Yasin (name)
Yasin is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter of the Quran called Ya-Sin. Variants include Yassin, Yaseni, Yassine, Yaseen, Jasin and Yacine.
People with the name include:
Mononym
- Yasin (rapper) also known as Yasin Byn, Swedish hip hop artist
Given name
- Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago
- Yasin Anwar, Pakistani-American banker, former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
- Yasin Arafat, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Yasin Aslan, Turkish author
- Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1983), Turkish footballer
- Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1984), Turkish footballer
- Yasin Aydın, Turkish volleyball player
- Yasiin Bey, new name of hip hop artist Mos Def
- Yasin Bhatkal, or Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa, founder leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen
- Yasin Çakmak, Turkish footballer
- Yasin Dutton, Professor of Arabic in School of Languages & Literature at the University of Cape Town
- Yasin Ali Egal, Somali footballer
- Yasin Ehliz, German ice hockey player
- Yasin Erdal, Turkish-Dutch futsal player
- Yasin al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician
- Yasin Hayal, Turkish criminal
- Yasin Karaca, Turkish footballer
- Yasin Osman Kenadid, Somali intellectual, writer and linguist
- Yasin Khosravi, Iranian para-athlete
- Yasin Malik, Kashmiri separatist leader, advocates the separation of Kashmir from India and Pakistan
- Yasin Haji Mohamoud, Somali politician and Foreign Minister
- Yasin Merchant, Indian snooker player
- Yasin Mishaui, Bulgarian-Arab footballer
- Yasin Said Numan, Yemeni politician
- Yasin Hassan Omar, convicted criminal for his role in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system
- Yasin Özdenak, Turkish footballer
- Yasin Öztekin, Turkish-German footballer
- Yasin Öztop, Turkish footballer
- Yasin Pehlivan, Austrian footballer
- Yasin Pilavcılar, Turkish jockey
- Yasin Salmani, Iranian footballer
- Yasin Sancak, Turkish volleyball player
- Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke, Somali politician and activist
- Yasin Sulaiman, Malaysian singer
- Yasin Sülün, Turkish footballer and coach
- Yasin Temel, Turkish neurosurgeon
- Yasin Wattoo, Pakistani politician and government minister
- Yasin Willis, American football player
- Yasin Yılmaz, Turkish-German footballer
- Yeasin Ali, Bangladeshi politician
- Yeasin Khan, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Yeasin Arafat, Bangladeshi footballer
Surname
- Abdul Rahman Yasin, 1993 World Trade Center bomber planner
- Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, Vice-President of Somaliland, 2002−2010
- Bilal Yasin, Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Deqa Yasin, Somali politician and government minister
- Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, aka HSY, Pakistani fashion designer and television host
- Iman Khatib-Yasin, Israeli Arab social worker and politician
- Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor and comedian
- Khalid Yasin, Islamic activist
- Khalid Yasin, American jazz organist and pianist known as Larry Young
- Lilah Yasin, Malaysian politician
- Mian Hamid Yasin, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Mo Yasin, Pakistani squash player
- Mohammad Yasin (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Yasin (politician), British politician
- Nabeel Yasin, Iraqi poet, journalist and political activist
- Naved Yasin, Pakistani cricketer
- Nurmemet Yasin, Uighur Chinese author
- Rachmat Yasin, or Rahmat Yasin, Indonesian politician
- Rania al Yassin, Queen Rania of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan
- Salim Yasin, Syrian economist and politician
- Shadya Yasin, Somali social activist
- Yazid Yasin, Singapore footballer
- Yevgeny Yasin, Russian economist and politician
- Yusuf Yasin, Syrian-origin Saudi Arabian politician
- Abdallah ibn Yasin, theologian, founder, and first leader of the Almoravid movement and dynasty