Yury Davidovich Levitansky was a Russian- language poet and translator from the USSR, a master of lyrical parody of genres, and Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art in 1994.

Yuri Eduardovich Loza is a Russian singer, poet, and composer.

Yuri Fedorovych Lysianskyi was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer. He headed the first Russian circumnavigation aboard the Neva and was among the early western explorers to visit Easter Island.

Yuri Vitalyevich Mamleev, also Mamleyev or Mamleiev, was a prominent Russian novelist who began writing in the 1960s and won the Pushkin Prize in 2000. He is considered the founder of metaphysical realism as a literary genre. His best known work, The Sublimes, was a samizdat novel published in 1966 and translated into English in 2014 by Marian Schwartz.

Yuri Vladimirovich Matiyasevich, is a Russian mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for his negative solution of Hilbert's tenth problem, which was presented in his doctoral thesis at LOMI.

Yuri Mikhailovich Orlov - Russian scientist, professor of pedagogy, psychology and philosophy, practicing psychologist, creator of the theory and practices of SanoGene (healing) Thinking (SGT), author of books on personality psychology.

Yuri Vasilyevich Morozov, was a Russian rock Multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and composer. He created his own style using Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Experimental music, Folk music, Jazz and many more. Besides having his own musical career, he also participated in the recording of albums of bands such as DDT, Aquarium, Chizh & Co, and many others.

Yuri Mraqqadi is a Lebanese singer of Armenian descent. He studied production and became a professional advertising designer in addition to music.

Yuri Markovich Nagibin was a Russian Soviet writer, screenwriter and novelist.

Yuri Naumov is a poet, composer, singer and acoustic guitar player, a unique Russian bluesman.