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 (disambiguation), 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
See also Yakub Jacob (name)