Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Cathy Yan
Film director
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
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
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...

Hamza Yassin
British wildlife cameraman and presenter
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
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
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...

Janet Yellen
Chairman of Federal Reserve Board
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
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 ...

Cydel (Cyhi the Prynce) Young
American rapper, singer, and songwriter
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 ...

Neil Young
Singer and songwriter
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
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, ...

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...

Humza Yousaf
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
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...

Ziauddin Yusuf
British businessman
Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf(born October 1986) is a British businessman and political campaigner who has been the Chairman of Reform UK, a right-wing populist political party, since 11 July 2024. Career Y...