Y
- Y. Yakigawa
- Isoroku Yamamoto
- Fen-Yang
- Daniel Yankelovich
- Weird Al Yankovic
- Leon R. Yankwich
- Bruno Jasienski (Yasensky)
- Steven Yates
- Thomas Russell Ybarra
- Thomas Ybarra
- Wonder Years
- J. B. Yeats
- William Butler Yeats
- Boris Yeltsin
- Yevgeny Yentushenko
- Frank Yerby
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Paramanhansa Yogananda
- Kent York
- Mark Yost
- E. L. Youmans
- Andrew Young
- Carl G. Young
- Cathy Young
- Coleman Young
- Edward Young
- Elizabeth Young
- George W. Young
- Jesse Colin Young
- Loretta Young
- Margaurite Young
- Neil Young
- Owen D. Young
- Gene Youngblood
- Evelle J. Younger
- Whitney Moore Young Jr.
- Henny (Henry) Youngman
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- the mayor of Amsterdam attributed this to Socrates, but no evidence that Socrates ever said either of these quotations about Athenian youth
- Lin Yutang
- Deidoji Yuzan
