Famous People with Name Yona

Yona Friedman            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yona Friedman: is a Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer. He became famous in the late fifties and early sixties, in the so-called age of megastructures.

Rosie Malek-Yonan            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Rosie Malek-Yonan: an Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and human rights activist.In the 17th century, Geogtapah became the setting for the famous tragic love story of Aslee from the House of Malek and Karam, a commoner. The tale has been recounted in numerous Assyrian and Russian books. The Aslee and Karam Opera was composed in 1912 by the Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. This tragic love story has been compared to that of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A beautiful stone well was erected in the village of Geogtapah in Aslee's memory after her heartrending and untimely death.