Yemelyan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Yemelyan Danilov (1627–1654), Russian bellmaker
Yemelyan Pugachev (1742–1775), pretender to the Russian throne, led a Cossack insurrection during the reign of Catherine II
Yemelyan Ukraintsev (1641–1708), Russian diplomat and statesman
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (1878–1943), Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, communist party organizer, activist, journalist, historian
