| Ubaldini, Petruccio (Florentine illuminator, scholar) |
1524?-1600? |
| Uccello, Paolo (orig. Paolo di Dono) (Florentine painter) |
1397-1475 |
| Uchatius, Franz von (Austrian general, artillery authority) |
1811-1881 |
| Uchimura Kanzo (Japanese theologian, critic) |
1861-1930 |
| Udall (or Uvedale), John (English Puritan preacher) |
1560?-1592 |
| Udall, Nicholas (Eng. schoolmaster, Latin scholar, playwright) |
1505-1556 |
| Udet, Ernst (German aviator, army officer) |
1896-1941 |
| Uechtritz, Friedrich von (German writer) |
1800-1875 |
| Ueda Senjiro (pseud. Ueda Akinari) (Japanese writer) |
1734-1809 |
| Ueno, Harry (Hawaii-born Am. orchardist; internment camp hero) |
1907-2004 |
| Ugarte, Manuel (Argentinean writer) |
1874-1951 |
| Ugolini, Vincenzo (Italian composer) |
c.1580-1638 |
| Uhde, Fritz von (German painter) |
1848-1911 |
| Uhland, Johann Ludwig (German poet, philologist, politician) |
1787-1862 |
| Uhlenbeck, Christianus Cornelius (Dutch philologist) |
1866-1926 |
| Uhlenbeck, George Eugene (Indonesian-born American physicist) |
1900-1988 |
| Uhlenhuth, Paul (German bacteriologist, hygienist) |
1870-1957 |
| Uisang Daisa (Korean Buddhist monk) |
625-702 |
| Ujejski, Kornel (Polish poet) |
1823-1897 |
| Ukrainka, Lesia (Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka)(Ukrainian poet) |
1871-1913 |
| Ulam, Stanslaw Marcin (Polish-born American physicist) |
1909-1984 |
| Ulbricht, Walter (East German politician; erected Berlin Wall) |
1893-1973 |
| Ulfilas (Gothic: Wulfila) (Cappadocian prelate) |
c.311-c.382 |
| Ullman, Tracey (English actor, comedian) |
b.1959 |
| Ulloa, Antonio de (Spanish naval officer, scientist, explorer) |
1716-1795 |
| Ulmer, James "Blood" (American guitarist, singer) |
b.1942 |
| Ulpian (Domitius Ulpianus) (Roman jurist) |
d. AD 228 |
| Ulrich von Hutten (Franconian knight, humanist) |
1488-1523 |
| Ulrich von Lichtenstein (Styrian noble, poet) |
c.1200-1275 |
| Ulrich von Turheim (German poet, noble) |
fl.1236-1285 |
| Ulrici, Hermann (German philosopher) |
1806-1884 |
| Ulugh Beg (Tatar prince, poet, astronomer) |
1394-1449 |
| 'Umar I ('Umar ibn al-Khattab) (Second Muslim caliph 634-644) |
c.586-644 |
| 'Umar II ('Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz) (Umayyad caliph 717-720) |
683/3-720 |
| 'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (Arab poet) |
644-712/9 |
| Umberto I (Duke of Savoy) (Italian king 1878-1900) |
1844-1900 |
| Umberto II (Prince of Piedmont) (Italian king 1946) |
1904-1983 |
| Unamuno y Jugo, Miguel de (Spanish philosopher, writer) |
1864-1936 |
| Uncas (American Mohegan Indian sachem) |
1588?-1683? |
| Underhill, Evelyn (married name Moore) (English poet, writer) |
1875-1941 |
| Underhill, John (English-born American colonial soldier) |
1597?-1672 |
| Underwood, John Thomas (American typewriter industrialist) |
1857-1937 |
| Underwood, Francis Henry (American reformer, editor) |
1825-1894 |
| Underwood, Oscar Wilder (American politician) |
1862-1929 |
| Underwood, Stephen Hale (American writer?) |
b.1970 |
| Undset, Sigrid (Norwegian novelist) |
1882-1949 |
| Ungaretti, Giuseppe (Italian poet, teacher, translator) |
1888-1970 |
| Unkei (Japanese sculptor) |
1148?-1223 |
| Unkoku Togan (Japanese painter) |
1547-1618 |
| Uno, Sousuke (Japanese prime minister 1989) |
b.1922 |
| Unruh, Fritz von (German playwright, poet, novelist) |
1885-1970 |
| Untermeyer, Louis (American author, editor, poet) |
1885-1977 |
| Unverdorben, Otto (German chemist) |
1806-1873 |
| Unwin, Sir Stanley (English publisher) |
1884-1968 |
| Updike, Daniel Berkeley (American printer, publisher) |
1860-1941 |
| Updike, John Hoyer (American writer, poet) |
b.1932 |
| Upfield, Arthur William (English-born Australian novelist) |
1888-1964 |
| Upjohn, Richard (English-born American architect) |
1802-1878 |
| Uppdal, Kristofer Oliver (Norwegian writer) |
1878-1961 |
| Upson, Ralph Hazlett (American aeronautical engineer) |
1888-1968 |
| Upton, Emory (American army officer, military strategist) |
1839-1881 |
| Upton, George Putnam (pseud. Peregrine Pickle) (Am. journalist) |
1834-1919 |
| 'Urabi Pasha (Egyptian nationalist) |
1839-1911 |
| Uragami Gyokudo (Japanese painter, musician) |
1745-1820 |
| Urban, Joseph (Austrian-born American architect, designer) |
1872-1933 |
| Urdaneta, Andres de (Spanish religious, navigator) |
1498-1568 |
| U'Ren, William Simon (American reformer) |
1859-1949 |
| Urey, Harold Clayton (American chemist; discovered deuterium) |
1893-1981 |
| Urfe, Honore d' (French writer) |
1568-1625 |
| Uris, Leon Marcus (American writer) |
1924-2003 |
| Urquhart, Sir Thomas (Scottish author, translator) |
1611-1660 |
| Usakligil, Halid Ziya (Turkish writer) |
1866-1945 |
| Usigli, Rodolfo (Mexican playwright) |
1905-1979 |
| Usk, Thomas (English writer) |
d.1388 |
| Uslar Pietri, Arturo (Venezuelan writer, essayist) |
b.1906 |
| Usman dan Fodio (Fulani religious, political leader) |
1754-1817 |
| Uspensky, Gleb Ivanovich (Russian writer) |
1843-1902 |
| Ussher, James (Irish prelate, Biblical scholar) |
1581-1656 |
| Ustinov, Peter Alexander (English actor, author) |
b.1921 |
| Ustvolskaya, Galina Ivanovna (Russian composer) |
1919-2006 |
| Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese painter, printmaker) |
1786-1864 |
| Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese painter, printmaker) |
1797-1861 |
| Utagawa Toyokuni (aka Toyokuni) (Japanese painter, printmaker) |
1769-1825 |
| 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (Third Muslim caliph) |
d.656 |
| Utrillo, Maurice (French painter) |
1883-1955 |
| Uz, Johann Peter (German poet) |
1720-1796 |