Yakov

Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
104 famous people named Yakov found on Wikipedia.
2384 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1506-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 1470-th in year 2009
Used in: Bulgarian, Hebrew, Russian

Meanings

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

Russian and Bulgarian form of jacob, james: supplanted; held by the heel.

Famous People: 104 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Yakov Dzhugashvili 1907 Josef Stalin's son
2 Yakov Smirnoff 1951 American comedian
3 Yakov Yurovsky 1878 Chief executioner of Tzar Nicholas II
4 Yakov Sverdlov 1885 Soviet politician
5 Yakov Pavlov 1917 Hero of the Soviet Union
6 Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich 1914 Soviet physicist, physical chemist
7 Yakov Sinay 1935 Russian mathematician
8 Yakov Blumkin 1900 Ukrainian revolutionary
9 Yakov Eliashberg 1946 Russian mathematician
10 Yakov Perelman 1882 Russian science writer
11 Yakov Smushkevich 1902 Soviet military commander
12 Yakov Chernikhov 1889 Russian architect, Soviet artist
13 Yakov Peters 1886 Latvian revolutionary
14 Yakov Frenkel 1894 Russian physicist
15 Yakov Springer 1921 Munich Massacre victim
16 Yakov Agranov 1893 NKVD officer
17 Yakov Malik 1906 Soviet diplomat
18 Yakov Kreizberg 1959 Russian-American conductor
19 Yakov Sannikov 1780 Russian explorer
20 Yakov Protazanov 1881 Film director, Screenwriter
21 Yakov Permyakov 1700 Russian explorer
22 Yakov Gakkel 1901 Russian oceanographer
23 Yakov Taubin 1900 Russian design engineer (1900-1941)
24 Yakov Leib HaKohain 1934 American philospher and poer
25 Yakov Zhilinskiy 1853 Russian army general
26 Yakov Zak 1913 Soviet pianist
27 Yakov Kreizer 1905 Soviet general
28 Yakov Flier 1912 Russian musician
29 Yakov Alksnis 1897 Commander of Red Army Air Forces 1931–1937
30 Yakov Polonsky 1819 Russian writer
31 Yakov Rekhter Computer scientist
32 Yakov Toumarkin 1992 Israeli swimmer
33 Yakov Bulgakov 1743 Russian diplomat
34 Yakov M. Rabkin 1945 Canadian historian
35 Yakov Ganetsky 1879 Soviet politician
36 Yakov Kulnev 1763 Russian general
37 Yakov Rostovtsev 1804 Russian noble
38 Yakov Ehrlich 1988 Russian footballer
39 Yakov Yakovlev 1896 Soviet politician
40 Yakov Shakhovskoy 1705 Russian noble
41 Yakov Gilyarievich Etinger 1887 Soviet physician
42 Yakov Cherevichenko 1894 Soviet general
43 Yakov Estrin 1923 Russian chess player
44 Yakov Rylsky 1928 Soviet fencer
45 Yakov Popok 1894 Turkmenistani politician
46 Yakov Knyazhnin 1740 Russian playwright
47 Yakov Chubin 1893 Soviet politician
48 Yakov Lvovich Alpert 1911 Physicist
49 Yakov Malkiel 1914 American linguist
50 Yakov Krotov 1957 Russian activist
51 Yakov Davydov 1888 Soviet diplomat and intelligence chief
52 Yakov Zarobyan 1908 Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia
53 Yakov Kasman 1967 Russian musician
54 Yakov Zevin 1888 Azerbaijani politician, born 1888
55 Yakov Modestovich Gakkel 1874
56 Yakov Dashevsky 1902 Soviet general
57 Yakiv Hodorozha 1993 Ukrainian figure skater
58 Yakov Grot 1812 Russian philologist
59 Yakov Bukhvostov Russian architect
60 Yakov Slashchov 1886 Russian general
61 Yakov Vilner 1899 Ukrainian chess master
62 Yakov Kazyansky 1948 Russian composer
63 Yakov Lidski 1869
64 Yakov Tolstikov 1959 Athletics competitor
65 Yakov Isaevich Neishtadt 1923 Russian chess author
66 Yakov Geronimus 1898 Russian mathematician
67 Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin 1782 Russian portraitist
68 Yakov Levi Underground Filmmaker
69 Бейлинсон, Яков Львович 1906
70 Yakov Paparkov 1971 Bulgarian footballer
71 Yakov Nagen 1967
72 Yakov Fedorenko 1896 Soviet general
73 Yakov Eshpay 1890 Russian and Soviet composer
74 Yakov Rylov 1985 Russian ice hockey player
75 Yakov Kozalchik 1902
76 Yakov Etinger 1929 Russian academic
77 Yakov Vinichenko 1925 Soviet soldier
78 Yakov Lyubarsky 1929 Russian philologist and Byzantine Empire specialist
79 Yakov Kazak 1985 Footballer
80 Yakov Soroker 1920
81 Yakov Tikhai Russian composer
82 Yakov Rubanchik 1899 Soviet architect
83 Yakov Minkov 1997
84 Yakov Fishman 1913
85 Yakov Lobanov-Rostovsky 1660
86 Yakov Fuchs Polish actor
87 Yakov Zayka 1991 Russian footballer
88 Yakov Urinson 1944 Russian economist
89 Jakov Kuzenko 1915 Soviet sports coach and weightlifter (1915-1988)
90 Yakov Seleznev 1989 Russian ice hockey player
91 Yakov Khozijev 1916 Ossetian poet
92 Yakov Korotayev 1892 Soviet partisan
93 Yakov Rubinstein 1900
94 Yakov Cheremisov 1987 Russian footballer
95 Yakov Legzdin 1893 Soviet chip captain
96 Yakov Kostyukovskiy 1921 Soviet playwright and screenwriter
97 Gordienko Iakov Iakovlévitch 1925
98 Yakov Turgenev
99 Yakov Pesin
100 Yakov Sheko 1893
101 Yakov Tolchan 1901
102 Yakov Schkinsky 1858
103 Yakov Moskachenkov 1916
104 Yakov Berkh 1988