Yu (Chinese given name)
Yu is the Mandarin Pinyin spelling of a Chinese given name.
People with this name include:
- Bai Yu (actor), Chinese actor
- Bai Yu (actress), Chinese producer, actress, and director
- Chang Yu (tennis), retired Chinese tennis player.
- Cheng Rui, Tang dynasty warlord known as Guo Yu at one point
- Du Yu, Chinese classicist, military general, and politician
- Du Yu (composer), Chinese composer* Du Yu (sport shooter), Chinese trap shooter
- Duan Yu, courtesy name Heyu, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xianzong of Dali, was the 16th emperor of the Dali Kingdom
- Emperor Suzong of Tang, personal name Li Yu, emperor of the Tang dynasty
- Emperor Daizong of Tang, personal name Li Yu, emperor of the Tang dynasty, Emperor Suzong's son
- Gao Yu, chief strategist
- Gao Yu (journalist), Chinese journalist and dissident
- Ha Yu (actor), or Xia Yu, Hong Kong actor
- Huduershidaogao, born Yu, Xiongnu chanyu
- Jessica Henwick, British actress
- Ji Yu (姬虞; fl. 1042 BC), better known as Shu Yu of Tang
- Ji Yu (姬圉; d. 637 BC), better known as Duke Huai of Jin
- Li Yu, Prince of Dan, Emperor Daizong of Tang's son
- Li Yu, Prince of De, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang's son, briefly a puppet emperor
- Li Yu (Later Tang), chief councilor of the Later Tang dynasty
- Li Yu (Southern Tang), ruler of the Southern Tang dynasty, also a famous poet
- Li Yu (author), Chinese author during the Ming and Qing dynasties
- Li Yu (speed skater), Chinese short track speed skater
- Li Yu (director), Chinese film director and screenwriter
- Lian Yu, a diplomat, politician, judicial officer and lawyer in the Republic of China
- Peggy Yu or Yu Yu, Chinese businesswoman
- Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- Xia Yu (actor), Chinese actor
- Yu Tsai, American photographer
- Yu the Great, founder of the Xia dynasty
- Zhang Yu (actress), Chinese film actress
- Zhang Yu (basketball), Chinese basketball player
- Zhang Yu (footballer, born 1994), Chinese footballer
- Zhang Yu (footballer, born 2001), Chinese footballer
- Zhang Yu (general), Ming dynasty general
- Zhang Yu (hurdler), Chinese hurdler
- Zhang Yu (Nanhe), courtesy name Nanhe, official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
- Zhang Yu (sport shooter), Chinese sports shooter
- Zhang Yu (tennis), Chinese tennis player
- Zhang Yu (voice actress), Chinese voice actress known for Overwatch
- Zhang Yu (volleyball), Chinese volleyball player
- Zhou Yu, Han dynasty general who served the warlords Sun Ce and his successor Sun Quan
- Zhou Yu (Renming), Han dynasty official who served the warlords Cao Cao and Yuan Shao
- Zhou Yu (canoeist), Chinese sprint canoeist
- Zhou Yu (table tennis), Chinese table tennis player