| yáng | poplar/surname Yang |
| 杨 | surname Yang |
| 杨业 | famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 |
| 杨丞琳 | Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer |
| 杨亿 | Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet |
| 杨俊 | Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚 |
| 杨凝式 | Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of 5 dynasties period between Tang and Song |
| 杨坚 | first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 杨妃 | see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 |
| 杨守仁 | Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar |
| 杨宝森 | Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
| 杨家将 | Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors |
| 杨尚昆 | Yang Shangkun |
| 杨开慧 | Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
| 杨振宁 | Chen Ning Yang |
| 杨斌 | Yang Bin |
| 杨月清 | Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director |
| 杨木 | cotton wood; cottonwood |
| 杨枝鱼 | needlefish |
| 杨柳 | willow tree poplar and willow name of traditional tune |
| 杨树 | poplar tree various trees of genus Populus |