Yakovlev (surname)

Yakovlev (Яковлев, ) is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name Yakov. Yakovleva is the feminine form.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
 * Anatoli Yakovlev (1913–1993), Soviet spymaster in New York City
 * Andrei Yakovlev (born 1995), Russian footballer
 * Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet Ukrainian race walker
 * Dmitry Yakovlev, Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
 * Egor Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
 * Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), Russian actress
 * Gennady Yakovlev (born 1938), Russian botanist
 * Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930), Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer
 * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster
 * Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer
 * Mikhail Iakovlev (born 2000), Israeli racing cyclist
 * Mikhail Yakovlev (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1942), Russian footballer
 * Natalya Yakovleva (handballer) (born 1986), Kazakhstani handball player
 * Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
 * Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972), Soviet military leader
 * Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1970), Russian football player and manager
 * Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1997), Russian footballer
 * Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (1970–2015), Russian singer known as Origa
 * Pavel Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
 * Postnik Yakovlev, Russian architect of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, active 1555–1588
 * Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
 * Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
 * Vadim Yakovlev, Russian Cossack cavalry commander, active 1914–1923
 * Valentina Yakovleva (born 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
 * Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and saint
 * Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884–1941), Russian Bolshevik leader
 * Vasily Yakovlev (1885–1938), Finnish Bolshevik revolutionary and politician
 * Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev (1839–1908), Russian entomologist
 * Vasyl Yakovlev (born 1972), Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
 * Vitali Yakovlev (born 1985), Russian footballer
 * Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (born 1944), Russian politician
 * Vladimir Yakovlev (general) (born 1954), Russian military commander
 * Vladimir Yakovlev (journalist) (born 1959), Russian journalist and editor
 * Vladislav Yakovlev (rower) (born 1993), Kazakhstani rower
 * Yakov Yakovlev (1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician
 * Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
 * Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people