Yunus (given name)

Yunus (Arabic: يُونُس, Yūnus, Persian: یونس, yūnes, Turkish: Yunus), also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis, Younus, Yunes, Younous and Yonas, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of Greek Ιωνάς (Ionas), from Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.

• Younas Ahmadzai (born 1995), Afghan cricketer

• Younes Ahamdi (born 1976), Moroccan judoka
• Younes Al Shibani (born 1981), Libyan football defender
• Younes Ali (born 1983), Qatari footballer
• Younes Belhanda (born 1990), French-Moroccan footballer
• Younes El Aynaoui (born 1971), Moroccan tennis player
• Younes Kaboul (born 1986), French footballer
• Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
• Younes Nazarian, Iranian-born American business mogul and philanthropist
• Younes Shokrkhah (born 1957), Iranian journalist
• Younes Tsouli, Moroccan Islamist

• Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali, Iraqi former Baath Party member
• Younis Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
• Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari, Moroccan terrorism suspect

• Younus Shaikh, Pakistani dissident

• Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Indian politician
• Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist
• Yunus Altun, Turkish footballer
• Yunus Badat, Zambian cricketer
• Yunus Emre, Turkish poet and mystic
• Yunus Erçelik (born 1980), Turkish motorcycle racer
• Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer
• Yunus Khan, 15th-century Mughal Khan
• Yunus Mallı, German-Turkish footballer
• Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist
• Yunus Öçal, Turkish volleyball coach
• Yunus Parvez, Indian actor
• Yunus Paşa, Ottoman statesman
• Yunus Qanuni, Afghan politician
• Yunus Yosfiah, Indonesian army officer
• Yunus Musah, American soccer player

• Yunus (surname)

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