| Gong Yoo | South Korean actor | 1979 |
| Arthur Yorinks | American writer and director | 1953 |
| Alvin C. York | United States Army Medal of H… | 1887–1964 |
| Thom Yorke | English musician, philanthrop… | 1968 |
| Pete Yorn | American musician | 1974 |
| Ovadia Yosef | Israeli rabbi | 1920–2013 |
| Eiji Yoshikawa | | |
| Banana Yoshimoto | Japanese writer | 1964 |
| Kolas Yotaka | Taiwanese politician | 1974 |
| Samuel Youd | British writer | 1922–2012 |
| Ali Younesi | Iranian politician | 1951 |
| Angus Young | Scottish Australian guitarist | 1955 |
| Arthur Young | English writer | 1741–1820 |
| Bellamy Young | American artist | 1970 |
| Brigham Young | Latter Day Saint movement lea… | 1801–1877 |
| Don Young | | |
| Edward Young | English poet | 1683–1765 |
| G. M. Young | English historian | 1882–1959 |
| Iris Marion Young | American philosopher | 1949–2006 |
| James Harvey Young | American historian | 1915–2006 |
| Jock Young | British sociologist and crimi… | 1942–2013 |
| Kenny Young | American songwriter | 1950 |
| Neil Young | Canadian singer-songwriter | 1945 |
| Robert F. Young | American writer | 1915–1986 |
| Robert Maxwell Young | American medical historian | 1935–2019 |
| Suzanne Young | | |
| Toby Young | British journalist | 1963 |
| Vince Young | American college football pla… | 1983 |
| William Paul Young | American writer | 1955 |
| Gene Youngblood | Theorist of media arts and po… | 1942 |
| Jack Youngblood | American football player, def… | 1950 |
| Franciscus Junius (the younger) | | |
| Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) | ancient Greek Epicurean philo… | -331–-278 BC |
| George Boardman the Younger | American theologian | 1828–1903 |
| George Colman the Younger | English dramatist and writer | 1762–1836 |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | Chief of the German General S… | 1848–1916 |
| Hillel the Younger | | |
| Irving Younger | American lawyer | 1932–1988 |
| Pliny the Younger | Roman writer | 61–113 |
| William Pitt the Younger | British politician | 1759–1806 |
| Henny Youngman | American comedian | 1906–1998 |
| Kim Young-sam | South Korean politician | 1927–2015 |
| Marguerite Yourcenar | French writer | 1903–1987 |
| Ed Yourdon | American software engineer an… | 1944–2016 |
| Gary Yourofsky | animal rights activist | 1970 |
| Malala Yousafzai | Pakistani children's educatio… | 1997 |
| Hou You-yi | Taiwanese politician | 1957 |
| Anthony C. Yu | American scholar of literatur… | 1938–2015 |
| Lien Fang Yu | wife of Lien Chan | 1943 |
| Miri Yu | Zainichi Korean writer | 1968 |
| Qu Yuan | ancient Chinese poet | -343–-278 BC |
| Xu Yuanchong | Translator of Chinese poetry | 1921 |
| Zheng Yuanjie | Chiese writer | 1955 |
| Tao Yuanming | Chinese poet | 365–427 |
| Yang Yuanqing | Chinese businessman | 1964 |
| Sesson Yūbai | Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of… | 1290–1347 |
| Wang Yu-chi | Taiwanese politician | 1969 |
| Eliezer Yudkowsky | American blogger, writer, and… | 1979 |
| Lin Yu-fang | Taiwanese politician | 1951 |
| Zhang Yufei | Chinese swimmer | 1998 |
| Chang Yu-hern | Taiwanese politician | 1954 |
| Youn Yuh-jung | South Korean actress | 1947 |
| Kaori Yuki | Japanese manga artist | |
| Fukuzawa Yukichi | Japanese author, writer, teac… | 1835–1901 |
| Wen Yumei | | 1934 |
| Brother Yun | Chinese christian house churc… | 1958 |
| Hsing Yun | Chinese religious leader | 1927 |
| Li Yundi | Chinese pianist | 1982 |
| Rick Yune | American actor | 1971 |
| Chow Yun-fat | Hong Kong actor | 1955 |
| Muhammad Yunus | Bangladeshi banker, economist… | 1940 |
| Viktor Yushchenko | Ukrainian politician who was … | 1954 |
| Hamza Yusuf | American Islamic scholar | 1958 |
| Lin Yutang | Chinese writer | 1895–1976 |
