Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
compiled by Jack Tourette

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Yablochkov, Pavel Nikolayevich (Russian electrical engineer) 1847-1894
Yahweh ben Yahweh (Hulon Mitchell Jr.; Am. religious leader) 1935-2007
Yale, Caroline Ardelia (American educator) 1848-1933
Yale, George Elihu (American-born English colonial admin.) 1649-1721
Yale, Linus (American locksmith, inventor, lock manufacturer) 1821-1868
Yalow, Rosalyn née Sussman (American medical physicist) 1921-2011
Yamaga Soko (Japanese military strategist, philosopher) 1622-1685
Yamagata Aritomo (Japanese army commander, politician) 1838-1922
Yamamoto Isoroku (Japanese adm.; planned Pearl Harbor attack) 1884-1943
Yamanoue Okura (Japanese poet) c.600-c.733
Yamashita Tomoyuki (Japanese general) 1885-1946
Yamazaki Ansai (Japanese philosopher) 1618-1682
Yamazaki Sokan (Japanese poet, monk) c.1465-c.1552
Yancey, William Lowndes (American politician) 1814-1863
Yanez, Agustin (Mexican writer, government administrator) 1904-1980
Yang, Jerry (Taiwan-born American entrepreneur; co-fd. Yahoo!) b.1968
Yang Chen-Ning "Franklin" (Chinese-born American physicist) b.1922
Yang Chu (Chinese philosopher) 440-360? BC
Yang Guifei (or Yang Kuei-fei; Chinese beauty, concubine) d.756
Yang Hsiu-ch'ing (Chinese rebel) d.1856
Yang Hsiung (Chinese poet, philosopher) 53 BC-AD 18
Yankovic, Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" (Am. musician, parodist) b.1959
Yankovic, Frank (American musician) 1915-1998
Yao, Andrew Chi-Chih (Chinese-born Am. computer scientist) b.1946
Ya'qubi, al- (Arab historian, geographer) d.897
Yaroslav the Wise (Grand prince of Kiev 1019-1054) 980-1054
Yasuda Zenjiro (Japanese businessman, philanthropist) 1838-1921
Yasui Sotaro (Japanese painter) 1888-1959
Yau, Horng-Tzer (Chinese-born American? mathematician) b.1959
Yau, Shing-Tung (aka Qiu Chengtong; Chinese mathematician) b.1949
Yaziji, Nasif (Lebanese scholar) 1800-1871
Yearsley, James (English surgeon) 1805-1869
Yeats, William Butler (Irish poet, dramatist) 1865-1939
Yeats-Brown, Francis (British army officer, writer) 1886-1944
Yehoshua, Avraham B. (Israeli writer, playwright) b.1936
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich (Russian politician) 1931-2007
Yen Fu (Chinese scholar) 1853-1921
Yengibarov, Leonid Georgievich (Soviet clown, actor, boxer) 1935-1972
Yen Hsi-shan (Chinese general) 1883-1960
Yen Jo-chu (Chinese scholar) 1636-1704
Yen Li-pen (Chinese painter) c.600-673
Yensen, Richard (American psychologist) b.1947
Yen Yuan (Yen Hsi-chai; Chinese scholar) 1635-1704
Yerby, Frank Garvin (American writer) 1916-1991
Yerkes, Charles Tyson (American financier) 1837-1905
Yerkes, Robert Mearns (American psychologist) 1876-1956
Yersin, Alexandre-Emile-John (Swiss bacteriologist) 1863-1943
Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich (aka Esenin; Russian poet) 1895-1925
Ye Shengtao (pseudonym of Ye Shaojun; Chinese writer) 1894-1988
Yevstushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (Russian writer, poet) b.1933
Yezierska, Anzia (Russian-born American writer, essayist) 1885-1970
Yglesias, Helen née Bassine (American writer) 1915-2008
Yi Chong (aka Naeong or Sorak; Korean painter) 1578-1607
Yi Chong (aka Tanum, i.e. Ocean Hermit; Korean artist) b.1541
Yi In-mun (aka Yu-ch'un; i.e. Exist Spring; Korean painter) 1745-1821
Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe (French mathematician) b.1957
Yogi Bhajan (Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji; Am. religious ldr.) 1929-2004
Yohai, Morrie Robert (American businessman; inv. Cheez Doodles) 1920-2010
Yoka Daishi (aka Yung-chia Ta-Shih; Gengaku; Chinese sage) 665-713
Yokomitsu Riichi (aka Yokomitsu Toshikazu; Japanese writer) 1898-1947
Yokoyama Taikan (born Sakai Hidemaro; Japanese painter) 1868-1958
Yonai Mitsumasa (Japanese naval officer, politician) 1880-1948
Yonath, Ada (Israeli crystallographer) b.1939
Yonge, Charlotte Mary (English writer, editor) 1823-1901
Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann Hans David (Prus. field marshal) 1759-1830
York, Alvin Cullum (Sergeant York; American soldier) 1887-1964
York, Herbert Frank (American physicist, educator, writer) b.1921
Yorke, Henry Vincent (pseudonym Henry Green; English writer) 1905-1973
Yosano Akiko née Otori Akiko (known as Ho Sho; Japanese poet) 1878-1942
Yoshida Isoya (Japanese architect) 1894-1974
Yoshida Kenko (born Urabe Kaneyoshi; Japanese poet, essayist) 1283-1350
Yoshida Kanetomo (Japanese religious) 1435-1511
Yoshida Tetsuro (Japanese architect) 1894-1956
Yoshihito (Japanese emperor 1912-1926; father of Hirohito) 1879-1926
Yoshikawa Hidetsugu (pseudonym Yoshikawa Eiji; Japanese writer) 1892-1962
Yoshino Sakuzo (Japanese politician, educator) 1878-1933
Yoshitsune (aka Minamoto Yoshitsune; Japanese soldier) 1159-1189
Yoshizawa Akira (Japanese origami artist) 1911-2005
Ypulou, Fulbert (Congolese politician; premier & pres. 1959-63) 1917-1972
Youmans, Vincent Millie (American composer) 1898-1946
Young, Al (American writer, poet, screenwriter, editor) b.1939
Young, Arthur (English agriculturist, writer) 1741-1820
Young, Arthur Henry "Art" (American cartoonist) 1866-1943
Young, Andrew Jackson Jr. (American diplomat, politician) b.1932
Young, Brigham (American Mormon religious leader) 1801-1877
Young, Charles Augustus (American solar astronomer) 1834-1908
Young, Edward (English poet, dramatist, literary critic) 1683-1765
Young, Edward (English explorer) 1831-1896
Young, Ella née Flagg (American educator) 1845-1918
Young, Francis Brett (English physician, writer, poet) 1884-1954
Young, James Whitney (American astronomer; asteroid) b.1941
Young, John Russell (Irish-born American journalist) 1840-1899
Young, John Wesley (American mathematician) 1879-1932
Young, La Monte Thornton (American composer, musician) b.1935
Young, Lester Willis "Prez" (American musician) 1909-1959
Young, Mahonri Mackintosh (American sculptor, painter, etcher) 1877-1957
Young, Marguerite Vivian (American writer, poet) 1908-1995
Young, Murat Bernard "Chic" (American cartoonist: Blondie 1930) 1901-1973
Young, Neil Percival (Canadian-born American musician) b.1945
Young, Owen D. (American lawyer, corporate executive) 1874-1962
Young, S. David (Rule of Experts, 1987) b.1955
Young, Stark (American writer, critic) 1881-1963
Young, Thomas (Scottish clergyman) 1587-1655
Young, Thomas (English physician, physicist, Egyptologist) 1773-1829
Young, Whitney Moore Jr. (American civil rights leader) 1921-1971
Youngblood, Daisy (American sculptor, ceramic artist) b.1945
Younger, Thomas Coleman "Cole" (American desperado) 1844-1916
Younghusband, Sir Francis Edward (Indian-born British explorer) 1863-1942
Youngman, Henny (Henry; English-born American comedian) 1906-1998
Youngs, Richard (English musician, singer) b.1966
Yourcenar, Marguerite (Belgian-born French writer, essayist) 1903-1987
Yovkov, Yordan Stefanovich (Bulgarian writer, dramatist) 1880-1937
Ypsilantis, Alexandros (Greek revolutionary; son of K.) 1792-1828
Ypsilantis, Demetrios (Greek revolutionary; son of K.) 1793-1832
Ypsilantis, Konstantinos (Greek revolutionary) 1760-1816
Yrjo-Koskinen, Sakari (Finnish historian, politician) 1830-1903
Ysaye, Eugene-Auguste (Belgian violinist, conductor, composer) 1858-1931
Yuan Chen (or Yuan Zhen; Chinese poet) 779-831
Yuan Chi (Yuan Ji; Chinese poet) 210-263
Yuan Mei (Chinese poet, essayist) 1716-1798
Yuan Shih-k'ai (Chinese soldier, politician; president 1913-16) 1859-1916
Yu Dafu (or Yu Ta-fu; Chinese writer; co-fd. Creation Society) 1896-1945
Yudenich, Nikolay Nikolayevich (Russian soldier) 1862-1933
Yui Shosetsu (Japanese military teacher, rebel) d.1651
Yukawa Hideki (Japanese physicist) 1907-1981
Yuki, Nobuteru (Japanese mangaka, illustrator, animator) b.1962
Yun, Isang (aka I-sang; Korean-born German composer, teacher) 1917-1995
Yung-lo (born Chu Ti; Chinese emperor 1402-1424) 1360-1424
Yung-yen (Chia-ch'ing; Chinese emperor 1796-1820) 1760-1820
Yung Shou-p'ing (known as Yun Nan-t'ien; Chinese painter) 1633-1690
Yunus, Muhammad (Bangladeshi banker, economist) b.1940
Yunus Emre (Turkish poet, Sufi mystic) d. c.1321
Yushkevich, Semyon Solomonovich (Russian writer, playwright) 1868-1927
Yust, Walter (American editor) 1894-1960
Yu Wen (Yu Ta-fu; Chinese writer) 1896-1945
Yves de Chartres (French prelate) c.1040-1116
Yvon, Adolphe (French painter) 1817-1893

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