Yunupingu

Yunupingu, more correctly spelt Yunupiŋu, is the family name of a number of notable Aboriginal Australians from the Yolŋu people, of Arnhem Land of the Gumatj clan.^[1] People with this name are closely connected with the Marika and Gurruwiwi families.

Notable people with this name include:

• Eunice Djerrkngu Yunupingu (c.1945–2022), artist, mother of Witiyana Marika
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu (1948–2023), Australian leader in the struggle for Australian land rights, also known as Dr Yunupingu
• Gulumbu Yunupingu (1940s–2012), Australian artist and women's leader
• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971–2017), aka Gurrumul, Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer in Yolngu and English, also known as Dr G. Yunupingu
• Malngay Yunupingu, band member of rock/reggae band East Journey
• Mandawuy Yunupingu (1956–2013), Australian musician, educator and community leader, also known as Dr Yunupingu
• Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu (c.1935–2005), artist
• Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (born c.1945), Australian painter
• Mungurrawuy Yunupingu (c.1905–1979), Gumatj leader, father of Galarrwuy, Gaymala, Gulumbu, Mandawuy, Nyapanyapa, and others
• Yirrnga Yunupingu, singer/songwriter of King Stingray, and former vocalist with Yothu Yindi (son of Gurrumul)
• Yalmay Marika Yunupingu (born 1956), artist and teacher-linguist at Yirrkala Community Education Centre (daughter of Mathaman Marika)