Yehia

Yehia or Yehya is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

  • Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater
  • Yehia El-Fakharany (born 1945), Egyptian actor
  • Yehia El-Mashad (1932–1980), Egyptian atomic scientist assassinated in Paris
  • Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), one of the pioneers of the modern literary movement in Egypt
  • Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world, co-founder of Pepsi-Cola Dubai (Dubai Refreshments)
  • Tarek Yehia (born 1961), Egyptian football player