| Yablonskaya, Tatiana | 1917-2006 | Russian | 6,000 |
| Yacai, Qiu | 1949-2013 | Chinese | 20000+ |
| Yacobi, Etti | 1961- | Israeli | 2000 |
| Yair, Avi | 1957- | Israeli | 5000 |
| Yakolev, Vladimir | 1934-1998 | Russian | 4000 |
| Yakovl, Alexander | 1887-1938 | Russian | 150,000 |
| Yalcinag, Ekrem | 1964- | Turkish | 10,000 |
| Yalcintas, Yusa | 1985- | Turkish | 1500 |
| Yamazaki, Fumio | 1974- | Japanese | 20000+ |
| Yan, Huang | 1966- | Chinese | 6000+ |
| Yan, Mao | 1968- | Chinese | 15000+ |
| Yan, Pei Ming | 1960- | Chinese | 15000 |
| Yang, Yuyu | 1926-1997 | Chinese | 60000 |
| Yangcheng, Wang | 1960- | Chinese | 60,000 |
| Yankai, Tan | 1880-1930 | Chinese | 3000 |
| Yanke, Pola | 1987- | Polish | 500 |
| Yankilevsky, Vladimir | 1938- | Russian | 20,000 |
| Yanning, Chen | 1945- | Chinese | 50000 |
| Yanshan, Li | 1898-1961 | Chinese | 25000 |
| Yanshao, Lu | 1909-1993 | Chinese | 200000+ |
| Yansun, Xu | 1899-1961 | Chinese | 60000 |
| Yanyong, Ding | 1902-1978 | Chinese | 30000 |
| Yao, Huang | 1917-1987 | Chinese | 15000 |
| Yard, Sydney | 1855-1909 | American | 700 |
| Yasa, Gede M | 1967- | Indian | 7000 |
| Yaskil, Amos | 1935- | Israeli | 5000 |
| Yates, Fred | 1922-2008 | British | 1000 |
| Ye, Liu | 1964- | Chinese | 100000 |
| Yeames, William | 1835-1918 | British | 40000 |
| Yeats, Anne | 1919-2001 | Irish | 3000 |
| Yeats, Jack B | 1871-1957 | Irish | 200000+ |
| Yegorov, Andrei | 1878-1954 | Russian | 5000 |
| Yektai, Manoucher | 1922- | Iranian | 10000 |
| Yelland, Raymond | 1848-1900 | American | 5000 |
| Yellin, Samuel | 1885-1940 | American | 1,500 |
| Yens, Karl | 1868-1945 | American | 6000 |
| Yeong-Geol, Choi | 1968- | Chinese | 10000 |
| Yeping, Ying | 1910-1990 | Chinese | 40000 |
| Yerka, Jacek | 1952- | Polish | 6000 |
| Yeros, Dimitris | 1948- | Greek | 3,000 |
| Yesi, Ahmet | 1954- | Turkish | 6,000 |
| Yetek, Sami | 1878-1945 | Turkish | 15,000 |
| Yeul,Kim T | 1929- | Korean | 20000 |
| Yewdale, Muriel | 1908-2000 | Canadian | 1000 |
| Yi, Ding | 1962- | Chinese | 12000+ |
| Yi, Ren | 1840-1896 | Chinese | 8000 |
| Yiakos, Dionysios | 1914- | Greek | 1,500 |
| Yiang, Chen | 1973- | Chinese | 30000 |
| Yidong,Wang | 1955- | Chinese | 30000 |
| Yifei, Chen | 1946-2005 | Chinese | 150,000 |
| Yifeng,Liang | 1937- | Chinese | 12000 |
| Yifu, Fei | 1913-1982 | Chinese | 60,000 |
| Yin, Wang | 1964- | Chinese | 100000+ |
| Yinhui, Chen | 1931- | Chinese | 8000 |
| Yinmo, Shen | 1883-1971 | Chinese | 3000 |
| Yin-Yung, Ting | 1902-1978 | Chinese | 75000 |
| Yokono, Kenichi | 1972- | Japanese | 20000+ |
| Yoldjoglou, Georges | 1933- | French | 2000 |
| Yong, Lee | 1942- | Chinese | 4000+ |
| Yong, Lee Cheng | 1913-1974 | Chinese | 3000 |
| Yong, Lin | 1942- | Chinese | 12000 |
| Yongchen, Wen | 1922-1995 | Chinese | 15000 |
| Yong-Ho, Ji | 1978- | Korean | 8000 |
| Yongoing, Ye | 1958- | Chinese | 40000+ |
| Yongyu, Huang | 1924- | Chinese | 100000+ |
| Yoo, Kim Dong | 1965- | Korean | 200000 |
| Yoshimatsu, Goseda | 1855-1915 | Japanese | 1000 |
| Yoshimura, Yoshio | 1950- | Japanese | 12000 |
| Youfu, Jia | 1942- | Chinese | 30000 |
| Youhan, Yu | 1943- | Chinese | 50000+ |
| Young, Aaron | 1972- | American | 6000+ |
| Young, Blamire | 1862-1935 | Australian | 10000 |
| Young, Charles | 1869-1964 | American | 1800 |
| Young, Chun | 1944- | Korean | 150000 |
| Young, Florence | 1872-1964 | American | 1500 |
| Young, Russell | 1960- | American | 5000 |
| Youwei, Kang | 1858-1927 | Chinese | 10000 |
| Yu, Chen | 1960- | Chinese | 10000 |
| Yu, Gao | 1981- | Chinese | 30000+ |
| Yu, Ji Wen | 1959- | Chinese | 3000 |
| Yu, Rentian | 1908-1984 | Chinese | 5000 |
| Yu, Xiong | 1975- | Chinese | 8000 |
| Yucen, Xei | 1899-1935 | Chinese | 3000 |
| Yueliu, Wu | 1943- | Chinese | 5000 |
| Yufang, Zhang | 1956- | Chinese | 40,000 |
| Yuliang, Pan | 1899-1977 | Chinese | 40000 |
| Yuming, Song | 1954- | Chinese | 30000 |
| Yun, Tang | 1910-1993 | Chinese | 5000 |
| Yunizar | 1971- | Indonesian | 15000 |
| Yuon, Konstantin | 1875-1958 | Russian | 200000+ |
| Yuskavage, Lisa | 1962- | American | 35000+ |
| Yuz, Dim | 1974- | Israeli | 2000 |
| Yuzbasiyan, Arto | 1948- | Canadian | 500 |