Yule (surname)

Yule, also Youell, Youle, Youll or Yuill, is a surname generally of British origin. Yule as a name is derived from the pagan festival of the same name, used for those born at Christmas time.^[1]

People with the surname include

• Annie Henrietta Yule (1874–1950), British film financier and breeder of Arabian horses
• Billy Yule (born c.1954), sit-in drummer for The Velvet Underground in 1970
• Bob Yule (1920–1953), New Zealand-born fighter pilot of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain and Second World War
• Charles Bampfield Yule (1806–1878), Royal Naval explorer and author
• Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet (1858–1928), Scottish businessman based in India
• Daniel Yule (born 1993), Swiss alpine ski racer
• David Yule (field hockey) (born 1974), Canadian field hockey player
• Doug Yule (born 1947), American musician and singer, member of The Velvet Underground 1968–1973
• George Yule (businessman) (1829–1892), Scottish merchant in England and India, fourth President of the Indian National Congress
• George Yule (linguist) (born 1947), British linguist
• Henry Youll (also Youell) (fl.1608), English madrigalist and composer
• Henry Yule (1820–1889), Scottish orientalist
• Ian Yuill (born 1964), Scottish politician
• Jack Youll (1897–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Jimmy Yuill (born 1956), Scottish actor
• James B. Yule (1884–1957), American forestry engineer
• Joe Yule (1892–1950), Scottish-American vaudeville comedian, father of Mickey Rooney
• Joe Yule Jr. (1920–2014), birth name of American actor Mickey Rooney
• John Yule (1812–1886), a seigneur and politician in Canada East
• John Yule (botanist) (1762–1827), a Scottish physician and botanist
• John Yule (California politician) (1833–c. 1888), a Scottish-born American politician
• John Clinton Youle (1916–1999), American meteorologist, newspaper editor, and politician
• Michael Youll (born 1939), English cricketer
• Mike Youle (born 1960), British doctor and clinical researcher specializing in HIV treatment
• Oliver Youll (born 1970), English cricketer
• Paul Youll (born 1965), English science fiction artist, twin brother of Stephen
• Paul Yule (photojournalist) (born 1956), British photographer and film maker
• Paul Alan Yule (fl. 1980s–present), German archaeologist
• Robert Yuill (1924–2006), Canadian politician
• Stephen Youll (born 1965), English science fiction artist, twin brother of Paul
• Thomas Yule (born 1976), South African-born Scottish weightlifter
• Tom Yule (1888-?), Scottish footballer
• Tommy Yule (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Udny Yule (1871–1951), Scottish statistician
• Wayne Youle (born 1974), New Zealand artist
• William Yule (psychologist) (1940–2023), psychologist and professor of applied child psychology

• Youell Swinney (1917–1994), American suspected murderer
• Huell
• Yul (disambiguation)
• Yule (disambiguation)
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Surname list

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