Jaak is a version of the names Jacob and James in the Estonian language. People named Jaak include: Jaak Aab (born 1960), Estonian politician Jaak Aaviksoo...
Jaak Panksepp (June 5, 1943 – April 18, 2017) was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience"...
Jaak Tarien (born 29 July 1974) is an Estonian military personnel (Brigadier General). and the current head of the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of...
Jaak Madison (born 22 April 1991) is an Estonian politician, the deputy chairman of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia and a member the European...
Jaak Aab (born 9 April 1960) is an Estonian politician of the Centre Party who has served as Minister of Education and Research and three times as the...
Jaak Kangilaski (10 December 1939 – 30 August 2022) was an Estonian art historian. In 1971, Kangilaski began working as a lecturer at the Estonian SSR...
Jaak Joala (26 June 1950 – 25 September 2014) was an Estonian singer, musician and a member of two bands: Kristallid and Virmalised. He began as a flautist...
Henricus Petrus Jacobus (Jaak) Broekx (6 August 1914 – 31 October 2023) was a Belgian centenarian. From 9 September 2021 until his death on 31 October...
Jaak Peetre (29 July 1935, in Tallinn – 1 April 2019, in Lund) was an Estonian-born Swedish mathematician. He is known for the Peetre theorem and Peetre's...
Jacques Vandevelde (21 March 1895 – 10 October 1983) was a Belgian footballer. He played in five matches for the Belgium national football team from 1921...
Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology...
Jaak Tamleht (10 February 1942 – 13 July 1986) was an Estonian actor. Tamleht was born and raised in Tallinn and graduated from the Tallinn's Old Town...
Jaak Lipso (18 April 1940 – 3 March 2023) was an Estonian professional basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball...
Kristian Jaak Peterson (14 March [O.S. 2 March] 1801, Riga – 4 August [O.S. 23 July] 1822, Riga), also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian...
Jaak Huimerind (born 4 May 1957) is an Estonian architect. From 1975 Huimerind studied in the State Art Institute of Estonian SSR in the department of...
Piret Jaaks (born 5 August 1980) is an Estonian writer and playwright. She has graduated from University of Tartu in theatre science. After graduating...
Jacob (or Jaak, or Jacques) van Thienen (also called van Gobertingen) was a Flemish architect of the early 15th century (his dates of birth and death are...
Jacques Verbrugge (born 24 April 1955) is a Dutch racing cyclist. He rode in the 1979 Tour de France. "Jacques Verbrugge". Cycling Archives. Retrieved...
Jaak Mee (born 1970) is an Estonian military personnel. Until 2020 he was the commander of Headquarters of the Estonian Defence League. Since 2020 he is...
Jaak Prints (born Jaak Teppart; 7 May 1981) is an Estonian actor, director, television presenter and former footballer. Prints was born in Tallinn to actors...
Jaak Allik (born 6 October 1946) is an Estonian theatre critic, theatre director and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and was...
Jaak Salumets (born 30 January 1949 in Paide) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and coach who played mostly at the forward position...
Jaak Kilmi (born 23 October 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1998 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University's...
Jaak Boon (born 1948 in Brussels) is a Belgian television writer, director and producer who specializes in the production of comedy. Mainly a writer for...
Jaak Van Velthoven (24 January 1951) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1970 to 1983...