Yakov

Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, ) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha or Yashka  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
 * 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