Aphabetic letter pairs in words

YL - Yulia Lipnitskaya, figure skater

YM- Yao Ming, NBA center

Or Yehuda Menunin, violinist

Or Yves Montand, French actor

Or Yo-Yo Ma, cellist

Or Yvette Mimieux, actress

Ooh… or heavy metal guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen

YM = The list goes on.

Yann Martel

Yadier Molina

YN - Yannick Noah, French tennis player

YO- Yoko Ono, a woman whose lack of beauty is surpassed only by her lack of talent

YP - Yasmin Paige, English actress

YQ = Yu Qiuli, Mao-era vice prime minister of China

YR = Yves “Jetman” Rossi

Avaitor and jet-pack enthusiast

YS-Yitzakh Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister

YT- Yelverton Abraham (“Y.A.”) Tittle, Hall of Fame quarterback for the New York Giants

Yes, I KNOW I’m not allowed to do two, but I’m a Giants fan, and HAD to get to name YA Tittle!

YU = Yuri Ushakov

Russian diplomat

YV = Yuri Vovk, 20-year-old Ukrainian chess grand master

I was waiting for YT so I could use Y A Tittle, so I’ll let you have it by proxy.

YW = Yvette Wilson

American actress

YX = Yu Xu, a Chinese aviatrix, who died last year when her test plane crashed before she could eject.

YY = Yogi Yorgesson

1950’s novelty recording artist, I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas

YZ = Youssef Zouaoui, Tunisian footballer with 48 year career as player and manager, and an amazing six consecutive vowels in his name. It would be “Zwawi”, but French doesn’t use W.

ZA - Zain Asher, CNN International anchor

ZB - Zaphod Beeblebrox

one hoopy frood, voted “Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe” seven consecutive times.

ZC- Zagreb, Croatia

ZD = Zena Dare, British actress whose stage career spanned 1899-1969