Namesakes
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
1 actor
Yuri Nikulin (a.k.a. Yuriy) 1921-1997 
Notable Athletes:
1 track
(track) Yuriy Sedykh 1955-2021
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Yuriy Gagarin 1934-1968
Olympic Medalists:
7 silver, 3 gold, 2 bronze, 1 bronze/gold, 1 gold/silver
(silver) Yuriy Lituyev 1952 400 m hurdles
(silver) Yuriy Ozerov 1952; 1956 basketball
(bronze) Yuriy Shlyapin 1956 water polo
(silver) Yuriy Konovalov 1956; 1960 4x100 m relay
(silver) Yuriy Grigorovsky 1960; 1968 water polo
(bronze) Yuri Gromak (a.k.a. Yuriy) 1968 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Yuriy Kutsenko 1980 decathlon
(gold/silver) Yuriy Sedykh 1976; 1980; 1988 hammer throw
(gold) Yury Mukhin (a.k.a. Yuriy) 1992 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Yuri Yatsev (a.k.a. Yuriy) 2000 water polo
(gold) Yuriy Bilonoh 2004 shot put
(gold) Yuriy Borzakovskiy 2004 800 m
(silver) Yuriy Kunakov 2008 diving - synchronized springboard
(bronze/gold) Yuriy Cheban 2008; 2012 canoe sprint
Other Leaders:
1 general secretary, 1 prime minister
General Secretary Yuri Andropov (a.k.a. Yuriy) 1982-1984 Soviet Union
Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov 2005-2006 Ukraine
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
3 dukes
Duke Yuriy I Dolgorukiy 1154-1157
Duke Yuriy II 1212-1216; 1218-1238
Duke Yuriy 1303-1325