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.
for Yakov. People named YakovYakov Blumkin (1900–1929), a Left Socialist-Revolutionary Yakov Cherevichenko (1894–1976), Soviet military leader Yakov Chubin...
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (Russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (Russian: Яков Смирнов; /ˈsmɪərnɒf/), is an...
Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (31 March [O.S. 18 March] 1907 – 14 April 1943) was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, the only child of Stalin's first wife...
long trunks. It was recorded on Karim's camera by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky. Journalists have considered "Me at the zoo" to be an example of...
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (Russian: Яков Михайлович Свердлов; 3 June [O. S. 22 May] 1885 – 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik Party administrator and chairman...
Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik (Russian: Я́ков Алекса́ндрович Ма́лик; 19 December [O.S. 6 December] 1906 – 11 February 1980) was a Soviet diplomat. Born in...
Yakov Kuzyakov (born 27 August 1963) is a soil scientist professor. Kuzyakov graduated in 1986 from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in...
Yakov Abramovich Chubin (Russian: Яков Абрамович Чубин) also known as Yakov Shub, (born Mstsislaw, Mogilev Governorate, 1893 – died Moscow, November 1956)...
Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930, replacing...
Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg (also Yasha Eliashberg; Russian: Яков Матвеевич Элиашберг; born 11 December 1946) is an American mathematician who was born...
Yakov Kasman (born February 24, 1967) is a Russian American classical pianist, professor of piano, and artist-in-residence at the University of Alabama...
Yakov Nikolayevich Erlikh (Russian: Яков Николаевич Эрлих; born 3 June 1988) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He works as...
Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (Russian: Я́ков Григо́рьевич Сина́й; born September 21, 1935) is a Russian–American mathematician known for his work on dynamical...
Yakov Il'ich Frenkel (Russian: Яков Ильич Френкель; 10 February 1894 – 23 January 1952) was a Soviet physicist renowned for his works in the field of...
Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky (Russian: Яков Григорьевич Жилинский; 27 March 1853 – 1918) was a Russian cavalry general, chief of staff of the Imperial...
Yakov Saulovich Agranov (Russian: Я́ков Сау́лович Агра́нов; born Yankel Samuilovich Sorenson; 12 October 1893 – 1 August 1938) was the first chief of...
Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (Russian: Яков Исидорович Перельман; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1882 – 16 March 1942) was a Russian Empire and Soviet science...
scientist Yakov Gluzman, to immigrate to the West with the rest of their family. In 1996, she conspired with her cousin, Vladimir Zelinin, to murder Yakov after...
Yakov Kreizberg (Russian: Яков Крейцберг; born Yakov Mayevich Bychkov, 24 October 1959 – 15 March 2011) was a Russian-born American conductor. Yakov Bychkov...
Yakov Springer (10 June 1921 – 6 September 1972) was a wrestler and a weightlifting coach and judge, but is best known as one of the victims of the Munich...
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel (Russian: Яков Яковлевич Гаккель; July 18, 1901, Saint Petersburg – December 30, 1965, Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian oceanographer...
Yakov Vladimirovich Flier (Russian: Я́ков Влади́мирович Флие́р; October 21 [O.S. October 8], 1912 – December 18, 1977 was a Soviet concert pianist and...
Yakov Karlovich Grot (Russian: Яков Карлович Грот; December 27 [O.S. December 15] 1812 – June 5 [O.S. May 24] 1893) was a Russian philologist of German...
Yakov Yan Toumarkin (Hebrew: יעקב יאן טומרקין, Russian: Ян Я́ков Тума́ркин; born 15 February 1992) is a Russian-born Israeli Olympic backstroke swimmer...
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