People
- Alexander Yakovlev (UN procurement), former United Nations official
- Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (1923–2005), Soviet politician credited with promoting glasnost
- Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906–1989), Russian aeronautical engineer and airplane designer
- Alexandre Jacovleff, 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
- Arina Yakovleva (1758-1828), the nurse who taught Pushkin to love the Russian language
- Boris Yakovlev, Soviet IAAF World Race Walking Cup participant
- Elena Yakovleva (b. 1961), Russian actress
- Gennady Yakovlev, Russian botanist
- Ivan Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
- Kornilii Iakovlev, 17th century Don Cossack ataman who defeated Stenka Razin
- Lora Yakovleva (b. 1932), Russian chess grandmaster
- Nataliya Yakovleva (handball player) (b. 1986), a team handball player from Kazakhstan.
- Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (b. 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
- Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev, Soviet military leader
- Origa, or Olga Yakovleva (b. 1970), Russian singer and vocalist
- Pavel Vladimirovich Yakovlev, Russian football player
- Postnik Yakovlev, the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
- Roman Yakovlev (b. 1976), Russian volleyball player
- Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation)
- Vadim Yakovlev, Cossack commander
- Valentina Yakovleva (b. 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
- Varvara Yakovleva (d. 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and Saint
- Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva (1884-1941), Russian revolutionary
- Vasily Yakovlev, Soviet painter, People's Artist of the USSR, and teacher of Aleksei Gritsai
- Vasili Yakovlev (1885-1938), Bolshevik politician
- Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (b. 1944), Russian politician, Minister of Regional Development
- Yakov Yakovlev, Soviet statesman and politician, former deputy chairman of Rabkrin
- Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
- Yuriy Yakovlev (b. 1928), popular Soviet film actor
- Yuriy Yakovlev (1930 - 2002), a Bulgarian film and stage actor
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