Famous People with Name Yunus

Yunus Nadi Abalioglu            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Yunus Nadi Abalioglu: a renowned Turkish journalist and founder of the newspaper Cumhuriyet.

Yunus Emre            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Yunus Emre: was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Veled, one of the first known Turkish poets to have composed works in th

Yunus Qanuni            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Yunus Qanuni: a politician in Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, Qanuni is the leader of the Afghanistan e Naween (New Afghanistan) political party and Speaker of the House of the Representatives (the lower house of parliament or Wolesi Jirga).Following the Soviet Intervention of Afghanistan in 1979, Qanuni joined with the mujahideen force led by Ahmad Shah Massoud based in his native Panjshir Valley. A protégé of Massoud, he was involved in the creation of the Afghan Northern Alliance and served as Interior Minister in Burhanuddin Rabbani's government. After the assassination of Massoud in 2001, a trio consisting of Qanuni, Defence Minister Mohammed Fahim and Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah took defacto control of the Northern Alliance and its financial resources.

Yunus Badat            Origin/Culture/Country: Kenyan

Yunus Badat: is a former cricketer who played one One Day International in the 1975 World Cup for East Africa. He also appeared in one first-class cricket match in England in 1975, and played cricket for Uganda.

Muhammad Yunus            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Muhammad Yunus: Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics and is famous for his successful application of microcredit - the extension of small loans. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.

Megat Yunus            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Megat Yunus: was a Malaysian politician.He was conferred the title Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja Diraja of Perak - one of the Four Major Chiefs (Orang Besar Empat) of Perak. He was one of the signatories to the Perak State Constitution of 1948. He was also one of the founding members of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) - Perak Branch, together with the late Dato' Seri Dr Megat Khas and the late Dato' Panglima Bukit Gantang Abdul Wahab.

Sabir Yunusovich Yunusov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Sabir Yunusovich Yunusov: was a Soviet and Uzbek chemist, known for his research in alkaloid chemistry.

Anvar Yunusov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Anvar Yunusov: is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan best known to handle AsianGames winner Violito Payla his first ever stoppage defeat at the 2007 world championships. He has also qualified for the Olympics.