Yakovlev (Яковлев, ) is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name

Yakov 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 Ya ...

. 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 Andrei Denisovich Yakovlev (; born 12 January 1995) is a Russian association football, football player who plays for FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg. Club career He represented FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in the 2013–14 UEFA Youth League. He made hi ...

(born 1995), Russian footballer * Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet Ukrainian race walker * Dmitry Yakovlev, Kazakhstani beach volleyball player *

Egor Yakovlev Egor Konstantinovich Yakovlev (; born 17 September 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Je ...

(born 1991), Russian ice hockey player *

Elena Yakovleva Elena Alexeevna Yakovleva (; born 5 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in such films as '' Intergirl'' and '' Encore, Once More Encore!'' as well as for the main role in the popular TV-series ''Kamenskaya''. She ...

(born 1961), Russian actress *

Gennady Yakovlev Gennady Pavlovich Yakovlev (; 7 June 1938 – 12 January 2024) was a Russian botanist, pharmacognosist, phytochemist. He was a director of Saint-Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy (1992–2004), and an expert in Fabaceae taxonomy. ...

(born 1938), Russian botanist *

Ivan Yakovlev Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev (, ) (, , today's Tatarstan - October 23, 1930, Moscow) was a Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer. In 1875, Ivan Yakovlev was graduated from the Kazan University. While he was still a gymnasium student, he inves ...

(1848–1930), Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster * Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer *

Mikhail Iakovlev Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev (; ; born 1 September 2000), also known as Mikhail Iakovlev, is an Olympic Israeli unofficial world-record-holding bicycle racing, racing cyclist. Born in Russia, he and his family moved to Israel, and he represents ...

(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) Oleg Ivanovich Yakovlev (; born 5 July 1970) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. Yakovlev played in the Russian First League with FC Zvezda Irkutsk FC Zvezda Irkutsk () was a Russian football club based in Irkutsk ...

, Russian football player and manager *

Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1997) Oleg Borisovich Yakovlev (; born 16 June 1997) is a Russian football player. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg on 18 March 2015 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Balt ...

, 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 Varvara Alexeyevna Yakovleva (; c. 1880 – July 18, 1918), called Nun Barbara (), was a Russian Orthodox nun in the convent of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna. She was killed by the Bolsheviks along with the grand duchess and Prince Ioann ...

(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 Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev ( rus, Влади́мир Анато́льевич Я́ковлев, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjakəvlʲɪf; born November 25, 1944) is a former Russian politician who served as the Governor of S ...

(born 1944), Russian politician *

Vladimir Yakovlev (general) General of the Army Vladimir Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; born August 17, 1954) is a retired Russian Strategic Rocket Forces officer who was the commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces from 1997 to 2001. Early life He was born in Kalinin, now Tv ...

(born 1954), Russian military commander *

Vladimir Yakovlev (journalist) Vladimir Egorovich Yakovlev (, born March 8, 1959) is a founder and an editor-in-chief of the '' Kommersant Newspaper'', the first Russian daily business-oriented newspaper.

(born 1959), Russian journalist and editor *

Vladislav Yakovlev (rower) Vladislav Pavlovich Yakovlev (, born 1 January 1993) is a Kazakh rower, who competed in single sculls at the 2012 and 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations Genera ...

(born 1993), Kazakhstani rower *

Yakov Yakovlev Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev (real name: Epstein; , 9 June 1896 – 29 July 1938) was a Soviet politician and statesman who played a central role in the forced collectivisation of agriculture in the 1920s. Early career Yakov Yakovlev was born in ...

(1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician *

Yegor Yakovlev Yegor Vladimirovich Yakovlev (Russian: Егор Владимирович Яковлев; 14 March 1930 – 18 September 2005) was one of the founders of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin's policy of ''glasnost'', and one of the most resp ...

(1930–2005), Russian journalist * Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people

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