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- Yakov ZeldovichSoviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914–1987)
- Yale Cancer CenterYale Cancer Center (YCC) was founded in 1974 as a result of an act of Congress in 1971, wh
- Yamuna KrishnanScientist and professor of Indian origin (born 1974)
- Yang HuiChinese mathematician and writer (c. 1238–1298)
- Yash PalIndian physicist (1926–2017)
- Yerkes ObservatoryAstronomical observatory in Wisconsin, USA
- Yi Xing8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer
- Yinyu YeYinyu Ye (Chinese: 叶荫宇; pinyin: Yè Yīnyǔ; born 1948) is a Chinese American theoretical com
- Yizhi Jane TaoAmerican biochemist
- Ynes MexiaMexican-American botanist (1870–1938)
- Yoelle MaarekIsraeli computer scientist
- Yoichiro NambuJapanese-American nobel-winning physicist
- Yoky MatsuokaJapanese computer scientist
- Yonkers, New YorkCity in the United States
- YoungJu ChoieSouth Korean mathematician (born 1959)
- Yuan LongpingChinese agronomist (1930–2021)
- Yukihiro MatsumotoJapanese computer scientist (born 1965)
- Yulia SisterSoviet Moldavian and Israeli chemist-analyst
- Yvonne BrillCanadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer