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211 famous people named Yahya found on Wikipedia.
2602 male, 6 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1018-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
920-th in year 2017
Used in: Arabic, Persian, Turkish
For people with the given name or surname yahia, see Yahia
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, translit. Yaḥyā), also written Yahia is a common Arabic male given name. Yahya (John the Baptist) having been a prophet of Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world.
In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder; it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.
Form of John: God is gracious.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yahya Jammeh | 1965 | 2nd President of the Gambia |
| 2 | Yahya Khan | 1917 | Pakistani president |
| 3 | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | ||
| 4 | Yahya Ayyash | 1966 | Palestinian militant |
| 5 | Rani Yahya | 1984 | Brazilian martial artist |
| 6 | Şehzade Yahya | 1585 | Alleged Son of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III |
| 7 | Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din | 1869 | Imam of yemen |
| 8 | Ja'far ibn Yahya | 0767 | Bactrian vizier |
| 9 | Ahmad bin Yahya | 1891 | Imam of Yemen |
| 10 | Yahya Petra of Kelantan | 1917 | Malaysian sultan |
| 11 | Yahya Ould Hademine | 1953 | Mauritanian politician |
| 12 | Yahya Rahim Safavi | 1958 | Iranian general |
| 13 | Fifi Aleyda Yahya | ||
| 14 | Yahya Hassan | 1995 | Danish poet and writer |
| 15 | Yahya Al-Shehri | 1991 | Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 16 | Yahya Golmohammadi | 1971 | Iranian footballer |
| 17 | Yassin Yahya | ||
| 18 | Yahya Zaini | ||
| 19 | Yahya Bakhtiar | 1921 | Lawyer and former Attorney General of Pakistan |
| 20 | Yahya Kemal Beyatlı | 1884 | Turkish politician |
| 21 | Yahya bey Dukagjini | 1498 | Writer and poet |
| 22 | Yahya al-Bahrumi | ||
| 23 | Tahir Yahya | 1913 | Prime Minister of Iraq |
| 24 | Isabel Yahya | ||
| 25 | Yahya Hammuda | 1908 | Member of PLO Executive Committee |
| 26 | Tantowi Yahya | 1960 | Indonesian presenter |
| 27 | Yahya ibn Umar | ||
| 28 | Yahya El Mashad | 1932 | Egyptian nuclear physicist |
| 29 | Abdul Hadi Yahya | 1985 | Association football player |
| 30 | Yahya ibn Khalid | Persian vizier | |
| 31 | Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti | Painter | |
| 32 | Zul Yahya | 1973 | |
| 33 | Adel Yahya | 1982 | Involved in 21 July London bombings |
| 34 | Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali | Caliph of Cordoba | |
| 35 | Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya | 0859 | Yemeni imam (0859-0911) |
| 36 | Yahya al-Laithi | ||
| 37 | Yahya of Antioch | 0975 | Melkite Christian physician |
| 38 | Arief Yahya | 1961 | Indonesia politician |
| 39 | Yahya Alwan | 1956 | Iraqi footballer |
| 40 | Izi Yahya | ||
| 41 | Yahya ibn Sarafyun | Syrian physician | |
| 42 | Yahya Efendi | 1494 | |
| 43 | Yahya ibn Ma'in | 0775 | Islamic scholar |
| 44 | Yahya Haqqi | 1905 | Egyptian writer |
| 45 | Ali Yahya | 1947 | Israeli politician |
| 46 | Yahya ibn Muhammad | 0829 | Sultan of Morocco |
| 47 | Yahya ibn Yahya | Sultan of Morocco | |
| 48 | Yahya Akengin | Turkish author | |
| 49 | Mohammed Yahya | 1901 | Pakistani politician |
| 50 | Yahya Hawwa | 1976 | Syrian singer |
| 51 | Abd al-Hakim Hajj Yahya | 1965 | Israeli politician |
| 52 | Suaidi Yahya | 1970 | |
| 53 | Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar | Sultan of Morocco | |
| 54 | Yahya Mohamed Abdullah Saleh | 1965 | Yemeni politician |
| 55 | Yahya Kanu | 2000 | Sierra Leonean politician |
| 56 | Yahya Goba | American terrorist | |
| 57 | Abu Zakariya | 1203 | Founder and first leader of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya |
| 58 | Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni | Berber chieftain | |
| 59 | Rezal Zambery Yahya | 1978 | Malaysian footballer |
| 60 | Yahya Hendi | ||
| 61 | Yahya ibn Adi | 0893 | |
| 62 | Yahya R. Kamalipour | 1947 | Iranian academic |
| 63 | Yahya Galip Kargı | 1874 | Turkish politician |
| 64 | Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef | 1960 | Prime Minister of Mauritania |
| 65 | Yahya Sinwar | 1962 | |
| 66 | Yahya Gülay | 1972 | Turkish muai thai boxer |
| 67 | Syamim Yahya | ||
| 68 | Yahya Gür | ||
| 69 | Yahya Saleh | ||
| 70 | Yahya ibn Asad | 0819 | Sarmanid ruler |
| 71 | Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya | 1217 | Imam |
| 72 | Al-Mansur Yahya | Imam in Yemen | |
| 73 | Yahya bin Awang | Malaysian doctor | |
| 74 | Yahya Hussain Al-Aarashi | 1947 | Yemeni Ambassador to Qatar |
| 75 | Yahya Rahmat-Samii | 1948 | American engineer |
| 76 | Abú Yahya | The last Muslim Vali of Majorca. | |
| 77 | Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi | 0830 | Sufi teacher |
| 78 | Yahya Maroofi | 1939 | Afghan diplomat |
| 79 | Yahya A. Muhaimin | 1943 | Indonesian politician |
| 80 | Yahya Skaf | Lebanese terrorist | |
| 81 | Yahya ibn Al-Qassim | Sultan of Morocco | |
| 82 | Hassan ibn Yahya | 1908 | Yemeni politician |
| 83 | Yahya Ibn Khaldoun | 1332 | |
| 84 | Yahya Ibn Ibrahim | ||
| 85 | Yahya Merchant | 1903 | Indian architect |
| 86 | Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya | 1464 | Malik of Sistan |
| 87 | Yahya Basalamah | 1962 | |
| 88 | Al-Mahdi Ahmad bin Yahya | 1363 | Imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen |
| 89 | Izzuddin Yahya | Governor of Provincial Satgaon | |
| 90 | Yahya Akman | Turkish politician | |
| 91 | Al-Fadl ibn Yahya | 0766 | Politician |
| 92 | Yahya Kassim Issa | 1950 | Tanzanian Member of Parliament |
| 93 | Yahya Berrabah | 1981 | Moroccan long jumper |
| 94 | Yahya Taher Abdullah | 1938 | Writer |
| 95 | Rassem Yahya | 1938 | German basketball player |
| 96 | Abu Yahya Ibn al-Batriq | ||
| 97 | Yahya Sulong | Malaysian comedian | |
| 98 | Yahya Ale Eshaq | 1949 | Iranian politician |
| 99 | Yahya Adl | 1908 | |
| 100 | Jasser Yahya | 1992 | |
| 101 | Yahya Ibn Omar | ||
| 102 | Yahya ibn Surur | ||
| 103 | Yahya Abdul Jalil Muzaffar Shah | ||
| 104 | Abu Talib Yahya | 0951 | Zaidi Imam |
| 105 | Yahya Bennani | 1962 | |
| 106 | Ahmad Jauhari Yahya | ||
| 107 | Yahya Al-Mutawakel | 1959 | Yemeni Cabinet Minister |
| 108 | Yahya Sezai Uzay | Turkish politician | |
| 109 | Yahya ibn Salama al-Kalbi | Umayyad general | |
| 110 | Yahya Assiri | 1980 | |
| 111 | Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz | Ruler of the hammadids | |
| 112 | Yahya Ömer Eryetkin | 1901 | Turkish politician |
| 113 | Yahya bin Muhammad as-Siraji | Yemani imam | |
| 114 | Yahya Karawi | ||
| 115 | Al-Mu'ayyad Yahya | 1270 | Imam of Yemen |
| 116 | Yahya Elsaghe | 1960 | German specialist in literature |
| 117 | Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya | ||
| 118 | Yahya Al Bishri | 1962 | Fashion designer |
| 119 | Yahya Atan | 1954 | Malaysian field hockey player |
| 120 | Razie Yahya | ||
| 121 | Yahya Al-Ghahes | 1986 | Saudi Arabian sprinter |
| 122 | Yahya Amqassim | 1971 | Saudi Arabian writer |
| 123 | Yahya Kabi | 1987 | Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 124 | Yahya ibn Aktham | ||
| 125 | Yahya Şimşek | Turkish politician | |
| 126 | Omar Yahya | 1992 | |
| 127 | Yahya Habeeb | 1986 | Saudi Arabian track and field sprinter |
| 128 | Nizam al-Din Yahya | 1417 | Malik of Sistan |
| 129 | Al-Hadi Yahya | Yemeni imam | |
| 130 | Yahya Yakhlif | 1944 | Palestinian writer |
| 131 | Yahya Al-Musalem | 1986 | Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 132 | Yaish Ibn Yahya | ||
| 133 | Yahya Dagriri | 1991 | Saudi Arabian association football player |
| 134 | Yahya ibn Ummi Taweel | ||
| 135 | Yahya Yahya | 1967 | Spanish politician |
| 136 | Yahya ben Zayd | ||
| 137 | Yahya Armajani | 1908 | Professor |
| 138 | Yahya Uslu | 1936 | Turkish politician |
| 139 | Habib Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya | 1947 | |
| 140 | Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim | ||
| 141 | Yahya Berki Karagözoğlu | Turkish association football player | |
| 142 | Yahya Baş | 1952 | |
| 143 | Yahya Khormi | 1998 | Saudi Arabian association football player |
| 144 | Yahya ibn Zikrawayh | ||
| 145 | Yulia Yahya | ||
| 146 | Yahya Kanbolat | 1928 | Turkish politician |
| 147 | Akhiroel Yahya | ||
| 148 | Musa ibn Yahya | Abbasid governor | |
| 149 | Yahya Amer | Saudi Arabian footballer | |
| 150 | Yahya Muhammad al-Wareeth | Yemeni imam | |
| 151 | Yahya Otain | 1990 | |
| 152 | Yahya Shurbaji | 1979 | Syrian activist |
| 153 | Hadi Yahya | 1990 | Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 154 | Achmad Yahya | 1959 | Indonesian politician |
| 155 | Dr Yahya Al Khusaibi | Omani Politician | |
| 156 | Zekeriyazade Yahya | 1552 | |
| 157 | Baharuddin Yahya | ||
| 158 | Yahya Dhabiani | 1992 | |
| 159 | Yahya ben Tamim | ||
| 160 | Yahya ben Abi Zakariya Yahya | ||
| 161 | David ben Joseph ibn Yahya | 1465 | |
| 162 | Habib Usman bin Yahya | 1822 | Mufti of Batavia |
| 163 | Yahya Pelvan | 1910 | Turkish politician |
| 164 | Yahya Abdulrahman | 1960 | |
| 165 | Yahya ibn Sa'd | Taba' at-Tabi'in hadith narrator | |
| 166 | Yahya Genc | 1974 | |
| 167 | Yahya al-Wàthiq | ||
| 168 | Najam Yahya | Afghan field hockey player | |
| 169 | Yahya Alavi Fard | 1973 | Kurdish poet, journalist and writer of children's literature |
| 170 | David ben Shlomo ibn Yahya | 1455 | Portuguese rabbi |
| 171 | Yahya Birt | ||
| 172 | Abbad Yahya | 1980 | Palestinian author |
| 173 | Fadzlan Yahya | ||
| 174 | Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr | Iranian astronomer | |
| 175 | Yahya Naci Bayburtlu | 1876 | |
| 176 | Yahya Saim Gökçedağ | Turkish judge | |
| 177 | Mohamud Moalin Yahya | State Minister of Interior and Federalism | |
| 178 | Nazar Yahya | 1963 | |
| 179 | Helmy Yahya | 1963 | |
| 180 | Yahya | Boss of the Bani Tujibi | |
| 181 | Jacob Tam ben David ibn Yahya | 1475 | |
| 182 | Yahya bin Khatib Mohamad | ||
| 183 | Yahya Hanash | 1978 | Saudi Arabian volleyball player |
| 184 | Al-Mundhir II | ||
| 185 | Yahya Abdul Razak | ||
| 186 | Yahya Ahmad | Malaysian politician | |
| 187 | Yahya ibn Zayd | ||
| 188 | Yahya ibn Ghàniya | ||
| 189 | Yahya, Almohad Caliph | Almohad caliph | |
| 190 | Nor Shafeeqah Yahya | ||
| 191 | Yahya Gaier | 1974 | Dutch television actor |
| 192 | Yahya Toor | ||
| 193 | Norhanisa Yahya | 1989 | |
| 194 | Zakaria Yahya | ||
| 195 | Safwan Yahya | ||
| 196 | Alí ibn Yahya | ||
| 197 | Yahya ibn Abd-al-Màlik | ||
| 198 | Yahya ibn Tamim | ||
| 199 | Yahya ibn Abd Allah | ||
| 200 | Mahdi Yahya |