Yonge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Charles Duke Yonge Charles Duke Yonge (30 November 1812 – 30 November 1891) was an English historian, classicist and cricketer. He wrote numerous works of modern history, and translated several classical works. His younger brother was George Edward Yonge. Biogra ...

(1812–1891), English historian and translator of Philo of Alexandria *

Charles Maurice Yonge Sir Charles Maurice Yonge, CBE, FRS FRSE (9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986) was an English marine zoologist. Life Charles Maurice Yonge was born in Silcoates School near Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1899 the son of John Arthur Yonge (1865-194 ...

(1899–1986), British marine biologist *

Charlotte Mary Yonge Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901) was an English novelist, who wrote in the service of the church. Her abundant books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement and show her keen interest in matters of public health and sanitation. ...

(1823–1901), English author *

Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KCB, PC (17 July 1731 – 25 September 1812), of Escot House in the parish of Talaton in Devon, England, was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794). He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in ...

(1731–1812), British Secretary at War and the namesake of Yonge Street *

Jane Yonge Jane Yonge is a New Zealand theatre director of Fijian and Chinese descent. Biography Yonge grew up in Auckland. Her father is Fijian and her mother was Chinese-Fijian. Yonge's mother died when she was 23 years old and Yonge travelled to China ...

, New Zealand theatre director *

John Yonge John Yonge (c. 1465 – 25 April 1516) was an English ecclesiastic and diplomatist, who also served as Master of the Rolls from 1507 until his death. He is not to be confused with his contemporary John Young (suffragan bishop in London) (1463 ...

(1465–1516), English bishop and diplomat *

Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet (2 October 1603 – 26 August 1663) of Great House in the parish of Colyton in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1642 and 1660. Yonge was the son of Walter Yonge of C ...

(1603–1663), English merchant and Member of Parliament *

Nicholas Yonge Nicholas Yonge (also spelled ''Young'', ''Younge''; c. 1560 in Lewes, Sussex – buried 23 October 1619 in St Michael, Cornhill, London) was an English singer and publisher. He is most famous for publishing the '' Musica transalpina'' (1588 ...

(1560–1619), English Renaissance singer and publisher *

Roby Yonge Roby Yonge (July 25, 1943 – July 18, 1997) was an American radio DJ, most notable in the 1960s. He was best known for being fired from New York City station WABC in 1969, after he reported over the air that the singer Paul McCartney might have ...

(1943–1997), American radio DJ *

Thomas Yonge Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

or Young (1405–1476), MP for Bristol and Gloustershire, justice of the Common Pleas and the King's Bench *

Walter Yonge of Colyton Walter Yonge (1579–1649) of Great House in the parish of Colyton in Devon, England, was a lawyer, merchant and diarist. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of John II Yonge (d. 1612) of Colyton by his wife Alice Stere. His grandfather was ...

(1579–1649), English lawyer, merchant and Member of Parliament *

Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 21 November 1670) of Great House, Colyton, and of Mohuns Ottery, both in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Honiton (1659), for Lyme Regis (1660) and for Dartmouth (1667–70). Origins Yonge ...

(1625–1670) *

Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet (1653 – 18 July 1731) of Escot in the parish of Talaton, Devon, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1710. Early life Yonge was bapti ...

(1653–1731) *

William Yonge (disambiguation) William Yonge may refer to: * Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet (c. 1693–1755), English politician *William Yonge (15th century MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency), Newcastle-under-Lyme *William Yonge (MP for Bristol), in 1361, ...

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