Yost (surname)

Yost is an anglicized spelling of the Dutch name "Joost" or German surname "Jost".

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 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