Miscellaneous

• Yuri Andropov (born 1914, died 1984)

  Soviet leader who succeeded Brezhnev.

  • 1983 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)

Science and Philosophy

• Yuri P. Artukhin

  Cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 14 (1974) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri A. Gagarin

  Soviet cosmonaut; first person in space.

  • Cosmonaut on Vostok 1 (1961) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri P. Gidzenko

  Russian cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-22 (1995-96) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri N. Glazkov

  Cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 24 (1977) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri Malenchenko

  Cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-19 (1994) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri Malyshev

  Cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-2 (1980), Soyuz T-11 (1984) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri I. Onufrienko (born 1961)

  Russian cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-23 (1996) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri V. Romanenko

  Cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 26 (1977), Soyuz 38 (1980), Soyuz TM-2 (1987) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Yuri V. Usachyov (born 1957)

  Russian cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-18 (1993), TM-23 (1996) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)

Sports

• Yuri Chechi

  Italian athlete.

  • 1996 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Rings (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
• Yuri Mikhailov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1956 Olympic speed skating gold medal winner for 1500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Speed Skating)
• Yuri Sedykh

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1976, 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Hammer (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Yuri Tarmak

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for High Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the High Jump)
• Yuri Vardanian

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 82.5kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
• Yuri Vlasov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1960 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 110+kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
• Yuri Zaitsev

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1976 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 110kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
• Yuri Zakarevitch

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1988 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 110kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)