Yost (surname)

Yost is an anglicized spelling of Dutch surname "Joost" or German surname "Jost".[1][2]

Notable people

Government
  • Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981), American diplomat
  • Dave Yost (born 1956), American lawyer and politician and Ohio State Auditor
  • Ellis Asby Yost (1872-1962), American lawyer and West Virginia state senator for whom the prohibitionist "Yost Law" of 1913 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. (born 1929), American Coast Guard Commandant

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
  • 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
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References
  1. "Yost Surname Origins". House of Names. houseofnames.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "Yost Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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