1. Yakov Agranov (1893)

Nkvd Officer

Yakov Saulovich Agranov was the first chief of Soviet Main Directorate of State Security and a deputy of NKVD chief Genrikh Yagoda. He is known as one of main...

2. Yakov Alksnis (1897)

Commander Of Red Army Air Forces

Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis was the commander of Red Army Air Forces in 1931–1937.

3. Yakov Brand (1955)

Physician

Yakov Brand is a famous Physician, who was born on May 20, 1955 in Ukraine. According to Astrologers, Yakov Brand's zodiac sign is Taurus.
He was born on May 20, 1955...

4. Yakov Bulgakov (1743)

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Yakov Ivanovich Bulgakov was a Russian diplomat best remembered as Catherine II's emissary in Constantinople in the 1780s. Of noble parentage Bulgakov attended the gymnasium of the newly founded Moscow...

5. Yakov Cherevichenko (1894)

Soviet General

Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko was a Soviet military leader.

6. Yakov Chubin (1893)

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Yakov Chubin also known as Yakov Shub served as the seventh General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began on 17 April 1937 following the...

7. Yakov Davydov (1888)

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Yakov Khristoforovich Davydov ; 10 October 1888 – 28 July 1938) was as head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922 the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence....

8. Yakov Ehrlich (1988)

Russian Footballer

Yakov Nikolayevich Ehrlich is a Russian professional football player. Currently he plays for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia.

9. Yakov Estrin (1970)

Chess Player

A Soviet chess master and former World Champion of correspondence chess.

10. Yakov Fedorenko (1896)

Soviet General

Marshal of Armoured Troops Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko was a Soviet general during World War II. From 1940 to 1946 he was head of the Main Armoured Directorate rendering practical assistance...

11. Yakov Flier (1912)

Pianist

One of Russia's greatest concert pianists. He focused on the Romantic-Era style and was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR Award in 1966.

12. Yakov Ganetsky (1879)

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Yakov Stanislavovich Ganetsky also known as Jakub Fürstenberg Станиславович Ганецкий ) was a prominent Old Bolshevik and close associate of Vladimir Lenin famous as one of the financial wizards...

13. Yakov Godorozha (1993)

Ukrainian Figure Skater

Yakov Godorozha is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is a two-time Ukrainian national champion. At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy he earned a spot for Ukraine in the men's event at...

14. Yakov Hadas-Handelsman (1957)

Ambassador

Yakov Hadas-Handelsman is a famous Ambassador, who was born on August 22, 1957 in Israel. According to Astrologers, Yakov Hadas-Handelsman's zodiac sign is Leo.
Yakov Hadas-Handelsman (born August 22, 1957 in...

15. Yakov Kasman (1967)

Russian Musician

Yakov Kasman is a Russian classical pianist professor of piano and artist-in-residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since his American debut as the silver medalist at the Tenth...

16. Yakov Kazak (1985)

Footballer

Yakov Kazako (Belarusian: Якаў Казак; Russian: Яков Казак; born 1 August 1985 is a Belarusian footballer playing currently for Smolevichi-STI.

17. Yakov Khozijev (1916)

Ossetian Poet

Yakov Khozijev was an Ossetian poet.

18. Yakov Knyazhnin (1742)

Russian Playwright

Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's contemporaries hailed him as the true successor to his father-in-law Alexander Sumarokov but posterity...

19. Yakov Kreizberg (1959)

American Conductor

Yakov Kreizberg was a Russian-born American conductor.

20. Yakov Krotov (Unknow)

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Yakov Krotov is a Russian journalist historian radio host and priest of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Reunited. Yakov Krotov is of mixed Russian and Jewish descent. After graduation from biological...

21. Yakov Lobanov-Rostovsky (1760)

Russian Noble

22. Yakov Paparkov (1971)

Bulgarian Footballer

Yakov Paparkov is a Bulgarian association football manager and former player who is the manager of Pirin Gotse Delchev. On 27 June 2011 Paparkov was confirmed as the new manager...

23. Yakov Pavlov (1917)

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Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov was a Soviet Red Army soldier who became a Hero of the Soviet Union on September 27 1942 for his role in defending Pavlov's House during the...

24. Yakov Popok (1894)

Turkmenistani Politician

Yakov Abramovich Popok served as the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930 replacing Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in...

25. Yakov Rostovtsev (Unknow)

Russian Noble

Iakov Ivanovich Rostovtsev was a leading figure in the formulation of statutes which effectively emancipated the Russian serfs. Born in St Petersburg Russia Rostovtsev became a career soldier and was...

26. Yakov Rylov (1985)

Russian Ice Hockey Player

Yakov Nikolayevich Rylov is a Russian ice hockey defender. He currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow.

27. Yakov Seleznev (1989)

Russian Ice Hockey Player

Yakov Seleznev is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

28. Yakov Smirnoff (1951)

American Comedian

Russian dialect comic who was a popular performing act in the 1980s. He used his comic persona of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union to both mock life under...

29. Yakov Smushkevich (1902)

Soviet General

Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich was a Russian-Jew and Commander of the Soviet Air Force. Smushkevich was an important member of the Communist Party. He participated in the Spanish Civil War where...

30. Yakov Tolstikov (1959)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Yakov Tolstikov is a former Russian distance runner. Tolstivov rose to worldwide prominence following his surprise upset of favorite Gelindo Bordin in the 1991 London Marathon. The next year he...

31. Yakov Toumarkin (1992)

Swimmer

Yakov Toumarkin is a famous Swimmer, who was born on February 15, 1992 in Israel. Yakov Yan Toumarkin Zhuravlev (Hebrew: יעקב יאן טומרקין ‎; born 15 February 1992) is an...

32. Yakov Trenin (1997)

Ice Hockey Player

Yakov Trenin is a famous Ice Hockey Player, who was born on January 13, 1997 in Russia. Yakov Trenin (born 13 January 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward...

33. Yakov Vilner (1899)

Ukrainian Chess Master

Yakov Vilner was a Ukrainian chess master.

34. Yakov Yakovlev (1896)

Soviet Politician

Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev was a Soviet statesman and politician. Yakovlev joined the Bolsheviks in 1913. In January 1923 he led the attack on Alexander Bogdanov criticising him for being a...

35. Yakov Zarobyan (1908)

Secretary Of The Communist Party

Hakob Zarobian Յակով Ն. Զարոբյան was the 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1960 to 1966. Zarobyan was born in Artvin then in the Russian Empire now...

36. Yakov Zayka (1991)

Russian Footballer

Yakov Alekseyevich Zayka is a Russian professional football player. Currently he plays for FC Slavyansky Slavyansk-na-Kubani.

37. Yakov Zevin (1888)

Azerbaijani Politician

Yakov Davidovich Zevin was a Jewish Communist activist one of the Bolshevik Party leaders in Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution. Zevin was born in Krasnapolle a town in nowadays Mahilyow...