title: Yakovlev (surname)
text: # Yakovlev (surname)
  
  Yakovlev (Яковлев,) is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name Yakov. Yakovleva is the feminine form.
  
  Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alexander Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
  * Anatoli Yakovlev (1913–1993), Soviet spymaster in New York City
  * Andrei Yakovlev (born 1995), Russian footballer
  * Boris Yakovlev (1945–2014), Soviet Ukrainian race walker
  * Dmitry Yakovlev, Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
  * Egor Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
  * Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), Russian actress
  * Gennady Yakovlev (born 1938), Russian botanist
  * Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930), Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer
  * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster
  * Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer
  * Mikhail Yakovlev (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1942), Russian footballer
  * Natalya Yakovleva (handballer) (born 1986), Kazakhstani handball player
  * Nataliya Yakovleva (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian Olympic Swimmer
  * Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972), Soviet military leader
  * Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1970), Russian football player and manager
  * Oleg Yakovlev (footballer, born 1997), Russian footballer
  * Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (1970–2015), Russian singer known as Origa
  * Pavel Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
  * Postnik Yakovlev, Russian architect of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, active 1555–1588
  * Roman Yakovlev (born 1976), Russian volleyball player
  * Sergei Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
  * Vadim Yakovlev, Russian Cossack cavalry commander, active 1914–1923
  * Valentina Yakovleva (born 1947), Soviet Olympic Swimmer
  * Varvara Yakovleva (died 1918), Russian Orthodox nun and saint
  * Varvara Yakovleva (politician) (1884–1941), Russian Bolshevik leader
  * Vasily Yakovlev (1885–1938), Finnish Bolshevik revolutionary and politician
  * Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev (1839–1908), Russian entomologist
  * Vasyl Yakovlev (born 1972), Ukrainian Olympic cyclist
  * Vitali Yakovlev (born 1985), Russian footballer
  * Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev (born 1944), Russian politician
  * Vladimir Yakovlev (general) (born 1954), Russian military commander
  * Vladimir Yakovlev (journalist) (born 1959), Russian journalist and editor
  * Vladislav Yakovlev (rower) (born 1993), Kazakhstani rower
  * Yakov Yakovlev (1896–1938), Soviet statesman and politician
  * Yegor Yakovlev (1930–2005), Russian journalist
  * Yuriy Yakovlev (disambiguation), several people
  