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Cathy Yan

Film director

Date of Birth: 25 January 1983

Age: 43

Cathy Y. Yan is a Chinese-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her films include the comedy-drama film Dead Pigs (2018) and Birds of Prey (2020), the eighth installment of the DC E...

Bowen Yang

Actor

Date of Birth: 6 November 1990

Age: 35

Bowen Yangis an Australian-born American actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster based in New York City. Yang was hired to join the writing staff of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in ...

Janet Yang

American film producer

Date of Birth: 13 July 1956

Age: 69

Janet Yangis an American film producer serving as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2021. Yang has been credited on films and television including The Joy Luck Club, T...

Scotland Yard

Security

Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs. Its name derives from th

Hamza Yassin

British wildlife cameraman and presenter

Date of Birth: 22 February 1990

Age: 36

Hamza Ahmed Yassinis a British wildlife cameraman and presenter, known for his role as Ranger Hamza on the children's television channel CBeebies and his work on shows such as Countryfile and Animal P...

Dayana Yastremska

Ukrainian professional tennis player

Date of Birth: 15 May 2000

Age: 26

Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremskais a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 by the WTA, achieved in January 2020. Yastremska has won three WTA Tour titles. He...

Aaron (Tech N9ne) Yates

American rapper and singer

Date of Birth: 8 November 1971

Age: 54

Aaron Dontez Yates (Tech N9ne)is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had h...

Yeezy

Consumer goods

Yeezy is an American media company, fashion brand, and record label founded by rapper, designer, and entrepreneur Kanye West (legally known as Ye as of 2021) on August 6, 2013. Most famous for its ass

Janet Yellen

Chairman of Federal Reserve Board

Date of Birth: 13 August 1946

Age: 79

Janet Louise Yellenis an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served as the Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, and as Vice Chair from 2010 to 2014. She was the first woman ...

Alan Yentob

retired British television executive and presenter

Date of Birth: 11 March 1947

Age: 79

Alan Yentobis a retired British television executive and presenter. He has held senior roles at the BBC including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and controller of BBC2. He stepped down as ...

YouGov

Communication and Internet

YouGov is a British international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm, headquartered in the UK, with operations in Europe, North America, the Middle Ea

YouTube

Communication and Internet

YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, 

Paddy Young

British comedian and actor

Paddy Youngis a British comedian and actor. He is best known for being a cast member on the first series of Saturday Night Live UK. Career Comedy Young started doing open mic nights while living in Ma...

Neil Young

Singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 12 November 1945

Age: 80

Neil Percival Youngis a Canadian and American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining the folk-rock group Buffalo Springf...

Glen Young

Scottish rugby union player

Date of Birth: 4 November 1994

Age: 31

Glen Youngis a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Rugby Union Career Young begun playing top level youth rugby, most notably as a par...

Andre (Dr. Dre) Young

American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur

Andre Romelle Young (Dr. Dre)is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and previously co-founded, co-owned, ...

Cydel (Cyhi the Prynce) Young

American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Date of Birth: 15 September 1984

Age: 41

Cydel Charles Young (Cyhi the Prynce)is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. In 2009, Young signed his first major-label contract with Konvict Muzik, with the backing of Def Jam Recordings. In ...

Ernst & Young

Audit and Consulting

Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest&nbsp

Young's

Industry and Production

Young's (Young & Co.'s Brewery Plc) is a British pub chain operating nearly 220 pubs. The company was founded as a brewery in 1831 by Charles Young and Anthony Bainbridge when they

Humza Yousaf

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Date of Birth: 7 April 1985

Age: 41

Humza Haroon Yousafis a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since 2021. He is the first South Asian and first Muslim cabinet minister in the Scottish Government...

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