People named U

• U Aung San, Commander in Chief of the Burma Independence Army
• U Ba Maw , Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
• U Nu, 3-time Burmese prime minister
• U Thant, UN Secretary General

Ua-Uh

• Ubac, Raoul , (1910-1985), painter
• Uccello, Paolo, (1397-1475), Italian painter
• Uda, emperor of Japan, (867-931)
• Udall, Mark E. (1950-)
• Udall, Morris King "Mo" (1922-1998)
• Udall, Stewart Lee (1920-)
• Udall, Thomas Stewart "Tom" (1948-)
• Uderzo, Albert, (born 1927), French cartoonist of Asterix fame
• Udet, Ernst, German WWI fighter ace
• Udovic, Joze , (1912-1986), poet
• Uematsu, Nobuo, (born 1959), Japanese composer
• Uemura, Naomi , (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
• Ueshiba, Kisshomaru, (1921-1999), 2nd doshu of aikido
• Ueshiba, Morihei, (1883-1969), Japanese founder of aikido
• Ueshiba, Moriteru, (born 1951), 3rd doshu of aikido
• Uhde, Fritz von , (1848-1911), German painter
• Uhlenbroek, Charlotte, (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter

Ul-Um

• Ulam, Stanislaw, Pole
• Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin, (USA, 1909-1984), Pole
• Ulanova, Galina Sergeyevna , (1910-1988), Russian ballerina
• Ulbricht, Walter, (1893-1973), Leader of DDR
• Ulibarrí, Sabine, American poet
• Ullberg, Kent , (born 1945)
• Ullman, Gustaf , Swedish writer
• Ullman, Tracey (born 1959), British-born comedian
• Ullmann, Gebhard , musician
• Ullmann, Liv, (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
• Ulmanis, Guntis, president
• Ulmanis, Karlis, president
• Ulmer, James 'Blood', musician
• Ulmer, Sarah (born 1976), New Zealand cyclist
• Ulrich of Strassburg , scholastic philosopher
• Ulvaeus, Björn, Swedish songwiter and ex-member of ABBA
• Umaga, Tana, (born 1973), New Zealand rugby union player
• Umezu, Yoshijiro, Japanese general

Un-Up

• Unamuno, Miguel de, (1864-1936), : Niebla, San Manuel Bueno Martir
• Unanue, Joseph A. Born (1925), former president of Goya Foods
• Underhill, John, (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
• Underwood, Frederick D. , president of the Erie Railroad 1901–1927
• Undset, Sigrid, (1882-1949), Kristin Lavransdatter
• Ungaretti, Giuseppe, Italian poet
• Unger, William , (1837-1932), painter
• Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von , Swedish field marshal
• Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Fyodorovich, (1886-1921) Russian military commander, Mongolian warlord
• Union, Gabrielle (born 1973) United States actress
• Unitas, Johnny, (1933-2002), American football player
• Unpatar-Naprisha , (c. 1240-c. 1235 BCE)
• Untash-Naprisha , (c. 1275-c. 1240 BCE)
• Unterberger, Michelangelo , (1695-1753), painter
• Untermeyer, Louis, (Treasury of Erotic Poetry)
• Unthan, Carl Herman, Austrian violinist without hands
• Unwin, Stanley, Publisher, George Allen and Unwin
• Unwin, Stanley, Comedian, gobbledegook language
• Updike, John, (born 1932), author of Rabbit Run and sequels.
• Upham, Charles, (1908-1994), New Zealand war hero
• Uqlidisi, (920-990), mathematician

Ur

• Urban I, Pope, (222-230)
• Urban II, Pope, (1088-1099)
• Urban III, Pope, (1185-1187)
• Urban IV, Pope, (1261-1264)
• Urban V, Pope, (1362-1370)
• Urban VI, Pope, (1378-1389)
• Urban VII, Pope (1590)
• Urban VIII, Pope, (1623-1644)
• Ure, Midge (b. 1953), singer-songwriter
• Uris, Leon, (1924-2003), US writer
• Uritsky, Moisei Solomonovich (1873-1918)
• Uros, Stefan, I, (1243-1276), Serbian monarch
• Uros, Stefan, V, (1355-1371), Serbian monarch
• Urquhart, Feargus
• Urquhart, Jane, (born 1949), novelist
• Urquhart, Robert Elliott "Roy" (1901-1988)
• Urquhart, Thomas (1611-c. 1660)
• Urquiza, Manolo , Cuban movie critic, famous in Puerto Rico
• Urquiza, Justo José de, (1801-1870)
• Urrutia, Ruben (born circa 1960), Puerto Rican rapper, better known as "Ruben DJ"
• Urry, Lewis, (1927-2004), Canadian inventor
• Urso of Salerno , scholastic philosopher
• Urysohn, Paul Samuilovich, (1898-1924), Russian mathematician

Us-Uz

• Usachev, Yuri, astronaut
• Usai, Edoardo
• Usher, R&B/Pop musician
• Usher, David, (born 1966), singer
• Usher, Gary , musician
• Usher, John Palmer (1816-1889)
• Ushijima, Mitsuru, Japanese general in the defense of Okinawa
• Usmani, Shamim Ahmad , (1942-1995), Urdu poet (India).
• Usmanova, Yulduz , (born 1963), Uzbek singer
• Ustinov, Dmitri, Soviet defense minister
• Ustinov, Peter, (born 1921), British actor
• Utamaro, Kitagawa, (1753-1806), Japanese painter
• Utermarck, John de Havilland , (1883-1884), British bailiff
• Utrillo, Maurice, (1883-1955), French painter
• Utzon, Jørn, (born 1918), Danish architect
• Uz, Johann Peter (1720-1796), German author