People named U
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
- Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�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
- [[Bj?Ulvaeus|Ulvaeus, Bj?], 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 Jos頤e, (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
- [[J?tzon|Utzon, J?, (born 1918), Danish architect
- Uz, Johann Peter (1720-1796), German author