Yost is a surname that originates as an anglicized spelling of the Dutch name Joost or German surname Jost. __NOTOC__ Notable people Government Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981), American diplomat Dave Yost (born 1956), American lawyer, 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 is named Eric Yost (born 1955), American politician, attorney and judge Jack Yost (born 1945), American politician and West Virginia state senator Jacob Senewell Yost (1801–1872), American politician and Pennsylvania Representative Jacob Yost (Virginia politician) (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 Robert L. Yost (1922–1990), American diplomat Thomas B. Yost, United States Environmental Protection Agency federal judge
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 (1943–2008), American singer and frontman of 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 Herbert Yost (1879–1945), American silent film actor Tibor Yost (1896–1968), Hungarian screenwriter and journalist
Sports David Yost (American football), American football coach Dick Yost (1929–1973), American golfer Eddie Yost (1926–2012), American baseball player and coach Fielding H. Yost (1871–1946), American football player and coach Gus Yost (), American baseball player Jack Yost (footballer) (1923–1953), Australian rules footballer Jordan Yost (born 2006), American baseball player Ned Yost (born 1954), American baseball player and manager Nick Yost (1915–1980), American basketball player Sandra Yost, Australian swimmer Shane Yost (born 1977), Australian rollerblader
Other Benjamin Yost, American philosopher Christopher Yost (biologist), Canadian biologist David S. Yost (born 1948), American academic and author on international relations Edna Yost (1889–1971), American writer Gaylord Yost (1888–1958), American violinist, composer, and teacher George Washington Newton Yost (1831–1895), American inventor and typewriter manufacturer Gilbert Yost (died 1886), American criminal James Jackson Yost, American inventor of the agricultural/farm version of the grain elevator Joseph W. Yost (1847–1923), American architect Lenna Lowe Yost (1878–1972), American suffragist and temperance leader Lyle Yost (1913–2012), American agriculture equipment manufacturer and inventor Isaac M. "Ike" Yost (1848-1946), American miller and frontier industrialist Mary Yost (1881–1954), American academic Michèl Yost (1754–1786), French musician, teacher, and cofounder of the French clarinet school Nellie Snyder Yost (1905–1992), American historian and writer Paul Edward Yost (1919–2007), American inventor of the modern hot air balloon Richard Yost (born 1953), American scientist Robert M. Yost (1917–2006), American philosopher
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