Sam Yaffa: Sami Takahaki (punk rock singer/bassist with Hanoi Rocks)
* Yahoo!: Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle (infamous Internet search engine, b1994)
Yair: Avraham Stern (Jewish nationalist/political activist/Zionist, b1907 d1942)
Yamato: George Kalima (American sumo wrestler)
Pat Yankee: Patricia Weigum (blues singer, b1929)
Weird Al Yankovic: Alfred Matthew Yankovic (singer/comic songwriter/musician/actor, b1959)
Jean Yanne: Jean Gouye (heavy-set French movie & tv actor/director/producer/writer, b1933)
Yanni: Yanni Hrisomallis (Greek-born singer)
Cale Yarborough: William Caleb Yarborough (racecar driver)
C.Q. Yarbro: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (author)
Spun Yarn: Alfred Fullerton Loomis (American author, b1890 d1968)
Dornford Yates: Major Cecil William Mercer (British novelist, b1885? b1888? d1960)
Judith Yates: Judith Yoder (author)
Peyo Yavorov: Peyo Kracholov (Bulgarian poet/dramatist, b1878 d1914)
Yazz: Yasmin Evans (London-born dancer/model/singer, b1963)
Bunny Yeager: Linnea Yeager (1940's pin-up model/1950's professional photographer)
Trisha Yearwood: Patricia Lynn Yearwood (country music singer, b1964)
Yehoash: Solomon Bloomgarden (American poet who wrote in Yiddish, b1870 d1927)
D.J. Yella: Antoine Carraby (rap singer, b@1967)
Yellow Bird: John Ridge (American Cherokee Indian poet, b1827 d1867) {NdG is translation of his Indian name, Cheesquatalawny}
Chief Yellowhorse: Moses J. Yellowhorse (professional baseball Pitcher w/the Pittsburgh Pirates, b1898 d1964)
Yellowman: Winston Foster (reggae singer)
Charles Yellowplush: William Makepeace Thackeray (British author, b1811 d1863)
Michelle Yeoh: Yeoh Choo Kheng [aka Yeung Chi-King] (kung-fu movie star/stuntwoman/former Miss Malaysia, b1963)
Jack Yeovil: Kim Newman (writer)
YLG: Yehuda Leib Gordon (Hebrew novelist, b1830 d1892)
Rake Yohn: Ted Webb (entertainer on MTV's Jackass show)
Alison York: Christopher Nicole (author)
Amanda York: Jean Salter Kent (author)
Andrew York: Christopher Nicole (British author, b1930)
Brittany York: Alison Armitage ('Playboy' Playmate {Oct. 1990 issue})
Jeremy York: John Creasey (British mystery writer, b1908 d1973)
Michael York: Michael York-Johnson (English movie, stage & tv actor/producer, b1942)
Rebecca York: Ruth Glick & Eileen Buckholtz (collaborating romance novelists)
Rusty York: Charles Edward York (country music entertainer, b1935)
Simon York: Robert Heinlein (science fiction novelist extraordinaire)
Susannah York: Susannah Yolande Fletcher (English movie-state actress)
Tina York: Brigitte Huhle (German painter, b1941)
Vickie York: Betty Ann Patterson (author)
Katherine Yorke: Rosemary Ellerbeck (author)
* Margaret Yorke: Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson (English author, b1924)
Bud Yorkin: Alan David Yorkin (movie & tv director/producer/actor, b1926)
The Yorkshire Ripper: Peter Sutcliffe (English mortician/serial killer)
Yoshihito: Taisha (Emperor of Japan, 1912-1926)
Banana Yoshimoto: Mahoko Yoshimoto (Japanese fiction writer, b1964)
Yabby You: Vivian Jackson [aka 'Youth Iron'] (Jamaican-born reggae singer, b1946)
Young M.C.: Marvin Young (English-born rock/rap singer/songwriter/Pepsi tv commercial spokesperson, b1967)
Alan Young: Angus Young (British-born Canadian comic movie & tv actor/director/writer, b1919)
Chic Young: Murat Bernard Young (American cartoonist - Blondie, b1901 d1973)
Collier Young: Robert Bloch (author)
Cy Young: Denton True Young (professional baseball pitcher/Hall of Famer/award namesake, b1867 d1955)
Gig Young: Byron Elsworth Barr (movie & tv actor/murderer/suicide victim, b1913 d1978)
Loretta Young: Gretchen Michaela Young (Naughty, But Nice movie & tv actress/variety show host, b1913 d2000)
Raymond A. Young: Vernon H. Jones (author)
Robert Young: Robert Payne (British author, b1911)
Sean Young: Mary Sean Young (movie actress, b1959)
Skip Young: Ronald Plumstead (tv actor)
Snooky Young: Eugene Howard Young (swing trumpeter, b1919)
Stephen Young: Stephen Levy (Canadian movie & tv actor, b1939)
Chief Youngblood: Albert Clyde Youngblood (professional baseball pitcher w/the Washington Nationals, d1968)
Sydney Youngblood: Sydney Ford (R&B singer, b1960)
Cole Younger: Thomas Coleman Younger (American western outlaw, b1844 d1916)
Younger Lady of the
Thwaite Coniston: John Ruskin (British art critic/author, b1819 d1900)
Henny Youngman: Henry Youngman [nn: King of the One-Liners] (vaudvillian/comedian/fiddler, b1906 d1998)
Young M.C.: Marvin Young (rap singer, b1967)
Ducky Yount: Herbert Macon 'Hub' Yount (professional baseball pitcher w/the Baltimore Terrapins, b1885 d1970)
Marguerite Yourcenar: Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine de Crayencour (French author/classical scholar, b1903 d1987)
"You've got mail!" voice: Elwood Edwards (husband of ex-AOL employee who became the company's 'voice' in 1989; his repertoire also includes "Welcome," "File's done" and "Goodbye.") [He & wife met in a chat room!]
Yo Yo: Yolanda Whitaker (rap artist)
Cao Yu: Wan Jiabao (Chinese playwright/government official/Consort of Peace, b1910)
Han Yu: Han Wen-Kung (Chinese essayist & poet)
Chu Yuan-chang: Hung Wu (Chinese emperor, 1368-1398; founder of Ming Dynasty)
Biao Yuen: Hsia Ling-Jun (Hong kong-born martial arts movie actor, b1957)
Ko Yuen: Aleister Crowley (author)
Bolo Yueng: Yeung Sze (martial artist/movie actor/Bruce Lee wannabe) {legally changed his name to this character from the film 'Enter The Dragon'}
Mishima Yukio: Hiraoka Kimitake (Japanese novelist, b1925 d1970)
Chow Yun-Fat: Jau Yun Faat [aka Zhou Run Fa] (Chinese actor/singer, b1955)
Y.Y.: Robert Lynd (Irish essayist, b1879 d1949) {he used this NdG for articles in the New Statesman}
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