Jēkabs is a
Latvian masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
; it translates in English
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...
and
James
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguati ...
and may refer to:
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Jēkabs Alksnis (1897–1938), Latvian Soviet commander of Red Army Air Forces from 1931–1937
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Jēkabs Bīne (1895-1955), Latvian painter, stained glass artist, teacher and art critic
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Jēkabs Bukse (1879–1942), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor
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Jēkabs Kazaks
Jēkabs Kazaks (18 February 1895, in Riga – 30 November 1920, in Riga) was a Latvian modernist painter.
Biography
Kazaks was born in a relatively meager surroundings and had to struggle to finish his high school education. He studied at t ...
(1895–1920), Latvian modernist painter
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Jēkabs Peterss
Jēkabs Peterss (russian: Я́ков Христофо́рович Пе́терс, ''Yakov Khristoforovich Peters'', en, Jacob Peters; – 25 April 1938) was a Latvian people, Latvian Communist revolutionary who played a part in the es ...
(1886–1938), Latvian Soviet communist revolutionary, Soviet politician and chekist
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Jēkabs Rēdlihs (born 1982), Latvian ice hockey player
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Latvian masculine given names