Yakub
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
Yakub may also refer to:
Religious figures
- Yaˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm, prophet of Islam
- Yakub, person described in Nation of Islam teachings as a scientist who created the white race
- Yaqub al-Charkhi, Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband
Other people with this given name
Pre-modern world
The creator of white people and inventor of eugenics as described above, 4154 - 4004 BC.- Ya'qub ibn Tariq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
- Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari, chief judge during the reign of Harun al-Rashid
- Yaqub al-Mansur, third Almohad ruler, who reigned from 1184 to his death in 1199
- Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit, philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
- Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Persian leader, founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan
- Ya'qub ibn Killis, Egyptian vizier
- Yakub I of Germiyan, founder of the Germiyanid beylik
- Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Murad I
- Yaqub Spata, last lord of Arta
- Yakub II, bey of Germiyan
- Yaqub al-Mustamsik, figurehead caliph of the Mamluk Sultanate
Modern world
- Yacoub G. Al-Atrash, Palestinian composer and maestro
- Yacoub Al-Mohana, Kuwaiti film and music director
- Yacoub Artin, ethnic Armenian educator and scholar
- Yakub Beg of Yettishar, Emir of Yettishar
- Yacoub Sidi Ethmane, Mauritanian footballer
- Yacoub Makzoume, Syrian tennis player
- Yacoub Masboungi, Lebanese former swimmer
- Yacoub Romanos, Lebanese wrestler
- Yacoub Sarraf, Lebanese politician
- Yacoub Shaheen, Palestinian singer
- Yacoub Zaiadeen, Jordanian politician and surgeon
- Yacub Addy, Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator
- Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist
- Yakub Ali, politician
- Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
- Yakub Guznej, Belarusian socio-political and military leader
- Yakub Hasan Sait, Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
- Yakub Holovatsky, Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet
- Yakub Idrizov, Bulgarian footballer
- Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat
- Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan, Indian film actor and director
- Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer
- Yakub Memon, Indian terrorist
- Yakub Shah Chak, last native ruler of Kashmir
- Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army
- Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Ali, Pakistani-born Irish cricketer
- Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician
- Yaqoob Butt, footballer
- Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini, Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi, Omani footballer
- Yaqoob Salem Eid, Bahraini sprinter
- Yaqoub Al-Balochi, Emirati footballer
- Yaqoub Alhassan, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Yaqoub Al Hosani, Emirati footballer
- Yacoub Al-Mohana, Kuwaiti film and musical director
- Yaqoub Al Taher, Kuwaiti footballer
- Yaqoub Al-Tararwa, Kuwaiti footballer
- Yaqoub Al-Youha, Kuwaiti sprint runner
- Yaqoub Yousif, Emirati footballer
- Yaqub al-Ghusayn, Palestinian leader
- Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician
- Yaqub Eyyubov, Azerbaijani politician
- Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
- Yaqub Mirza, Pakistani businessman
- Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician
- Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
- Yaqub Sanu, Egyptian journalist
- Yoqub Ahmedov, Uzbek actor
People with this surname
- Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
- Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
- Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub, Republic of the Congo swimmer
- Antonio Yakoub, Swedish footballer
- Asif Yaqoob, Pakistani cricket umpire
- Atta Yaqub, Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent
- Badr Al-Yaqoub, Kuwaiti professor of law and politician
- Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker
- Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer
- Gabriel Yacoub, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
- Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub, Syrian cinematographer and director
- Ilyas Yakoub, Indonesian journalist
- Jasem Yaqoub, Kuwaiti footballer
- Joseph Yacoub, Syrian professor
- Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-British professor
- Mirza Yaqoob, Bahraini cricketer
- Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
- Mohammad Yaqoob, eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar
- Mohammed Yaqoub, multiple people
- Muhammad Hussein Yacoub, Arab Islamic scholar
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Persian Shia hadith collector
- Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker
- Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer
- Paola Yacoub, Lebanese-born artist
- Rami Yacoub, Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter
- Reham Yacoub, Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor
- Roman Yakub, American composer
- Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer
- Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob, Pakistani politician
- Salma Yaqoob, British political activist
- Septar Mehmet Yakub, Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader
- Sidi Yacoub, multiple people
- Simon Yacoub, Palestinian judoka
- Souheila Yacoub, Swiss gymnast and actress
- Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator
- Walaa Eldin Yaqoub, Sudanese footballer
- Waleed Yaqub, Pakistani cricket umpire
- Younes Yaqoub, Qatari footballer
- Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist