Yasin (name)

Notable persons

Mononym

• Yasin 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, Turkish footballer
• Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer
• Yasin Aydın, Turkish male volleyball player
• Yasiin Bey, the 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, serving a life sentence for inciting for the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. He has served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey
• Yasin Karaca, Turkish footballer
• Yasin Osman Kenadid, Somali intellectual, writer and linguist
• Yasin Malik, Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan
• Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir, 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 horse racing 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 Yılmaz, Turkish-German footballer

  Middle name

• Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, Chilean director and scriptwriter of mixed Iraqi, Chilean-Costa Rican origin
• Haji Mohamed Yasin Ismail, Somali entrepreneur and political activist
• Syahrul Yasin Limpo, Indonesian politician and minister
• Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi, Iraqi Kurd politician, served as one of the three Vice Presidents of Iraq
• Fahim Yasin Twaha, Kenyan politician

  Surname

• Abdul Rahman Yasin, 1993 World Trade Center bomber planner
• Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, Vice-President of Somaliland from 2002 until 2010
• Bilal Yasin, Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• Deqa Yasin, Somali politician and government minister
• Ghulam Yasin, Pakistani cricketer
• 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 , Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Yasin , 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 former deputy prime minister
• Shadya Yasin, Somali social activist
• Yazid Yasin, Singapore footballer
• Yevgeny Yasin, Russian economist and politician