List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
- U Aung San, Commander in Chief of the Burma Independence Army
- Ubac, Raoul, (1910-1985), painter
- U Ba Maw, Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
- Uccello, Paolo, (1397-1475), Italian painter
- Uda, emperor of Japan
- 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, Morihei, Japanese founder of Aikido
- Uhde, Fritz von, (1848-1911), German painter
- Ulam, Stanislaw, Pole
- Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin, (USA, 1909-1984), Pole
- Ulanova, Galina Sergeyevna, (1910-1988), Russian ballerina
- Ulbricht, Walter, (1893-1973), Leader of DDR
- Ullberg, Kent, (born 1945)
- Ullman, Gustaf, Swedish writer
- Ullman, Tracey, British-born comedian
- Ullmann, Gebhard, musician
- Ullmann, Liv, (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
- Ulmanis, Guntis, president
- Ulmanis, Karlis, president
- Ulmer, James 'Blood', musician
- Ulrich of Strassburg, scholastic philosopher
- Ulvaeus, Björn, Swedish songwiter and ex-member of ABBA
- Umezu, Yoshijiro, Japanese general
- Unamuno, Miguel de, (1864-1936), : Niebla, San Manuel Bueno Martir
- Underhill, John, (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
- Undset, Sigrid, (1882-1949), Kristin Lavandsdatter
- Ungaretti, Giuseppe, Italian poet
- Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von, Swedish soldier
- Unger, William, (1837-1932), painter
- Unitas, Johnny, (1933-2002), athlete
- 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, Comedian
- Updike, John, (born 1932), author of Rabbit Run and sequels.
- Upham, Charles, (1908-1994), New Zealand war hero
- Uqlidisi, (920-990), mathematician
- 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
- Urban VIII, Pope, (1623-1644)
- Ure, Midge, singer-songwriter
- Uris, Leon, (1924-2003), US writer
- Uros, Stefan, I, (1243-1276), Serbian monarch
- Uros, Stefan, V, (1355-1371), Serbian monarch
- Urquhart, Jane, (born 1949), novelist
- Urquiza, Justo José de, (1801-1870)
- Urso of Salerno, scholastic philosopher
- Urysohn, Paul Samuilovich, (1898-1924), Russian mathematician
- Usachev, Yuri, astronaut
- Usai, Edoardo
- Usher, David, (born 1966), singer
- Usher, Gary, musician
- 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