Gurevich (Gurewitsch) Yakov (Jakov) Alexandrovich (b. 1915, Minsk) — economist.

Yakov Gurevich graduated from the Riga Jewish Gymnasium in 1933 and then completed his service in the Latvian Army from 1933 to 1934. In 1939, he earned an economics degree from the Riga Higher Commercial Institute. During the 1930s, he gave private lessons to Jewish families in Riga. In 1937, Gurevich lost sight in one eye following illness and injury.

After the Soviet occupation in 1940, he worked as an economist at the 5th Bread Factory under the NCPP of the Latvian SSR and at the Riga First Bandage Factory in 1941. On 27 June 1941, he fled from Rīga on foot under fire. After a brief stint in Cheboksary, he moved to Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, continuing his work as an economist in local factories. In 1946, he returned to Riga. Due to health issues—vision deterioration and pulmonary tuberculosis—he left his profession in 1951 and was granted disability pension. He then worked as a supply assistant in Riga’s factories, and from 1956 sold printed materials at “Soyuzpechat” kiosks.

Gurevich’s marriage to Rudzensko B. I. in 1948 ended in divorce in 1950. In 1956 he entered into a registered partnership with Tauba Pleple (Perl) (b. 1914, Karsava), formalized in 1960. His parents— Alexander (Shmerl) Gurevich (1878–1941) and Leah Gurevich (Shats) (1887–1941)—were murdered in the Holocaust. His sister, Khana (Anna) Voytinskaya (Gurevich) , born 1918 in Kharkiv, emigrated to pre-state Israel in 1946. In 1956 Yakov Gurevich submitted his first emigration application to Israel and received permission in 1963.

Pleple (Perl) Tauba (1914, Karsava) — partner
Gurevich Alexander (Shmerl) (1878–1941) — father
Gurevich (Shats) Leah (1887–1941) — mother
Voytinskaya (Gurevich) Khana (Anna) (1918, Kharkiv) — sister