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Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有)

Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ有), born in Osaka in 1986, is a Japanese starting pitcher who starred in NPB and pitched for four MLB teams including the Rangers and Padres.

Yu Dayou

Yu Dayou (俞大猷) was a Ming dynasty general who fought wokou pirates and coastal rebels for four decades under the Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli emperors, from 1503 to 1579.

Yu Dayou's Naval Forces

Yu Dayou's naval forces (俞大猷水军) were Ming-dynasty coastal squadrons led by general Yu Dayou against wokou pirates, fighting from Fujian to Guangdong during the Jiajing reign.

Yu Deng (邓煜)

Yu Deng (邓煜) is a Chinese mathematician and professor at the University of Chicago who rigorously derived the Boltzmann equation from hard-sphere dynamics, winning the 2026 Fields Medal.

Yu Deuk-gong

Yu Deuk-gong (유득공, 1748–1807) was a Korean scholar-official of late Joseon and a Northern Learning (Bukhak) historian who wrote the first systematic history of the Balhae kingdom.

Yu Dunde

Yu Dunde (于敦德), born in 1981, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the Nanjing-based online travel agency Tuniu in 2006 and leads it as chairman and CEO.

Yu Eung-bu

Yu Eung-bu (유응부) was a Joseon-dynasty military officer executed in 1456 as one of the Sayuksin, the six martyred ministers who plotted to restore King Danjong.

Yu Fan

Yu Fan (虞翻) was a scholar-official of the late Han dynasty and Eastern Wu under Sun Ce and Sun Quan, twice exiled for blunt remonstrance while teaching the Yixue school.

Yu Feian

Yu Feian (于非暗, original name Yu Zhao, 1889–1959) was a Chinese painter and calligrapher who specialized in gongbi flower-and-bird painting and revived the Song dynasty court style in modern Beijing.

Yu Feng

Yu Feng is a Chinese structural biologist and professor at Zhejiang University's School of Medicine since 2017, known for structural work on bacterial transcription initiation and antibiotic action.

Yu Garden

Yu Garden (豫园, Yuyuan) is a Ming-dynasty classical Jiangnan garden in Shanghai's Huangpu district, begun in 1559 by Pan Yunduan, a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit beside the City God Temple and Yuyuan Bazaar.

Yu Geum-pil

Yu Geum-pil (유금필, ?–941) was a Goryeo general and founding merit subject who fought in nearly every major campaign of the Later Three Kingdoms war under Taejo Wang Geon.

YU Grupa

YU Grupa (ЈУ Група) is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1970 by brothers Dragi and Žika Jelić, the longest-active rock band of the former Yugoslavia.

Yu Guangzhong

Yu Guangzhong (余光中; 1928–2017) was a Chinese-language poet, essayist, critic, and translator, born in Nanjing and based in Taiwan, best known for his 1971 nostalgia poem.

Yu Gwan-sun

Yu Gwan-sun (유관순) was a Korean independence activist who led the 1919 Aunae March 1st demonstration near Ch'onan and died in Sodaemun Prison in 1920 after torture.

Yu Han

Yu Han, also known as Han Yu, is a Chinese materials chemist known for ultralow-dose electron microscopy of beam-sensitive materials like zeolites and metal–organic frameworks.

Yu Hewei (于和伟)

Yu Hewei (于和伟, born 1971, Fushun, Liaoning) is a Chinese mainland national first-class actor known for Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Chen Duxiu in The Age of Awakening, Shi Qiang in The Three-Body Problem, and Wu Shi in Silent Honor, a multiple Magnolia and Golden Eagle winner.

Yu Hexin

Yu Hexin (余贺新), Chinese sprint freestyle swimmer born 1996 in Guangzhou; four-time 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic gold medalist, two-time Asian Games champion, and Chinese record holder in the 50 m freestyle (21.68).

Yu Hua

Yu Hua (余华, born 1960) is a Chinese novelist from Haiyan, Zhejiang, known for the novels To Live, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, and Brothers, translated into more than 40 languages.

Yu Huijiao

Yu Huijiao (喻会蛟) is the Chinese founder, chairman, and controlling shareholder of YTO Express (圆通速递), the Shanghai-headquartered express-delivery company he started in 2000 with RMB 50,000 and led to a 2016 stock listing.

Yu Hyeong-won

Yu Hyeong-won (유형원, pen name Bangye, 1622–1673) was a Korean Confucian scholar and recluse of the late Joseon dynasty whose Bangye surok proposed sweeping reforms of land, taxation, and government.

Yu In Tak

Yu In-Tak (유인탁, also romanized You In-Tak), born 1958, is a South Korean freestyle wrestler who won gold in the men's 68 kg lightweight freestyle event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and carried South Korea's flag at the 1988 Seoul Opening Ceremony.

Yu In-seok

Yu In-seok (유인석, 柳麟錫; 1842–1915), pen name Uiam, was a Korean Confucian scholar and righteous army commander who led anti-Japanese resistance in the late Joseon period.

Yu Ji (Eastern Han Daoist master)

Yu Ji (于吉) was a late Eastern Han Daoist master from Langye, remembered for transmitting the Taiping jing and for his execution by Sun Ce in 200.

Yu Ji (Yuan dynasty scholar-official)

Yu Ji (虞集, 1272–1348), courtesy name Bosheng, was a leading Yuan dynasty scholar-official who rose to Reader-in-waiting of the Kuizhang Pavilion and directed the Jingshi Dadian.

Yu Jia Ao: Dream of the Sea

Yu Jia Ao: Dream of the Sea is a Song-dynasty ci lyric by Li Qingzhao, describing a dream voyage by sea to the Lord of Heaven.

Yu Jia Ao: Frontier Song

Yu Jia Ao: Frontier Song (渔家傲·秋思) is a ci poem on frontier life by Fan Zhongyan, written between 1040 and 1043 while defending China's northwest against the Xia.

Yu Jie

Yu Jie (余玠) was a Southern Song general who rebuilt the defense of Sichuan against the Mongols in the 1240s with a network of mountain fortresses.

Yu Jin (Cao Cao's general)

Yu Jin (于禁), courtesy name Wenze, was a general of the late Eastern Han who served Cao Cao for thirty years and ranked among his five foremost commanders.

Yu Jin (Western Wei general)

Yu Jin (于谨) was a general of Western Wei who held the title Pillar of State and led the 50,000-man campaign that took Jiangling and captured Emperor Yuan of Liang.