Yakovlev (surname)

Yakovlev (Яковлев, [ˈjakəvlʲɪf]) is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name Yakov. Yakovleva is the feminine form.

Notable people with the surname include:

Alexander Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
Anatoli Yakovlev (1913–1993), Soviet spymaster in New York City
Andrei Yakovlev (born 1995), Russian footballer
Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet Ukrainian race walker
Dmitry Yakovlev, Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
Egor Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), Russian actress
Gennady Yakovlev (born 1938), Russian botanist
Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930), Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer
Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster
Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer
Mikhail Iakovlev (born 2000), Israeli racing cyclist
Mikhail Yakovlev (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1942), Russian footballer
Natalya Yakovleva (handballer) (born 1986), Kazakhstani handball player
Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972), Soviet military leader
Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1970), Russian football player and manager
Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1997), Russian footballer
Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (1970–2015), Russian singer known as Origa
Pavel Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
Postnik Yakovlev, Russian architect of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, active 1555–1588
Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
Vadim Yakovlev, Russian Cossack cavalry commander, active 1914–1923
Valentina Yakovleva (born 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and saint
Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884–1941), Russian Bolshevik leader
Vasily Yakovlev (1885–1938), Finnish Bolshevik revolutionary and politician
Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev (1839–1908), Russian entomologist
Vasyl Yakovlev (born 1972), Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
Vitali Yakovlev (born 1985), Russian footballer
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (born 1944), Russian politician
Vladimir Yakovlev (general) (born 1954), Russian military commander
Vladimir Yakovlev (journalist) (born 1959), Russian journalist and editor
Vladislav Yakovlev (rower) (born 1993), Kazakhstani rower
Yakov Yakovlev (1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician
Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people

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