English Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Ukrainian born British wrestler. She competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships finishi

Is a Ukrainian born British wrestler. She competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships finishing 5th in the 48 kg category and was 7th in the same weight category at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships. Her most notable performanance came in the

A British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is U

A British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to "Yazz and the Plastic Population". Her father is Jamaican, her mother English.Yazz attended Holland Park School. After a spell as a catwalk model, she scored a number of club hits after recording with the group, Biz, in 1983. Her first commercial success came in early 1988, when she supplied the vocals on Coldcut's "Doctorin' the House". She soon launched a solo career on Big Life records, a label set up by her future husband Jazz Summers, releasing her debut single "The Only Way Is Up" in the summer of 1988. It went on to spend five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, eventually becoming the biggest selling UK single of the year. Suddenly one of Britain's biggest pop acts, her follow up was another big hit ("Stand Up For Your Love Rights", UK number 2), whilst her debut album went Top Ten.