# Yakov

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**Yakov** (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, Cyrl: Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names [Jacob](/source/Jacob_(name)) and [James](/source/James_(given_name)). People also give the nickname Yasha (Cyrl: Яша) or Yashka (Cyrl: Яшка) used for Yakov.

## Notable people

People named Yakov

- [Yakov Blumkin](/source/Yakov_Blumkin) (1900–1929), a [Left Socialist-Revolutionary](/source/Left_Socialist-Revolutionary)
- [Yakov Cherevichenko](/source/Yakov_Cherevichenko) (1894–1976), Soviet military leader
- [Yakov Chubin](/source/Yakov_Chubin) (1893–1956), Soviet official
- [Yakov Dzhugashvili](/source/Yakov_Dzhugashvili) (1907–1943), the oldest son of [Joseph Stalin](/source/Joseph_Stalin)
- [Yakov Eliashberg](/source/Yakov_Eliashberg) (born 1946), American mathematician
- [Yakov Ehrlich](/source/Yakov_Ehrlich) (born 1988), former Russian football player
- [Yakov Eshpay](/source/Yakov_Eshpay) (1890–1963), Soviet composer
- [Yakov Estrin](/source/Yakov_Estrin) (1923–1987), Soviet chess player
- [Yakov Fedorenko](/source/Yakov_Fedorenko) (1896–1947), Soviet military leader
- [Yakov Frenkel](/source/Yakov_Frenkel) (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
- [Yakov Fliyer](/source/Yakov_Fliyer) (1912–1977), Soviet pianist
- [Yakov Gakkel](/source/Yakov_Gakkel) (1901–1965), Soviet oceanographer
- [Yakov "Yan" Gamarnik](/source/Yan_Gamarnik) (1894–1937), Soviet official
- [Yakov Grot](/source/Yakov_Grot) (1812–1893), Russian philologist
- [Yakov Kazyansky](/source/Yakov_Kazyansky) (born 1948), Russian musician
- [Yakov Knyazhnin](/source/Yakov_Knyazhnin) (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright
- [Yakov Kozalchik](/source/Yakov_Kozalchik) (1902–1953), Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen
- [Yakov Kreizberg](/source/Yakov_Kreizberg) (1959–2011), American conductor
- [Yakov Kreizer](/source/Yakov_Kreizer) (1905–1969), Soviet military leader
- [Yakov Kulnev](/source/Yakov_Kulnev) (1763–1812), Russian military leader
- [Yakov Malik](/source/Yakov_Malik) (1906–1980), Soviet diplomat
- [Yakov Malkiel](/source/Yakov_Malkiel) (1914–1998), American philologist
- [Yakov I. Perelman](/source/Yakov_I._Perelman) (1882–1942), Soviet writer
- [Yakov Permyakov](/source/Yakov_Permyakov) (?–1712), Russian polar explorer
- [Yakov Peters](/source/Yakov_Peters) (1886–1938), Soviet official
- [Yakov Polonsky](/source/Yakov_Polonsky) (1819–1898), Russian poet
- [Yakov Popok](/source/Yakov_Popok) (1892–1938), Soviet official
- [Yakov Protazanov](/source/Yakov_Protazanov) (1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker
- [Yakov Punkin](/source/Yakov_Punkin) (1921–1994), Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion
- [Yakov Rylsky](/source/Yakov_Rylsky) (1928–1999), Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer
- [Yakov Sannikov](/source/Yakov_Sannikov), Russian merchant and explorer
- [Yakov Shakhovskoy](/source/Yakov_Shakhovskoy) (1705–1777), Russian statesman
- [Yakov G. Sinai](/source/Yakov_G._Sinai) (born 1935), Russian–American mathematician
- [Yakov Smirnoff](/source/Yakov_Smirnoff) (born 1951), Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher
- [Yakov Springer](/source/Yakov_Springer) (1921–1972), Polish-Israeli athlete
- [Yakov Sverdlov](/source/Yakov_Sverdlov) (1885–1919), Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic
- [Yakov Tolstikov](/source/Yakov_Tolstikov) (born 1959), Russian distance runner
- [Yakov-Yan Toumarkin](/source/Yakov-Yan_Toumarkin) (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
- [Yakov Vilner](/source/Yakov_Vilner) (1899–1931), Ukrainian chess master
- [Yakov Yurovsky](/source/Yakov_Yurovsky) (1878–1938), [Old Bolshevik](/source/Old_Bolshevik) activist
- [Yakov Zak](/source/Yakov_Zak) (1913–1976), Soviet pianist and teacher
- [Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich](/source/Yakov_Borisovich_Zel'dovich) (1914–1987), Soviet physicist

## See also

- [Jakov](/source/Jakov)
- [Yakiv](/source/Yakiv)
- [Yakovlev (surname)](/source/Yakovlev_(surname))
- [Yakovenko](/source/Yakovenko)

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