Yost (surname)
Yost is an anglicized spelling of Dutch surname "Joost" or German surname "Jost".Notable people
Government
- Charles Woodruff Yost, American diplomat
- Dave Yost, American lawyer and politician and Ohio State Auditor
- Ellis Asby Yost, American lawyer and West Virginia state senator for whom the prohibitionist 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, American politician and Pennsylvania Representative
- Jacob Yost , American politician and Virginia Representative
- Joseph R. Yost, American politician, Virginia state delegate
- Paul A. Yost Jr., American Coast Guard Commandant
Media
- Casper Yost, American newspaper editor
- Christopher Yost, American film and animation screenwriter
- David Yost, American actor
- Dennis Yost, lead singer of the American pop group Classics IV
- Dorothy Yost, American screenwriter
- Elwy Yost, Canadian television host
- Gary Yost, American filmmaker and software designer
- Graham Yost, Canadian film and television screenwriter
- Hebert Yost, birth name of Barry O'Moore, American silent film actor
Sports
- Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach
- Fielding H. Yost, American football player and coach
- Gus Yost, American baseball player
- Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- Nick Yost, American basketball player
Other
- David S. Yost, American academic and author on international relations
- Gilbert Yost, American criminal
- Joseph W. Yost, American architect
- Michèl Yost, French musician, teacher, and cofounder of the French clarinet school
- Paul Edward Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon
