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1687 CEWilliam StukeleyWilliam Stukeley (7 November 1687 – 3 March 1765) was an English antiquarian, physician, and Anglican…
1783 CEWilliam SturgeonWilliam Sturgeon (22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the…
1925 CEWilliam StyronWilliam Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won…
1789 CEWilliam SwainsonWilliam Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist…
1820 CEWilliam Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman ( tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American businessman…
1832 CEWilliam Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas Blanford (7 October 1832 – 23 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best…
1824 CEWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron KelvinWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a Scottish mathematician…
1946 CEWilliam ThurstonWilliam Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in…
1494 CEWilliam TyndaleWilliam Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall; c. 1494 – October 1536) was an…
1862 CEWilliam Wallace CampbellWilliam Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick…
1450 CEWilliam WarhamWilliam Warham (c. 1450 – 22 August 1532) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 until his death in 1532.
1794 CEWilliam WhewellWilliam Whewell ( HEW-əl; 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity…
1717 CEWilliam Williams PantycelynWilliam Williams, Pantycelyn (c. 11 February 1717 – 11 January 1791), also known as William Williams…
1770 CEWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor…
1250 CEWilliam of MacclesfieldWilliam of Macclesfield (died 1303–04) was an English Dominican theologian, given the Scholastic accolade…
1184 CEWilliam of ModenaWilliam of Modena (c. 1184 – 31 March 1251), also known as William of Sabina, Guglielmo de Chartreaux…
1287 CEWilliam of OckhamWilliam of Ockham or Occam ( OK-əm; Latin: Guillelmus de Ockham; c. 1287 – 9/10 April 1347) was an English…
1210 CEWilliam of RubruckWilliam of Rubruck or Rubrouck (fl. 1248–1257) was a Franciscan friar who, with the support of Louis IX of…
962 CEWilliam of VolpianoSaint William of Volpiano (Italian: Guglielmo da Volpiano; French: Guillaume de Volpiano, also of Dijon, of…
1324 CEWilliam of WykehamWilliam of Wykeham (1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He…
1028 CEWilliam the ConquerorWilliam the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first…
1876 CEWilliam, Prince of AlbaniaWilhelm, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich; Albanian: Vilhelm, Princ i Shqipërisë, 26 March 1876…
1825 CEWilliam-Adolphe BouguereauWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau (French pronunciation: [wiljam adɔlf buɡ(ə)ʁo]; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905)…
1857 CEWilliamina FlemingWilliamina Paton Stevens Fleming (15 May 1857 – 21 May 1911) was a Scottish astronomer. At the Harvard…
1933 CEWillie NelsonWillie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist.…
1876 CEWillis CarrierWillis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for…
1913 CEWillis LambWillis Eugene Lamb Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who was able to precisely…
1913 CEWilly BrandtWilly Brandt (German: [ˈvɪliː ˈbʁant]; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was…
1895 CEWilm HosenfeldWilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪl(hɛl)m ˈhoːzənfɛlt]; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952) was…
1935 CEWim DuisenbergWillem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləɱ ˈfreːdərɪk ʋɪm ˈdœysə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; 9 July 1935 – 31 July…
1953 CEWim EijkWillem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since…
1201 CEWincenty of KielczaWincenty of Kielcza (c. 1200 – after 1262) was a Polish canon, poet, and composer, working in Kraków and…
700 CEWinibaldWinibald (Winebald, Winnibald, Wunebald, Wynbald) (c. 702 - 18 December 761) was abbot of the Benedictine…
1869 CEWinsor McCayZenas Winsor McCay (c. September 26, 1869 – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is…
1959 CEWiny MaasWilhelmus "Winy" Maas (born 17 January 1959 in Schijndel) is a Dutch architect, landscape architect…
1923 CEWisława SzymborskaMaria Wisława Anna Szymborska (Polish: [viˈswava ʂɨmˈbɔrska]; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish…
1904 CEWitold GombrowiczWitold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are…
1901 CEWitold PileckiWitold Pilecki (Polish: [ˈvitɔlt piˈlɛt͡skʲi]; 13 May 1901 – 25 May 1948), known by the codenames Roman…
1987 CEWiz KhalifaCameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper…
1923 CEWojciech JaruzelskiWojciech Witold Jaruzelski (6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military general, politician and de facto…
1934 CEWole SoyinkaAkinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has…
1485 CEWolf HuberWolf Huber (c. 1485 – 3 June 1553) was an Austrian- German painter, printmaker, and architect, who worked in…
1906 CEWolfgang AbendrothWolfgang Walter Arnulf Abendroth (German: [ˈaːbn̩tˌʁoːt]; 2 May 1906 – 15 September 1985) was a German…
1926 CEWolfgang IserWolfgang Iser (22 July 1926 – 24 January 2007) was a German literary scholar.
1957 CEWolfgang KetterleWolfgang Ketterle (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɛtɐlə]; born 21 October 1957) is a German physicist and…
1943 CEWolfgang KosackWolfgang Kosack /'vɔlfgaŋ 'ko:zak/ (Berlin, October 29, 1943) is a German Egyptologist, translator and…
1887 CEWolfgang KöhlerWolfgang Köhler (German: [ˈkøːlɐ]; 21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and…
1913 CEWolfgang PaulWolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l]; 10 August 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a German…
1734 CEWolfgang von KempelenJohann Wolfgang von Kempelen (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a writer…
1170 CEWolfram von EschenbachWolfram von Eschenbach (German: [ˈvɔlfʁam fɔn ˈɛʃn̩bax]; c. 1160/80 – c. 1220) was a German knight, poet and…
1832 CEWolverineWolverine is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first…
1856 CEWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States…
1935 CEWoody AllenHeywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor…
1912 CEWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, and composer…
464 CEWuEmperor Wu of Liang (Chinese: 梁武帝) (464 – 12 June 549), personal name Xiao Yan (蕭衍), courtesy name Shuda…
680 CEWu DaoziWu Daozi (c. 685 – c. 758 CE or c. 689 – c. 759 CE), also known as Daoxuan and Wu Tao Tzu, was a Chinese…
439 BCEWu QiWu Qi (simplified Chinese: 吴起; traditional Chinese: 吳起; pinyin: Wú Qǐ; Wade–Giles: Wu Ch'i, 440–381 BC) was a…
1612 CEWu SanguiWu Sangui (Chinese: 吳三桂; pinyin: Wú Sānguì; Wade–Giles: Wu San-kuei; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy…
525 BCEWu ZixuNote: names are in simplified characters followed by traditional and Pinyin transliteration. Wu Yun (died 484…
1946 CEWubbo OckelsWubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European…
1882 CEWyndham LewisPercy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic.…
1010 CEWāḥidī Nīsābūrī'Alī b. Aḥmad al-Wāḥidī al-Naysābūrī, who was better known as Al-Wāḥidī (Arabic: الواحدي; 1003–1076), was a…
1892 CEWładysław AndersWładysław Albert Anders (Polish: [vwaˈdɘ.swaf ˈan.dɛrs]; 11 August 1892 – 12 May 1970) was a Polish military…
1874 CEWładysław GrabskiWładysław Dominik Grabski (pronounced [vwaˈdɨswav ˈɡrapskʲi]; in official Russian documents Владисла́в…
1260 CEWładysław I the Elbow-highWładysław I Łokietek, in English known as the "Elbow-high" or Ladislaus the Short (c. 1260/1261 – 2 March…
1424 CEWładysław III of PolandWładysław III of Poland (31 October 1424 – presumably 10 November 1444), also known as Ladislaus of Varna…
1595 CEWładysław IV VasaWładysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and…
1872 CEWładysław KotwiczWładysław Kotwicz (20 March 1872 – 3 October 1944), also known as Vladislav Lyudvigovich Kotvich (Russian…
1867 CEWładysław ReymontWładysław Stanisław Reymont (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswaf ˈrɛjmɔnt]; born Rejment; 7 May 1867 – 5 December 1925) was a…
1881 CEWładysław SikorskiWładysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi]; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a…
1823 CEWładysław SyrokomlaLudwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław…

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1998 CEXXXTentacionJahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), professionally known as XXXTentacion, was an…
1955 CEXander BerkeleyAlexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor. Since beginning his career in the…
524 BCEXanthippusXanthippus (Greek: Ξάνθιππος, pronounced [ksán.tʰip.pos]; c. 520 – 475 BC) was a wealthy Athenian politician…
300 BCEXanthippus of CarthageXanthippus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθιππος) of Lacedaemon, or of Carthage, was a Spartan mercenary general employed…
1771 CEXavier BichatMarie François Xavier Bichat (French: [biʃa]; 14 November 1771 – 22 July 1802) was a French anatomist and…
4 CEXavier ValiñoXavier Valiño García (Cospeito, November 4th) is a Spanish writer, and music journalist specializing in rock…
395 BCEXenocratesXenocrates (Greek: Ξενοκράτης; c. 396/5 – 314/3 BC) of Chalcedon was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and…
569 BCEXenophanesXenophanes of Colophon ( zuh-NOF-uh-neez; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος [ksenopʰánɛːs ho…
400 BCEXenophilusXenophilus (Greek: Ξενόφιλος; 4th century BC), of Chalcidice, was a Pythagorean philosopher and music…
430 BCEXenophonXenophon of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ξενοφῶν; c. 430 – 355/354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher…
101 CEXenophon of EphesusXenophon of Ephesus (Greek: Ξενοφῶν ὁ Εφέσιος; fl. 2nd century – 3rd century AD) was a Greek writer. His…
518 BCEXerxes IXerxes I ( ZURK-seez; from Old Iranian Xšayār̥šā, commonly known as Xerxes the Great; c. 518 BC – 465 BC) was…
500 BCEXerxes IIXerxes II ( ZURK-seez; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, romanized: Xšayār̥šā; Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης, romanized…
1190 CEXia GuiXia Gui (Chinese: 夏珪; Wade–Giles: Hsia Kui; fl. 1195–1224), courtesy name Yuyu (禹玉), was a Chinese landscape…
155 CEXiahou DunXiahou Dun (died 13 June 220), courtesy name Yuanrang, was a Chinese military general and politician serving…
188 CEXiahou JieThe following is a list of fictional people significant to the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. The…
200 CEXiahou YuanXiahou Yuan (died c.February 219), courtesy name Miaocai, was a Chinese military general and politician…
256 BCEXiao HeXiao He (Chinese: 蕭何; 257 BC – 16 August 193 BC) was a Chinese calligrapher and politician of the early…
500 BCEXimen BaoXimen Bao was a Chinese hydraulic engineer, philosopher, and politician. He was a government minister and…
254 BCEXu FuXu Fu (Hsu Fu; Chinese: 徐福 or 徐巿; pinyin: Xú Fú; Wade–Giles: Hsu2 Fu2; Japanese: 徐福 Jofuku or 徐巿 Jofutsu…
1562 CEXu GuangqiXu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i (April 24, 1562 – November 8, 1633), also known by his baptismal name Paul or…
169 CEXu HuangXu Huang (died 227), courtesy name Gongming, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao…
627 CEXu HuiXu Hui (Chinese: 徐惠; 627–650) was a female Chinese poet, "the first of all women poets of the Tang, an…
58 CEXu ShenXu Shen (c. 58 – c. 148 CE) was a Chinese calligrapher, philologist, politician, and writer of the Eastern…
1399 CEXuande EmperorThe Xuande Emperor (16 March 1399 – 31 January 1435), personal name Zhu Zhanji, was the fifth emperor of the…
602 CEXuanzangXuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; [ɕɥɛ̌n.tsâŋ]; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or…
768 CEXue TaoXue Tao (simplified Chinese: 薛涛; traditional Chinese: 薛濤; pinyin: Xuē Tāo; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh Tʻao, c.…
312 BCEXunziXunzi (荀子, Xúnzǐ, lit. 'Master Xun'; c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang, was a late Warring States…

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840 CEYa'qub ibn al-Layth al-SaffarYa'qub ibn al-Layth Saffar (Persian: یعقوب لیث صفاری, romanized: Ya'qub-e Leys-e Saffari; 25 October 840 – 5…
1986 CEYahya Abdul-Mateen IIYahya Abdul-Mateen II (born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Black…
1965 CEYahya JammehYahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who…
1917 CEYahya KhanAgha Muhammad Yahya Khan (4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980) was a Pakistani four-star rank general who served…
1481 CEYahya ibn Abd al-Latif Hoseyni QazviniYahya ibn Abd al-Latif Hoseyni Qazvini (1481–1555) was the author of the Persian-language universal history…
701 CEYahya ibn KhalidYahya ibn Khalid (Arabic: يحيى بن خالد, romanized: Yahyā ibn Khālid; died 806 CE) was the most prominent…
775 CEYahya ibn Ma'inYahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Maʻīn; 774-847) was a classical Islamic scholar…
715 CEYahya ibn ZaydYahya ibn Zayd (Arabic: يحيى بن زيد, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Zayd; 725/6–743) was the eldest son of Zayd ibn…
1963 CEYair LapidYair Lapid (Hebrew: יָאִיר לַפִּיד [jaˈʔiʁ laˈpid]; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former…
1814 CEYakiv HolovatskyYakiv Holovatsky (Ukrainian: Яків Головацький, Russian: Яков Головацкий, romanized: Yakov Golovatsky; 17…
1907 CEYakov DzhugashviliYakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (31 March [O.S. 18 March] 1907 – 14 April 1943) was a Georgian-born Soviet…
1882 CEYakov PerelmanYakov Isidorovich Perelman (Russian: Яков Исидорович Перельман; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1882 – 16 March…
1914 CEYakov ZeldovichYakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8…
1820 CEYakub BegMuhammad Yakub Beg (c. 1820 – 30 May 1877), later known as Yakub Padishah, was the Kokandi ruler of Yettishar…
1882 CEYakub KolasYakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, Belarusian: Яку́б Ко́лас, 3 November [O.S. 22 October] 1882 – 13 August 1956)…
1934 CEYakubu GowonYakubu Dan'juma "Jack" Gowon (born 19 October 1934) is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as the…
1838 CEYamagata AritomoPrince Yamagata Aritomo (Japanese: 山縣有朋; 14 June 1838 – 1 February 1922) was a Japanese statesman and…
72 CEYamato TakeruYamato Takeru (ヤマトタケルノミコト, Yamato Takeru no Mikoto), originally Prince Ousu (小碓命, Ousu no Mikoto), was a…
200 CEYan LiangYan Liang (died 200) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han…
600 CEYan LibenYan Liben (Chinese: 閻立本; pinyin: Yán Lìběn; Wade–Giles: Yen Li-pen; c. 600 – 14 November 673), posthumous…
709 CEYan ZhenqingYan Zhenqing (simplified Chinese: 颜真卿; traditional Chinese: 顏真卿; pinyin: Yán Zhēnqīng; Wade–Giles: Yen…
531 CEYan ZhituiYan Zhitui (Chinese: 顏之推; pinyin: Yán Zhītuī; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Chih1-t'ui1, 531–591?) courtesy name Jie…
719 CEYang GuifeiYang Yuhuan (Chinese: 楊玉環; 719 – 15 July 756), often known as Yang Guifei or Lady Yang (楊貴妃, with guifei…
1238 CEYang HuiYang Hui (simplified Chinese: 杨辉; traditional Chinese: 楊輝; pinyin: Yáng Huī; ca. 1238–1298), courtesy name…
1296 CEYang WeizhenYang Weizhen (simplified Chinese: 杨维桢; traditional Chinese: 楊維楨; pinyin: Yáng Wéizhēn; Wade–Giles: Yang2…
52 BCEYang XiongYang Xiong (Chinese: 揚雄; 53 BCE – 18 CE), courtesy name Ziyun (子雲), was a Chinese philosopher, poet, linguist…
1882 CEYanka KupalaIvan Daminikavich Lutsevich (Belarusian: Іван Дамінікавіч Луцэвіч, romanized: Ivan Daminikavič Łucevič…
1960 CEYannick NoahYannick Noah (French pronunciation: [janik nɔa]; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis…
1936 CEYannis KounellisJannis Kounellis (Greek: Γιάννης Κουνέλλης; 23 March 1936 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek Italian artist…
1250 CEYaqut al-Musta'simiYaqut al-Musta'simi (Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (died 1298) was a well-known calligrapher and secretary of the…
505 CEYaredSaint Yared (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571) was an Aksumite composer, hymnwriter and scholar. He…
1959 CEYasmina RezaYasmina Reza (French: [ʁeza]; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter…
1929 CEYasser ArafatYasser Arafat (c. August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a…
1899 CEYasunari KawabataYasunari Kawabata (川端康成, Kawabata Yasunari; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.wa.ba.ta (|) ja.sɯꜜ.na.ɾʲi], 11 June…
500 CEYativṛṣabhaYativṛṣabha (Yativrishabha), also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician and Jain monk. He is believed to…
1929 CEYayoi KusamaYayoi Kusama (草間彌生, Kusama Yayoi; 22 March 1929 – 14 August 2026) was a Japanese contemporary artist who…
400 CEYazdegerd IYazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the Sasanian King of…
646 CEYazid IYazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (c. 646 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second…
687 CEYazid IIYazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: يَزِيد ٱبْن عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان, romanized: Yazīd ibn…
701 CEYazid IIIYazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك, romanized: Yazīd ibn al-Walīd ibn…
673 CEYazid ibn al-MuhallabYazid ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi (Arabic: يزيد بن المهلب, romanized: Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdī; 672/673–24…
1750 CEYazid of MoroccoMawlay al-Yazid bin Mohammed (Arabic: الْيَزِيدُ بْن مُحَمَّدٍ), born on 6 May 1750 in Fes and died on 23…
761 CEYaḥyā Ibn-Ziyād FarrāʾAl-Farrāʼ (الفراء), he was Abū Zakarīyāʼ Yaḥyā ibn Ziyād ibn ʽAbd Allāh ibn Manṣūr al-Daylamī al-Farrāʼ (أبو…
1743 CEYekaterina DashkovaPrincess Yekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (born Countess Vorontsova; Russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Да́шкова…
1923 CEYelena BonnerYelena Georgiyevna Bonner (Russian: Елена Георгиевна Боннэр; 15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011) was a human…
1895 CEYellapragada SubbarowYellapragada Subbarao (Telugu: యల్లాప్రగడ సుబ్బారావు, romanized: Yallāpragaḍa Subbārāvu; 12 January 1895 – 8…
1087 CEYelü DashiYelü Dashi (Chinese: 耶律大石; pinyin: Yēlǜ Dàshí; Wade–Giles: Yeh-Lü Ta-Shih; alternatively Chinese: 耶律達實…
1742 CEYemelyan PugachevYemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (also spelled Pugachyov; Russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742 – 21 January…
1532 CEYermak TimofeyevichYermak Timofeyevich (Russian: Ермак Тимофеевич, IPA: [jɪrˈmak tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; c. 1532 – 5 or 6 August…
1974 CEYevgeny KafelnikovYevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj…
1891 CEYevgeny PolivanovYevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 –…
1933 CEYevgeny YevtushenkoYevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евгений Александрович Евтушенко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017)…
1884 CEYevgeny ZamyatinYevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Russian: Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ zɐˈmʲætʲɪn]…
1978 CEYi So-YeonYi So-yeon (Korean: 이소연, born June 2, 1978) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the…
683 CEYi XingYixing (Chinese: 一行; pinyin: Yīxíng; Wade–Giles: I-Hsing, 683–727) was a Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty…
1917 CEYigael YadinYigael Yadin (Hebrew: יִגָּאֵל יָדִין [jigaˈel jaˈdin]; 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli…
1918 CEYigal AllonYigal Allon (Hebrew: יגאל אלון‎; 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli military leader and…
635 CEYijingYijing (635–713 CE), formerly romanized as I-ching or I-tsing, born Zhang Wenming, was a Tang-era Chinese…
140 CEYing ShaoYing Shao (c.144–204), courtesy name Zhongyuan, was a Chinese politician, writer and historian who lived…
1922 CEYizhak RabinYitzhak Rabin (Hebrew: יִצְחָק רַבִּין, IPA: [itsˈχak ˈʁabin]; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli…
1955 CEYo-Yo MaYo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as…
1975 CEYoani SánchezYoani María Sánchez Cordero (born September 4, 1975) is a Cuban blogger who has achieved international fame…
1958 CEYoav GallantYoav Gallant (Hebrew: יוֹאָב גָּלַנְט‎; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military…
1945 CEYochanan VollachYochanan Vollach (Hebrew: יוחנן וולך, also Jochanan Wallach or Yohanan Wallach, born 14 May 1945) is an…
1697 CEYohannes IIYohannes II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ዮሐንስ; 1699 – 18 October 1769) was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic…
1921 CEYoichiro NambuYoichiro Nambu (南部陽一郎, Nanbu Yōichirō; 18 January 1921 – 5 July 2015) was a Japanese-American physicist and…
1933 CEYoko OnoYoko Ono (Japanese: 小野洋子, romanized: Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana as オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18…
1960 CEYoon Suk YeolYoon Suk Yeol (Korean: 윤석열; pronounced [jun sʰʌŋnjʌɭ]; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician…
1283 CEYoshida KenkōUrabe Kenkō (卜部兼好; 1283–1350), also known as Yoshida Kenkō (吉田兼好; Japanese pronunciation: [jo.ɕi.da (|)…
1945 CEYoshinori OhsumiYoshinori Ohsumi (大隅良典, Ōsumi Yoshinori; born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in…
1009 CEYoussef ibn TashfinYusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, (Arabic: يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي…
1908 CEYousuf KarshYousuf Karsh (Armenian: Հովսեպ Քարշ, romanized: Hovsep K'arsh; December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an…
1813 CEYousuf Khan Mostashar al-DowlehYousuf Khan Mostashar al-Dowleh (Persian: یوسف‌خان مستشارالدوله) (1823–1895) was an Iranian writer…
1944 CEYoweri MuseveniYoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician, dictator, and former…
1891 CEYrjö VäisäläYrjö Väisälä (Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ]; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and…
200 CEYu JinYu Jin (died between September 221 and January 222), courtesy name Wenze, was a Chinese general who served…
558 CEYu ShinanYu Shinan (558 – 11 July 638), courtesy name Boshi, posthumously known as Duke Wenyi of Yongxing, was a…
844 CEYu XuanjiYu Xuanji (simplified Chinese: 鱼玄机; traditional Chinese: 魚玄機; pinyin: Yú Xuánjī; Wade–Giles: Yü Hsüan-chi, c.…
1140 CEYuan CaiYuan Cai (袁采 pinyin: Yuán Cǎi, c. 1140–1195) was a Chinese essayist and politician during the Song dynasty…
1930 CEYuan LongpingYuan Longping (Chinese: 袁隆平; pinyin: Yuán Lóngpíng; September 7, 1930 – May 22, 2021) was a Chinese…
1859 CEYuan ShikaiYuan Shikai (traditional Chinese: 袁世凱; simplified Chinese: 袁世凯; pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; Wade–Giles: Yüan2…
779 CEYuan ZhenYuan Zhen (Chinese: 元稹; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chen; 779 – September 2, 831), courtesy name Weizhi (微之), was a…
585 CEYuchi JingdeYuchi Gong (尉遲恭) or Yuchi Rong (尉遲融) (585 – 25 December 658), courtesy name Jingde (敬德), also known by his…
1103 CEYue FeiYue Fei (Chinese: 岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (鵬舉), was a Chinese military…
1947 CEYukio HatoyamaYukio Hatoyama (鳩山友紀夫, born 鳩山由紀夫, Hatoyama Yukio; born 11 February 1947) is a retired Japanese politician…
1925 CEYukio MishimaKimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio…
1864 CEYun Ch'ihoYun Ch'iho (Korean: 윤치호; 23 January 1865 – 6 December 1945) was a Korean politician. His name is sometimes…
1984 CEYun Hyon-seokYun Hyon-seok (Korean: 윤현석; Hanja: 尹賢碩; August 7, 1984 – April 26, 2003) was a South Korean LGBT poet…
1897 CEYun Po-sunYun Po-sun (Korean: 윤보선, pronounced [junbosʌn] or [jun] [posʌn]; August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was a South…
864 CEYunmen WenyanYunmen Wenyan (Chinese: 雲門文偃; Japanese: Ummon Bun'en; 862 or 864 – 949 CE), was a major Chinese Chan master…
1241 CEYunus EmreYunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish…
1914 CEYuri AndropovYuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who served…
1934 CEYuri GagarinYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the…
1922 CEYuri KnorozovYuri Valentinovich Knorozov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; 19 November 1922 – 30 March 1999) was a…
1921 CEYuri NikulinYuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a…
1941 CEYuri NorsteinYuri Borisovich Norstein (Russian: Юрий Борисович Норштейн; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian animator…
1450 CEYuriy DrohobychYuriy Drohobych or Kotermak (1450 – 4 February 1494) was a Ruthenian philosopher, astronomer, writer, medical…
1936 CEYury LuzhkovYury Mikhailovich Luzhkov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лужков, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof]; 21…
1874 CEYussef EtessamiYussef E'tesami (Persian: یوسف اعتصامی; also known as E'tesam-al-Molk (اعتصام‌الملک), Mirza Yusuf E'tesami…
1039 CEYusuf HamdaniAbū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Hammandinā, best simply known as Yusuf Hammandina (born 1048 or 1049 / 440 AH - died 1140…
1001 CEYusuf al-Mu'taman ibn HudAbu Amir Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Hud (Arabic: أبو عامر يوسف بن أحمد بن هود, romanized: Abū ʿĀmir Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad…