Jakov ( sr-Cyrl, Јаков, ) is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the biblical names ''

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. Often the nicknames of Jaki/Јаки, Jakša/Јакша and Jakica/Јакица will be used for people bearing the name. It may refer to: * Jakov (bishop), Serbian medieval archbishop *

Jakov Bienenfeld Jakov Bienenfeld (28 July 1948 – 8 February 2016) was a Croatian entrepreneur and developer. Life and career Bienenfeld was born in Zagreb on 28 July 1948 to a Jewish family. Most of his family perished during the Holocaust. His father, Zla ...

, Croatian entrepreneur and developer *

Jakov Brdar Jakov Brdar (born 22 April 1949) is a Slovene sculptor of Bosnian descent. He is the author of many public statues and sculptures in Ljubljana. In 1998, he received the Prešeren Fund Award for the sculpture group ''Pridiga ptičem'' (Sermon t ...

, Slovenian-Bosnian sculptor * Jakov Cindro, Croatian politician * Jakov Fak, Croatian-Slovenian biathlete * Jakov Filipović, Croatian football player *Jakov Geller, Russian Grand Master *

Jakov Gojun Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian handball player for Füchse Berlin. He competed for the Croatia national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the bronze medal. Due to his defensive playing style he has been nicknam ...

, Croatian handball player *

Jakov Gotovac Jakov Gotovac (11 October 189516 October 1982) was a Croatian composer and conducting, conductor of classical music. His comic opera, ''Ero s onoga svijeta'' (''Ero the Joker''), Croatia's best-known opera, was first performed in Zagreb in 1935. ...

, Croatian composer and conductor * Jakov Grcić, Croatian futsal player *

Jakov Ignjatović Jakov Ignjatović ( sr-cyr, Јаков Игњатовић, 8 December 1822 – 5 July 1889) was a novelist and prose writer, who primarily wrote in Serbian but also in Hungarian. He was also an active member of Matica Srpska. Biography Jakov Ig ...

, Serbian-Hungarian novelist and prose writer *

Jakov Lind Jakov Lind (born ''Heinz Jakov Landwirth'', 10 February 1927 in Vienna – 16 February 2007 in London) was an Austrian-British writer of short stories and novels. Early life After the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938, Jews were immediat ...

, Austrian-British writer *

Jakov Mikalja Giacomo Micaglia''“In Peschice de Gargano si costruisce una nave pro parte Johannis de Natali de Ragusio, Baroli commorantis”. Il calefatore è Marinus de Ragusio.''Cod. Dipl. Barl., 1570 vol. 10, n. 380> was a settlement of Croat refugees

, Italian linguist and lexicographer of Slavic ancestry *

Jakov Nenadović Jakov Nenadović ( sr-cyr, Јаков Ненадовић; 1765 – 1836) was a Serbian voivode and politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 31 December 1810 to 22 January 1811. He was the first Serbian interior minister. Nenadov ...

, Serbian military commander and politician *

Jakov Sedlar Jakov Sedlar (born 6 November 1952) is a Croatian film director and producer. A former cultural attaché during the 1990s in the Franjo Tuđman government, his documentaries promote Croatian nationalist views through propaganda. His 2016 docu ...

, Croatian film director and producer * Jakov Surać, Croatian football player *

Jakov Vladović Jakov Vladović (born 17 April 1983) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former basketball player. Standing at 1.87 m, he played at the point guard position. Professional career Vladović began his career in Zadar. He spent there six ...

, Croatian basketball player * Jakov Vranković, Croatian handball player *

Jakov Xoxa Jakov Xoxa (15 April 1923 – 11 November 1979) was an author from Albania of the 20th century. Biography Xoxa had ethnic Aromanian origins from Korçë. He born in the town of Fier, Albania on April 15, 1923 and died on November 11, 1979. H ...

, Albanian writer * Ivan Jakov Džoni, Croatian football player

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