Yost (surname)
Yost is an anglicized spelling of the Dutch name "Joost" or German surname "Jost".[1][2]
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Notable people
Government
- Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981), American diplomat
- Dave Yost (born 1956), American lawyer and politician and Ohio State Attorney General
- Ellis Asby Yost (1872-1962), American lawyer and West Virginia state senator for whom the prohibitionist "Yost Law" of 1913[3] is named - married to Lenna Lowe Yost, president of both the WVa Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the WVa Equal Suffrage Association
- Jacob Senewell Yost (1801–1872), American politician and Pennsylvania Representative
- Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman) (1853–1933), American politician and Virginia Representative
- Joseph R. Yost (born 1986), American politician, Virginia state delegate
- Paul A. Yost Jr. (1929–2022), American Coast Guard Commandant
- Thomas B.Yost, Federal Judge -United States Environmental Protection Agency
Media
- Casper Yost (1864–1941), American newspaper editor
- Christopher Yost (born 1973), American film and animation screenwriter
- David Yost (born 1969), American actor
- Dennis Yost, lead singer of the American pop group Classics IV
- Dorothy Yost (1899–1967), American screenwriter
- Elwy Yost (1925–2011), Canadian television host
- Gary Yost (born 1959), American filmmaker and software designer
- Graham Yost (born 1959), Canadian film and television screenwriter
- Hebert Yost, birth name of Barry O'Moore (1879–1945), American silent film actor
Sports
- Eddie Yost (1926–2012), American baseball player and coach
- Fielding H. Yost (1871–1946), American football player and coach
- Gus Yost, American baseball player
- Ned Yost (born 1954), American baseball player and manager
- Nick Yost (1915–1980), American basketball player
Other
- Benjamin Yost, American philosopher
- David S. Yost (born 1948), American academic and author on international relations
- Gilbert Yost, American criminal
- Joseph W. Yost (1847–1923), American architect
- Michèl Yost (1754–1786), French musician, teacher, and cofounder of the French clarinet school
- Paul Edward Yost (1919–2007), American inventor of the modern hot air balloon
References
- "Yost Surname Origins". House of Names. houseofnames.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- "Yost Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- Congress, United States (October 22, 1931). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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