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Showing 17 records by name starting with Y ~0.045s
Isoroku Yamamoto
1884–1943 - Japanese
Admiral. He attacked Pearl Harbor but his airplane was later shot down by the Americans.
Boris Yeltsin
1931–2007 - Russian
President. He brought down the Soviet Union and ended Communism in Russia.
Lee Kuan Yew
Born 1923 - Singaporean
Political leader, Father of his country. Developer of "Confucian" political system different from western forms.
Nikolai Yezhov
1895–c.1939 - Russian
Head of the Soviet secret police. He disappeared, probably eliminated by Stalin.
Sir Francis Younghusband
1863–1942 - British
Explorer, soldier. He entered the unknown region of Tibet.
