The Witness (2015). In 2017, she won the Best Actress award at the WorldFest Houston International Festival for her performance in Reset (2017).

Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon was an Indian terrorist who was convicted over his involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings by Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court on 27 July 2007. Yakub Memon was the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon. His appeals and petitions for clemency were all rejected and he was executed by hanging on 30 July 2015 in Nagpur jail.

Yang Yang is a Chinese actor. He made his acting debut in the Chinese television drama The Dream of Red Mansions (2010). Since then, he has received recognition for his roles in television dramas The Lost Tomb (2015), The Whirlwind Girl (2015), Love O2O (2016), Martial Universe (2018), The King's Avatar (2019) and films The Left Ear (2015), I Belonged to You (2016), Once Upon a Time (2017).

Yannick Agnel is a French former competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter freestyle, gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He is the current world record holder in the 400-meter freestyle, the European record holder in the 800-meter freestyle, and the national record holder in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle.

Yann Romain Barthès is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television programme Le Petit Journal and Quotidien.

Yasunobu Okugawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Yadier Benjamín Molina, nicknamed "Yadi", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has played his entire 17-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals. Widely considered one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time, Molina has won nine Rawlings Gold Gloves and six Fielding Bible Awards. A two-time World Series champion, he has played for the Cardinals in eleven playoff appearances and four National League pennant winners. Molina has also played for the Puerto Rican national team in four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments, winning two silver medals.

Yasna Provoste Campillay is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician. Since March 2014 she is a deputy at the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, representing District 6 of the Atacama Region of northern Chile and since March 2021 she has been President of the Senate of Chile after the resignation of Adriana Muñoz. In 2008, as Minister of Education, she became the first minister to be impeached by Congress since democracy returned in 1990.

Yasuke was a retainer of African origin who served under the Sengoku period Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga. In 1579 Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India. Yasuke was present during the Honnō-ji Incident, the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide on 21 June 1582. Yasuke is thought by some to have been the first African that Nobunaga had ever seen and he was one of the many Africans to have come with the Portuguese to Japan during the Nanban trade.

Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m. He is the only player from outside of the United States to lead the NBA in All-Star votes.

Yazz is a British pop singer who remains best known for her 1988 UK number one single "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records are credited to Yazz and The Plastic Population.

Yasmin Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress.

Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, popularly known as Yasser Arafat or by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.

Yasmin Le Bon is an English fashion model. She was one of the highest-earning models during the 1980s and is also known for being the wife of rock musician Simon Le Bon.

Yann Sommer is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Swiss national team.

Yash Dasgupta is an Indian actor, model and politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party since 17 February 2021.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is an Indian cricketer who plays for India Under-19s and Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals in IPL2020.He awarded Man of the tournament for his consistent performance in U-19 World cup held in South Africa in 2020. In October 2019, he became the youngest cricketer in the world to score a List A double century. He has been signed by Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.4 crore (US$340,000) to play in IPL 2020.

Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled for three years from 680 until his death in 683. His appointment was the first hereditary succession in Islamic history. His Caliphate was marked by the death of Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali as well as the start of the crisis known as the Second Fitna.

Yasir Afridi is a Pakistani footballer who plays for Khan Research Laboratories and Pakistan national football team as a midfielder. He was part of the Pakistani football team during the 2010 Asian Games.

Yann Moix is a French author, film director and television presenter. He is the author of ten novels, and the recipient of several literary prizes. He is the director of three films. He was a columnist on On n'est pas couché.