Yakub

Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub or Yakoub (يعقوب‎, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.

Yakub may also refer to:

Religious figures

 * Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam
 * Yakub (Nation of Islam), person described in Nation of Islam teachings as a scientist who created the white race
 * Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Pre-modern times

 * Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad ruler Reigned from 1184 to 1199.
 * Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (r. 754–775) from his wife Fatima.
 * Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier
 * Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader
 * Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman Sehzade, son of Sultan Murad I
 * Yaqub Beg (1820–1877), Tajik adventurer
 * Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
 * Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari
 * Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last Lord of Arta
 * Yaqub al-Mustamsik was the fifteenth century figurehead caliph of Mamluk Sultanate.
 * Yaqub-Har, pharaoh of ancient Egypt
 * Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
 * Yakub I of Germiyan, founder of the Germiyanid beylik
 * Yakub II, bey of Germiyan

Modern times

 * Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian long jumper
 * Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Yacoub G. Al-Atrash, Palestinian composer and maestro
 * Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and music director
 * Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar
 * Yacoub Sidi Ethmane (born 1995), Mauritanian footballer
 * Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player
 * Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer
 * Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler
 * Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician
 * Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer
 * Yacoub Zaiadeen (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon
 * Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator
 * Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist
 * Yakub Ali, politician
 * Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
 * Yakub Guznej (1892–?), Belarusian socio-political and military leader
 * Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
 * Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet
 * Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer
 * Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat
 * Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director
 * Yakub Kolas (1882–1956), Belarusian writer
 * Yakub Memon (1962–2015), Indian terrorist
 * Yakub Shah Chak (died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir
 * Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army
 * Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer
 * Yaqoob Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer
 * Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician
 * Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer
 * Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer
 * Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer
 * Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter
 * Yaqoub Al-Balochi (born 1990), Emirati footballer
 * Yaqoub Alhassan (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer
 * Yaqoub Al Hosani (born 1987), Emirati footballer
 * Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director
 * Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer
 * Yaqoub Al-Tararwa (born 1994), Kuwaiti footballer
 * Yaqoub Al-Youha (born 1993), Kuwaiti sprint runner
 * Yaqoub Yousif (born 1997), Emirati footballer
 * Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader
 * Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco
 * Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician
 * Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician
 * Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
 * Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman
 * Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician
 * Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
 * Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist

People with this surname

 * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
 * Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
 * Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer
 * Antonio Yakoub (born 2002), Swedish footballer
 * Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire
 * Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent
 * Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker
 * Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer
 * Gabriel Yacoub, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
 * Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director
 * Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore
 * Ilyas Yakoub (1903–1958), Indonesian journalist
 * Jasem Yaqoub (born 1953), Kuwaiti footballer
 * Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor
 * Magdi Yacoub (born 1935), Egyptian-British professor
 * Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer
 * Mohamed Yacoub (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian
 * Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
 * Mohammad Yaqoob (born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar
 * Mohammed Yaqoub (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar
 * Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector
 * Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker
 * Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer
 * Paola Yacoub (born 1966), Lebanese-born artist
 * Rami Yacoub (born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter
 * Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor
 * Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
 * Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer
 * Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician
 * Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British political activist
 * Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader
 * Sidi Yacoub (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka
 * Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress
 * Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator
 * Walaa Eldin Yaqoub (born 2000), Sudanese footballer
 * Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire
 * Younes Yaqoub (born 1986), Qatari footballer
 * Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist