Namesakes
Yuriy Gagarin
(m) 1934-1968 
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Yuri Andropov
(a.k.a. Yuriy) (m) 1914-1984
Other Leaders 1982-1984 Soviet Union (general secretary)
Yuriy I Dolgorukiy
(m) 1099-1157
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars 1154-1157
Yuri Nikulin
(a.k.a. Yuriy) (m) 1921-1997
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Yuriy
(m) 1281-1325
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars 1303-1325
Yuriy II
(m) 1189-1238
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars 1212-1216; 1218-1238
Yuriy Sedykh
(m) 1955-2021
Notable Athletes (track)
Olympic Medalists 1976; 1980; 1988 hammer throw (gold/silver)
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
(m) 1981-
Olympic Medalists 2004 800 m (gold)
Yuriy Yekhanurov
(m) 1948-
Other Leaders 2005-2006 Ukraine (prime minister)
Yuriy Bilonoh
(m) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 2004 shot put (gold)
Yuriy Lituyev
(m) 1925-2000
Olympic Medalists 1952 400 m hurdles (silver)
Yuriy Cheban
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 canoe sprint (bronze/gold)
Yuriy Konovalov
(m) 1929-2008
Olympic Medalists 1956; 1960 4x100 m relay (silver)
Yuriy Kutsenko
(m) 1952-2018
Olympic Medalists 1980 decathlon (silver)
Yuriy Ozerov
(m) 1928-2004
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1956 basketball (silver)
Yuriy Kunakov
(m) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2008 diving - synchronized springboard (silver)
Yuriy Shlyapin
(m) 1932-2009
Olympic Medalists 1956 water polo (bronze)
Yuriy Grigorovsky
(m) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1960; 1968 water polo (silver)
Yuri Yatsev
(a.k.a. Yuriy) (m) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2000 water polo (silver)
Yuri Gromak
(a.k.a. Yuriy) (m) 1948-1998
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze)
Yury Mukhin
(a.k.a. Yuriy) (m) 1971-
Olympic Medalists 1992 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold)