Yakov

Yakov is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the name Jacob but people also give the nickname Jake or Yaki.

Examples

People named Yakov include:

• Yakov The Meerkat, a toy maker for Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign.
• Yakov Blumkin, a Left Socialist-Revolutionary
• Yakov Dzhugashvili - the oldest son of Joseph Stalin.
• Yakov Protazanov
• Yakov Estrin
• Yakov Frenkel
• Yakov Fliyer
• Yakov Kreizberg
• Yakov G. Sinai
• Yakov Popok
• Yakov Malik
• Yakov Knyazhnin
• Yakov Peters
• Yakov Kulnev
• Yakov Chubin
• Yakov Polonsky
• Yakov Gamarnik
• Yakov Cherevichenko
• Yakov Gakkel
• Yakov I. Perelman
• Yakov Eliashberg
• Yakov Permyakov
• Yakov Fedorenko
• Yakov Ehrlich
• Yakov Kazyansky
• Yakov Grot
• Yakov Eshpay
• Yakov Malkiel
• Yakov Kreizer
• Yakov Punkin, Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion
• Yakov Rylsky, Soviet Olympic champion saber fencer
• Yakov Sannikov, Russian merchant and explorer
• Yakov Shakhovskoy, Russian statesman
• 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