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- U. G. KrishnamurtiIndian spiritual figure (1918–2007)
- Ubayd Allah ibn ZiyadUmayyad general and governor (died 686)
- UdayanaIndian Hindu philosopher and logician (c.975–1050)
- Uesugi ShinkichiJapanese political philosopher and legal scholar (1878–1929)
- Ugo SpiritoItalian philosopher (1896–1979)
- Ukrainian Front (1919)The Ukrainian Front, formerly the Army Group of Kursk Direction, was a Red Army group (lat
- Ukrainian–Soviet WarArmed conflict in Europe (1917–1921)
- Ulf HannerzSwedish anthropologist (born 1942)
- Ullaskar DuttaIndian revolutionary (1885–1965)
- Ulugh KhanGeneral of the Delhi Sultanate (died 1302)
- Umaji NaikIndian revolutionary (1791–1832)
- Umayyad architectureIslamic architecture of the Umayyad period (661–750 AD)
- UMgungundlovuuMgungundlovu was the royal capital of the Zulu King Dingane (1828–1840) and one of severa
- Umm SalamaMuhammad's sixth wife (c. 580/596 – 680/683)
- Union of Russian WorkersThe Union of Russian Workers in the United States and Canada, commonly known as the "Union
- Unionville, VirginiaUnionville is an unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia, United States. Union
- Unitary urbanismUnitary urbanism (UU) was the critique of status quo "urbanism", employed by the Letterist
- United Arab RepublicSovereign state in the Middle East (1958–1971)
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesPluricontinental monarchy (1815–1825)
- United Kingdom of the NetherlandsEuropean territory (1815–1839)
- United States Naval Academy CemeteryThe United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United State
- Unity MitfordEnglish devotee of Adolf Hitler (1914–1948)
- Unity Party (Hungary)Ruling party of Hungary (1922–1944)
- UntersturmführerUntersturmführer (German: , lit. 'Junior storm leader'; short: Ustuf) was a paramilitary r
- Upasani MaharajIndian guru (1870–1941)
- Upper CanadaFormer British colony in North America (1791–1841)
- Upper River DivisionUpper River was one of the five Divisions of the Gambia. Its capital was Basse Santa Su. I
- Uppsala MunicipalityUppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central
- UrkeshAncient City state (2700 BC - ?)
- Uskhal Khan Tögüs TemürUskhal Khan (Mongolian: Усхал; Mongolian script: ᠤᠰᠬᠠᠯ; Chinese: 兀思哈勒汗), also called the L
- Ustad Ahmad LahoriArchitect from the Mughal Empire (1580–1649)
- Ustad MansurMughal painter and court artist (died 1624)
- UstašeCroatian fascist and ultranationalist organization (1929–1945)
- Uta Ranke-HeinemannUta Ranke-Heinemann (2 October 1927 – 25 March 2021) was a German theologian, academic, an
- UVS (Juno)UVS, known as the Ultraviolet Spectrograph or Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer is the name