Yakub

Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (Arabic: يعقوب‎, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways; Yakob, as commonly westernized) 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.^[1] The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia^[1] 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

Yāˈqub bin Isḥāq bin Ibrāhīm (Jacob), prophet of Islam
Yakub (Nation of Islam), person described in Nation of Islam teachings as a scientist who created the white race
Yaqub al-Charkhi (1360–1360), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Other people with this given name

Pre-modern world

Ordered chronologically

Ya'qub ibn Tariq (died c. 796), Persian astronomer and mathematician
Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (729–798), 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 (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840–879), Persian leader, founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan
Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier
Yakub I of Germiyan (died c. 1340), founder of the Germiyanid beylik
Yakub Çelebi (c. 1362–1389), Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Murad I
Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last lord of Arta
Yakub II (died 1429), bey of Germiyan
Yaqub al-Mustamsik (1470s–1521), figurehead caliph of the Mamluk Sultanate

Modern world

Yacoub G. Al-Atrash, Palestinian composer and maestro
Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and music director
Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), ethnic Armenian educator and scholar
Yakub Beg of Yettishar (1820–1877), Emir of Yettishar
Yacoub Sidi Ethmane (born 1995), Mauritanian footballer
Yacoub Makzoume (born 1995), Syrian tennis player
Yacoub Masboungi (born 1948), Lebanese former swimmer
Yacoub Romanos (1935–2011), Lebanese wrestler
Yacoub Sarraf (born 1961), Lebanese politician
Yacoub Shaheen (born 1994), Palestinian singer
Yacoub Zaiadeen (?–2015), Jordanian politician and surgeon
Yacub Addy (1931–2014), Ghanaian drummer, composer, choreographer and educator
Yakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940), Bengali essayist
Yakub Ali, politician
Yakub Cemil, Ottoman soldier in the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
Yakub Guznej (1892–?), Belarusian socio-political and military leader
Yakub Hasan Sait (1875–1940), Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
Yakub Holovatsky (1814–1888), Galician historian, literary scholar, ethnographer, linguist, bibliographer, lexicographer, and poet
Yakub Idrizov (born 1993), Bulgarian footballer
Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish diplomat
Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan (1904–1958), Indian film actor and director
Yakub Kolas (1882–1956), Belarusian writer
Yakub Memon (1962–2015), Indian terrorist
Yakub Shah Chak (died 1593), last native ruler of Kashmir
Yakub Shevki Pasha, General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army
Yaqoob Al-Qasmi, Omani footballer
Yaqoob Ali (born 1980), Pakistani-born Irish cricketer
Yaqoob Bizanjo, Pakistani politician
Yaqoob Butt (born 1988), footballer
Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini (born 1982), Omani footballer
Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi (born 1982), Omani footballer
Yaqoob Salem Eid (born 1996), Bahraini sprinter
Yaqoub Al-Balochi (born 1990), Emirati footballer
Yaqoub Alhassan (born 2001), Saudi Arabian footballer
Yaqoub Al Hosani (born 1987), Emirati footballer
Yacoub Al-Mohana (born 1975), Kuwaiti film and musical director
Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer
Yaqoub Al-Tararwa (born 1994), Kuwaiti footballer
Yaqoub Al-Youha (born 1993), Kuwaiti sprint runner
Yaqoub Yousif (born 1997), Emirati footballer
Yaqub al-Ghusayn (1899–1947), Palestinian leader
Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco
Yaqub Ali Sharif, politician
Yaqub Eyyubov (born 1945), Azerbaijani politician
Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
Yaqub Mirza (born 1946), Pakistani businessman
Yaqub Qureishi, Indian politician
Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist

People with this surname

Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (1944–2014), Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub (born 1989), Republic of the Congo swimmer
Antonio Yakoub (born 2002), Swedish footballer
Asif Yaqoob (born 1973), Pakistani cricket umpire
Atta Yaqub (born 1979), Scottish model and actor of Pakistani descent
Charles Yacoub, Lebanese-Canadian bus hijacker
Chaudhry Yaqoob, Pakistani police officer
Gabriel Yacoub (1952–2025), French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director
Ilyas Yakoub (1903–1958), Indonesian journalist
Jasem Yaqoub (born 1953), Kuwaiti footballer
Joseph Yacoub (born 1944), Syrian professor
Magdi Yacoub (born 1935), Egyptian-British professor
Mirza Yaqoob (born 1974), Bahraini cricketer
Mohamed Yacoub [fr] (1937–2011), Tunisian art historian
Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
Mohammad Yaqoob (born 1990), eldest son of Mullah Mohammed Omar
Mohammed Yaqoub (disambiguation), multiple people
Muhammad Hussein Yacoub (born 1956), Arab Islamic scholar
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (860s–941), Persian Shia hadith collector
Muhammad Yaqub, a Pakistani banker
Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer
Paola Yacoub (born 1966), Lebanese-born artist
Rami Yacoub (born 1975), Swedish-Palestinian record producer and songwriter
Reham Yacoub (1991–2020), Iraqi human rights advocate and doctor
Roman Yakub (born 1958), American composer
Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer
Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob (born 1952), Pakistani politician
Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), British political activist
Septar Mehmet Yakub (1904–1991), Crimean Tatar lawyer, thinker, and spiritual leader
Sidi Yacoub (disambiguation), multiple people
Simon Yacoub (born 1989), Palestinian judoka
Souheila Yacoub (born 1992), Swiss gymnast and actress
Talat Yaqoob, a Scottish campaigner, writer, and commentator
Walaa Eldin Yaqoub (born 2000), Sudanese footballer
Waleed Yaqub (born 1974), Pakistani cricket umpire
Younes Yaqoub (born 1986), Qatari footballer
Zara Mahamat Yacoub, Chadian filmmaker, director and journalist

References

^ ^a ^b Jane Dammen McAuliffe (General Editor) Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Volume Three : J-O

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