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[edit] People named U

  • U Aung San, Commander in Chief of the Burma Independence Army
  • U Ba Maw, Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
  • U Nu, 3-time Burmese prime minister
  • U Thant, UN Secretary General

[edit] Ua-Uh

  • Ubac, Raoul, (1910-1985), painter
  • Uccello, Paolo, (1397-1475), Italian painter
  • Emperor Uda, emperor of Japan, (867-931)
  • Udall, Mark E. (1950-)
  • Udall, Morris King "Mo" (1922-1998)
  • Udall, Stewart Lee (1920-)
  • Udall, Thomas Stewart "Tom" (1948-)
  • Uderzo, Albert, (born 1927), French cartoonist of Asterix fame
  • Udet, Ernst, German WWI fighter ace
  • Udovic, Joze, (1912-1986), poet
  • Ueberroth, Peter (born 1937), head of Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Commissioner of Baseball
  • Uehara, Yasutsune, (born 1949), Japanese boxer
  • Uematsu, Nobuo, (born 1959), Japanese composer
  • Uemura, Naomi, (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
  • Ueshiba, Kisshomaru, (1921-1999), 2nd doshu of aikido
  • Ueshiba, Morihei, (1883-1969), Japanese founder of aikido
  • Ueshiba, Moriteru, (born 1951), 3rd doshu of aikido
  • Uhde, Fritz von, (1848-1911), German painter
  • Uhlenbroek, Charlotte, (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter

[edit] Ul-Um

  • Ulam, Stanislaw, Pole
  • Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin, (USA, 1909-1984), Pole
  • Ulanova, Galina Sergeyevna, (1910-1988), Russian ballerina
  • Ulbricht, Walter, (1893-1973), Leader of DDR
  • Ulibarrí, Sabine, American poet
  • Ullberg, Kent, (born 1945)
  • Ullman, Gustaf, Swedish writer
  • Ullman, Tracey (born 1959), British-born comedian
  • Ullmann, Gebhard, musician
  • Ullmann, Liv, (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
  • Ulmanis, Guntis, president
  • Ulmanis, Karlis, president
  • Ulmer, James 'Blood', musician
  • Ulmer, Sarah (born 1976), New Zealand cyclist
  • Ulrich of Strassburg, scholastic philosopher
  • Ulvaeus, Björn, Swedish songwiter and ex-member of ABBA
  • Umaga, Tana, (born 1973), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Umezu, Yoshijiro, Japanese general

[edit] Un-Up

  • Unamuno, Miguel de, (1864-1936), : Niebla, San Manuel Bueno Martir
  • Unanue, Joseph A. Born (1925), former president of Goya Foods
  • Underhill, John, (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
  • Underwood, Frederick D., president of the Erie Railroad 19011927
  • Underwood, Ron, (born 1953), American film director
  • Undset, Sigrid, (1882-1949), Kristin Lavransdatter
  • Ungaretti, Giuseppe, Italian poet
  • Unger, William, (1837-1932), painter
  • Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von, Swedish field marshal
  • Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Fyodorovich, (1886-1921) Russian military commander, Mongolian warlord
  • Union, Gabrielle (born 1973) United States actress
  • Unitas, Johnny, (1933-2002), American football player
  • Unpatar-Naprisha, (c. 1240-c. 1235 BCE)
  • Unser, Al, 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 car race
  • Unser Jr., Al, 2-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 car race
  • Unser, Alfred, race car driver
  • Unser, Bobby, 3-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 car race
  • Untash-Naprisha, (c. 1275-c. 1240 BCE)
  • Unterberger, Michelangelo, (1695-1753), painter
  • Untermeyer, Louis, (Treasury of Erotic Poetry)
  • Unthan, Carl Herman, Austrian violinist without hands
  • Unwin, Stanley, Publisher, George Allen and Unwin
  • Unwin, Stanley, Comedian, gobbledegook language
  • Updike, John, (born 1932), author of Rabbit Run and sequels.
  • Upham, Charles, (1908-1994), New Zealand war hero
  • Uqlidisi, (920-990), mathematician

[edit] Ur

  • Urban I, Pope, (222-230)
  • Urban II, Pope, (1088-1099)
  • Urban III, Pope, (1185-1187)
  • Urban IV, Pope, (1261-1264)
  • Urban V, Pope, (1362-1370)
  • Urban VI, Pope, (1378-1389)
  • Urban VII, Pope (1590)
  • Urban VIII, Pope, (1623-1644)
  • Ure, Midge (b. 1953), singer-songwriter
  • Uris, Leon, (1924-2003), US writer
  • Uritsky, Moisei Solomonovich (1873-1918)
  • Uros, Stefan, I, (1243-1276), Serbian monarch
  • Uros, Stefan, V, (1355-1371), Serbian monarch
  • Urquhart, Emma Maree, (born 1991), British writer
  • Urquhart, Feargus
  • Urquhart, Jane, (born 1949), novelist
  • Urquhart, Robert Elliott "Roy" (1901-1988)
  • Urquhart, Thomas (1611-c. 1660)
  • Urquiza, Manolo, Cuban movie critic, famous in Puerto Rico
  • Urquiza, Justo José de, (1801-1870)
  • Urratia, Matilde, (1912-1985)
  • Urrutia, Ruben (born circa 1960), Puerto Rican rapper, better known as "Ruben DJ"
  • Urry, Lewis, (1927-2004), Canadian inventor
  • Urso of Salerno, scholastic philosopher
  • Urysohn, Pavel Samuilovich, (1898-1924), Russian mathematician

[edit] Us-Uz

  • Usachev, Yuri, astronaut
  • Usai, Edoardo
  • Usher, R&B/Pop musician
  • Usher, David, (born 1966), singer
  • Usher, Gary, musician
  • Usher, John Palmer (1816-1889)
  • Ushijima, Mitsuru, Japanese general in the defense of Okinawa
  • Usmani, Shamim Ahmad, (1942-1995), Urdu poet (India).
  • Usmanova, Yulduz, (born 1963), Uzbek singer
  • Ustinov, Dmitri, Soviet defense minister
  • Ustinov, Peter, (born 1921), British actor
  • Utamaro, Kitagawa, (1753-1806), Japanese painter
  • Utermarck, John de Havilland, (1883-1884), British bailiff
  • Utrillo, Maurice, (1883-1955), French painter
  • Utrio, Kaari, (born 1942), Finnish writer
  • Utzon, Jørn, (born 1918), Danish architect
  • Uytdehaage, Jochem, (born 1976), Dutch speed skater
  • Uz, Johann Peter (1720-1796), German author