Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) 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 * Yan Gamarnik, 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, 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, Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion * Yakov Rylsky, Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer * Yakov Sannikov, Russian merchant and explorer * Yakov Shakhovskoy, Russian statesman * Yakov G. Sinai * Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher * Yakov Springer * Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic * Yakov Tolstikov, Russian distance runner * Yakov-Yan Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer * Yakov Vilner, Ukrainian chess master * Yakov Yurovsky, Old Bolshevik activist * Yakov Zak, Soviet pianist and teacher * Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Soviet physicist

Notable people

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