Celebrities Starting with Y.

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11 celebrities starting with Y, including Yul Brynner, Yoko Ono and Yves Montand. Browse profiles by profession, country and birth year.

11 celebrities on Famousy have a name that starts with Y. Ranked by popularity, the best known are Yul Brynner, Yoko Ono, Yves Montand, Yukio Mishima, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko and Yasser Arafat. The most common professions are politicians (5), actors (4), directors (4) and writers (4). The best-represented countries are Russia (3), Japan (2) and United States (2). Birth years run from 1866 to 1934, and the most common birth decade is the 1920s (6 people). The earliest-born is Yat sen Sun (1866) and the most recently born is Yuri Gagarin (1934). 1 of them is living, and 10 have passed away. Among those still living, Yoko Ono is the best known. The group includes 1 woman and 10 men. Browse every profile below, or jump to another letter from the A to Z index.

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Yehudi Menuhin

United States

At age 5 in 1921, Yehudi Menuhin gave his first public solo appearance. Two years later, he made his formal debut at age 7 with the San Francisco Symphony. In 1932 he recorded Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto with the composer, then founded the Menuhin Festival Gstaad in 1957. He received the Wolf Prize in 1991 and died in Berlin in 1999.

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