Jákup is a
Faroese masculine
given name
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, a cognate of the names
Jacob
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and
James
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* James (surname), various people with the last name James
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. People with the name Jákup include:
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Jákup á Borg
Jákup á Borg (born 26 October 1979) is a Faroese football manager and former footballer (midfielder or striker) He last played for Faroe Islands Premier League team B36 Tórshavn where he now is manager.
Club career
Once hailed as Faroe Isla ...
(born 1979), Faroese footballer
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Jákup Dahl
Jákup Dahl (English and German ''Jacob Dahl'') (5 June 1878 – 5 June 1944) was a Faroese Provost and Bible translator. In 1908 he became known as a linguist with the first Faroese grammar lessons for school students.
Life and work
Dahl w ...
(1878-1944), Faroese Provost and Bible translator
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Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen
Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born 24 April 1932 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands) is the leading architect of the Faroe Islands. He is also a graphic artist and author of publications about the Faroese church.
Life
Jákup Pauli was born in 1932 to the ...
(born 1932), Faroese architect
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Jákup Jakobsen, (1864-1918), Faroese linguist and literary scholar
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Jákup Jógvansson
Jákup Jógvansson was Lawman of the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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(16??-16??), Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679
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Jákup Mikkelsen (born 1970), Faroese footballer
Faroese masculine given names
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