Yakov

Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, ) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha () or Yashka () used for Yakov.

Notable people

People named Yakov

• Yakov Blumkin (1900–1929), a Left Socialist-Revolutionary
• Yakov Cherevichenko (1894–1976), Soviet military leader
• Yakov Chubin (1893–1956), Soviet official
• Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907–1943), the oldest son of Joseph Stalin
• Yakov Eliashberg (born 1946), American mathematician
• Yakov Ehrlich (born 1988), former Russian football player
• Yakov Eshpay (1890–1963), Soviet composer
• Yakov Estrin (1923–1987), Soviet chess player
• Yakov Fedorenko (1896–1947), Soviet military leader
• Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
• Yakov Fliyer (1912–1977), Soviet pianist
• Yakov Gakkel (1901–1965), Soviet oceanographer
• Yakov "Yan" Gamarnik (1894–1937), Soviet official
• Yakov Grot (1812–1893), Russian philologist
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician
• Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright
• Yakov Kozalchik (1902–1953), Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen
• Yakov Kreizberg (1959–2011), American conductor
• Yakov Kreizer (1905–1969), Soviet military leader
• Yakov Kulnev (1763–1812), Russian military leader
• Yakov Malik (1906–1980), Soviet diplomat
• Yakov Malkiel (1914–1998), American philologist
• Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942), Soviet writer
• Yakov Permyakov (?–1712), Russian polar explorer
• Yakov Peters (1886–1938), Soviet official
• Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), Russian poet
• Yakov Popok (1892–1938), Soviet official
• Yakov Protazanov (1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker
• Yakov Punkin (1921–1994), Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion
• Yakov Rylsky (1928–1999), Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer
• Yakov Sannikov, Russian merchant and explorer
• Yakov Shakhovskoy (1705–1777), Russian statesman
• Yakov G. Sinai (born 1935), Russian–American mathematician
• Yakov Smirnoff (born 1951), Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher
• Yakov Springer (1921–1972), Polish-Israeli athlete
• Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919), Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic
• Yakov Tolstikov (born 1959), Russian distance runner
• Yakov-Yan Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
• Yakov Vilner (1899–1931), Ukrainian chess master
• Yakov Yurovsky (1878–1938), Old Bolshevik activist
• Yakov Zak (1913–1976), Soviet pianist and teacher
• Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (1914–1987), Soviet physicist

See also

• Jakov
• Yakiv
• Yakovlev (surname)
• Yakovenko