Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors.

Yunus (also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis or Younus, Arabic: يونس‎, Younis, Persian: یونس‎, Younes, Turkish: Yunus) is a common male given name and the Arabic version, deriving through Greek Ιωνας (Ionas) from the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Jonah), meaning dove, of the prophet Jonah.
In Turkish yunus means dolphin, from shortening of the obsolete yunusbalığı, literally “Jonah fish”.