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Famous people with the initials YK
September 27, 2026

#1

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist (1929–2026)

#2

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K

#3

Yomif Kejelcha

Yomif Kejelcha

Ethiopian athletics competitor (born 1997)

#4

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

American actor (1939–2021)

#5

Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan

former Pakistani president (1917–1980)

#6

Yuki Kawamura

Yuki Kawamura

Japanese basketball player

#7

Yevhen Konovalets

Yevhen Konovalets

military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement

#8

Yoon Kyung-ho

Yoon Kyung-ho

South Korean actor

#9

Yunjin Kim

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress (born 1973)

#10

Younghoe Koo

Younghoe Koo

South Korean player of American football

#11

Younus Khan

Younus Khan

Pakistani cricketer

#12

Yolanda King

Yolanda King

American activist (1955-2007)

#13

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese author

#14

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor

#15

Yoshiko Kawashima

Yoshiko Kawashima

Japanese spy in China (1907-1948)

#16

Yung Kai

Yung Kai

Chinese-Canadian musician

#17

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

Japanese composer | arranger | keyboardist | music producer (1964-)

#18

Yitzhak Kaduri

Yitzhak Kaduri

Iraqi-born | Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi

#19

Yusuf Khan

Yusuf Khan

Indian character actor

#20

Youssef Kerkour

Youssef Kerkour

Moroccan-British actor

#21

Yoon Kye-sang

Yoon Kye-sang

South Korean actor and singer

#22

Yatin Karyekar

Yatin Karyekar

#23

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Russian and Canadian actor

#24

Young Kim

Young Kim

member of the California State Assembly

#25

Yves Klein

Yves Klein

#26

Yukti Kapoor

Yukti Kapoor

#27

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Japanese animator

#28

Yunus Emre Konak

Yunus Emre Konak

Turkish footballer

#29

Yoshiya Kakimoto

Yoshiya Kakimoto

#30

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Russian tennis player

#31

Youssef Khater

Youssef Khater

Danish marathon runner and criminal

#32

Yuriko Koike

Yuriko Koike

Japanese politician

#33

Yoon Kyun-sang

Yoon Kyun-sang

South Korean actor

#34

Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh

Armenian-Canadian photographer

#35

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Ukrainian footballer

#36

Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro

Japanese video game music composer | electronic music producer | and audio programmer

#37

Yuki Kajiura

Yuki Kajiura

Japanese composer and music producer

#38

Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

baseball player

#39

Yuri Kasparyan

Yuri Kasparyan

Russian musician

#40

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Japanese actress and singer

#41

Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase

Japanese video game designer

#42

Yoshio Kodama

Yoshio Kodama

Japanese criminal

#43

Yule Kilcher

Yule Kilcher

#44

Yiannis Kouros

Yiannis Kouros

Greek ultramarathon runner (born 1956)

#45

Yoshifumi Kondō

Yoshifumi Kondō

Japanese anime director

#46

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Japanese video game designer

#47

Yuma Kagiyama

Yuma Kagiyama

Japanese figure skater

#48

Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

American civil rights activist (1921-2014)

#49

Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov

Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist

#50

Yū Kobayashi

Yū Kobayashi

Japanese voice actress

#51

Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal

Turkish novelist

#52

Yōsuke Kubozuka

Yōsuke Kubozuka

#53

Yūko Kaida

Yūko Kaida

Japanese voice actress and theater actress

#54

Yevgeny Khaldei

Yevgeny Khaldei

Soviet photographer (1917-1997)

#55

Yesün Temür Khan

Yesün Temür Khan

emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

#56

Yogesh Kadam

Yogesh Kadam

Indian politician

#57

Yang Kyoungjong

Yang Kyoungjong

Ethnic Korean soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army | Soviet Red Army | and German Wehrmacht

#58

Yul Kwon

Yul Kwon

Winner of ''Survivor: Cook Islands''

#59

Yue-Sai Kan

Yue-Sai Kan

American television personality

#60

Yonehiko Kitagawa

Yonehiko Kitagawa

Japanese voice actor

#61

Yuki Kobayashi

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 2000)

#62

Yūji Kaku

Yūji Kaku

Japanese manga artist

#63

Yamato Kouchi

Yamato Kouchi

#64

Yonathan Kapitolnik

Yonathan Kapitolnik

Israeli high jumper

#65

Yang Kyung-won

Yang Kyung-won

South Korean actor

#66

Yahya Petra of Kelantan

Yahya Petra of Kelantan

Sultan of Kelantan

#67

Yoonj Kim

Yoonj Kim

American journalist

#68

Yūmi Kawai

Yūmi Kawai

Japanese actress (2000-)

#69

Yasmina Khadra

Yasmina Khadra

Algerian writer

#70

Yap Roy King

Yap Roy King

badminton player

#71

Yulii Khariton

Yulii Khariton

Soviet and Russian physicist (1904-1996)

#72

Yaki Kadafi

Yaki Kadafi

American rapper (1977–1996)

#73

Yasmin Khan

Yasmin Khan

author | food and travel writer | cook

#74

Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan

Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan

#75

Yury Kovalchuk

Yury Kovalchuk

Russian businessman and financier

#76

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Japanese footballer

#77

Yasuaki Kurata

#78

Yana Kudryavtseva

Russian rhythmic gymnast | World Champion | Olympic silver medalist

#79

Yuki Kawauchi

Japanese long-distance runner

#80

Yasmien Kurdi

Filipino actor-singer

#81

Yeni Kuti

Nigerian dancer | singer and business woman

#82

Youssef El Kachati

Moroccan association football player (1999-)

#83

Yuki Kashiwagi

Japanese singer

#84

Yuu Kashii

Japanese actress

#85

Yasuko Konoe

Japanese princess

#86

Yuki Kimura

Japanese fashion model and talent

#87

Yousuf Khan

Pakistani film actor (1929–2009)

#88

Youna Kang

Korean-American Twitch streamer | 3D artist and VR designer

#89

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Polish rabbi (1838–1933)

#90

Yukhym Konoplya

Ukrainian association football player

#91

Yung Kayo

American recording artist

#92

Yugo Kanno

Japanese composer

#93

Yoshihito of Katsura

Japanese prince

#94

Yehuda Kaploun

Israeli-American rabbi | businessman | and conservative political figure

#95

Yū Kamiya

Japanese artist

#96

Yukito Kishiro

Japanese manga artist

#97

Yōko Kamio

Japanese manga artist

#98

Yoshiji Kigami

animator | animation director

#99

Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Japanese professional wrestler

#100

Yoeko Kurahashi

Japanese singer-songwriter

#101

Yoshino Kimura

Japanese actress and singer

#102

Yūki Kaji

Japanese voice actor and singer

#103

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Japanese manga artist | advocate of female-line imperial succession in Japan | and vaccine skeptic

#104

Yōko Kishi

mother of Shinzō Abe

#105

Yasuko Kobayashi

Japanese screenwriter

#106

Yumeno Kyūsaku

Japanese writer

#107

Yang Kuei-Mei

Taiwanese actress

#108

Yuriy Kosyuk

Ukrainian businessman

#109

Yulbars Khan

National Revolutionary general

#110

Yukiko Kashiwagi

Japanese actress

#111

Yuki Kondo

Japanese mixed martial artist

#112

Yuri Klinskikh

Russian singer | songwriter | musician | arranger (1964–2000)

#113

Yuki Kamifuku

Japanese professional wrestler

#114

Yoshio Kodaira

Japanese serial killer

#115

Yurika Kubo

Japanese voice actress | model | and singer

#116

Yair Klein

Israeli mercenary

#117

Yann Karamoh

French footballer

#118

Yasmeen Khan

Pakistani actress

#119

Yuka Kashino

Japanese singer

#120

Yumiko Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor and singer

#121

Yukiyoshi Karashima

Japanese association football player

#122

Yuhki Kamatani

Japanese manga artist

#123

Yelena Khanga

Afro-Russian Journalist

#124

Yousuf Ayub Khan

Pakistani politician and businessperson

#125

Yana Kunitskaya

Russian mixed martial artist

#126

Yu Kobayashi

Japanese footballer

#127

Yunus Khan

Indian politician

#128

Youssef Bey Karam

#129

Y.K. Kim

Korean taekwondo practitioner

#130

Yūzō Kayama

Japanese actor and musician

#131

Yumi Kakazu

Japanese voice actress

#132

Yūsuke Kozaki

Japanese mangaka and illustrator

#133

Yuka Kuramochi

Japanese gravure idol | tarento | and actress

#134

Yvan Keller

French Serial killer

#135

Yvonne Keeley

#136

Yōsuke Kuroda

Japanese writer

#137

Yasutoshi Kamata

executed Japanese serial killer (1940-2016)

#138

Yoshiko Kuga

#139

Yōichi Kotabe

Japanese illustrator

#140

Yehudah Katz

American-born Israeli singer | songwriter | producer | arranger | and activist

#141

Yuta Kubo

Japanese kickboxer

#142

Yuan Keding

Chinese scholar

#143

Yousuf Hussain Khan

Indian historian

#144

Yusef Komunyakaa

American poet and academic (born 1947)

#145

Yusuf Kabadayı

German footballer

#146

Yamamoto Kansuke

#147

Yusuf Ali Kenadid

Founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo

#148

Yevgeny Kamzolkin

artist of Soviet Russia

#149

Yujiro Kushida

Japanese professional wrestler

#150

Yukino Kishii

Japanese actress

#151

Yamanami Keisuke

#152

Yu-chien Kuan

German university teacher and writer

#153

Yōhei Kōno

Japanese politician

#154

Yamini Krishnamurthy

#155

Yorgos Karamihos

#156

Young-Oak Kim

American military officer

#157

Yassine Kechta

French-Moroccan footballer

#158

Yann Kermorgant

French footballer

#159

Yisrael Kristal

Holocaust survivor | oldest living man

#160

Yusuke Kishi

Japanese writer

#161

Yitzhak Kroizer

Israeli Politician

#162

Yuichi Kodama

Japanese video director

#163

Yona Kosashvili

Israeli chess player and surgeon

#164

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

Indian politician

#165

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

American artist

#166

Yacine Kateb

Algerian writer

#167

Yasuyuki Kase

Japanese voice actor

#168

Yaniv Katan

Israeli footballer

#169

Yuka Kinoshita

Japanese YouTuber

#170

Yuliya Karimova

russian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player

#171

Yuki Kaida

Japanese voice actress

#172

Yusufali Kechery

#173

Yulianna Karaulova

#174

Yasmin K.

#175

Yuki Kato

Actress Indonesian

#176

Yegor Konchalovsky

Russian film director | actor | screenwriter and producer

#177

Yamakawa Kikue

Japanese feminist

#178

Yūki Kuwahara

Japanese seiyū

#179

Yaar Kannan

Indian film director and screenwriter

#180

Yun Kōga

Japanese manga artist

#181

Yael Tauman Kalai

cryptographer and theoretical computer scientist

#182

Yanis Kanidis

Self-sacrificing victim of the 2004 Beslan hostage crisis

#183

Younès Kaboul

French association football player

#184

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 1992)

#185

Yakov Kedmi

Israeli politician

#186

Yang Kun

Chinese singer-songwriter

#187

Yui Kamiji

Japanese wheelchair tennis player

#188

Yong Vui Kong

Convicted drug trafficker on death row

#189

Yoshinori Kanada

Japanese animator

#190

Yasuhiro Kido

Japanese kickboxer

#191

Yaani King

American actress

#192

Yoshida Kenkō

japanese writer

#193

Yoshiyuki Kouno

Victim of Matsumoto attack

#194

Yale Kamisar

American legal scholar (1929–2022)

#195

Yukina Kinoshita

Japanese model | actor | singer and fashion model

#196

Yalçın Küçük

Turkish academic

#197

Yugo Kobayashi

badminton player

#198

Youmi Kimura

Japanese singer

#199

Yoshio Kojima

Japanese comedian

#200

Yerofey Khabarov

Russian explorer