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- Y GododdinY Gododdin (Welsh: ) is a medieval Welsh poem consisting of a series of elegies to the men
- Yang ZhuChinese founder of Yangist philosophy (440–c.360 BC)
- Yangpu, ShanghaiYangpu (Chinese: 杨浦区) is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in the northea
- Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power StationYankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station was a nuclear power plant in Rowe, Massachusetts, locate
- Yao GuangxiaoChinese military strategist, statesman and monk (1335–1418)
- YashovijayaJain monk (1624–1688)
- YashpalHindi writer (1903–1976)
- Yemen Arab RepublicCountry in West Asia (1962–1990)
- Yemen EyaletOttoman province in Arabia (1517–1636, 1849–1872)
- Yemeni revolutionYemeni upheaval occurring simultaneously with the Arab Spring (2011)
- Yeshe-ÖYeshe-Ö (c. 959–1040; spiritual names Jangchub Yeshe-Ö, Byang Chub Ye shes' Od, Lha Bla Ma
- Yevgeni PreobrazhenskySoviet revolutionary and economist (1886–1937)
- Yijing (monk)Chinese Buddhist monk (635–713 CE)
- Yin ShunChinese Buddhist monk and scholar (1906–2005)
- Yoichi HattaYoichi Hatta (八田 與一, Hatta Yoichi, February 21, 1886 – May 8, 1942) was a Japanese enginee
- Yongming YanshouChinese Chan Buddhist master (904–976)
- YongrongYongrong (28 January 1744 – 13 June 1790) was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing
- Yoshiko SakuraiJapanese journalist (born 1945)
- Yoshino District, NaraYoshino (吉野郡, Yoshino-gun) is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
- Yoshinori KobayashiJapanese manga artist (born 1953)
- Youth Liberation of Ann ArborAmerican youth organization (1970–1979)
- Yuan HongdaoChinese poet (1568–1610)
- Yuan ShikaiFirst president of the Republic of China (1859–1916)
- Yugoslav People's ArmyArmed forces of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
- Yujin NagasawaJapanese philosopher (born 1975)
- YunjingThe Yunjing (simplified Chinese: 韵镜; traditional Chinese: 韻鏡; pinyin: Yùnjìng; lit. 'Mirro
- Yusuf HusainYusuf Husain Khan (1902–1979) was an Indian historian, scholar, educationist, critic and a
- Yves CongarFrench Catholic cardinal (1904–1995)