Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Yale, Elihu (English-American businessman/businesswoman & financier)
Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (American physician & physicist)
Yamamoto, Isoroku (Sailor / Military Leader / World War II Figure)
Yastrzemski, Carl (American baseball player)
Yeardley, George, Sir (English-American statesman/stateswoman)
Yeats, William Butler (Poet / Playwright)
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich (Political Leader / President of Russia)
Yerkes, Robert Mearns (American psychologist)
York (English royalty)
York, Alvin Cullum (American military leader)
Yoshihito (Japanese emperor)
Young, Andrew Jackson Jr. (American statesman/stateswoman)
Young, Brigham (Religious Figure)
Young, Denton True (American baseball player)
Young, Edward (English poet & dramatist)
Young, Lester Willis (Jazz Musician)
Young, Thomas (English-Egyptian physicist & physician)
Young, Whitney Moore Jr. (American civil rights leader)
Ysaÿe, Eugène-Auguste (Belgian musician)
Yuan (Chinese dynasty)
Yuan Shigai (Chinese president)
Yukawa, Hideki (Japanese physicist)