Yakiv is a Ukrainian masculine given name, cognate to

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Yakiv Barabash Yakiv Fedorovych Barabash () died in September 1658) was a Zaporozhian Cossack Otaman (1657–58) who opposed Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky. In 1657 he and Poltava polkovnyk Martyn Pushkar led a pro-Muscovy revolt against Vyhovsky, who was generally pro- ...

(died 1658), Zaporozhian Cossack Otaman (1657–58) who opposed Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky *

Yakiv Hodorozha Yakov Godorozha (: ''Yakiv Semenovych Hodorozha''; born 18 May 1993) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2013, 2014). He began learning to skate under the guidance of Georgi Starkov at t ...

(born 1993), Ukrainian former competitive figure skater *

Yakiv Holovatsky Yakiv Holovatsky or Yakov Golovatsky (, ; 17 October 1814 in Chepeli, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire — 13 May 1888 in Vilna, Russian Empire) was a noted Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliogr ...

(1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, poet, leader of Galician Russophiles *

Yakiv Hordiyenko Yakiv Yakovych Hordiyenko, also Yakov Yakovlevich Gordienko (alternatively Romanised as ''Gordi'yenko''; ; April 26, 1925 – July 30, 1942) was a Soviet partisan from Ukraine. He was leading youth wing of Odessa resistance group led by Molodtsov- ...

(1925–1942), Soviet partisan from Ukraine *

Yakiv Khammo Iakiv (or Yakiv) Mykhailovych Khammo (; born 11 June 1994) is an Assyrian-Ukrainian judoka. Career He is the 2015 World bronze medalist in the +100 kg category and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won one of the bronze ...

(born 1994), Assyrian-Ukrainian judoka *

Yakiv Kripak Yakiv Kripak (; born 13 June 1978 in Zaporizhya, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present-day Ukraine) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder. Career Kripak is the product of FC Metalurh Zaporizhya's youth sportive school system ...

(born 1978), former Ukrainian football midfielder *

Yakiv Kulik Jakob Philipp Kulik (1793–1863) was an Austrian mathematician known for his construction of a massive Factor table, factor tables. Biography Kulik was born in Lemberg, which was part of the Austrian Empire, Austrian empire, and is now Lviv l ...

(1793–1863), Austrian mathematician known for his construction of a massive factor tables *

Yakiv Lyzohub Yakiv Yukhymovych Lyzohub () was a military and political figure of the Cossack Hetmanate and a member of a well known Cossack family of Lyzohub. He was born in a family of Chernihiv Colonel Yukhym Yakovych Lyzohub and Lyubov Petrivna Doroshenko ...

, military and political figure of the Cossack Hetmanate *

Yakiv Medvetskyi Very Reverend Yakiv Medvetskyi (; ; 7 January 1880 in Tsvitova, Austro-Hungarian Empire /present day in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine/ – 27 January 1941 in Kraków, General Government /present day in Poland/) was a Greek Catholic hiera ...

(1880–1941), Greek Catholic hierarch *

Yakiv Punkin Yakov Grigorievich Punkin (; 8 December 1921 – 12 October 1994) was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Ukraine. Competing for the Soviet Union he won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. He placed fifth at the 1953 World Championships. H ...

(1921–1994), featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Ukraine *

Yakiv Smolii Yakiv Vasyliovych Smolii (, born 1 February 1961) is a Ukrainian economist and banker and former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. He was acting governor of the National Bank from 11 May 2017 (when Valeriia Hontareva resigned) until the U ...

(born 1961), Ukrainian economist and banker, former Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine *

Yakiv Somko Yakym Somko ( Old Ukrainian: Іоаким Сомко, modern ) ( 1610s in Pereiaslav – September 28, 1664), was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader of the Pereiaslav regiment and was the Acting Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine in 1660-1663, dur ...

(died 1664), Ukrainian Cossack military leader of the Pereyaslav regiment *

Yakiv Stepovy Yakiv Stepanovych Stepovy () (October 20, 1883 – November 4, 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic. Stepovy was born Yakiv Yakymenko (Akimenko) in Kharkiv, in the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine). Stepovy's olde ...

(1883–1921), Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic *

Yakiv Tymchuk Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. (; 24 August 1919 – 20 December 1988) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 1977 to 1988. Life Born in Duplys ...

, O.S.B.M. (1919–1988), Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch *

Yakiv Yatsynevych Yakiv Mykhailovych Yatsynevych (Ukrainian: ''Яків Михайлович Яциневич'', 8 November 1869–25 April 1945) was a prominent Ukrainian composer, conductor, and folklorist, known for his eclectic works. Biography Yakiv Mikha ...

(1869–1945), Ukrainian composer, conductor, and folklorist, known for his eclectic works *

Yakiv Zalevskyi Yakiv Anatoliyovych Zalevskyi (; born 30 May 1980) is a Ukrainian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal ...

(born 1980), Ukrainian professional football coach and former player *

Yakiv Zheleznyak Yakov Zheleznyak (born 10 April 1941) is a former Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 m Running Target at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, ...

(born 1941), former Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion

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