Yakov Explained
Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha (Яша) or Yashka (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
- 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 (1812–1893), Russian philologist
- Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician
- Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright
- Yakov Kozalchik, Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen
- Yakov Kreizberg (1959–2011), American conductor
- Yakov Kreizer (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 (?–1712), Russian polar explorer
- Yakov Peters (1886–1938), Soviet official
- Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), Russian poet
- Yakov Popok (1892–1938), Soviet official
- Yakov Protazanov (1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker
- 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 G. Sinai
- 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 (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
- Yakov Vilner, Ukrainian chess master
- Yakov Yurovsky, Old Bolshevik activist
- Yakov Zak, Soviet pianist and teacher
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Soviet physicist
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