Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of

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origin meaning "

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increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "

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will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the

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name

Yosef Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...

and the

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name

Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

. It is widely used in many parts of the world by

Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

of all

Abrahamic religions The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around worship of the God of Abraham. Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout Abrahamic religious scriptures such as the Bible and the Quran. Jewish tradition ...

, including

Middle Eastern Jews Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...

Arab Christians Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who l ...

, and

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

. It is also

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in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf and Yusef.

Given name

Yossef

Yossef Karami Yousef Karami ( fa, یوسف کرمی; born March 22, 1983, in Meyaneh, Iran) is an Iranian taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He is also the 2003 world champion (in 78–8 ...

(born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete *

Yossef Romano Yossef Romano ( he, יוסף רומנו; 15 April 1940 – 5 September 1972), also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano, was a Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter with the Israeli team that went to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Ger ...

(1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre

Youcef

Youcef Abdi Youcef Abdi ( Kabyle: Yusef Ɛabdi) (born 7 December 1977) is an Australian athlete who specializes in the 3000 m steeplechase. He changed his allegiance from Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).s ...

(born 1977), Australian athlete *

Youcef Belaïli Mohamed Youcef Belaïli ( ar, محمد يوسف بلايلي; born 14 March 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Ajaccio and the Algeria national team. Early life Belaïli was born on 14 March 1992 ...

, Algerian footballer *

Youcef Ghazali Youcef Ghazli (born July 29, July in London, England) ( ar, يوسف غزالي) is an Algerian footballer striker. He currently plays for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Honours * Won the Algerian First Division once wit ...

, Algerian footballer *

Youcef Nadarkhani Youcef Nadarkhani (born 1977) is an Iranian Christian pastor who was sentenced to death (but later acquitted) in Tehran as being a Christian having been born into Islam. Initial reports, including a 2010 brief from the Iranian Supreme court, st ...

, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs *

Youcef Touati Youcef Touati (29 March 1989 – 16 March 2017) was an Algerian professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Youth career Born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Touati began his ...

, Algerian footballer

Yousef

Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Serhani ( ar, يوسف نصري; born 28 July 1979 in Larache, Morocco) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished fifth in the 3000 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and eleventh in the short race at the 20 ...

(born 1979), Spanish long distance runner *

Yousef Beidas Yousef Beidas ( ar, يوسف بيدس, also transliterated Yusif Bedas, Yusef Baydas, Yousif Beydas) (December 1912 - 28 November 1968) was a banker born to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese Beirut-born mother. Known as "The Genius from Jerusa ...

(1912–1968), Palestinian Lebanese banker *

Yousef Erakat Yousef Saleh Erakat (; born January 22, 1990), also known as FouseyTube or Fousey, is an American YouTuber who produces parodies, vlogs, comedy sketches and interviews. He also has two other channels, Fousey and DoseOfFousey. Early life Yousef E ...

, Palestinian-American YouTube personality *

Yousef Saanei Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei ( fa, يوسف صانعى; 16 October 1937 – 12 September 2020) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' and politician, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran's powerful Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 and also ...

(born 1937), Iranian cleric and politician *

Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshra Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshra ( ar, يوسف شيخ العشرة) (born 15 January 1979) is a Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العرب ...

, Syrian footballer

Yousif

Yousif Ghafari Yousif Boutrous Ghafari (sometimes Youssef B. Ghafari, born September 27, 1952) is an American businessman of Lebanese birth, owner of architectural firm Ghafari Associates LLC, former United States Ambassador to Slovenia. During the Senate con ...

, American businessman *

Yousif Hassan Yousif Hassan ( ar, يوسف حسن) is a UAE footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for the Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. Hassan was transferred to Al Wasl FC from Al-Shaab (UAE) in summer 2008. And in Winter 2010, he was loaned back to Al S ...

, Emirati footballer

Youssef

Youssef Abdelke Youssef Abdelke (Arabic يوسف عبدلكي) is one of Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūr� ...

, Syrian artist *

Youssef Aftimus Youssef Aftimus (; 25 November 1866 – 10 September 1952) was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the tw ...

(1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect *

Youssef Bey Karam Youssef Bey Karam (also Joseph Bey Karam) (May 15, 1823 – April 7, 1889) ( ar, يوسف بك كرم), was a Lebanese Maronite notable for fighting in the 1860 civil war and led a rebellion in 1866–1867 against the Ottoman Empire rule in M ...

(1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader *

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...

(1926–2008), Egyptian film director *

Youssef Hossam Youssef Hossam ( ar, يوسف حسام; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences. He was banned in a decisi ...

(born 1998), Egyptian tennis player *

Youssef Hussein Youssef Hussein ( ar, يوسف حسين; born 16 December 1988), also known as Joe, is an Egyptian comedian, YouTube content maker, and political satirist. He became famous after presenting the "Joe Tube" program on YouTube, and later the "Joe Sh ...

(born 1988), Egyptian comedian *

Youssef Ibrahim Youssef Ibrahim (born 2 March 1999 in Cairo) is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of July 2022, he was squash rankings, ranked 11 in the world. Ibrahim currently studies at Princeton University and plays No. 1 for the Princeton Tigers m ...

(born 1999), Egyptian squash player *Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed

Youssef Obama Youssef Ibrahim ( ar, يوسف إبراهيم; born 2 December 1995), nicknamed Youssef Obama ( ar, يوسف اوباما), is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hazem on loan from Zamalek. ...

, Egyptian footballer

Youssif

Youssif (burn victim) Yousuf (born August 31, 2001), is a 20-year-old Iraqi who was set on fire by a group of unknown masked men outside of his central Baghdad home on January 15, 2007. Background On January 15, 2007, while playing outside his Baghdad home, Yousuf wa ...

, Iraqi torture victim

Youssof

Youssof Kohzad Youssof Kohzad (Persian: يوسف كهزاد; also spelled Youssef Kohzad) (born 1935) was an ethnic Tajik writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet, actor, and art consultant from Afghanistan. He has now taken residence in Tracy, California, Un ...

, Afghan American writer and artist

Youssouf

Youssouf Bakayoko Youssouf Bakayoko (born 19 April 1943) is a politician and diplomat from Cote d'Ivoire. He served in the Ivorian government as Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for fo ...

, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast *

Youssouf Hadji Youssouf Hadji ( ar, يوسف حجي; born 25 February 1980) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He notably had three spells for French side AS Nancy, also serving as the team captain, making 378 a ...

(born 1980), Moroccan footballer *

Youssouf Hersi Youssouf Hersi (born 20 August 1982) is a retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Ethiopia, Hersi represented the Netherlands at youth international level. Club career Hersi has played in the Netherlands ...

(born 1982), Dutch soccer player *

Youssouf Mulumbu Youssouf Mulumbu (born 25 January 1987) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Mulumbu came through Paris Saint-Germain's youth academy. He began playing for Paris Saint-Germain B in 2004 and was promoted to th ...

(born 1987), Congolese footballer

Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) Mohammad Yousuf PP SI ( Punjabi, ur, ; formerly Yousuf Youhana, ; born 27 August 1974) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer and captain, who played all three formats. Prior to his conversion to Islam, Yousuf was one of the few ...

(born 1974), Pakistani cricketer *

Dr. Yousuf Memon Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...

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Yusef

Yusef of Morocco ''Moulay'' Yusef ben Hassan ( ar, مولاي يوسف بن الحسن), born in Meknes on 1882 and died in Fes on 1927, was the Alaouite sultan of Morocco from 1912 to 1927. He was the son of Hassan ben Mohammed. Life M ...

(''Yusef ben Hassan'', 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27) *

Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ( ar, يوسف ٱبن يعقوب ٱبن إسحاق ٱبن إبراهيم, Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn ʾIbrāhīm, ) is a prophet mentioned in the Quran, and corresponds to Joseph, a person f ...

(born 1989), wrestler from Spain, Brazilian jiu jitsu champion *

Yusef Ahmed Youssef Ahmed Ali ( ar, يوسف أحمد; born 14 October 1988) is a Qatari international footballer who plays as a striker . Ahmed was born in Saudi Arabia. He began playing football in the streets of Jeddah, but eventually left Saudi Arabia ...

(born 1988), Qatari international footballer *

Yusef al-Ayeri Yusuf al-Ayeri ( ar, يوسف العييري) or Yusuf bin Salih bin Fahd al-Ayeri (1974 – 2003; known by a number of aliases, including '' al-Battar''—the Arabic name of one of the swords of Muhammad—conventionally rendered "Swift Sword" in ...

(1973–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist, first leader Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula *

Yusef Ali Khan Nawab Muhammad Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur, KSI, (5 March 1816 – 21 April 1865) was a Nawab of the princely state of Rampur from 1855 to 1865. During the First War of Independence, he rendered many useful services to the Government of India by ke ...

(1816–1865), Nawab (1855–1865) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesyh, India) *

Yusef Greiss The following is a list of Egyptian music composers. Pioneers According to the work of the Egyptian musicologist Samha El-Kholy, the first generation of Egyptians to begin writing in modern Egyptian classical style were born around the turn ...

(1899–1961), Egyptian composer *

Yusef Hawkins Yusef Kirriem Hawkins (also spelled as Yusuf Hawkins, March 19, 1973 – August 23, 1989) was a 16-year-old black teenager from the neighborhood of East New York, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, who was shot to death on August 23, ...

(also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–1989), American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City attacked by a racist mob *

Yusef Khan Yusef Khan is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Ace Bhatti. Yusef is the father of Afia Khan (Meryl Fernandes) and former husband of Zainab Masood ( Nina Wadia). He appears from 23 November ...

, fictional character in the British television soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Yusef Khan-e Gorji Yusef Khan-e Gorji (also spelled Yūsof; fa, یوسف خان گرجی; died 1824) was a Qajar dynasty, Qajar Iranian military leader and official of Georgians, Georgian origin. Born in Tbilisi, An influential figure, he founded the Iranian city ...

(died 1824), Iranian military leader *

Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa (born James William Brown; April 29, 1941) is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for ''Neo ...

(born 1941), American poet *

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

(1920–2013), American jazz musician *

Yusef Majidzadeh Yousef Majidzadeh ( fa, یوسف مجیدزاده, born 1938) is an Iranian archaeologist and director of the excavations at Ozbaki, Qabristan and Jiroft. He is a native of Tabriz. In 2007, Majidzadeh presented a seminar in Kerman entitled “Ji ...

(born 1938), Iranian archaeologist *

Yusef Mishleb Aluf (Major General) Yusef Mishleb (sometimes spelled Yosef Mishlev) ( ar, يوسف مشلب, he, יוסף מישלב; born 1952) is a retired Druze general in the Israel Defense Forces serving last in the position as the Coordinator of Governmen ...

(also known as Yosef Mishlev, born 1952), Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces *

Yusef Sozi ''Yusuf Ssozi'' (born 20 December 1981) is a Ugandan-British former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played at club level in the Super League for the London Broncos ( Heritage No. 374) (2000-2001), the Batley Bull ...

(born 1981), Ugandan-British rugby league footballer *

Yusef Urabi Yusef Urabi ( ar, يوسف عرابي) (also spelled Yusuf Orabi) was a Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army as well as an early member of Fatah's armed wing, al-Assifa. In 1966 he was killed in the Yarmouk Camp in Damascus during an attempt t ...

(died 1966), Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah

Yusof

Yusof Ishak Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and journalist who served as the first president of Singapore from 1965 until his death in 1970. Prior to becoming head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalis ...

(1910–1970), first President of Singapore

Yussef

Yussef al-Shihri Yussef Mohammed Mubarak al-Shihri (1985–2009) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. He was born on September 8, 1985, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. At t ...

(1985–2009), Saudi Arabian extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay

Yussuf

Yussuf Poulsen Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses ''Yurary'' as his shirt name. After starting his professiona ...

(born 1994), Danish footballer

Yusuf

* Yusuf ibn Muhammad, known as Al-Mustanjid, the caliph of Baghdad 1160–1170 *

Yusuf Emre Fırat Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 20 March 2000) is a Turkish Olympian cross-country skier. Early years Yusuf Emre Fırat was born in Kars, Turkey on 20 March 2000. Sports career Fırat performs cross-country skiing. He is a member of Kars Gençlik Sport ...

(born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier *

Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ismail ( ar, أبو الحجاج يوسف بن إسماعيل; 29 June 131819 October 1354), known by the regnal name al-Muayyad billah (, "He who is aided by God"), was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Gran ...

(1318–54), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula * Yusuf II, Almohad ruler (c. 1203–1224), the ruler of Morocco *

Yusuf Abdulla Yusuf Adam Abdulla (born 17 January 1983) is a retired South African cricketer. He played first-class cricket for the Dolphins cricket team, Dolphins and had previously represented the KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa A cr ...

, South African cricketer * Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Mustanjid, the caliph for the

Mamluk Sultanate The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16th ...

(1455–1479) *

Yusuf al-Azma Yusuf al-Azma ( ar, يوسف العظمة, ALA-LC: ''Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah''; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was the Syrian minister of war in the governments of prime ministers Rida al-Rikabi and Hashim al-Atassi, and the Arab Army's chief of general staff ...

(1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, military officer in the Ottoman Empire *

Yusuf Ali (disambiguation) Yusuf Ali or Yousaf Ali ( ar, يوسف علي) is a common name. Yusuf Ali may refer to: * Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953), Indian Islamic scholar, known for his English translation of the Quran * Muhammad Yusuf Ali (1923–1998), Bangladesh polit ...

, several people *

Yūsuf Balasaguni Yusuf Khass Hajib; kk, Жүсіп Баласағұни, Jüsip Balasağunï; ug, يۈسۈپ خاس ھاجىپ; ky, Жусуп Баласагын, Jusup Balasagın; uz, Yusuf Xos Hojib was an 11th-century Central Asian Turkic poet, statesman ...

, Uyghur scribe *

Yusuf Başer Yusuf Başer (born February 4, 1980 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite open division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Achievements ;2010: * 1st World Clubs Cup - No ...

(born 1980), Turkish karateka *

Yusuf Bey Yusuf Bey (born Joseph Stephens; December 21, 1935 – September 30, 2003), was an American African American Muslims, Black Muslim activist and leader who was a member of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, an offshoot of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of I ...

(1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist *

Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn ( ar, يوسف بن أحمد الكونين) (b. 10th century), popularly known as Aw Barkhadle ("Blessed Father")Abdullahi, p.13 or Yusuf Al Kownayn, was a Muslim scholar and traveler. Based on reference to Yusuf Al Ka ...

, Somali Muslim scholar *

Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah ( ar, يوسف بن علوي بن عبد الله, born 1945) is an Omani politician. He was the Sultanate of Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. It is important to clarify that "Ministers in Responsibilit ...

(born 1945), Omani politician *

Yusuf Corker Yusuf Corker (born December 26, 1998) is an American football safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky. College career Corker redshirted his true freshman season at Kentucky. ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Yusuf Dadoo Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo (5 September 1909 – 19 September 1983) was a South African Communist and an anti-apartheid activist. During his life, he was chair of both the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party ...

, South African communist activist *

Yusuf Dikeç Yusuf Dikeç (born January 1, 1973 in Taşoluk, Göksun, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the pistol events. A retired non-commissioned officer of the Turkish Gendarmerie, the tall athlete at is a memb ...

(born 1983), Turkish sport shooter *

Yusuf Ekinci Yusuf Ekinci (1942, in Diyarbakır – 25 February 1994, in Ankara) was a Kurdish politician in Turkey who was involved in the Susurluk scandal. Biography He was born in Lice to Kamil Ekinci. In June 1963 he was a student of the Faculty of L ...

, Turkish lawyer *

Yusuf Garaad Omar Yusuf Garaad Omar ( so, Yuusuf Garaad Cumar, ar, يوسف جراد عمر) (born 26 June 1960 in Mogadishu) is a Somali journalist, diplomat and politician. He previously served as Somalia ambassador to the United Nations and was a senior advi ...

, Somali journalist *

Yusuf Halaçoğlu Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 10 May 1949, in Kozan, Adana) is a Turkish historian and politician. He is a former president of the Turkish Historical Society and was a member of the Turkish Parliament from 2011 to 2017 representing the electoral distri ...

(born 1949), Turkish historian and politician *

Yusuf Hamied Yusuf Khwaja Hamied (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian scientist, billionaire businessman and the chairman of Cipla, a generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935. He is also an elected fellow of the Indi ...

, Indian billionaire *

Yusuf Hamadani Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Hamadānī, best simply known as Yusuf Hamadani (born 1048 or 1049 / 440 AH - died 1140 / 535 AH), was a Persians, Persian figure of the Middle Ages. He was the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simpl ...

(1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia *

Yusuf Islam Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...

, British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens *

Yusuf ibn Tashfin Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, ( ar, يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي , Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn Naṣr al-Dīn ibn Tālākakīn al-Ṣanhājī ; reigned c. 1061 – 1106) was l ...

(c.1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire *

Yusuf İsmail Yusuf İsmail (1857 – July 4, 1898), also known as Youssouf Ishmaelo, was a Turkish professional wrestler who competed in Europe and the United States as Yusuf Ismail the Terrible Turk during the 1890s. During his lifetime, native Turks knew h ...

(1857–1898), Turkish wrestler *

Yusuf Karamanli Yusuf (ibn Ali) Karamanli, Caramanli or Qaramanli or al-Qaramanli (most commonly Yusuf Karamanli), (1766 – 1838) was the longest-reigning Pasha of the Karamanli dynasty of Tripolitania (in present-day Libya). He is noted for his role in the ...

(1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya) * Yusuf Khatri, Indian master craftsman *

Yusuf Kurtuluş Yusuf Kurtuluş (born 15 September 1986 in Of) is a former Turkish footballer. He last played for Inkilap SK. Club career Kurtuluş began playing football in Trabzonspor's famous youth academy and was a vital member in Trabzonspor's 2003-200 ...

, Turkish footballer *

Yusuf Ma Dexin Yusuf Ma Dexin (also ''Ma Tesing''; 1794–1874) was a Hui Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi scholar from Yunnan, known for his fluency and proficiency in both Arabic and Persian, and for his knowledge of Islam. He also went by the Chinese name Ma Fuchu. ...

, Chinese Muslim scholar *

Yusuf Mersin Yusuf Mersin (born 23 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for NIFL Championship side H&W Welders as a goalkeeper. Born in England, he represented Turkey at youth international level. Club career Born in London, Mersin moved ...

, Turkish footballer *

Yusuf Nabi Yusuf Nabi (1642 – 10 April 1712) was a Turkish Divan poet of Kurdish descent, in the court of Mehmet IV. He was famous for "his brilliant lyrics filled with popular sayings and critiques of the age and verses commemorating innumerable importa ...

, Turkish writer * Yusuf Öztürk (footballer), Turkish footballer *

Yusuf Öztürk (boxer) Yusuf Güclü (born 29 Mai 1997) is a Turkish light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 2014Summer Olympics in München. Participating in the 30 March–7 April 2014 European Profi Boxing Championships in the ünchen/Germany town of Vejle ...

, Turkish boxer *

Yusuf al-Qaradawi Yusuf al-Qaradawi ( ar, يوسف القرضاوي, translit=Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or ''Yusuf al-Qardawi''; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of ...

(1926–2022), Egyptian Islamic theologian, (former) leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood *

Yusuf Salim Yusuf Salim (1929–31 July 2008), born Joseph Blair, was an American jazz pianist and composer. Salim was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and began his musical career there at the age of 14 as a pianist with the Ken Murray Sextet. He was hired when ...

(1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer *

Yusuf Salman Yusuf Yusuf Salman Yusuf ( syr, ܝܘܣܦ ܣܠܡܢ ܝܘܣܦ, ar, يوسف سلمان يوسف), better known by his nom de guerre Comrade Fahd ( ar, فهد) (19 July 1901, in Baghdad – 14 February 1949), was an Assyrian of Chaldean Catholic faith a ...

, Iraqi communist activist *

Yusuf Şimşek Yusuf Şimşek (born July 20, 1975) is a Turkish association football, football manager and former player. He most recently served as the manager of Balıkesirspor. Club career Fenerbahçe SK During his time at Fenerbahçe, his teammate Ariel O ...

, Turkish footballer *

Yusuf Taktak Yusuf Taktak (born 1951) is a Turkish artist and academic. He was a student of and later taught in Adnan Cokers atelier. He has worked on wall paintings, participated in biennials in Turkey and internationally as well as group exhibitions. His art ...

(born 1951), Turkish artists *

Yusuf Uçar Yusuf Uçar (born January 1, 1987, in Reyhanlı, Hatay Province, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian. Sporting career A member of İstanbul Visually Impaired People Sports Club, Uçar played in Turkey's nat ...

(born 1987), Turkish paralympic goalball player *

Yusuf Yasin Yusuf Yasin (also known as Yousuf Yassin; 1888 – 19 April 1962) was a journalist and politician who served in various capacities during the reign of King Abdulaziz and King Saud. He was among the advisers of King Abdulaziz who were employed ...

(1888−1962), Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician *

Yusuf Yazıcı Yusuf Yazıcı (born 29 January 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, on loan from French club Lille, and the Turkey national team. An academy graduate of Trabzonspor, ...

, Turkish footballer * Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer *

Abu Yusuf Al-Turki Ümit Yaşar Toprak also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (the "Turk") was a sniper in the al-Nusra Front who trained fighters on how to become snipers. He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra ...

(also known as, Ümit Yaşar Toprak, c. 1967–2014), Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front

Jusuf

Jusuf Nurkić Jusuf Nurkić (; born 23 August 1994), nicknamed "the Bosnian Beast", is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at tall and weighing 290 lb (132 kg ...

, Bosnian basketball player

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Giousouf

* Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity

Yousaf

Humza Yousaf Humza Haroon Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since 2021. He is the first non-white and first Muslim cabinet minister in the Scottish Government. A member of the Sco ...

(born 1985), Scottish politician

Yousef

Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Abd-El-Aziz Safimayo Yousef ( so, Cabdicasiis Yuusuf; born 5 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Rivers FC in League1 British Columbia. Born in Saudi Arabia, he represents Somalia internationally. Early life Yo ...

(born 1999), Somali footballer *

Farrah Yousef Farrah Yousef ( ar, فرح يوسف) (born July 20, 1989) is a Syrian singer who was the first runner-up on the second season of the television program ''Arab Idol'' in 2013.

(born 1989), Syrian singer *

Hediya Yousef Hediya Yousef ( ku, Hediya Yûsif, ar, هدية يوسف) is a Syrian-Kurdish politician who held the office of co-president of the Executive Council of Rojava from 17 March 2016 to 16 July 2018. Yousef is an ethnic Kurd, and served with fellow ...

, Syrian-Kurdish politician *

Mosab Hassan Yousef Mosab Hassan Yousef ( ar, مصعب حسن يوسف; nicknamed "The Green Prince"; born 5 May 1978) is a Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's internal security service Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007. Shin Bet considered him its most valuab ...

, Palestinian spy working for Israel *

Ramzi Yousef Ramzi Ahmed Yousef ( ur, , translit=''Ramzī Ahmad Yūsuf''; born 20 May 1967 or 27 April 1968) is a Pakistani convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines ...

(born 1968), Pakistani terrorist who organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing *

Rasmea Yousef Rasmea Yousef Odeh in Arabic رسمية يوسف عودة (born 1947/1948; also known as Rasmea Yousef, Rasmieh Steve, and Rasmieh Joseph Steve) is a Palestinian Jordanian and former American citizen who was a member of the Popular Front for t ...

, Jordanian associate director of the Arab American Action Network

Youssef

Bassem Youssef Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef ( ar, باسم رأفت محمد يوسف, ; born 21 March 1974) is an Egyptian comedian, writer, producer, surgeon, doctor, media critic, and television host, who hosted '' El-Bernameg'' (''The Show''), a satirical ...

(born 1974), Egyptian writer and comedian *

Dhafer Youssef Dhafer Youssef ( ar, ظافر يوسف; born 19 November 1967) is a Tunisian composer, singer and oud player. Biography Dhafer Youssef was born in Téboulba (a small village of coastal Tunisia); his grandfather was a muezzin. He calls the radio ...

(born 1967), Tunisian singer and oud player *

Maimouna Youssef Maimouna Youssef is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. She is of Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee and African American heritage. She performs music under the stage name Mumu Fresh. Musical career Youssef earned a Grammy nomination for her vocal ...

(stage name: Mumu Fresh), American singer and rapper *

Maya Youssef Maya Youssef (born 1984) is a Syrian musician and composer based in the United Kingdom who plays the qanun. She has performed on the BBC Proms and WOMAD. Personal life and education Maya Youssef was born in 1984 in Damascus, Syria, into a fami ...

, Syrian musician * Mohamed Youssef (born 1986), Libyan basketball player *

Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar ( ar, محمد يوسف النجار; 11 June 1930 – 10 April 1973), commonly known as Abu Youssef, was a Palestinian militant who was assassinated by Israel over alleged involvement in the 1972 Munich massacre. Li ...

(also known as Abu Youssef, 1930–1973), Palestinian militant *

Ramy Youssef Ramy Youssef ( ar, رامي يوسف; ; born March 26, 1991) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and director of full Egyptian descent known for his role as Ramy Hassan on the Hulu comedy series '' Ramy'' (2019–present), for whic ...

(born 1980), Egyptian handball player *

(born 1991), American actor of Egyptian origin *

Michael Youssef Michael Youssef (born September 25, 1948) is an Egyptian-American pastor. He is the senior pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia, and the executive president of Leading the Way. Life and career Youssef was born in Egypt, whe ...

(born 1948), Arab-American clergyman

Yusef

Anatol Yusef Anatol Yusef is an English stage, film and television actor, writer, director. He is best known for his work at The Royal Shakespeare Company, for his portrayal of Meyer Lansky in the television series '' Boardwalk Empire'', and Channel 4's '' ...

(born 1978), British actor *

Malik Yusef Malik Yusef El Shabazz Jones (born April 4, 1971) is an American spoken word artist, poet, rapper, writer, composer, producer and director based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Early life He was raised in Chicago's South Side neighborho ...

(born 1971), American performing poet and rapper *

Mohammad Yusef the Painter Mohammad Yusef the Painter ( fa, محمد یوسف نگارگر) was a Safavid era Persian painter of the Isfahan school. He was an apprentice of Reza Abbasi. The Shahnameh of Rashida is attributed to him. It seems that he and Mohammad Qasem were ...

, Persian Safavid dynasty artist *

Molla Yusef (disambiguation) Molla Yusef or Molla Yusof ( fa, ملايوسف), also rendered as Mulla Yusuf, may refer to: * Molla Yusef, Ardabil * Molla Yusof, East Azerbaijan {{geodis ...

, several people

Yusof

Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof Khairuddin bin Mohamed Yusof (born 30 July 1939 in Perak, Malaysia) is a professor emeritus at the University of Malaya. He receives the Emeritus from the university in year 2004 and ''Darjah Dato` Paduka Cura Simanja Kini'' (DPCM) which brings t ...

(born 1939), Malaysian Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya *

Meor Aziddin Yusof Meor Yusof Aziddin Meor Hassan (1967 – 24 December 2021), popularly known as Meor, was a Malaysian folk singer-songwriter in the Malay language. Life and career He was born in Beruas, Perak in 1967. He performed from 1984 and had a major labe ...

(born 1967), Malaysian folk singer-songwriter *

Mohammad Said Yusof Datuk Mohammad Said bin Yusof (born 15 September 1959) was a member of the Malaysian Parliament in the lower house of the '' Dewan Rakyat'', representing the constituency of Jasin in the state of Malacca. He is a member of the United Malays N ...

, member of the Malaysian Parliament

Yusuf

Abdullah Yusuf Ali Abdullah Yusuf Ali, CBE, MA, LL.M, FRSA, FRSL (; ur, عبداللہ یوسف علی‎; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A support ...

, South Asian Islamic scholar *

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ( so, Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, ar, عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012) was a Somali politician and former colonel in the Somali National Army. He was one of the founders of the Somali ...

, former President of Somalia *

Abu Yaqub Yusuf Abu Ya`qub Yusuf or Yusuf I ( ''Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf''; 1135 – 14 October 1184) was the second Almohad ''Amir'' or caliph. He reigned from 1163 until 1184 in Marrakesh. He was responsible for the construction of the Giralda in Seville, which ...

(1135–1184), second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh *

Ali Yusuf Kenadid Ali Yusuf Kenadid ( so, Cali Yuusuf Keenadiid, ar, علي يوسف كينايديض) was a Somali ruler. He was the second ruler of the Sultanate of Hobyo. History Ali Yusuf was born into a Majeerteen Darod family. His father, Sultan Yusuf Ali ...

, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo *

Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf ( so, Xaaji Bashiir Ismaaciil Yuusuf, ar, حاجي بشير اسماعيل يوسف) (b. 1912 in Hobyo, Somalia – d. 1984 in Cairo, Egypt), commonly referred to as Haji Bashir,SAMIULLAH, MUHAMMAD. DEVELOPMENT OF CREATI ...

, Somali politician *

Hamza Yusuf Hamza Yusuf (born: Mark Hanson; 1958) is an American Islamic neo-traditionalist, Islamic scholar, and co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching metho ...

(born 1958), American Islamic scholar *

Hanna Yusuf Hanna Yusuf (1992–2019) was a Somali journalist who worked for BBC News as a reporter and producer. Early life and education Hanna Yusuf was born in Somalia in 1992. She grew up in the Netherlands until age 9. Later she and her family migr ...

(1992–2019), Somali-British journalist and broadcaster *

Isa Yusuf Alptekin Isa Yusuf Alptekin or ʿĪsa Yūsuf Alptekin ( (عيسى يوسف الپتگین or عيسى يوسف الپتكین); Turkish: İsa Yusuf Alptekin; ; 1901 – 17 December 1995), known in China as Ai Sha (), was a Uyghur politician who served t ...

, Uyghur politician *

Mohammad Yusuf (politician) Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Khan (January 21, 1917 – January 23, 1998) was Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan from March 10, 1963 to November 2, 1965. He was a technocrat who served under the reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah, and was the f ...

(1917–98), prime minister of Afghanistan *

Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram) Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian terrorist and founder of the terrorist Islamist group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he was killed in the 2009 Boko Haram upri ...

(also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, 1970–2009), Nigerian Muslim sect founder and leader *

Osman Yusuf Kenadid Osman Yusuf Kenadid ( so, Cusmaan Yuusuf Keenadiid; ar, عثمان يوسف كيناديد; 1889 – 14 August 1972) was a Somali poet, writer, teacher and ruler. Born in Ceel Huur in 1889, he went on to create the Osmanya alphabet for writin ...

, Somali scholar *

Sami Yusuf Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, ''Al-Muʽallim'', in 2003. As of 2020, he has released eight studio alb ...

(born 1980), British singer-songwriter *

Dr. Yusuf Memon Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...

Raipur Chhattigarh India , A Cancer Surgeon

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