Famous People with Name Yaacov

Yaacov Bernstein            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yaacov Bernstein: an Israeli chess master.He took 3rd in Israeli Chess Championship in 1967 (Shimon Kagan won), took 14th at Netanya chess tournament 1968 (Robert James Fischer won). and tied for 3rd-4th at Netanya 1976.

Yaacov Zilberman            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yaacov Zilberman: an Israeli chess master.He played for Israel at second reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad at Manila 1992.

Yaacov Lozowick            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yaacov Lozowick: is an Israeli historian and writer. Over a period of 14 years he was the director of the Archives at Yad Vashem.

Yaacov Agam            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Yaacov Agam: is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Born in Rishon LeZion, Israel (British Mandate of Palestine at the time) to a religious family, Agam trained at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, before moving to Zürich and then to Paris, where he settled.

Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman            Origin/Culture/Country: Lithuanian–Israeli

Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman: was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess master.In 1965, Bleiman played in World Junior Championship in Barcelona (Bojan Kurajica won). In 1971, he tied for 7-8th in Netanya (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).[3] In 1976, he tied for 3-4th in Netanya (Avraham Kaldor and Itchak Radashkovich won).[