Yakub
Yakub (Arabic: يعقوب, also transliterated as Yaghoub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub and Yaqub) is the Arabic version of Jacob, the name of a biblical patriarch also venerated as a Prophet of Islam (see Jacob in Islam) and hence commonly used as a male given name in Arab and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname.
Nation of Islam
- Yakub (Nation of Islam) was, according to the Nation of Islam, a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and created the white race.
Other people with this given name
Medieval times
- Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari, Persian leader
- Ya'qub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph
- Yaqub Beg, Tajik adventurer
- Yaqub ibn Killis, Egyptian vizier
- Yaqūb ibn Tāriq, Persian astronomer and mathematician
- Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari
Modern times
- Yaqub al-Ghusayn, Palestinian leader
- Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
- Yakub Khan Mehboob Khan, Indian film actor and director
- Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer
- Yaqub al-Mansur, Sultan of Morocco
- Yakub Memon, Indian accountant
- Yaqub Mirza, Pakistani businessman
- Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar, former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Yakub Hasan Sait, Indian businessman, freedom-fighter and politician
- Yaqoob Salem Al-Farsi, Omani footballer
- Yaqub Salimov, Tajik politician
- Yaqub Sanu, Egyptian journalist
People with this surname
- Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Pakistani expatriate businessman based in Dubai
- Chaudhry Yaqoob, ex-Inspector General of the Balochistan Police in Pakistan
- Mohammad Yakub, Indian cricketer
- Roman Yakub, American composer
- Salma Yaqoob (born 1971), the leader of Respect – The Unity Coalition and a Birmingham City Councillor
See also
- Yakup, Turkish form of the name