Yusuf

Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf) is an Arabic male name meaning "increases" (in piety, power and influence). It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims. It is also transliterated in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, Yoosuf and Yusef. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Yossef

Yossef Bodansky (1954–2021), Israeli-American political scientist

Yossef Av-Gay (born 1961), Israeli-Canadian microbiologist

Yossef Guez (1860–1934), Grand Rabbi of Tunisia

Yossef Gutfreund (1931–1972), Israeli wrestling judge

Yossef Harmelin (1922–1994), Israeli civil servant

Yossef H. Hatzor (born 1959), Israeli Professor *Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete

Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter

Youcef

Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian athlete

Youcef Atal (born 1996), Algerian footballer

Youcef Bechou (born 1997), Algerian footballer

Youcef Belaïli (born 1992), Algerian footballer

Youcef Belmehdi (born 1963), Algerian politician

Youcef Benamara (born 1984), Algerian footballer

Youcef Bouzidi (1957–2024), Algerian football manager

Youcef Chibane (born 1988), Algerian footballer

Youcef Chorfa (born 1954), Algerian politician

Youcef Douar (born 1997), Algerian footballer

Youcef Dris (born 1945), Algerian writer and journalist

Youcef Ghazali (born 1988), Algerian footballer

Youcef Izem (born 2007), Algerian footballer

Youcef Khatib (1932–2023), Algerian doctor and military officer

Youcef Laouafi (born 1996), Algerian footballer

Youcef Sabri Medel (born 1996), Algerian badminton player

Youcef Nadarkhani (born 1977), Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs

Youcef Reguigui (born 1990), Algerian road racing cyclist

Youcef Saïbi (born 1982), Algerian footballer

Youcef Touati (1989–2017), Algerian footballer

Youcef Yousfi (born 1941), Algerian politician

Youcef Zighoud (1921–1956), Algerian FLN fighter

Youcef Zirem (born 1964), Algerian writer, activist, and journalist

Yousef

Yousef El Nasri (born 1979), Spanish long distance runner

Yousef Bashir (born 1989), Palestinian-American author and peace activist

Yousef Beidas (1912–1968), Palestinian Lebanese banker

Yousef Erakat (born 1990), Palestinian-American YouTube personality

Yousef Saanei (1937–2020), Iranian cleric and politician

Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshra (born 1979), Syrian footballer

Yousif

Yousif Ghafari (born 1952), American businessman

Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer

Youssef

Youssef Abdelke (born 1951), 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 Hesham (born 1985), Egyptian film director

Youssef Hossam (born 1998), Egyptian tennis player

Youssef Hussein (born 1988), Egyptian comedian

Youssef Ibrahim (born 1999), Egyptian squash player

Youssef Ibrahim (born 1994), nicknamed Youssef Obama, Egyptian footballer

Youssef Nada (1931–2024), Egyptian businessman and financial strategist

Youssef Shamel (born 2006), Egyptian fencer

Youssif

Youssif (burn victim) (born 2001), Iraqi torture victim

Youssifou Atté (born 1996), Togolese footballer

Youssof

Youssof Kohzad (1935–2019), Afghan American writer and artist

Youssof Tolba (born 2001), Egyptian archer

Yusef

Yusef of Morocco (Yusef ben Hassan, 1882–1927), ruler of Morocco (1912–27)

Yusef Ahmed (born 1988), Qatari international footballer

Yusef Ali Khan (1816–1865), Nawab (1855–1865) in the princely state of Rampur (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)

Yusef Greiss (1899–1961), Egyptian composer

Yusef Hawkins (1973–1989), American murder victim in Brooklyn, New York City

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), 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

Yusof Abu Bakar, Bruneian military officer and diplomat

Yusof Husain (1906–1975), Bruneian civil servant

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

Yusoff

Yusoff Abdul Hamid (born 1949), Bruneian politician and diplomat

Yusoff Ismail (born 1952), Bruneian politician and diplomat

Yussef

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

Yussuf

Yussuf Poulsen (born 1994), Danish footballer

Yoosuf

Yoosuf Shafeeu (born 1975), Maldivian film actor, editor, writer, and director

Yusuf

Yusuf I Jaqeli (1594–1647), Georgian ruler of Childir Eyalet

Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (1318–1354), seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula

Yusuf II, Almohad ruler (1203–1224), the ruler of Morocco

Yusuf II of Granada (1356–1392), Sultan of the Emirate of Granada

Yusuf III of Granada (1376–1417), Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada

Yusuf IV of Granada (died 1432), Nasrid ruler of Granada

Yusuf V of Granada (died 1447), Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada

Yusuf Hussain Abadi, Pakistani writer

Yusuf Hassan Abdi (born 1953), Kenyan politician, diplomat, social activist, and former journalist

Yusuf Abdioğlu (born 1989), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Abdulazeez (born 2002), Nigerian footballer

Yusuf Abdulla (born 1983), South African cricketer

Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (born 1945), Omani politician

Yusuf Abdurisag (born 1999), Somali footballer

Yusuf Sherif Abiodun (born 1974), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Abramjee (born 1963/64), South African journalist and anti-crime activist

Yusuf Adebisi, Nigerian politician

Yusuf Adebori Adeleye (born 1946), Nigerian traditional ruler

Yusuf Adewunmi (born 1982), German footballer

Yusuf Agha (died 1632), Safavid gholam and courtier

Yusuf Ahmed (born 1997), Somali footballer

Yusuf Ahmed (footballer, born 2007) (born 2007), English footballer

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (born 1969), Nigerian politician, economist, and educational investor

Yusuf al-Ajab (1895–??), Sudanese politician

Yusuf Soalih Ajura (died 2004), Ghanaian Islamic scholar

Yusuf Akbulut (footballer) (born 1990), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Akçiçek (born 2006), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Akçura (1876–1935), Turkish politician

Yusuf Akhamrich (born 2005), English-Moroccan footballer

Yusuf bin Alawi (born 1945), Omani politician

Yusuf Ali (disambiguation), multiple people

Yusuf Alireza (born 1970), Bahraini businesspeople

Yusuf Altıntaş (born 1961), Turkish footballer and coach

Yusuf Moalin Amin, Somali politician

Yusuf Arakkal (1945–2016), Indian artist

Yusuf al-Asir (1817–1889), Ottoman Islamic scholar

Yusuf Abdullahi Ata (born 1962), Nigerian politician, economist, and teacher

Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989), Turkish novelist and dramatist

Yusuf ibn 'Awkal (died 1038), Egyptian Jewish merchant

Yusuf Aydin (born 2000), Turkish rugby league footballer

Yusuf Aydin (politician) (born 1982), Swedish politician

Yusuf bin Salih al-Ayiri (1974–2003), Saudi Islamic scholar and writer

Yusuf al-Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, military officer in the Ottoman Empire

Yusuf Babu, Ugandan boxer

Yusuf Ahmad Badau (born 1971), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Ziya Bahadınlı (1927–2025), Turkish politician

Yusuf al-Bahrani (1695–1772), Bahraini Islamic scholar

Yūsuf Balasaguni (1019–1077), Uyghur scribe

Yusuf Baluch (born 2004), Pakistani climate activist

Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977), Pakistani Islamic scholar

Yusuf Liu Baojun (born 1963), Chinese Muslim historian and researcher

Yusuf Kure Baraje, Nigerian politician

Yusuf Barası (born 2003), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Bari-Bari (1958–2015), Somali diplomat and politician

Yusuf al-Barm (died 777), rebel leader against the Abbasid Caliphate

Yusuf Başer (born 1980), Turkish karateka

Yusuf Bey (1935–2003), American Muslim and Black Nationalist leader and activist

Yusuf Kemal Bey (1878–1969), Turkish civil servant, politician, and academic

Yusuf Kenan Bey (died 1915), Ottoman senior lieutenant

Yusuf Bhamjee (1950–2025), South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid activist

Yusuf Magaji Bichi (born 1956), Nigerian security personnel

Yusuf İzzet Birand (1902–1968), Turkish military physician, academic, and politician

Yusuf Biscaino, Moroccan diplomat, translator, and writer

Yusuf Biwott (born 1986), Kenyan long-distance runner

Yusuf Bizimana (born 2000), British middle-distance runner

Yusuf Bolat (1909–1986), Crimean Tatar writer, playwright, journalist, and newspaper editor

Yusuf Cachalia (1915–1995), South African anti-apartheid activist

Yusuf Cassim (born 1990), South African politician

Yusuf Çelik (born 1996), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Çetin (born 1954), Aramaic Christian religious leader

Yusuf Chanzu, Kenyan politician

Yusuf Çoban (born 1996), German footballer

Yusuf Chothia (born 2001), South African born Australian boxer

Yusuf Hossain Choudhury, Bangladeshi politician

Yusuf Çim (born 1991), Turkish actor, singer, TV presenter, and model

Yusuf Corker (born 1998), American football player

Yusuf Franko Coussa (1855–1933), Ottoman statesman and caricaturist

Yusuf Dabageed, Somali politician

Yusuf Dadoo (1909–1983), South African communist activist

Yusuf Demir (born 2003), Austrian-Turkish footballer

Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794–1874), Chinese Muslim scholar

Yusuf Dey (1560–1637), Dey of Tunis

Yusuf ibn Abu Dhaqn, Egyptian Coptic Arabic teacher

Yusuf Osman Dhumal, Somali military official

Yusuf Dikeç (born 1973), Turkish sport shooter

Yusuf Dikko (born 1947), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Abu Durra (1900–1940), Palestinian rebel

Yusuf Effendi (born 1988), Indonesian footballer

Yusuf Ekinci (1942–1994), Turkish lawyer

Yusuf Ekodono (born 1967), Indonesian footballer

Yusuf Elgörmüş (born 1968), Turkish doctor and businessman

Yusuf Erdoğan (born 1992), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Göktuğ Ergin (born 1984), Turkish archer

Yusuf Estes (born 1944), American Islamic preacher and chaplain

Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri (711–759), Umayyad governor of Narbonne and the governor of al-Andalus

Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier

Yusuf ibn Firuz, military governor of Burid atabegs of Damascus

Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (born 1980), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Galambi (born 1964), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Gatewood (born 1982), American actor

Yusuf Abdulwaheed Gbenga (born 1977), Nigerian mechanical engineer and politician

Yusuf Fehmi Genç (born 2002), Turkish weightlifter

Yusuf Gobir (1934–1975), Nigerian administrator

Yusuf Gowon (1936–2024), Ugandan military officer

Yusuf Grillo (1934–2021), Nigerian contemporary painter, muralist, and sculptor

Yusuf Emre Gültekin (born 1993), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Güney (born 1984), Turkish singer

Yusuf Abu al-Haggag (1150–1245), Egyptian Sufi scholar

Yusuf Hakeem (born 1948), American politician

Yusuf Halaçoğlu (born 1949), Turkish historian and politician

Yusuf Isa Halim (1894–1982), Tatar poet, schoolteacher, and linguist

Yusuf Hamied (born 1936), Indian billionaire

Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi teacher active in Central Asia

Yusuf Hamdan (died 1939), Palestinian rebel commander

Yusuf Hamied (born 1936), Indian scientist and billionaire businessman

Yusuf al-Hani (died 1916), Lebanese Maronite Arab hanged by the Ottoman Empire

Yusuf A. Hannun (born 1955), American molecular biologist, biochemist, and clinician

Yusuf Haroon (1916–2011), Pakistani businessman and politician

Yusuf Haroun (born 1985), Nigerian medical doctor and psychologist

Yusuf ibn al-Hasan (1607–1640), ruler of Mombasa

Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud (died 1085), one of the kings of the Taifa of Zaragoza

Yusuf Hossain Humayun (1936–2026), Bangladeshi politician

Yusuf Husain (1902–1979), Indian historian, scholar, educationist, critic, and author

Yusuf Hussain (1948–2020), Indian television actor

Yusuf Ibrahim, multiple people

Yusuf Iddrisu (born 1964), Ghanaian politician and an educator

Yusuf Idris (1927–1991), Egyptian writer

Yusuf Bala Ikara, Nigerian politician

Yusuf Indhacade, Somali politician

Yusuf Islam (born 1948), British musician, formerly known as Cat Stevens

Yusuf Mahbubul Islam, Bangladeshi academic

Yusuf İsmail (1857–1898), Turkish wrestler

Yusuf Jamal, Pakistani Army general

Yusuf Jameel (born 1958), Kashmiri journalist

Yusuf Janfalan, Nigerian Anglican bishop

Yusuf Hussein Jimaale (born 1965), Somali politician

Yusuf Kabadayı (born 2004), German-Turkish footballer

Yusuf Saad Kamel (born 1983), Kenyan runner

Yusuf Kandhlavi (1917–1965), Indian Islamic scholar

Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo (1868–1945), Bahraini merchant and trader

Yusuf Karaan (1935–2015), South African Islamic scholar

Yusuf Karagöz (born 1999), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Karamanli (1766–1838), pasha of the Karamanli dynasty in Tripolitania (modern day province of Libya)

Yusuf Kasal (born 1988), German-Turkish professional footballer

Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı (born 1938), Turkish American Islamic cleric

Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, Somali Muslim scholar

Yusuf al-Khal (1917–1987), Syrian-Lebanese poet, journalist, and publisher

Yusuf Khan (actor) (1940–1985), Egyptian actor based in India

Yusuf Khan (Armenian), Safavid gholam and official

Yusuf Khatri (born 1967), Indian master craftsman

Yusuf Khattak (1917–1991), Pakistani statesman and federal minister

Yusuf al-Khuri (died 912), Christian priest, physician, mathematician, and translator of the Abbasid era

Yusuf Kırkpınar (1949–2025), Turkish politician

Yusuf Kurçenli (1947–2012), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter

Yusuf Isah Kurdula, Nigerian politician

Yusuf bek Kurinski (1806–1878), khan of Kura Khanate

Yusuf Kurtuluş (born 1986), Turkish footballer

Yusuf ibn Ismail al-Kutubi, Persian scholar and physician

Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun (born 1960), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Lawal (born 1998), Nigerian footballer

Yusuf Lien, Indian book illustrator

Yusuf Dahiru Liman, Nigerian politician

Yusuf Lodhi (1938–1996), Pakistani editor, journalist, cartoonist, and author

Yusuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000), Pakistani Islamic scholar

Yusuf Lule (1912–1985), Ugandan professor and politician

Yusuf Maart (born 1995), South African soccer player

Yusuf al-Madani (born 1977), Yemeni military officer

Yusuf Sheikh Ali Madar, Somali politician

Yusuf al-Maghribi (died 1611), Egyptian traveler and lexicographer

Yusuf Mainge (born 1999), Kenyan footballer

Yusuf Makamba, Tanzanian politician

Yusuf Malek (1899–1959), Assyrian politician, author, and Allied interpreter

Yusuf Mansur (born 1976), Indonesian Islamic preacher

Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi (died 852), governor of Adharbayjan and Arminiyah for the Abbasid Caliphate

Yusuf Maryam (born 1975), Nigerian public administrator and politician

Yusuf Matcheswalla, Indian psychiatrist

Yusuf Mboneza (died 2022), Congolese military officer and rebel

Yusuf Meddah, Anatolian Turkish poet

Yusuf Meherally (1903–1950), Indian independence activist and socialist leader

Yusuf Meilana (born 1998), Indonesian footballer

Yusuf Mersin (born 1994), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Sa'idu Miga (born 1958), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Motala (1946–2019), British Indian Islamic scholar

Yusuf Mugu, Nigerian politician

Yusuf Muhammad (disambiguation), multiple people

Yusuf ibn Muhammad (1124–1170), known as Al-Mustanjid, the caliph of Baghdad 1160–1170

Yusuf Mukisa (born 1993), Ugandan footballer

Yusuf Atoyebi Musa (born 1976), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Mutembuli, Ugandan politician

Yusuf Sharifuddin Muzaffar (1830–1887), Sultan of Perak

Yusuf Mwawa, Malawian politician and educator

Yusuf al-Nabhani (1849–1932), Palestinian Islamic scholar, judge, poet, and defender of the Ottoman Caliphate

Yusuf Nabi (1642–1712), Turkish writer

Yusuf Musa Nagogo (born 1957), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Najmuddin (1764–1798), Ismaili religious leader

Yusuf Najmuddin I (died 1567), Taiyabi Ismaili leader

Yusuf Nazzal (1937–1972), Palestinian militant

Yusuf Haji Nur (died 2019), Somali politician and lawyer

Yusuf Badmus Olarewaju (1957–2026), Nigerian Islamic scholar

Yusuf Olatunji (1905–1978), Nigerian Sakara drum player

Yusuf Garaad Omar (born 1960), Somali journalist

Yusuf Ziya Ortaç (1895–1967), Turkish poet, writer, literature teacher, publisher, and politician.

Yusuf Otubanjo (born 1992), Nigerian footballer

Yusuf Özdemir (born 2001), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Öztürk (boxer) (born 1997), Turkish boxer

Yusuf Öztürk (footballer) (born 1979), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Parmar, Indian politician

Yusuf Izzet Pasha (1876–1922), Ottoman general of Circassian origin

Yusuf Kamil Pasha (1808–1876), Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier

Yusuf Rıza Pasha (1826–1894), Ottoman politician

Yusuf Ziya Pasha (1849–1929), Ottoman politician and government minister

Yusuf Pathan (born 1982), Indian cricketer and politician

Yusuf Qaafow (born 1987), Somali basketball player

Yusuf Qaed (born 1994), Bahraini tennis player

Yusuf al-Qa'id (born 1944), Egyptian writer, novelist, and politician

Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926–2022), Egyptian-born Qatarian Islamic scholar and theologian

Yusuf Rabiev (born 1979), Tajikistani footballer

Yusuf Abdul Rahim (1923–2016), Brunei writer and politician

Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009), Egyptian author

Yusuf al-Sa'dun (1888–1980), Syrian rebel commander

Yusuf bin Muhammad bin Saeed, Saudi Islamic scholar

Yusuf Warsame Saeed (died 2013), Somali politician

Yusuf Sağ (born 1934), Turkish Syriac Catholic chorbishop

Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj (died 928), Sajid Emir of Azerbaijan

Yusuf Salahuddin (born 1982), Indian politician

Yusuf Salim (1929–2008), American jazz pianist and composer

Yusuf Osman Samatar (1932–2020), Somali lawyer and politician

Yusuf Sarı (born 1998), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle (died 2005), Somali Army general

Yusuf Sayfa (1510–1625), Ottoman chieftain and multazim

Yusuf ibn al-Sayrafi (died 1161), historian from Al-Andalus and secretary of the Almoravids

Yusuf Scott (1976–2019), American professional football player

Yusuf Sesay (born 2002), Sierra Leonean footballer

Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–2010), Sultan of Bijapur

Yusuf Shakkur (1926–2018), Syrian military officer

Yusuf Shehata (born 1996), Egyptian-American basketball player

Yusuf Shihab (1748–1790), autonomous emir of Mount Lebanon

Yusuf H. Shirazi (1929–2020), Pakistani industrialist, civil servant, and writer

Yusuf ibn Umar ibn Shu'ayb, Emir of Crete

Yusuf Sibai (1917–1978), Egyptian writer, soldier, and politician

Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist

Yusuf Şimşek (born 1975), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Kenan Sönmez (1948–2020), Turkish politician

Yusuf Soysal (born 1982), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Sulaiman (born 1963), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Babangida Suleiman (born 1976), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Abdullah Suman, Bangladeshi judge

Yusuf Sununu (born 1967), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Taktak (born 1951), Turkish artist

Yusuf Tallan (died 2000), Somali Army general

Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106), King of the Berber Almoravid empire

Yusuf Tekin (born 1970), Turkish bureaucrat and politician

Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi (died 745), senior provincial governor for the Umayyad Caliphate

Yusuf Tibazi (born 1996), American born Moroccan swimmer

Yusuf Tijani (born 1972), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Touré (born 2000), Ivorian footballer

Yusuf Tuggar (born 1967), Nigerian diplomat and politician

Yusuf Tunaoğlu (1946–2000), Turkish footballer and sports writer

Yusuf Tunç (born 2000), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Türk (born 1998), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Uçar (born 1987), Turkish paralympic goalball player

Yusuf Abd Wahab (born 1963), Malaysian politician

Yusuf Widiyanto (born 1994), Indonesian wushu practitioner

Yusuf Buba Yakub (born 1968), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Yasin (1888−1962), Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician

Yusuf Yaska (1592–1636), Kurdish poet

Yusuf Yazbek (1901–1982), Lebanese journalist and politician

Yusuf Yazıcı (born 1997), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Yilmaz (born 1991), Turkish footballer

Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz (born 1951), Turkish engineer and politician

Yusuf Yusuf, American politician

Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (born 1956), Nigerian politician

Yusuf Salman Yusuf (1901–1949), Iraqi communist activist

Yusuf Za'arur (1902–1969), Iraqi-Jewish qanun player and director of Radio Orchestra of Baghdad

Yusuf ibn Urunbugha al-Zaradkash, Mamluk siege engineer

Yusuf Zuayyin (1931–2016), Syrian politician

Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Mustanjid (died 1479), the caliph for the Mamluk Sultanate (1455–1479)

Abu Yusuf Al-Turki, also known as Ümit Yaşar Toprak (1967–2014), Turkish sniper active in the al-Nusra Front

Yusif

Yusif Sayigh (1916–2004), Palestinian economist and politician

Yusup

Yusup Batirmurzaev (born 1996), Kazakh freestyle wrestler

Yusup'Ali Wahaf (born 1999), Chinese football player

Yusup Atabayev (born 1994), Turkmen chess grandmaster

Yusup Abdusalomov (born 1977), Tajik wrestler

Yusup Guguyev (born 1972), Russian professional football coach

Yusup Prasetiyo (born 1990), Indonesian football manager

Jusuf

Jusuf Nurkić (born 1994), Bosnian basketball player

Jusuf Kalla (born 1942), 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia

Surname

Giousouf

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

Yousaf

Bilal Yousaf (born 1928), Persian writer

Humza Yousaf (born 1985), former First Minister of Scotland

Jam Mohammad Yousaf (1954–2013), the 12th Jam of Lasbela, former Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan

Kyle Yousaf (born 1993), British boxer

Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf, American musicians performing as Krewella

Yousef

Abd-El-Aziz Yousef (born 1999), Somali footballer

Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer

Hediya Yousef (born 1973), Syrian-Kurdish politician

Mosab Hassan Yousef (nicknamed "The Green Prince"; born 1978), Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's Shin Bet

Ramzi Yousef (born 1968), Pakistani terrorist who organized 1993 World Trade Center bombing

Rasmea Yousef (born 1948), Jordanian associate director of the Arab American Action Network and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine convicted by Israeli military courts for involvement in the 1969 Jerusalem supermarket bombing

Youssef

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

Maya Youssef (born 1984), Syrian musician

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

Rania Youssef (born 1973), Egyptian actress

Michael Youssef (born 1948), Arab-American clergyman

Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer

Yusef

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), several people

Yusof

Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof (born 1939), Malaysian Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya

Meor Aziddin Yusof (1967–2021), Malaysian folk singer-songwriter

Mohammad Said Yusof (1959–2023), member of the Malaysian Parliament

Yusuf

Abul Kalam Muhammad Yusuf (1926–2014), Bangladeshi politician

Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953), South Asian Islamic scholar

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934–2012), former President of Somalia

Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1135–1184), second Almohad caliph, reigned in Marrakesh

Ali Yusuf Kenadid (died 1927), Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo

Ayisat Yusuf (b.