Yusuf

• Yosef Ben-Jochannan (1918–2015), American historian
• Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi in Iran (1994–2007)

• Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete
• Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre

• Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian athlete
• Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer
• Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer
• Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs
• Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer

• Yousef El Nasri (born 1979) Spanish long distance runner
• Yousef Beidas (1912–68), Palestinian Lebanese banker
• Yousef Erakat, Palestinian YouTube Personality
• Yousef Saanei (born 1937), Iranian cleric and politician
• Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh, Syrian footballer

Yousef Mashal

• Yousif Ghafari, American businessman
• Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer

• Youssef Abdelke, Syrian artist
• Youssef Aftimus (1866–1952), Lebanese civil engineer and architect
• Youssef Bey Karam (1823–1889), Lebanese nationalist leader
• Youssef Chahine (1926–2008), Egyptian film director
• Youssef Hossam (born 1998), Egyptian tennis player
• Youssef Ibrahim (born 1999), Egyptian squash player
• Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer

• Youssif (burn victim), Iraqi torture victim

• Youssof Kohzad, Afghan American writer and artist

• Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast
• Youssouf Hadji (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
• Youssouf Hersi (born 1982), Dutch soccer player
• Youssouf Mulumbu (born 1987), Congolese footballer

• Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000), Muslim scholar
• Yousuf Youhanna (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer

• Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)
• Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur (born 1989), wrestler from Spanish Morocco and Brazilian jiu jitsu champion
• Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer
• Yusef al-Ayeri (1973–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist, first leader Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
• Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–65) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
• Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer
• Yusef Hawkins (also Yusuf Hawkins, 1973–89), American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City attacked by a racist mob
• Yusef Khan, fictional character in the British television soap opera EastEnders
• Yusef Khan-e Gorji (died 1824), Iranian military leader
• Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941), American poet
• Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American jazz musician
• Yusef Majidzadeh (born 1938), Iranian archaeologist
• Yusef Mishleb (also known as Yosef Mishlev, born 1952), retired Druze General in the Israel Defense Forces
• Yusef Sozi (born 1981), Ugandan-British rugby league footballer
• Yusef Urabi (died 1966), Palestinian officer in the Syrian Army in a Palestinian Liberation Army unit and member of Fatah

• Yusof Ishak (1910–1970), first President of Singapore

• Yussef al-Shihri (1985–2009), Saudi Arabian former extrajudicial detainee at Guantanamo Bay

• Yussuf Poulsen (born 1994), Danish footballer

• Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (1318–54), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
• Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph (c. 1203–1224), Caliph of Morocco
• Yusuf Abdullah, South African cricketer
• Yusuf al-'Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, former military officer in the Ottoman Empire
• Yusuf Ali Kenadid, Somali Sultan
• Yusuf Balasaghuni, Uyghur scribe
• Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka
• Yusuf Bey (1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist
• Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar
• Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (born 1945), Omani politician
• Yusuf Dadoo, South African communist activist
• Yusuf Dikeç (born 1983), Turkish sport shooter
• Yusuf Ekinci, Turkish lawyer
• Yusuf Garaad Omar, Somali journalist
• Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician
• Yusuf Hamied, Indian billionaire
• Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia
• Yusuf Islam, British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens
• Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c.1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire
• Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), Turkish wrestler
• Yusuf Karamanli (1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya)
• Yusuf Khatri, Indian master craftsman
• Yusuf Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Ma Dexin, Chinese Muslim scholar
• Yusuf Mersin, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Nabi, Turkish writer
• Yusuf Öztürk (footballer), Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Öztürk (boxer), Turkish boxer
• Yusuf al-Qaradawi (born 1926), Egyptian Islamic theologian, (former) leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer
• Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi communist activist
• Yusuf Şimşek, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
• Yusuf Yazıcı, Turkish footballer
• Yusuf Yilmaz, Turkish footballer
• Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (also known as, Ümit Yaşar Toprak, c. 1967–2014), Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front

• Cemile Giousouf (born 1978), German politician of Turkish ethnicity

• Humza Yousaf (born 1985), Scottish politician

• Abd-El-Aziz Yousef (born 1999), Somali footballer
• Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer
• Hediya Yousef, Syrian-Kurdish politician
• Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian spy working for Israel
• Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Kuwaiti terrorist, organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing
• Rasmea Yousef, associate director of the Arab American Action Network

• Bassem Youssef (born 1974), Egyptian writer and comedian
• Dhafer Youssef (born 1967), Tunisian singer and oud player
• Maimouna Youssef (stage name: Mumu Fresh), American singer and rapper
• Mohamed Youssef (born 1986), Libyan basketball player
• Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar (also known as Abu Youssef, 1930–1973), Palestinian militant
• Ramy Youssef (born 1980), Egyptian handball player
• Ramy Youssef (born 1991), American actor of Egyptian origin

• Anatol Yusef (born 1978), British actor
• Malik Yusef (born 1971), American performing poet and rapper
• Mohammad Yusef the Painter, Persian Safavid dynasty artist
• Molla Yusef (disambiguation)

• Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya
• Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967), independent folk singer-songwriter
• Mohammad Said bin Yusof, member of the Malaysian Parliament

• Abdullah Yusuf Ali, South Asian Islamic scholar
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1135–1184), second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh
• Alexander Yusuf, Somali-British architect
• Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
• Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, Somali politician
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1958), American Islamic scholar
• Hanna Yusuf (1992–2019), Somali-British journalist and broadcaster
• Isa Yusuf Alptekin, Uyghur politician
• Mohammad Yusuf (politician) (1917–98), prime minister of Afghanistan
• Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram) (also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, 1970–2009), Nigerian Muslin sect founder and leader
• Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Somali scholar
• Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter

• Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian football player for Dynamo Kyiv and Orduspor