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Yves Meyer
Yves Meyer, born in Paris in 1939, is a French mathematician who created the mathematical theory of wavelets, for which he received the 2017 Abel Prize.
Yves Missi
Yves Missi, Cameroonian NBA center born 2004 in Belgium, Baylor one-and-done, drafted 21st overall 2024 by New Orleans Pelicans; All-Rookie rim protector, 9.1 ppg and 8.2 rpg as a rookie.
Yves Montand
Yves Montand (Ivo Livi, 1921-1991), French singer and actor born in Tuscany, mentored by Édith Piaf, famous for Les feuilles mortes, The Wages of Fear, Z, and Jean de Florette; died filming IP5.
Yves Perron
Yves Perron is a Canadian politician serving as Whip of the Bloc Québécois and MP for Berthier-Maskinongé since 2019, formerly the party's agriculture spokesperson.
Yves Pommier
Yves Pommier is a French-born molecular pharmacologist who spent over 40 years at the National Cancer Institute studying DNA-targeted anticancer drugs, including topoisomerase and PARP inhibitors.
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), born in Oran, Algeria, was the French couturier who ran Dior at 21, founded his own house with Pierre Bergé in 1961, and created Le Smoking, the Mondrian dress, and couture-house luxury ready-to-wear.
Yves Tumor
Yves Tumor is the experimental music project of Sean Bowie (born 1989, Miami), known for Serpent Music (2016), Warp albums Safe in the Hands of Love and Praise a Lord, and the 2025 Rosalía collaboration Berghain.
Yves V
Yves V, born Yves Van Geertsom in 1981, is a Belgian EDM DJ and producer known for playing Tomorrowland's main stage and hitting No. 34 in DJ Mag's 2015 poll.
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer, born 1965 in Turnhout, Belgium, is a Belgian bioinformaticist and professor at Ghent University known for work on gene and genome duplication.
Yves Zenou
Yves Zenou is a French-Swedish-Australian economist holding the Richard Snape Chair at Monash University, known for spatial mismatch theory and the key player model of crime networks.
Yves-Alain Barde
Yves-Alain Barde is a neurobiologist known for discovering and cloning brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), work that led him to identify the neurotrophin family of proteins and earned election as a Royal Society Fellow in 2017.
Yves-François Blanchet
Yves-François Blanchet, born 1965 in Drummondville, is leader of the Bloc Québécois since 2019 and MP for Beloeil—Chambly; former Parti québécois MNA and Quebec environment minister 2012-2014.
Yvette Clarke
Yvette D. Clarke, born 1964, is a Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 9th congressional district since 2013, after representing the 11th district from 2007, and chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.
Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) is a British Labour MP since 1997 for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley; former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Home Secretary 2024-2025, Foreign Secretary 2025-2026, and Health Secretary from July 2026.
Yvette Fielding
Yvette Fielding (born 1968, Stockport) is an English TV presenter, youngest-ever Blue Peter host (1987–92), and creator with Karl Beattie of the paranormal series Most Haunted via Antix Productions.
Yvette González-Nacer
Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Cuban-American actress, singer, violinist, and producer; originated Fate in Broadway's Hadestown, starred as Satine in Moulin Rouge! national tour, played Kiki on Nickelodeon's Fresh Beat Band, and founded the nonprofit Creative Minds Care.
Yvette Higgins
Yvette Higgins (born 1978, Sydney) is an Australian water polo player who won gold at Sydney 2000, scoring the winning goal with 1.3 seconds left in the Olympic debut final against the United States.
Yvette I. Sheline
Yvette I. Sheline is an American psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania known for showing in the 1990s that recurrent major depression is associated with hippocampal volume loss.
Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane, born 1953 in Louisiana, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1998.
Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach
Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach (born 1941) is a French mathematician known for the Kosmann lift, work on Poisson-Lie groups, and her 2011 annotated translation of Emmy Noether's theorems.
Yvette Mimieux
Yvette Mimieux (1942-2022), American actress, star of The Time Machine (Weena), Where the Boys Are, and The Black Hole; three Golden Globe nominations; MGM contract player; retired after 1992.
Yvette Nicole Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971, East Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Emmy-nominated actress, writer, producer, singer, and host, best known as Shirley Bennett on NBC's Community and Helen Dubois on Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh, with extensive film, voice, and hosting credits.
Yvette van Kooyk
Yvette van Kooyk is a Dutch glyco-immunologist, professor, and head of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology at Amsterdam UMC, known for discovering the HIV-binding receptor DC-SIGN and winning the 2019 Spinoza Prize.
Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers (Yvette Vedder, 1928-2010), American actress and July 1959 Playboy Playmate, played Honey Parker in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Liz Walker in Attack of the Giant Leeches; her mummified body was found in 2011.
Yvette Williams
Yvette Williams was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won the 1952 Olympic long jump in Helsinki, becoming her country's first woman Olympic gold medalist.
Yvette Wilson
Yvette Renee Wilson (1964–2012) was an American comedian and actress who played Andell Wilkerson on the UPN sitcoms Moesha and The Parkers, after stand-up comedy, Thea, Def Comedy Jam, and film roles in Friday and Poetic Justice.
Yvie Oddly
Yvie Oddly is the stage name of Jovan Bridges, an American drag queen based in Denver, Colorado, who won season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2019.
Yvon Chouinard
Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder, American climber-blacksmith born 1938 in Lisbon, Maine; founded Chouinard Equipment 1957 and Patagonia 1973; gave the $3 billion company to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective in 2022.
Yvonand
Yvonand, Vaud municipality on Lake Neuchâtel's south shore; UNESCO pile-dwelling site Le Marais (Horgen/Lüscherz, Late Bronze Age) and the large Gallo-Roman villa of Mordagne, occupied from the 1st century AD.
Yvonne Bonisch
Yvonne Bönisch (Snir-Bönisch), German judoka born 1980 in Ludwigsfelde, won 2004 Athens Olympic gold at 57 kg, the first for a German woman in judo; now head coach of Austria's national team.