Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names

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 ...

and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov.

Notable people

People named Yakov * Yakov Blumkin (1900–1929), a Left Socialist-Revolutionary * Yakov Cherevichenko (1894–1976), Soviet military leader * Yakov Chubin (1893–1956), Soviet official * Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907–1943), the oldest son of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

* Yakov Eliashberg (born 1946), American mathematician * Yakov Ehrlich (born 1988), former Russian football player * Yakov Eshpay (1890–1963), Soviet composer * Yakov Estrin (1923–1987), Soviet chess player * Yakov Fedorenko (1896–1947), Soviet military leader * Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist * Yakov Fliyer (1912–1977), Soviet pianist * Yakov Gakkel (1901–1965), Soviet oceanographer * Yakov "Yan" Gamarnik (1894–1937), Soviet official *

Yakov Grot Yakov Karlovich Grot (; – ) was a Russian philologist of German extraction who worked at the University of Helsinki. Grot was a graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. In his lifetime, he gained fame for his translations of German and S ...

(1812–1893), Russian philologist * Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician * Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright * Yakov Kozalchik (1902-1953), Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen * Yakov Kreizberg (1959–2011), American conductor *

Yakov Kreizer Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer (; 4 November 1905, Voronezh – 29 November 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet field commander. Before the war Kreizer's Jewish parents were granted permission to live outside the Jewish pale of settlement because his gr ...

(1905–1969), Soviet military leader * Yakov Kulnev (1763–1812), Russian military leader * Yakov Malik (1906–1980), Soviet diplomat * Yakov Malkiel (1914–1998), American philologist * Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942), Soviet writer *

Yakov Permyakov Yakov Permyakov (; died 1712) was a Russian seafarer, explorer, merchant, and Cossack. In 1710, while sailing from the Lena River to the Kolyma River, Permyakov observed the silhouette of two unknown island groups in the sea. Those islands would ...

(?–1712), Russian polar explorer *

Yakov Peters Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov. Notable people People ...

(1886–1938), Soviet official *

Yakov Polonsky Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (; ) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. Of noble birth, Polonsky attended the Moscow University, where he befriended ...

(1819–1898), Russian poet *

Yakov Popok Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930, replacing Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April. ...

(1892–1938), Soviet official *

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (; 4 February (Old Style, O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and USSR, Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the ...

(1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker * Yakov Punkin (1921-1994), Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion * Yakov Rylsky (1928-1999), Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer * Yakov Sannikov, Russian merchant and explorer * Yakov Shakhovskoy (1705-1777), Russian statesman * Yakov G. Sinai (born 1935), Russian–American mathematician * Yakov Smirnoff (born 1951), Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher * Yakov Springer (1921-1972), Polish-Israeli athlete *

Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov ( – 16 March 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A key Bolshevik organizer of the October Revolution of 1917, Sverdlov served as chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party from ...

(1885-1919), Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic * Yakov Tolstikov (born 1959), Russian distance runner * Yakov-Yan Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer * Yakov Vilner (1899-1931), Ukrainian chess master * Yakov Yurovsky (1878-1938),

Old Bolshevik The Old Bolsheviks (), also called the Old Bolshevik Guard or Old Party Guard, were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Many Old Bolsheviks became leading politi ...

activist * Yakov Zak (1913-1976), Soviet pianist and teacher *

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (, ; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions ...

(1914-1987), Soviet physicist

Notable people

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