Yost (surname)

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Yost is an anglicized spelling of the Dutch name "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 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

1. "Yost Surname Origins". House of Names. houseofnames.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
2. "Yost Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. Congress, United States (October 22, 1931). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.