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Famous people with the initials YK
October 23, 2026

#1

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist (1929–2026)

#2

Younghoe Koo

Younghoe Koo

South Korean player of American football

#3

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

American actor (1939–2021)

#4

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K

#5

Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan

former Pakistani president (1917–1980)

#6

Yomif Kejelcha

Yomif Kejelcha

Ethiopian athletics competitor (born 1997)

#7

Yuki Kawamura

Yuki Kawamura

Japanese basketball player

#8

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese author

#9

Yunjin Kim

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress (born 1973)

#10

Yoon Kyung-ho

Yoon Kyung-ho

South Korean actor

#11

Yolanda King

Yolanda King

American activist (1955-2007)

#12

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Russian tennis player

#13

Yoshiko Kawashima

Yoshiko Kawashima

Japanese spy in China (1907-1948)

#14

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Japanese video game designer

#15

Young Kim

Young Kim

member of the California State Assembly

#16

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

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

#17

Yung Kai

Yung Kai

Chinese-Canadian musician

#18

Younus Khan

Younus Khan

Pakistani cricketer

#19

Yves Klein

Yves Klein

#20

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor

#21

Yusuf Khan

Yusuf Khan

Indian character actor

#22

Yukti Kapoor

Yukti Kapoor

#23

Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh

Armenian-Canadian photographer

#24

Yuriko Koike

Yuriko Koike

Japanese politician

#25

Yue-Sai Kan

Yue-Sai Kan

American television personality

#26

Yitzhak Kaduri

Yitzhak Kaduri

Iraqi-born | Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi

#27

Yoshiya Kakimoto

Yoshiya Kakimoto

#28

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Russian and Canadian actor

#29

Yuki Kajiura

Yuki Kajiura

Japanese composer and music producer

#30

Yoon Kye-sang

Yoon Kye-sang

South Korean actor and singer

#31

Yoon Kyun-sang

Yoon Kyun-sang

South Korean actor

#32

Yuri Kasparyan

Yuri Kasparyan

Russian musician

#33

Youssef Kerkour

Youssef Kerkour

Moroccan-British actor

#34

Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro

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

#35

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Japanese animator

#36

Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov

Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist

#37

Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

baseball player

#38

Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase

Japanese video game designer

#39

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Japanese actress and singer

#40

Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal

Turkish novelist

#41

Yoshio Kodama

Yoshio Kodama

Japanese criminal

#42

Yuki Kimura

Yuki Kimura

Japanese fashion model and talent

#43

Yatin Karyekar

Yatin Karyekar

#44

Yang Kyoungjong

Yang Kyoungjong

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

#45

Youssef Khater

Youssef Khater

Danish marathon runner and criminal

#46

Yoshifumi Kondō

Yoshifumi Kondō

Japanese anime director

#47

Yule Kilcher

Yule Kilcher

#48

Yuma Kagiyama

Yuma Kagiyama

Japanese figure skater

#49

Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

American civil rights activist (1921-2014)

#50

Yui Kamiji

Yui Kamiji

Japanese wheelchair tennis player

#51

Yevgeny Khaldei

Yevgeny Khaldei

Soviet photographer (1917-1997)

#52

Yū Kobayashi

Yū Kobayashi

Japanese voice actress

#53

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Ukrainian footballer

#54

Yevhen Konovalets

Yevhen Konovalets

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

#55

Yesün Temür Khan

Yesün Temür Khan

emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

#56

Yōsuke Kubozuka

Yōsuke Kubozuka

#57

Yul Kwon

Yul Kwon

Winner of ''Survivor: Cook Islands''

#58

Yogesh Kadam

Yogesh Kadam

Indian politician

#59

Yiannis Kouros

Yiannis Kouros

Greek ultramarathon runner (born 1956)

#60

Yasmien Kurdi

Yasmien Kurdi

Filipino actor-singer

#61

Yūji Kaku

Yūji Kaku

Japanese manga artist

#62

Yasmina Khadra

Yasmina Khadra

Algerian writer

#63

Yuu Kashii

Yuu Kashii

Japanese actress

#64

Yugo Kanno

Yugo Kanno

Japanese composer

#65

Yūko Kaida

Yūko Kaida

Japanese voice actress and theater actress

#66

Yang Kyung-won

Yang Kyung-won

South Korean actor

#67

Yousuf Khan

Yousuf Khan

Pakistani film actor (1929–2009)

#68

Youna Kang

Youna Kang

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

#69

Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

#70

Yasmin Khan

Yasmin Khan

author | food and travel writer | cook

#71

Yulii Khariton

Yulii Khariton

Soviet and Russian physicist (1904-1996)

#72

Yunus Emre Konak

Yunus Emre Konak

Turkish footballer

#73

Yu-chien Kuan

Yu-chien Kuan

German university teacher and writer

#74

Yūmi Kawai

Yūmi Kawai

Japanese actress (2000-)

#75

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

Indian politician

#76

Yunus Khan

Indian politician

#77

Yoshinori Kobayashi

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

#78

Yehuda Kaploun

Israeli-American rabbi | businessman | and conservative political figure

#79

Yamato Kouchi

#80

Yū Kamiya

Japanese artist

#81

Yuki Kashiwagi

Japanese singer

#82

Yahya Petra of Kelantan

Sultan of Kelantan

#83

Yury Kovalchuk

Russian businessman and financier

#84

Yeni Kuti

Nigerian dancer | singer and business woman

#85

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Polish rabbi (1838–1933)

#86

Yuki Kawauchi

Japanese long-distance runner

#87

Yuka Kashino

Japanese singer

#88

Yuta Kubo

Japanese kickboxer

#89

Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan

#90

Yoshiji Kigami

animator | animation director

#91

Yukito Kishiro

Japanese manga artist

#92

Yasuko Konoe

Japanese princess

#93

Yumeno Kyūsaku

Japanese writer

#94

Yukiko Kashiwagi

Japanese actress

#95

Yulbars Khan

National Revolutionary general

#96

Yuki Kamifuku

Japanese professional wrestler

#97

Yukhym Konoplya

Ukrainian association football player

#98

Yūsuke Kozaki

Japanese mangaka and illustrator

#99

Yūki Kaji

Japanese voice actor and singer

#100

Yuhki Kamatani

Japanese manga artist

#101

Yasuko Kobayashi

Japanese screenwriter

#102

Yoshino Kimura

Japanese actress and singer

#103

Yu Ki-Sang

South Korean basketball player

#104

Yamini Krishnamurthy

#105

Yoeko Kurahashi

Japanese singer-songwriter

#106

Yōko Kamio

Japanese manga artist

#107

Yasuyuki Kataoka

baseball player

#108

Yōko Kishi

mother of Shinzō Abe

#109

Yoshihito of Katsura

Japanese prince

#110

Yuki Kondo

Japanese mixed martial artist

#111

Yuri Klinskikh

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

#112

Y.K. Kim

Korean taekwondo practitioner

#113

Yung Kayo

American recording artist

#114

Yann Kermorgant

French footballer

#115

Yurika Kubo

Japanese voice actress | model | and singer

#116

Yasmine Kabbaj

Moroccan tennis player

#117

Yelena Khanga

Afro-Russian Journalist

#118

Yaki Kadafi

American rapper (1977–1996)

#119

Yugo Kobayashi

badminton player

#120

Yasmeen Khan

Pakistani actress

#121

Yūzō Kayama

Japanese actor and musician

#122

Yōichi Kotabe

Japanese illustrator

#123

Yusef Komunyakaa

American poet and academic (born 1947)

#124

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Japanese footballer

#125

Yumi Kakazu

Japanese voice actress

#126

Yegor Konchalovsky

Russian film director | actor | screenwriter and producer

#127

Yvonne Keeley

#128

Yoshio Kodaira

Japanese serial killer

#129

Yvan Keller

French Serial killer

#130

Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Japanese professional wrestler

#131

Yisrael Kristal

Holocaust survivor | oldest living man

#132

Yana Kudryavtseva

Russian rhythmic gymnast | World Champion | Olympic silver medalist

#133

Yitzhak Aharon Korff

#134

Yair Klein

Israeli mercenary

#135

Yang Kuei-Mei

Taiwanese actress

#136

Yuan Keding

Chinese scholar

#137

Yumiko Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor and singer

#138

Yōhei Kōno

Japanese politician

#139

Yann Karamoh

French footballer

#140

Yōsuke Kuroda

Japanese writer

#141

Yuka Kuramochi

Japanese gravure idol | tarento | and actress

#142

Yevgeny Kamzolkin

artist of Soviet Russia

#143

Yasutoshi Kamata

executed Japanese serial killer (1940-2016)

#144

Yael Tauman Kalai

cryptographer and theoretical computer scientist

#145

Yuki Kato

Actress Indonesian

#146

Yujiro Kushida

Japanese professional wrestler

#147

Yamamoto Kansuke

#148

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 2000)

#149

Yacine Kateb

Algerian writer

#150

Yannis Kouzeloglou

Greek basketball player

#151

Yuka Kinoshita

Japanese YouTuber

#152

Yūka Kageyama

Japanese talent | actress | former idol | former member of Hinatazaka46

#153

Young-Oak Kim

American military officer

#154

Yale Kamisar

American legal scholar (1929–2022)

#155

Yu Kobayashi

Japanese footballer

#156

Yona Kosashvili

Israeli chess player and surgeon

#157

Yusuke Kishi

Japanese writer

#158

Yuriy Kosyuk

Ukrainian businessman

#159

Yoshiko Kuga

#160

Yitzhak Kroizer

Israeli Politician

#161

Youssef Bey Karam

#162

Yuri Kim

American diplomat

#163

Yukino Kishii

Japanese actress

#164

Yousuf Ayub Khan

Pakistani politician and businessperson

#165

Yasuyuki Kase

Japanese voice actor

#166

Yuina Kuroshima

Japanese model | actor and tarento

#167

Yoshida Kenkō

japanese writer

#168

Yasmin K.

#169

Yehuda Krinsky

American Hasidic rabbi

#170

Yamanami Keisuke

#171

Yannick Kraag

Dutch basketball player

#172

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 1992)

#173

Yuri Kondratyuk

Ukrainian Soviet scientist (1897–1942)

#174

Yuka Kagami

Japanese wrestler

#175

Yuichi Kodama

Japanese video director

#176

Yang Kun

Chinese singer-songwriter

#177

Youssef Khalil

Lebanese politician

#178

Yousuf Hussain Khan

Indian historian

#179

Yun Kōga

Japanese manga artist

#180

Yana Kunitskaya

Russian mixed martial artist

#181

Yuki Kaida

Japanese voice actress

#182

Yorgos Karamihos

#183

Yuga Kawada

Japanese jockey (1985-)

#184

Yusufali Kechery

#185

Younès Kaboul

French association football player

#186

Yalçın Küçük

Turkish academic

#187

Yusuf Ali Kenadid

Founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo

#188

Yiannis Kotsiras

#189

Yusuf Kabadayı

German footballer

#190

Yaani King

American actress

#191

Yoshihisa Kishimoto

Japanese video game designer

#192

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

American artist

#193

Yoshiyuki Kouno

Victim of Matsumoto attack

#194

Yōko Kamikawa

Japanese politician

#195

Yurii Khmelnytskyi

Hetman of Ukraine

#196

Yannik Keitel

German footballer

#197

Yoshihide Kiryū

Japanese sprinter

#198

Yulianna Karaulova

#199

Yong Vui Kong

Convicted drug trafficker on death row

#200

Yūki Kuwahara

Japanese seiyū