Yakov
# 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
