Yakovlev (surname)

Yakovlev (Яковлев) is an East Slavic surname derived from a masculine given name Yakov. Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Alexander Yakovlev (UN procurement), former United Nations official
• Alexander Ivanovich Yakovlev (1863–1909), Russian entomologist and painter
• Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (1923–2005), Soviet politician credited with promoting glasnost
• Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906–1989), Russian aeronautical engineer and airplane designer
• Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), Russian painter
• Anatoli Yakovlev (1913–1993), Soviet spymaster in New York City in the mid-1940s, linked with Harry Gold, Klaus Fuchs and Julius Rosenberg

B

• Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet race walker

D

• Dima Yakovlev, a Russian adoptee and the informal namesake for the Dima Yakovlev Law

E

• Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), Russian actress

G

• Gennady Yakovlev (born 1938), Russian botanist

I

• Ivan Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people

L

• Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster

N

• Nataliya Yakovleva (handball player) (born 1986), a team handball player from Kazakhstan.
• Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972), Soviet military leader

O

• Origa, or Olga Yakovleva (born 1970), Russian singer and vocalist

P

• Pavel Vladimirovich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian football player
• Postnik Yakovlev (16th century), the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow

R

• Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player

S

• Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation)

V

• Vadim Yakovlev (19th/20th century), Cossack commander
• Valentina Yakovleva (born 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
• Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and Saint
• Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva (1884–1941), Russian revolutionary
• Vasily Yakovlev (1885–1938), Bolshevik politician
• Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev (1839–1908), Russian entomologist
• Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (born 1944), Russian politician, Minister of Regional Development

Y

• Yakov Yakovlev (1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician, former deputy chairman of Rabkrin
• Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
• Yury Yakovlev (1928−2013), critically acclaimed Russian film actor
• Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation)

See also

• All pages with titles containing Yakovlev