Yakovlev (surname) - People

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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