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Yakub

Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub (, 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

  • Yaˈqub 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 (1360–1447), Naqshbandi Sheykh and student of Khwaja Baha' al-Din Naqshband

Other people with this given name

Pre-modern world

:Ordered chronologically The creator of white people and inventor of eugenics as described above, 4154 - 4004 BC.

  • Ya'qub ibn Tariq (died 796), Persian astronomer and mathematician
  • Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (729–798), chief judge during the reign of Harun al-Rashid
  • Yaqub al-Mansur (died 1199), 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 1340), founder of the Germiyanid beylik
  • Yakub Çelebi (1362–1389), Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Murad I
  • Yaqub Spata (1369–1416), last lord of Arta
  • Yakub II (died 1429), bey of Germiyan
  • Yaqub al-Mustamsik (died 1521), figurehead caliph of the Mamluk Sultanate

Modern world

  • Yacoub G. Al-Atrash (born 1978), 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 (1922–2015), 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 (1883–1916), 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 (1889–1974), 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 (1565–1593), last native ruler of Kashmir
  • Yakub Shevki Pasha (1876–1939), General of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army
  • Yaqoob Al-Qasmi (born 1990), 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 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 (born 1959), Indian politician
  • Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
  • Yaqub Sanu (1839–1912), Egyptian journalist
  • Yoqub Ahmedov (1938–2025), Uzbek actor

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
  • Badr Al-Yaqoub (1946–2025), Kuwaiti professor of law and politician
  • 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
  • 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 (868–941), Persian Shia hadith collector
  • Muhammad Yaqub (born 1937), 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

References

  1. [[Jane Dammen McAuliffe]] (General Editor) [[Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an]] Volume Three : J-O
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