Yakov

Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, Cyrillic: Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha (Cyrillic: Яша) or Yashka (Cyrillic: 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

Notable people

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