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Portrait bust of Greek historian Xenophon.

Xenophon

(c. 430 BC - c. 351 BC)

Chinese philosopher Xunzi.

Xunzi

(c. 300 BC - 230 BC)

Painting of Japanese statesman and poet Otomo no Yakamochi.

Otomo no Yakamochi

(718 - 785)

Title page of A Dissertation on Locks and Lockpicking, 1856

Linus Yale Jr.

(1821 - 1868)

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

(1659 - 1719)

Yan Zhitui

(c. 531 - c. 591)

D.W. Yandell

(1898 - 1826)

Yang Wanli

(1127 - 1206)

Photograph of Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-Sen.

Sun Yat-Sen

(1866 - 1925)

American novelist and short story writer Richard Yates.

Richard Yates

(1926 - 1992)

Edmund Yates

(1831 - 1894)

Samar Yazbek

Black and white photograph of Irish poet and writer W. B. Yeats.

W.B. Yeats

(1865 - 1939)

Jia Yi

(c. 200 BC - 169 BC)

Yi Kyubo

(1168 - 1241)

Yi Tongmu

(1741 - 1793)

Rupert Younger

Photograph of Marguerite Yourcenar with a headscarf sitting in a chair outside.

Marguerite Yourcenar

(1903 - 1987)

Song Yu

(c. 299 BC - c. 223 BC)

Chinese tea writer Lu Yu.

Lu Yu

(733 - 804)

Yu Dafu

(1896 - 1945)

Yuan Liaofan

(c. 1533 - c. 1606)

Yuan Zhen

(779 - 831)

Yun Hoe

(1380 - 1436)