 | | Yahweh ben Yahweh | Religion | Nation of Yahweh | 1935 | 2007 |
| | | Rosalyn Sussman Yalow | Physicist | Developed radioimmunoassay technique | 1921 | |
 | | Kosaku Yamada | Composer | Japanese composer and conductor | 1886 | 1965 |
 | | Ahmed Zaki Yamani | Government | Former Saudi Minister of Oil | 1930 | |
| | | Jimmy Yancey | Pianist | Boogie-woogie style | 1898 | 1951 |
| | | Weird Al Yankovic | Musician | Eat It, White & Nerdy | 1959 | |
| | | Richard Yardumian | Composer | American classical music composer | 1917 | 1985 |
| | | Peter Yarrow | Musician | The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary | 1938 | |
| | | Carl Yastrzemski | Baseball | Red Sox left-fielder 1961-83 3000 hits, 400 homers | 1939 | |
| | | Sidney Yates | Politician | Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 | 1909 | 2000 |
| | | Adam Yauch | Musician | Beastie Boys | 1964 | |
| | | Chuck Yeager | Aviator | Test pilot, first to break speed of sound | 1923 | |
| | | Trisha Yearwood | Country Musician | She's in Love with the Boy | 1964 | |
 | | William Butler Yeats | Poet | The Land of Heart's Desire | 1865 | 1939 |
 | | Anton Yelchin | Actor | Delivering Milo | 1989 | |
| |  | Jack Yellen | Songwriter | Happy Days Are Here Again | 1892 | 1991 |
| | | Boris Yeltsin | Head of State | First president of post-Soviet Russia 1991-1999 | 1931 | 2007 |
 | | Michelle Yeoh | Actor | Hong Kong action movie sta | 1963 | |
| | | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | Poet | Babi Yar | 1933 | |
 | | Lee Kuan Yew | Head of State | First Prime Minister of Singapore | 1923 | |
| | | Dwight Yoakam | Country Musician | This Time | 1956 | |
| | | Pietro Yon | Composer | Gesù bambino | 1886 | 1943 |
| | | Alvin York | Military | Highly decorated WWI veteran | 1887 | 1964 |
| | | Andrew York | Composer | "Lullaby" and "Sunburst" | 1958 | |
 | | Thom Yorke | Musician | Radiohead singer | 1968 | |
| | | Takashi Yoshimatsu | Composer | | 1953 | |
| | | Charles W. Yost | Diplomat | US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71 | 1907 | 1981 |
| | | Vincent Youmans | Composer | No, No, Nanette | 1898 | 1946 |
| | | Andrew Young | Politician | Second black mayor of Atlanta | 1932 | |
| | | Brigham Young | Religion | Second LDS prophet | 1801 | 1877 |
| | | Coleman Young | Politician | | 1918 | 1997 |
| | | Edward Young | Poet | Night Thoughts | 1683 | 1765 |
| | | Faron Young | Country Musician | Hello Walls | 1932 | 1996 |
 | | Gig Young | Actor | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | 1913 | 1978 |
| | | Joe Young | Songwriter | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | 1899 | 1939 |
| | | John Zachary Young | Zoologist | British zoological neurologist | 1907 | 1997 |
| | | La Monte Young | Composer | Minimalist composer | 1935 | |
| | | Lester Young | Jazz Musician | Jazz tenor saxophoneist | 1909 | 1959 |
| | | Loretta Young | Actor | The Farmer's Daughter | 1913 | 2000 |
 | | Neil Young | Musician | Buffalo Springfield | 1945 | |
| | | Owen Young | Business | Founded RCA | 1874 | 1962 |
| | | Robert Young | Actor | Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1907 | 1998 |
| | | Sean Young | Actor | Replicant in Blade Runner | 1959 | |
| | | Victor Young | Songwriter | When I Fall in Love | 1899 | 1956 |
| | | Whitney Young | Activist | African-American civil rights leader | 1921 | 1971 |
| | | Evelle J. Younger | Politician | Attorney General of California from 1971-1979 | 1918 | 1989 |
| | | Henny Youngman | Comic | Take my wife, please | 1906 | 1998 |
| | | Robin Yount | Baseball | American League MVP, 1982 and 1989 | 1955 | |
 | | Marguerite Yourcenar | Novelist | | 1903 | 1987 |
 | | Eugene Ysaye | Violinist | The King of the Violin | 1858 | 1931 |
| | | Sean Yseult | Musician | White Zombie | 1965 | |
| | | Hideki Yukawa | Physicist | Predicted existence of mesons | 1907 | 1981 |
 | | Isang Yun | Composer | Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju | 1917 | 1995 |
 | | Chow Yun-fat | Actor | Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | 1955 | |
| | | Sun Yun-suan | Head of State | Premier of the Republic of China | 1913 | 2006 |
| | | Timi Yuro | Singer | Blue-eyed soul stylist | 1940 | 2004 |
| | | Lin Yutang | Author | Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage | 1895 | 1976 |
