Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
Created by the Staff of the Olivia Raney Library
-Y- & -Z-
| Last, First Name | Co./Country of Birth | Resided | Life Span (if Known) |
| Yancey, Bartlett | Caswell Co. | Caswell Co. | 1785 - 1828 |
| Yancey, James | Orange Co. (now Caswell) | Caswell Co. | ca. 1768 - 1829 |
| Yarbrough, Mrs., J. A. | Ashland, Mississippi | Mecklenburg Co. | 1879 - 1961 |
| Yates, Matthew Tyson | Wake Co. | Wake Co. | 1819 - 1888 |
| Yates, William James | Cumberland Co. | Cumberland Co. | 1827 - 1888 |
| Yates, William James | Mecklenburg Co. | 1827 - 1888 | |
| Yeamans, Sir John | Bristol, England | Cape Fear Colony | 1611 - 1674 |
| Yeardley, Francis | Virginia | Roanoke Colony | 1624 - 1655 |
| Yeates, Jesse Johnson | Hertford Co. | Hertford Co. | 1829 - 1892 |
| Yeates, William Smith | Hertford Co. | Hertford Co. | 1856 - 1908 |
| Yellowley, Edward Clement | Martin Co. | Pitt Co. | 1821 - 1885 |
| Yelverton, Emory Harrison | Wayne Co. | Wayne Co. | 1890 - 1955 |
| Yergan, Max | Wake Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1892 - 1975 |
| Yonagusta (Drowning Bear) | Cherokee Chief | Western North Carolina | ca. 1760 - 1839 |
| York, Brantly | Randolph Co. | Randolph Co. | 1805 - 1891 |
| York, Tyre | Surry Co. | Surry Co. | 1836 - 1916 |
| York, Tyre | Wilkes Co. | 1836 - 1916 | |
| Young, Allen Lawrence | Wake Co. | Wake Co. | 1875 - 1957 |
| Young, David Alexander | Wake Co. | Wake Co. | 1907 - 1994 |
| Young, James Hunter | Vance Co. | Wake Co., Raleigh | 1858 - 1921 |
| Young, John Smith | Wake Co. | Wake Co. | 1834 - 1916 |
| Young, Richard Knox | Person Co. | Person Co. | 1913 - 1974 |
| Young, Richard Knox | Forsyth Co. | 1913 - 1974 | |
| Young, Richard Knox | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1913 - 1974 | |
| Yount, George Calvert | Burke Co. | Burke Co. | 1794 - 1865 |
| Zachary, Jonathan Thompson Walton | Alamance Co., Graham | Alamance Co. | 1896 - 1969 |
| Zimmerman, Erich Walter | Mainz, Germany | Orange Co., Chapel Hill | 1888 - 1961 |