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Yvonne Brill

Yvonne Brill was a Canadian-born American rocket and satellite propulsion engineer, best known for inventing the hydrazine resistojet, which kept communications satellites on station using far less fuel.

Yvonne Carme

Yvonne Carme, French sprinter and relay runner of the late 1920s; non-starter reserve for France's women's 4x100 m relay at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and 4x75 m clubs relay world record holder with Linnets Saint-Maur.

Yvonne Catterfeld

Yvonne Catterfeld (born 1979, Erfurt) is a German pop singer and actress, known for Julia Blum in GZSZ, the 2003 number-one hit "Für dich", the ARD crime series Wolfsland, and The Voice of Germany coaching.

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (born Yvonne Bruhat, 1923) was a French mathematician and mathematical physicist who founded rigorous mathematical general relativity with her 1952 existence theorem for Einstein's equations.

Yvonne Craig

Yvonne Joyce Craig (1937-2015), American actress and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancer; TV's first Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) in Batman's 1967-68 season and Marta the Orion in Star Trek's Whom Gods Destroy; distinct from the Michigan homemaker Yvonne D. Craig.

Yvonne Davis

Yvonne Davis is an American politician and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 111, re-elected in 2024 with 79% of the vote.

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo (Margaret Yvonne Middleton, 1922 or 1924–2007), Canadian-born Hollywood actress; star of 1940s Technicolor adventures, Sephora in The Ten Commandments (1956), and Lily Munster on CBS's The Munsters (1964–66).

Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman (Yvonne Marianne Elliman), American singer born 1951 in Honolulu: originated Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar on album, Broadway, and film, sang with Eric Clapton, and topped the US chart in 1977 with the Bee Gees-written "If I Can't Have You" from Saturday Night Fever.

Yvonne Elsworth

Yvonne Elsworth is a physicist and Professor of Helioseismology at the University of Birmingham, leading the BiSON network that probes the Sun's interior with sound waves.

Yvonne G. Rogers

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, born 1965 in Houston, Texas, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2011.

Yvonne Hao

Yvonne Hao is an American executive and investor who became Chief Operating Officer and General Partner of Flagship Pioneering in 2025, after leading the pharmacy startup PillPack's sale to Amazon.

Yvonne Hinson

Yvonne Hinson is an American Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 21st district, first elected in 2020, after serving as a Gainesville city commissioner.

Yvonne J. Bryson

Yvonne J. Bryson is a UCLA pediatric infectious-diseases physician-scientist who led its pediatric infectious diseases division and reported a 1995 infant whose HIV infection cleared completely.

Yvonne LaFleur

Yvonne LaFleur, New Orleans fashion designer and retailer, opened You Boutique on Hampson Street in 1969 selling $8 custom-altered jeans; renamed after her 1984 signature fragrance, known for custom millinery, bridal wear, and free alterations.

Yvonne Lopez

Yvonne Lopez is an American Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 19th district, elected in 2017 and a Deputy Speaker since 2022.

Yvonne Losos de Muñiz

Yvonne Losos de Muñiz is a Dominican dressage rider who became the first from the Dominican Republic to compete in the 2016 Olympics and has won multiple regional medals.

Yvonne Mosquito

Yvonne Mosquito (born 1964), British Labour politician from Balsall Heath, Birmingham; first West Midlands Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner (2012–2016) and 109th Lord Mayor of Birmingham (2018–2019), later councillor for Bordesley and Highgate until 2026.

Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Orji (born 1983, Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-American actress and comedian, Emmy-nominated as Molly Carter on HBO's Insecure (2016–2021), with HBO specials Momma, I Made It! and A Whole Me and the book Bamboozled by Jesus.

Yvonne Ridley

Yvonne Ridley, British journalist and author, was the Sunday Express chief reporter captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in September 2001, held 10 days, converted to Islam in 2003, and became a Respect Party activist.

Yvonne Ruegg

Yvonne Rüegg (Ruegg), born 2 August 1938 in Chur, Switzerland, is a Swiss alpine skier, surprise gold medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, beating Penny Pitou by 0.1 seconds.

Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski (Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski), Australian actress born 1982, in Sydney; known for Sarah Walker in Chuck and Serena Joy Waterford in The Handmaid's Tale, a twice Emmy-nominated role.

Yvonne Tembouret

Yvonne Tembouret, French athlete, set the first ratified women's discus world record, 27.39 m in Paris on 23 September 1923; she was 1923 French discus champion and also competed in high jump and javelin.

Yvonne van Gennip

Yvonne van Gennip (born 1964, Haarlem) is a Dutch speed skater who won three gold medals at the 1988 Calgary Olympics in the 1,500, 3,000, and 5,000 metres, setting world records in the last two.

Yvonne Vera

Yvonne Vera (1964–2005) was a Zimbabwean novelist and short-story writer whose five novels, set across different decades of Zimbabwean history, center women's experience and taboo subjects such as rape and political violence.

Yvonne Yamanaka, PhD

Yvonne Yamanaka is an American life-science venture capitalist who became a Partner at venBio in 2024, having joined the firm from Flagship Pioneering's venture creation team.

YWHAE

YWHAE (14-3-3E, HEL2, KCIP-1) is a human gene on chromosome 17p13.3 encoding 14-3-3 protein epsilon, a phosphoserine-binding adaptor dimer; deleted in Miller-Dieker syndrome, causing lissencephaly and neurodevelopmental disease.

YWHAG

YWHAG, tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein gamma, is a gene at 7q11.23 encoding 14-3-3 protein gamma; pathogenic variants cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 56.

YWHAZ

YWHAZ (14-3-3 zeta/delta, UniProt P63104) is a human chromosome 8q22.3 gene encoding a dimeric phosphoserine-binding adaptor protein of the seven-member 14-3-3 family, implicated in Raf/MAPK signaling, cancer progression, thrombosis, and neurodevelopment.

YY Geminorum

YY Geminorum, also known as YY Gem or Castor C, is an eclipsing binary of two red dwarf flare stars in Gemini, orbiting every 19.5 hours.

YY Live

YY Live (YY直播) is a Chinese live-streaming platform founded in 2005 in Guangzhou by Li Xueling, known for virtual-gift tipping, and acquired by Baidu in 2025.