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Yampil Raion
Yampil Raion (Ямпільський район) refers to two former Ukrainian districts: one in Sumy Oblast centered on Yampil settlement (now in Shostka Raion), one in Vinnytsia Oblast on the Dnister border with Moldova; both abolished in the 2020 reform.
Yamque Yupanqui
Yamque Yupanqui (Yamki Yupanki) was a fifteenth-century Inca nobleman and commander, presented as a brother of Topa Inca Yupanqui and a leader of the Chinchaysuyu conquests.
Yamsoveiskoye Oil and Gas Field
Yamsoveiskoye (Ямсовейское) is an oil, gas and condensate field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area of Western Siberia, discovered in 1970 and operated by LLC Gazprom Dobycha Nadym since 1997.
Yamtuan Antah
Yamtuan Antah, full name Tunku Laksamana Antah ibni Almarhum Raja Radin, was the Yamtuan of Seri Menanti in Negeri Sembilan who led resistance against British intervention in 1875.
Yamuna (यमुना)
Yamuna (यमुना), largest tributary of the Ganges, rises at Yamunotri Glacier, flows 1,376 km past Delhi to Prayagraj; sacred to Hindus and among the world's most polluted rivers.
Yamuna Canal
The Yamuna Canal refers to two irrigation channels, the Western and Eastern Yamuna Canals, drawing water from the Yamuna River at Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana.
Yamuna Expressway (यमुना एक्सप्रेसवे)
The Yamuna Expressway (यमुना एक्सप्रेसवे), formerly the Taj Expressway, is a 165 km six-lane access-controlled expressway in Uttar Pradesh, India, opened in 2012 to connect Greater Noida with Agra.
Yamuna Krishnan
Yamuna Krishnan is an Indian-born chemical biologist and DNA nanotechnologist, Louis Block Professor at the University of Chicago, known for DNA nanomachines that image living cells.
Yamuna Nagar
Yamuna Nagar (Yamunanagar), Haryana industrial city and district headquarters, twin city with Jagadhri; district formed 1989 from Ambala; 2011 population 1,214,205; produces nearly half of India's plywood; Hathnikund barrage on the Yamuna.
Yamuna Sangarasivam
Yamuna Sangarasivam is a Sri Lankan Tamil-American Odissi dancer and anthropologist who danced a 20-second duet with Michael Jackson in the 1991 Black or White video, chosen from over 3,000 dancers; she is now a professor at Nazareth University, Rochester.
Yamunacharya
Yamunacharya, known in Tamil tradition as Alavandar, was an eleventh-century Hindu philosopher and devotional poet, the fourth Sri Vaishnava teacher and the first with surviving works.
Yāmunamuni
Yāmunamuni (यामुनमुनि), also called Yāmunācārya and Āḷavandār, was a Śrī Vaiṣṇava teacher of the tenth and eleventh centuries, the fourth preceptor in the lineage and a major influence on Rāmānuja.
Yan An (闫桉) (entertainer)
Yan An (闫桉, 옌안), born 1996, Chinese singer and actor, former PENTAGON member (debuted October 10, 2016 under Cube Entertainment); left Cube in 2023 and PENTAGON in 2026; known for Li Lun in Fangs of Fortune (2024).
Yan Baihu
Yan Baihu (严白虎) was a local strongman of Wu commandery in the late Eastern Han dynasty, known for leading over ten thousand men against Sun Ce's conquest of Jiangdong.
Yan Bin
Yan Bin (严彬), also known as Chanchai Ruayrungruang, is a Chinese-Thai businessman born in 1954 who founded Reignwood Group in Bangkok in 1984 and built Red Bull's China business.
Yan Diomande
Yan Diomande (born 2006, Abidjan) is an Ivorian winger for Real Madrid and Côte d'Ivoire; developed at Florida's DME Academy, Bundesliga Rookie of the Season 2025/26 with RB Leipzig, record ~€140m Real Madrid transfer in 2026.
Yan Dunfu
Yan Dunfu (晏敦复), courtesy name Jingchu, was a Song dynasty official and great-grandson of chancellor Yan Shu, known for defying Qin Gui over the Jin's humiliating peace terms.
Yan Family Temple Stele
The Yan Family Temple Stele (颜氏家庙碑) is a stele erected in 780 at the Yan family temple in Chang'an, written and calligraphed by Yan Zhenqing for his father.
Yan Fu
Yan Fu (严复, 1853–1921) was a Chinese scholar, naval educator, and translator of Western classics whose 1898 version of Huxley's Evolution and Ethics spread "survival of the fittest" across China.
Yan Ge Xing
Yan Ge Xing (燕歌行) is a pair of yuefu poems by Cao Pi of Cao Wei, considered the first mature seven-character poems in Chinese literature.
Yan Geling
Yan Geling (严歌苓), born 1958, is a Chinese-American novelist and screenwriter whose fiction about Chinese women in historical upheaval was adapted into films including The Flowers of War and Youth.
Yan Gomes
Yan Gomes, born 1987 in São Paulo, Brazil, is a former MLB catcher (2012–2024) and the first Brazilian-born major leaguer; 2014 Silver Slugger, 2018 All-Star, caught the final out of the 2019 World Series.
Yan Guang
Yan Guang (严光), courtesy name Ziling, was an Eastern Han recluse from Yuyao who refused office from Emperor Guangwu and returned to farming and fishing.
Yan Hong
Yan Hong refers to two Chinese athletes: Yan Hong (阎红, born 1966), race walker, 1987 world 10 km walk bronze medallist and 5000 m walk world record holder; and Yan Hong (严红, born 1967), 1984 Olympic swimmer.
Yan Hui
Yan Hui (颜回) was a disciple of Confucius from the state of Lu, remembered as the foremost of his students in virtue and honored as the "Return-to-Sage."
Yan Huo
Yan Huo, born 1968, is a Chinese-born American-British financier who co-founded Capula Investment Management in London in 2005, now one of Europe's largest hedge fund firms.
Yan Jianya
Yan Jianya (严建亚) is a Chinese businessman who co-founded Giant Biogene, a Xi'an recombinant collagen company, in 2000 and serves as its chairman and CEO.
Yan Jidao
Yan Jidao (晏几道, ca. 1038–1110) was a Northern Song dynasty ci poet, son of the chancellor Yan Shu, known for the short lyrics of his Xiaoshan ci.
Yan Jingming
Yan Jingming (阎敬铭, 1817–1892) was a Qing dynasty financial administrator and grand secretary from Chaoyi, Shaanxi, regarded as one of the late Qing's few genuine financial experts.
Yan King Kuai's Abdication to Zizhi
Yan King Kuai's Abdication to Zizhi (燕王哙让国子之) was the 316 BC transfer of the Yan throne from King Kuai to his minister Zizhi, ending in Qi's invasion.