Jascha and Yascha are Yiddish or German language spellings of the East Slavic name Yasha, a diminutive of Yakov, or

Jacob Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Jascha Brodsky Jascha Brodsky (June 6, 1907 – March 3, 1997) was a Russian-American violinist and teacher. He spent most of his career on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and co-founded the New School of Music, Philadelphia. Biogr ...

(1907–1997), Russian-American violinist *

Jascha Franklin-Hodge Jascha Franklin-Hodge is the chief of streets for the City of Boston, Massachusetts under Mayor Michelle Wu. He previously served as the chief information officer for the city under Mayor Marty Walsh, and co-founded digital consulting firm Blue S ...

(born 1979), American businessman *

Jascha Gopinko Jascha Gopinko (15 December 1891 – 4 July 1980), born in Ukraine and later resident in Australia, was a violinist, conductor and teacher of string instruments. Life Gopinko was born in 1891 near Mogilev in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empi ...

(1891–1980), Ukrainian-Australian violinist *

Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz (; December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilnius, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian classical violin styl ...

, (1901–1987), Russian-American violinist *

Jascha Horenstein Jascha Horenstein (; – 2 April 1973) was an American conductor. Biography Horenstein was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine), into a well-to-do Jewish family; his mother (Marie Ettinger) came from an Austrian rabbinical famil ...

(1898–1973), American conductor *

Jascha Lieberman Jascha Lieberman is a Polish violinist and violist. He studied with Stefan Kamasa, Giora Feidman, and Lepold Kozłowski. Lieberman was a member of the string quartet conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki. Festivals He performed in numerous festival ...

, Polish violinist *

Jascha Richter Jascha Richter (born 24 June 1963) is a Danish-American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, where he composes and sings most of their songs. Some of his ...

(born 1963), Danish-American singer and songwriter *

Jascha Silberstein Jascha Silberstein, born Hannes Bruno Willer, (21 April 1934 — 21 November 2008, Hot Springs, Arkansas) was a German-born American musician. He was for thirty years first cellist of the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Early ...

(1934—2008), German-born American musician *

Jascha Spivakovsky Jascha Spivakovsky (18 August 1896 – 23 March 1970) was a Russian Empire-born Australian piano virtuoso of the 20th century. He was hailed as a child prodigy in Odessa but almost murdered by Imperial Guards during the 1905 Pogrom. He fled to ...

(1896–1970), Russian-born Australian pianist *

Jascha Washington Jascha Akili Washington (born June 21, 1989) is an American former actor and songwriter. He is best known for ''Big Momma's House'' (2000), '' Big Momma's House 2'' (2006), and '' Like Mike 2: Streetball'' (2006). Life and career Washington was ...

(born 1989), American actor * Jascha Zayde (1911–1999), American pianist, composer and conductor * Yascha Mounk (born 1982), German-American political scientist

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