Yehia or Yehya is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater Yehia El-Fakharany, 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, pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world, co-founder of Pepsi-Cola Dubai Tarek Yehia, Egyptian football player