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Jaka Ankerst Jaka Ankerst (born March 27, 1989) is a Slovenian ice hockey player. He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey te ...

(born 1989), Slovenian ice hockey player * Jaka Bizilj (born 1971), Slovenian film producer *

Jaka Blažič Jaka Blažič (born June 30, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at , ...

(born 1990), Slovenian professional basketball *

Jaka Hvala Jaka Hvala (born 15 July 1993) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper. In 2013, he became a Junior World Champion. His personal best jump is 213 metres, set in 2012 in Planica. Career Hvala made his World Cup debut in 2012 in Zakopane where he fin ...

(born 1993), Slovenian ski jumper *

Jaka Tingkir Joko Tingkir, or sometimes written as Jaka Tingkir, is the founder and the first king of the Sultanate of Pajang. He ruled from 1549 to 1582. He is also known by the title of Sultan Hadiwijaya. Ancestry Joko was the son of Ki Ageng Pengging, ...

, founder and the first king of the Sultanate of Pajang *

Almerindo Jaka Jamba Colonel Almerindo Jaka Jamba (21 March 1949 – 1 April 2018) was an Angolan politician and former rebel leader in UNITA. Jaka Jamba studied in Portugal where he received a degree in philosophy. He was a member of the Angolan National Assembly ...

(born 1949), Angolan politician and former rebel leader in UNITA * Jaka Jazbec, Italian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s *

Jaka Klobučar Jaka Klobučar (born August 19, 1987) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Kecskemét of the Nemzeti Bajnokság. He also represented the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at , he plays the point guard, shooting guard and ...

(born 1987), Slovenian professional basketball player *

Jaka Lakovič Jaka Lakovič (born 9 July 1978) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB, as well as an assistant coach of the Slovenia national team. Standing at , a ...

(born 1978), Slovenian professional basketball player *

Jaka Mwambi Jaka Mgwabi Mwambi was a Tanzanian politician and diplomat. Mwambi is a former Regional Commissioner of Rukwa Region, Tanga Region and Iringa Region and was Deputy Secretary-General of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, until he was replaced by ...

, Tanzanian politician and diplomat * Jaka Singgih (born 1958), Indonesian businessman, Managing Director of Bumi Laut Group *

Jaka Štromajer Jaka Štromajer (born 27 July 1983) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Izola as a forward. Honours ; Koper *Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slo ...

(born 1983), Slovenian football striker *

Jaka Železnikar Jaka Železnikar (born 1971) is a Slovenian artist known for his computational poetry and internet art. The base of his work is a nonlinear language-based expression combined with visual art. Since 1997 he has been part of the net art community ...

(born 1971), Slovene author of computational poetry and visual art

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