Leading Figures in History

Yevgenia Ginzburg

Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag

Yevgeny Khrunov

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2000)

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Russian television journalist (born 1956)

Yevgeny Minayev

Russian weightlifter (1933–1993)

Yevgeny Mravinsky

Soviet conductor (1903–1988)

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Soviet and Russian conductor (1928–2002)

Yhency Brazobán

Dominican baseball player (born 1980)

Yi Munyeol

South Korean writer (born 1948)

Yi So-yeon

South Korean astronaut (born 1978)

Yi Sun-sin

16th-century Korean naval commander

Yi Un

Last Crown Prince of Korea (1897–1970)

Yiannis Boutaris

Greek businessman and politician (1942–2024)

Yiannis Latsis

Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate (1910–2003)

Yiannis Moralis

Greek visual artist (1916–2009)

Yiannis Papaioannou

Greek composer and teacher

Yiannis Ritsos

Greek poet and communist (1909–1990)

Yigal Arnon

Israeli lawyer

Yiorgos Theotokas

Greek novelist

Yitzhak Pundak

Yngve Moe

Musical artist

YNW Melly

American rapper (born 1999)

Yo Gotti

American rapper (born 1981)

Yoan Gouffran

French footballer (born 1986)