| Shigu Yan | 581–645 | 1 |
| Zhitui Yan | 531–591 | 7 |
| Avrahm Yarmolinsky | 1890–1975 | 1 |
| H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow | 1840–1929 | 2 |
| Dornford Yates | 1885–1960 | 2 |
| Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) Yates | 1865–1951 | 1 |
| John Yeardley | 1786–1858 | 1 |
| W. B. (William Butler) Yeats | 1865–1939 | 16 |
| Barbara Yechton | 1864–1939 | 1 |
| Robert Mearns Yerkes | 1876–1956 | 2 |
| Genjiro Yeto | 1867–1924 | 1 |
| Paramahansa Yogananda | 1893–1952 | 1 |
| F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn | 1875–1933 | 11 |
| Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill) Yolland | born 1874 | 1 |
| Charles Duke Yonge | 1812–1891 | 6 |
| Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge | 1823–1901 | 60 |
| William Youatt | 1776–1847 | 1 |
| Andrew W. (Andrew White) Young | 1802–1877 | 1 |
| Arthur Young | 1741–1820 | 2 |
| Duncan McNeill Young | 1838–1891 | 1 |
| E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young | 1880–1949 | 2 |
| Edward Young | 1683–1765 | 1 |
| Egerton Ryerson Young | 1840–1909 | 6 |
| Ellsworth Young | 1866–1952 | 2 |
| Filson Young | 1876–1938 | 11 |
| Florence Liley Young | 1872–1974 | 1 |
| Francis Brett Young | 1884–1954 | 1 |
| Frederick Young | 1817–1913 | 1 |
| Martha Young | born 1868 | 1 |
| Robert F. Young | 1915–1986 | 1 |
| Rose E. (Rose Emmet) Young | 1869–1941 | 1 |
| Cole Younger | 1844–1916 | 1 |
| G. J. (George John) Younghusband | 1859–1944 | 1 |
| Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen | 1830–1903 | 1 |
| Wanchun Yu | 1794–1849 | 1 |
| Mei Yuan | 1716–1798 | 2 |
| Yule, Henry, Sir | 1820–1889 | 2 |
| Yule, J. C., Mrs. | 1825–1897 | 1 |