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Famous people with the initials YK
June 19, 2026

#1

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist (born 1929)

#2

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

American actor (1939–2021)

#3

Yomif Kejelcha

Yomif Kejelcha

Ethiopian athletics competitor (born 1997)

#4

Yuki Kawamura

Yuki Kawamura

Japanese basketball player

#5

Yunjin Kim

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress (born 1973)

#6

Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan

former Pakistani president (1917–1980)

#7

Young Kim

Young Kim

member of the California State Assembly

#8

Yoon Kyung-ho

Yoon Kyung-ho

South Korean actor

#9

Youssef Khater

Youssef Khater

Danish marathon runner and criminal

#10

Yolanda King

Yolanda King

American activist (1955-2007)

#11

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K

#12

Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

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

#13

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese author

#14

Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

American civil rights activist (1921-2014)

#15

Yung Kai

Yung Kai

Chinese-Canadian musician

#16

Younghoe Koo

Younghoe Koo

South Korean player of American football

#17

Yoshiko Kawashima

Yoshiko Kawashima

Japanese spy in China (1907-1948)

#18

Yves Klein

Yves Klein

#19

Youssef Kerkour

Youssef Kerkour

Moroccan-British actor

#20

Yasmine Kabbaj

Yasmine Kabbaj

Moroccan tennis player

#21

Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh

Armenian-Canadian photographer

#22

Yul Kwon

Yul Kwon

Winner of ''Survivor: Cook Islands''

#23

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Yoshiaki Koizumi

Japanese video game designer

#24

Yoon Kye-sang

Yoon Kye-sang

South Korean actor and singer

#25

Yiannis Kouros

Yiannis Kouros

Greek ultramarathon runner (born 1956)

#26

Yule Kilcher

Yule Kilcher

#27

Yuma Kagiyama

Yuma Kagiyama

Japanese figure skater

#28

Yukti Kapoor

Yukti Kapoor

#29

Yuriko Koike

Yuriko Koike

Japanese politician

#30

Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro

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

#31

Yusuf Khan

Yusuf Khan

Indian character actor

#32

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Russian and Canadian actor

#33

Yuki Kajiura

Yuki Kajiura

Japanese composer and music producer

#34

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Japanese animator

#35

Yoon Kyun-sang

Yoon Kyun-sang

South Korean actor

#36

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Russian tennis player

#37

Younus Khan

Younus Khan

Pakistani cricketer

#38

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Japanese actress and singer

#39

Yang Kyoungjong

Yang Kyoungjong

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

#40

Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov

Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist

#41

Yevgeny Khaldei

Yevgeny Khaldei

Soviet photographer (1917-1997)

#42

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Yūsuke Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor

#43

Yoshio Kodama

Yoshio Kodama

Japanese criminal

#44

Yitzhak Kaduri

Yitzhak Kaduri

Iraqi-born | Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi

#45

Yatin Karyekar

Yatin Karyekar

#46

Yevhen Konovalets

Yevhen Konovalets

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

#47

Yū Kobayashi

Yū Kobayashi

Japanese voice actress

#48

Yamato Kouchi

Yamato Kouchi

#49

Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

baseball player

#50

Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase

Japanese video game designer

#51

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Ukrainian footballer

#52

Yūji Kaku

Yūji Kaku

Japanese manga artist

#53

Yuri Kasparyan

Yuri Kasparyan

Russian musician

#54

Yesün Temür Khan

Yesün Temür Khan

emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

#55

Yoshifumi Kondō

Yoshifumi Kondō

Japanese anime director

#56

Yue-Sai Kan

Yue-Sai Kan

American television personality

#57

Yūko Kaida

Yūko Kaida

Japanese voice actress and theater actress

#58

Yulbars Khan

Yulbars Khan

National Revolutionary general

#59

Yōsuke Kubozuka

Yōsuke Kubozuka

#60

Yang Kyung-won

Yang Kyung-won

South Korean actor

#61

Yugo Kanno

Yugo Kanno

Japanese composer

#62

Yasmien Kurdi

Yasmien Kurdi

Filipino actor-singer

#63

Youna Kang

Youna Kang

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

#64

Yasmin Khan

Yasmin Khan

author | food and travel writer | cook

#65

Yū Kamiya

Yū Kamiya

Japanese artist

#66

Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

#67

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Polish rabbi (1838–1933)

#68

Yuki Kawauchi

Yuki Kawauchi

Japanese long-distance runner

#69

Yasuko Konoe

Yasuko Konoe

Japanese princess

#70

Yuki Kashiwagi

Yuki Kashiwagi

Japanese singer

#71

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Japanese footballer

#72

Yogesh Kadam

Yogesh Kadam

Indian politician

#73

Yasmina Khadra

Yasmina Khadra

Algerian writer

#74

Yury Kovalchuk

Yury Kovalchuk

Russian businessman and financier

#75

Yulii Khariton

Yulii Khariton

Soviet and Russian physicist (1904-1996)

#76

Yūmi Kawai

Japanese actress (2000-)

#77

Yann Karamoh

French footballer

#78

Yasuyuki Kase

Japanese voice actor

#79

Yoeko Kurahashi

Japanese singer-songwriter

#80

Yoshiji Kigami

animator | animation director

#81

Yap Roy King

badminton player

#82

Yōko Kamio

Japanese manga artist

#83

Yeni Kuti

Nigerian dancer | singer and business woman

#84

Yoshinori Kobayashi

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

#85

Yurika Kubo

Japanese voice actress | model | and singer

#86

Yury Klimov

Soviet handball player (1940–2022)

#87

Yukito Kishiro

Japanese manga artist

#88

Yuka Kashino

Japanese singer

#89

Yousuf Khan

Pakistani film actor (1929–2009)

#90

Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Japanese professional wrestler

#91

Yaşar Kemal

Turkish novelist

#92

Yoshihito of Katsura

Japanese prince

#93

Yamanami Keisuke

#94

Yahya Petra of Kelantan

Sultan of Kelantan

#95

Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan

#96

Yuri Klinskikh

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

#97

Yoshio Kodaira

Japanese serial killer

#98

Yūki Kaji

Japanese voice actor and singer

#99

Yun Kwan

South Korean lawyer and judge (1935–2022)

#100

Yumeno Kyūsaku

Japanese writer

#101

Yuu Kashii

Japanese actress

#102

Yitzhak Kroizer

Israeli Politician

#103

Yumiko Kobayashi

Japanese voice actor and singer

#104

Yunus Khan

Indian politician

#105

Yasuko Kobayashi

Japanese screenwriter

#106

Yevhen Khmara

Ukrainian military and intelligence officer

#107

Yuhki Kamatani

Japanese manga artist

#108

Yuka Kuramochi

Japanese gravure idol | tarento | and actress

#109

Yoshino Kimura

Japanese actress and singer

#110

Yorgos Karamihos

#111

Yuki Kondo

Japanese mixed martial artist

#112

Young-Oak Kim

American military officer

#113

Yōko Kishi

mother of Shinzō Abe

#114

Yuki Kaneko

badminton player

#115

Yelena Khanga

Afro-Russian Journalist

#116

Yūzō Kayama

Japanese actor and musician

#117

Yasmeen Khan

Pakistani actress

#118

Yōichi Kotabe

Japanese illustrator

#119

Yana Kudryavtseva

Russian rhythmic gymnast | World Champion | Olympic silver medalist

#120

Yevgeny Kamzolkin

artist of Soviet Russia

#121

Yukiko Kashiwagi

Japanese actress

#122

Yoshihisa Kishimoto

Japanese video game designer

#123

Yōsuke Kuroda

Japanese writer

#124

Yukina Kinoshita

Japanese model | actor | singer and fashion model

#125

Yair Klein

Israeli mercenary

#126

Youssef Bey Karam

#127

Yukhym Konoplya

Ukrainian association football player

#128

Yasutoshi Kamata

executed Japanese serial killer (1940-2016)

#129

Yuan Keding

Chinese scholar

#130

Yoshiko Kuga

#131

Yar Muhammad Khan

#132

Yusef Komunyakaa

American poet and academic (born 1947)

#133

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 2000)

#134

Yukino Kishii

Japanese actress

#135

Yvonne Keeley

#136

Y.K. Kim

Korean taekwondo practitioner

#137

Yunus Emre Konak

Turkish footballer

#138

Yuki Kamifuku

Japanese professional wrestler

#139

Yana Kunitskaya

Russian mixed martial artist

#140

Yvan Keller

French Serial killer

#141

Yuriy Kosyuk

Ukrainian businessman

#142

Yamini Krishnamurthy

#143

Yousuf Ayub Khan

Pakistani politician and businessperson

#144

Yujiro Kushida

Japanese professional wrestler

#145

Yann Kermorgant

French footballer

#146

Yusuke Kishi

Japanese writer

#147

Yumi Kakazu

Japanese voice actress

#148

Younès Kaboul

French association football player

#149

Yacine Kateb

Algerian writer

#150

Yūsuke Kozaki

Japanese mangaka and illustrator

#151

Yuichi Kitamura

Japanese jockey

#152

Yisrael Kristal

Holocaust survivor | oldest living man

#153

Yūka Kageyama

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

#154

Yung Kayo

American recording artist

#155

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

Indian politician

#156

Yaani King

American actress

#157

Yamamoto Kansuke

#158

Yun Kōga

Japanese manga artist

#159

Yuki Kaida

Japanese voice actress

#160

Yuki Kobayashi

Japanese footballer (born 1992)

#161

Yousuf Hussain Khan

Indian historian

#162

Yamaoka Kōtarō

earliest known Japanese convert to Islam

#163

Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky

#164

Yaki Kadafi

American rapper (1977–1996)

#165

Yōhei Kōno

Japanese politician

#166

Yuga Kawada

Japanese jockey (1985-)

#167

Yuki Kato

Actress Indonesian

#168

Yalçın Küçük

Turkish academic

#169

Yaroslav Kuzminov

Soviet economist (1957-)

#170

Yuri Kondratyuk

Ukrainian Soviet scientist (1897–1942)

#171

Yukie Kawamura

Japanese gravure idol | tarento and actress

#172

Yusuf Ali Kenadid

Founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo

#173

Yaar Kannan

Indian film director and screenwriter

#174

Yang Kuei-Mei

Taiwanese actress

#175

Yuichi Kodama

Japanese video director

#176

Yuka Kinoshita

Japanese YouTuber

#177

Yoshinori Kanada

Japanese animator

#178

Yuta Kubo

Japanese kickboxer

#179

Yūki Kuwahara

Japanese seiyū

#180

Yong Vui Kong

Convicted drug trafficker on death row

#181

Yoichiro Kakitani

Japanese association football player

#182

Yannis Kouzeloglou

Greek basketball player

#183

Yuri Kim

American diplomat

#184

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Japanese kabuki actor

#185

Yasmin K.

#186

Yoshiyuki Kouno

Victim of Matsumoto attack

#187

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

American artist

#188

Yulia Khlynina

Russian actress

#189

Yoshida Kenkō

japanese writer

#190

Yerofey Khabarov

Russian explorer

#191

Yuina Kuroshima

Japanese model | actor and tarento

#192

Yuki Kunii

Japanese motorcycle racer

#193

Yui Koike

#194

Yugo Kobayashi

badminton player

#195

Yuriy Kravchenko

Ukrainian police officer and statesman (1951-2005)

#196

Yuri Komuro

Japanese adult video actress

#197

Yusufali Kechery

#198

Yasuji Kaneko

Soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War

#199

Yaşar Kurt

Turkish-Armenian musician

#200

Yury Khovansky

Russian video blogger | comedian and rapper