Yakov
Yakov is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Jake or Yaki used for Yakov.Examples
People named Yakov
- Yakov Blumkin, a Left Socialist-Revolutionary
- Yakov Dzhugashvili, the oldest son of Joseph Stalin
- Yakov Protazanov
- Yakov Estrin
- Yakov Frenkel
- Yakov Fliyer
- Yakov Kreizberg
- Yakov G. Sinai
- Yakov Popok
- Yakov Malik
- Yakov Knyazhnin
- Yakov Peters
- Yakov Kulnev
- Yakov Chubin
- Yakov Polonsky
- Yakov Gamarnik
- Yakov Cherevichenko
- Yakov Gakkel
- Yakov I. Perelman
- Yakov Eliashberg
- Yakov Permyakov
- Yakov Fedorenko
- Yakov Ehrlich
- Yakov Kazyansky
- Yakov Grot
- Yakov Eshpay
- Yakov Malkiel
- Yakov Kreizer
- Yakov Punkin, Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion
- Yakov Rylsky, Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer
- Yakov Sannikov, Russian merchant and explorer
- Yakov Shakhovskoy, Russian statesman
- Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher
- Yakov Springer
- Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic
- Yakov Tolstikov, Russian distance runner
- Yakov-Yan Toumarkin, Israeli swimmer
- Yakov Vilner, Ukrainian chess master
- Yakov Yurovsky, Old Bolshevik activist
- Yakov Zak, Soviet pianist and teacher
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Soviet physicist
- Yakov Kozalchik, Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen
