Yakub

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:

• 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

Pre-modern times

• Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad ruler Reigned from 1184 to 1199.
• Ya'qub ibn Abdallah al-Mansur (b. 760s) was the third son of al-Mansur (r. 754–775) from his wife Fatima.
• Ya'qub ibn Killis (930–991), Egyptian vizier
• Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader
• Yakub Çelebi, Ottoman Sehzade, son of Sultan Murad I
• Yaqub Beg (1820–1877), Tajik adventurer
• Yaqub Ibn as-Sikkit (died 857), philologist tutor, grammarian and scholar of poetry
• Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari
• Yaqub Spata (died 1416), last Lord of Arta
• Yaqub al-Mustamsik was the fifteenth century figurehead caliph of Mamluk Sultanate.
• Yaqub-Har, pharaoh of ancient Egypt
• Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
• Yakub I of Germiyan, founder of the Germiyanid beylik
• Yakub II, bey of Germiyan

Modern times

• Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian long jumper
• Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• 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
• 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, 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

• 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, French musician, songwriter, and visual artist
• Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), Syrian cinematographer and director
• Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore
• 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 [Wikidata] (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

• Yakup, Turkish form of the name
• Ait Ben Yacoub, a commune in Midelt Province, Morocco
• Al Yaqoub Tower, a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Moulay Yacoub, a spa town and municipality in Morocco
• Sultan Yacoub, a village in Lebanon
• Tell Sultan Yakoub, an archaeological site in Lebanon