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 Bugun (born 1987), Turkish footballer
- Yakup Gör (born 1988), Turkish sport wrestler
- Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889–1974), Turkish novelist
- Yakup Kılıç (born 1986), Turkish boxer
- Yakup Satar (1898–2008), last Turkish veteran of the First World War
- Yakup Sertkaya (born 1978), Turkish footballer
- Yakup Şener (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer
- Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1876–1939), general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
- Yakup Taş (1959–2023), Turkish politician
- Yakup Yıldız (born 1992), Turkish archer
See also
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