Jēkabs Explained

Jēkabs
Gender:	Male
Region:	Latvia
Related Names:	Jacob, Jakob, Yakov, Jake

Jēkabs is a Latvian masculine given name; it a cognate of the English-language name Jacob and may refer to:

• Jēkabs Alksnis (1897–1938), Latvian Soviet commander of Red Army Air Forces from 1931 to 1937
• Jēkabs Bīne (1895-1955), Latvian painter, stained glass artist, teacher and art critic
• Jēkabs Bukse (1879–1942), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor
• Jēkabs Kazaks (1895–1920), Latvian modernist painter
• Jēkabs Nākums (born 1972), Latvian biathlete
• Jēkabs Peterss (1886–1938), Latvian Soviet communist revolutionary, Soviet politician and chekist
• Jēkabs Rēdlihs (born 1982), Latvian ice hockey player