Yakup

Yakup is a Turkish given name for males and is a cognate of Jacob and James. People named Yakup include:

* Yakup Ağa (fl. 1462), Ottoman cavalry knight * Yakup Alkan (born 1992), Turkish footballer * Yakup Bey Muzaka, 15th-century Ottoman Albanian governor * Yakup Bugun (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Yakup Çelebi, multiple people * Yakup Gör (born 1988), Turkish sport wrestler * Yakup Kadri Birinci (born 1967), Turkish alpine skier * Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889–1974), Turkish novelist * Yakup Kılıç (born 1986), Turkish boxer * Yakup Kulmiy (1918–1994), Russian Bashkir poet * Yakup Ramazan Zorlu (born 1991), French footballer * Yakup Satar (1898–2008), last Turkish veteran of the First World War * Yakup Sekizkök (born 1980), Turkish basketballer and coach * Yakup Şener (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer * Yakup Sertkaya (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1876–1939), general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army * Yakup Taş (1959–2023), Turkish politician * Yakup Topuz (born 1954), Turkish wrestler * Yakup Yahya, 15th-century Ottoman Jewish figure *Yakup Yıldız (born 1992), Turkish archer Provided by Wikipedia