Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "unflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious".
Selim I (1465–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman
Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official
Yavuz Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician
Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer
Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor
Yavuz İlnam (born 1987), Turkish trap shooter
Yavuz Karakoç (born 1988), Turkish ice hockey player
Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner
Yavuz Mildon (born 1955), Turkish politician
Yavuz Özkan (director) (born 1942), Turkish film director
Yavuz Özkan (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer
Yavuz Şimşek (born 1947), Turkish footballer
Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), Turkish businessman
Yavuz Turgul (born 1946), Turkish film director and screenwriter
Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967), Turkish serial killer
Birsen Yavuz (born 1980), Turkish sprinter
Burak Yavuz (born 1975), Turkish volleyball player
Erdinç Yavuz (born 1978), Turkish footballer
İbrahim Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born Kurdish film director
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