Uesugi (jap. ä¸ÂæÂÂ, sometimes written Uyesugi) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
- Uesugi clan, a Japanese samurai clan
- Uesugi Akisada, (1454âÂÂ1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan
- Uesugi Harunori (1751âÂÂ1822), a Japanese daimyÃ
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- Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556âÂÂ1623), a daimyÃ
 during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history
- Uesugi Kagenobu (?âÂÂ1578), a samurai and relative of Uesugi Kenshin in the Sengoku period of Japan
- Uesugi Kagetora (1552âÂÂ1579), the seventh son of HÃ
ÂjÃ
 Ujiyasu and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin
- Uesugi Kenshin (1530âÂÂ1578), a daimyÃ
 who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan
- Uesugi Mochinori (1844âÂÂ1919), a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period
- Uesugi Narinori, (1820âÂÂ1889), a Japanese daimyÃ
 of the Edo period
- Uesugi Norimasa (1523âÂÂ1579), a daimyÃ
 of feudal Japan
- Uesugi Norizane, (1410âÂÂ1466), a Japanese samurai of the Uesugi clan
- Uesugi Tomooki, (1488âÂÂ1537), a lord of Edo Castle and enemy of the HÃ
ÂjÃ
 clan during the Sengoku period of Japan
- Uesugi Tsunakatsu, (1639âÂÂ1664), a Japanese daimyÃ
 of the Edo period
- Uesugi ZenshÃ
« (unknown-1417), the chief advisor to Ashikaga Mochiuji, an enemy of the Ashikaga shogunate in feudal Japan
- Takashi Uesugi (born 1968), a Japanese freelance journalist
- Takeo Uesugi (born 1940), a Japanese-American landscape architect known for his garden designs
Fictional characters