Yuri Andropov, head of the KGB and leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1986.
― Anonymous User 6/15/2019
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Yuri Navrotsky, better known by his stage name Uzari, is a Belarusian singer and songwriter who represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Maimuna with the song "Time".
A famous bearer of the name is the incredibly cute and talented Russian singer, Yuri Shatunov. He's most commonly known as Yura, or Yuroshka to his fans.
Yuri Lowenthal is a popular voice actor for anime and manga. He's mostly known for voicing Sasuke from Naruto, but he also voices Ben Tennyson from Ben 10: Alien Force, Haseo from .hack//G.U., Alviss from MAR, Shu from Blue Dragon, and many others.
Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut; in 1961 he was the first human being in outer space.
― Anonymous User 9/9/2007
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Another spelling of the name is "Yurii": in Boris Pasternak's hearbreaking novel about the Russian Revolution, "Doctor Zhivago," the protagonist, a doctor and poet, bears this variation of the name, commonly going by the nicknames "Yura" and "Yurochka". Another bearer of the name is the hero of the acclaimed video game series, "Shadow Hearts," though he only uses one i.
― Anonymous User 6/27/2005
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Yury Zhivago is the tragic titular hero of Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago'.