News, stats, legends, and lightly unhinged trivia about the world's Yousefs, Youssefs, Yusufs, Josephs, Giuseppes, and everyone who loves them. Updated daily by our tireless newsroom of zero people.
Our robot scans the headlines for Yousefs (all spellings) doing good things, then writes a short, mildly smug summary. Bad news is someone else's beat.
The West Virginia men's basketball assistant, a Toronto native, landed on a national list after a 21-win first season that ended with a tournament title in Las Vegas. Yousef-adjacent spelling, Yousef-level results.
Buddha and the Chocolate Box came back newly remastered this fall. The most famous Yusuf in music history continues to refuse to slow down.
The Tunisian oud player and vocalist played France and Switzerland in mid-October. Two S's, zero wrong notes.
State Rep. Yusuf Yusuf, born in Mogadishu, represents District 118 in Portland. Having the name twice is, per our analysts, objectively the strongest possible position.
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Prophet in Islam, patriarch in Judaism and Christianity. Interpreted Pharaoh's dreams, planned for seven lean years, and forgave the brothers who sold him. Set the bar very high for the rest of us.
Singer-songwriter behind a run of 1970s classics who later took the name Yusuf. Still recording and reissuing decades later.
Armenian-Canadian portraitist whose 1941 photograph of a scowling Winston Churchill became one of the most reproduced portraits ever taken.
Scored the towering header against Portugal that sent Morocco to the 2022 World Cup semifinals, a first for an African or Arab nation.
Won Olympic silver in Paris 2024 in mixed team air pistol with no special lenses or ear gear, one hand in his pocket, and became a global meme overnight.
Scored 1,788 Test runs in calendar year 2006, breaking a record Viv Richards had held for three decades.
Egypt's most celebrated director, honored at Cannes in 1997 with a lifetime achievement award at the festival's 50th edition.
One of YouTube's early breakout comedy creators. The patron saint of this website's domain name, whether he likes it or not.
The Spelling Wars rage on. Here is how America's newborn Yousefs voted with their birth certificates.
It all starts with Hebrew Yosef, "he will add." Literally a name that is a growth strategy. Here is the extended family.
Surah Yusuf, the 12th chapter of the Quran, tells Joseph's story almost from start to finish, which makes it unusual among the chapters.
A popular folk explanation says Spanish "Pepe" comes from Pater Putativus, the title for Saint Joseph, abbreviated P.P. Linguists are skeptical. We are not.
March 19 is Saint Joseph's Day, celebrated as Father's Day in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. We propose it also become International Yousef Day.
Joseph's plan of seven years of saving for seven years of famine is arguably the first recorded emergency fund. Every Yousef is a financial planner at heart.
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