1 Yukio Mishima
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Playwright
Birthdate: January 14, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Nationality: Japanese
Died: November 25, 1970
2 Yolanda King
Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Activist
Birthdate: November 17, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: American
Died: May 15, 2007
3 Yanis Varoufakis
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Economist, Politician, Professor, Non-fiction writer, University teacher
Birthdate: March 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Australian, Greek
4 Yair Lapid
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Journalist, Writer, Politician, Actor, Television presenter
Birthdate: November 5, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Israeli
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
6 Yann Martel
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Birthdate: June 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Nationality: Canadian, Spanish
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8 Yasser Seirawan
Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Birthdate: March 24, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: American
9 Yasunari Kawabata
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: June 11, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Japanese
Died: April 16, 1972
10 Yoshiyuki Tomino
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Film director, Screenwriter, Novelist
Birthdate: November 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Japanese
11 Yevgeny Zamyatin
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: February 1, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Nationality: French
Died: March 10, 1937
12 Yue Fei
Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Poet, Military personnel
Birthdate: March 24, 1103
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: January 27, 1142
13 Yōko Ogawa
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Novelist, Writer
Birthdate: March 30, 1962
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Japanese
14 Yasmina Reza
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Actor, Linguist, Translator, Playwright, Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter
Birthdate: May 1, 1959
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: French
15 Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: July 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Nationality: Russian
Died: April 1, 2017
16 Yasutaka Tsutsui
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Actor, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Science fiction writer, Screenwriter
Birthdate: September 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Nationality: Japanese
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
17 Yoshitoshi
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Engraver, Painter, Poet
Birthdate: April 30, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: Japanese
Died: June 9, 1892
18 Yosano Akiko
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: December 7, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Nationality: Japanese
Died: May 29, 1942
19 Yuyuko Takemiya
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Novelist
Birthdate: February 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Pisces
Nationality: Japanese
20 Yu Hua
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Screenwriter
Birthdate: April 3, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Chinese
21 Yaşar Kemal
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Screenwriter, Novelist, Writer, Journalist
Birthdate: October 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Nationality: Turkish
Died: February 28, 2015
22 Yandamuri Veerendranath
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist, Writer
Birthdate: November 14, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Indian
23 Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Philosopher, Writer
Birthdate: June 11, 1659
Sun Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Japanese
Died: November 30, 1719
25 Yūko Tsushima
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Novelist, Short story writer, Literary critic
Birthdate: March 30, 1947
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Japanese
Died: February 18, 2016
26 Yehuda Amichai
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet, Writer, Novelist, Educationist, Educator
Birthdate: May 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: German, Israeli
Died: September 22, 2000
28 Yitzhak Navon
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician, Writer, Playwright, Educator
Birthdate: April 9, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Israeli
Died: November 7, 2015
29 Yōsuke Kuroda
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist, Screenwriter
Birthdate: March 29, 1968
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Japanese
30 Yahya Hassan
Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: May 19, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: Danish
Died: April 29, 2020
31 Yasmina Khadra
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Novelist
Birthdate: January 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Nationality: Algerian
32 Yang Jiang
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Playwright
Birthdate: July 17, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Nationality: Chinese
Died: May 25, 2016
33 Yosa Buson
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: 1716 AD
Nationality: Japanese
Died: January 17, 1784
35 Yosef Lapid
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Television presenter
Birthdate: December 27, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Nationality: Israeli, Serbian
Died: June 1, 2008
36 Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Manga Artist
Birthdate: June 10, 1935
Sun Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Japanese
Died: March 7, 2015
37 Yanka Kupala
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: July 7, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Nationality: Belarusian, Russian
Died: June 28, 1942
38 Yannis Ritsos
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Greek poet
Birthdate: May 1, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: Greek
Died: November 11, 1990
40 Yeghishe Charents
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: March 13, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Nationality: Armenian
Died: November 27, 1937
41 Yūsuf Idrīs
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: May 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Nationality: Egyptian
Died: August 1, 1991
43 Yury Olesha
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: March 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Pisces
Nationality: Russian
Died: May 10, 1960
44 Yuli Daniel
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: November 15, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Russian
Died: December 30, 1988
45 Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: March 27, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Nationality: Egyptian, Turkish
Died: December 13, 1974
46 Yu Dafu
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: December 7, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Nationality: Chinese
Died: September 17, 1945
47 Yves Bonnefoy
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: June 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Nationality: French
Died: July 1, 2016
48 Yaltah Menuhin
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Musician
Birthdate: October 7, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Nationality: British
Died: June 9, 2001
49 Yossi Sarid
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Journalist, Politician, Writer, Poet, Educator
Birthdate: October 24, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Israeli
Died: December 4, 2015
50 Yevgeny Petrov
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: December 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Nationality: Ukrainian
Died: July 2, 1942