# 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. 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

* 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