Yakovlev (surname)

Yakovlev (Яковлев, ) is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name Yakov. Yakovleva is the feminine form.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
• Anatoli Yakovlev (1913–1993), Soviet spymaster in New York City
• Andrei Yakovlev (born 1995), Russian footballer
• Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet Ukrainian race walker
• Dmitry Yakovlev, Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
• Egor Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), Russian actress
• Gennady Yakovlev (born 1938), Russian botanist
• Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930), Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer
• Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster
• Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer
• Mikhail Iakovlev (born 2000), Israeli racing cyclist
• Mikhail Yakovlev (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1942), Russian footballer
• Natalya Yakovleva (handballer) (born 1986), Kazakhstani handball player
• Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972), Soviet military leader
• Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1970), Russian football player and manager
• Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1997), Russian footballer
• Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (1970–2015), Russian singer known as Origa
• Pavel Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
• Postnik Yakovlev, Russian architect of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, active 1555–1588
• Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
• Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
• Vadim Yakovlev, Russian Cossack cavalry commander, active 1914–1923
• Valentina Yakovleva (born 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
• Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and saint
• Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884–1941), Russian Bolshevik leader
• Vasily Yakovlev (1885–1938), Finnish Bolshevik revolutionary and politician
• Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev (1839–1908), Russian entomologist
• Vasyl Yakovlev (born 1972), Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
• Vitali Yakovlev (born 1985), Russian footballer
• Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (born 1944), Russian politician
• Vladimir Yakovlev (general) (born 1954), Russian military commander
• Vladimir Yakovlev (journalist) (born 1959), Russian journalist and editor
• Vladislav Yakovlev (rower) (born 1993), Kazakhstani rower
• Yakov Yakovlev (1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician
• Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
• Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people

See also

• Dima Yakovlev Law, Russian law defining sanctions against certain US citizens
• Yakovlev (disambiguation)