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Youssef Chahine Director · Actor 1926–2008 Youssef Kamel Entertainer 1891–1973 Youssou N’Dour Singer · Politician b. 1959 Yu Minhong Motivational Speaker · Entrepreneur b. 1962 Yuan Haowen Author 1190–1257 Yuan Zhen Author 0779–0831 Yumi Matsutoya Musician · Singer b. 1954 Yung Raja Rapper · Actor b. 1995 Yusuf Dadoo Politician 1909–1983 Yuval Noah Harari Author · Philosopher b. 1976 Yves Bonnefoy Poet · Author 1923–2016 Yves Congar Priest 1904–1995 Yvon Chouinard Entrepreneur b. 1938 Zaha Hadid Entertainer 1950–2016 Zainul Abedin Entertainer 1914–1976 Zakes Bantwini Musician b. 1981 Zakes Mokae Actor 1934–2009 Zaki al-Arsuzi Philosopher · Politician 1899–1968 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud Author · Philosopher 1905–1993 Zarina Entertainer 1937–2020 Zbigniew Cybulski Actor 1927–1967 Zdravko Čolić Singer · Musician b. 1951 Zeebra Rapper · Singer b. 1971 Zeinab Badawi Journalist b. 1959