Ilios Yannakakis * 1931 †︎ 2017 Greece, Grécka menšina v bývalom Československu 1944 - 1949 Grécka občianska vojna, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - Pražská jar, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - Nežná revolúcia v Československu
Hovhannes Yeranyan Հովհաննես Երանյան * 1963 Armenia, Významná kultúrna osobnosť Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Vladyslav Yesypenko Владислав Єсипенко * 1969 Political prisoner, Ukraine, Novinář 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014)
Arif Yunus * 1955 Human Rights Defender, Historik, Azerbaijan, Disident Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Leyla Yunus * 1955 Human Rights Defender, Azerbaijan, Disident, Historik Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union
