Yost is an anglicized spelling of the Dutch name "Joost" or German surname "Jost".[1][2]


Notable people

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Government

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  • 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[3] 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

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Sports

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Yost Surname Origins". House of Names. houseofnames.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Yost Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ Congress, United States (October 22, 1931). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.