Editing Yakov (section)

==Notable people==
People named Yakov

* [[Yakov Blumkin]] (1900–1929), a [[Left Socialist-Revolutionary]]
* [[Yakov Cherevichenko]] (1894–1976), Soviet military leader
* [[Yakov Chubin]] (1893–1956), Soviet official
* [[Yakov Dzhugashvili]] (1907–1943), the oldest son of [[Joseph Stalin]]
* [[Yakov Eliashberg]] (born 1946), American mathematician
* [[Yakov Ehrlich]] (born 1988), former Russian football player
* [[Yakov Eshpay]] (1890–1963), Soviet composer
* [[Yakov Estrin]] (1923–1987), Soviet chess player
* [[Yakov Fedorenko]] (1896–1947), Soviet military leader
* [[Yakov Frenkel]] (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
* [[Yakov Fliyer]] (1912–1977), Soviet pianist
* [[Yakov Gakkel]] (1901–1965), Soviet oceanographer
* [[Yan Gamarnik|Yakov "Yan" Gamarnik]] (1894–1937), Soviet official
* [[Yakov Grot]] (1812–1893), Russian philologist
* [[Yakov Kazyansky]] (born 1948), Russian musician
* [[Yakov Knyazhnin]] (1740/42–1791), Russian playwright
* [[Yakov Kozalchik]] (1902-1953), Polish strongman and professional wrestler who was also known as Shimshon Eisen
* [[Yakov Kreizberg]] (1959–2011), American conductor
* [[Yakov Kreizer]] (1905–1969), Soviet military leader
* [[Yakov Kulnev]] (1763–1812), Russian military leader
* [[Yakov Malik]] (1906–1980), Soviet diplomat
* [[Yakov Malkiel]] (1914–1998), American philologist
* [[Yakov I. Perelman]] (1882–1942), Soviet writer
* [[Yakov Permyakov]] (?–1712), Russian polar explorer
* [[Yakov Peters]] (1886–1938), Soviet official
* [[Yakov Polonsky]] (1819–1898), Russian poet
* [[Yakov Popok]] (1892–1938), Soviet official
* [[Yakov Protazanov]] (1881–1945), Russian and Soviet filmmaker
* [[Yakov Punkin]] (1921-1994), Soviet Olympic Greco-Roman featherweight wrestling champion
* [[Yakov Rylsky]] (1928-1999), Soviet Olympic and world champion saber fencer
* [[Yakov Sannikov]], Russian merchant and explorer
* [[Yakov Shakhovskoy]] (1705-1777), Russian statesman
* [[Yakov G. Sinai]] (born 1935), Russian–American mathematician
* [[Yakov Smirnoff]] (born 1951), Ukrainian-born American comedian, painter and teacher
* [[Yakov Springer]] (1921-1972), Polish-Israeli athlete
* [[Yakov Sverdlov]] (1885-1919), Bolshevik party leader and official of the Russian Soviet Republic
* [[Yakov Tolstikov]] (born 1959), Russian distance runner
* [[Yakov-Yan Toumarkin]] (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
* [[Yakov Vilner]] (1899-1931), Ukrainian chess master
* [[Yakov Yurovsky]] (1878-1938), [[Old Bolshevik]] activist
* [[Yakov Zak]] (1913-1976), Soviet pianist and teacher
* [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]] (1914-1987), Soviet physicist