Kagan Yakov (Jakov) Khanonovich (1 December 1912, Daugavpils – ?, ?) — metalworker.

After completing trade school in Daugavpils, from 1932 till 1936 Yakov Kagan worked as a fitter in Apter’s workshop, and from 1936–41 as a fitter at the Latvijas nagla factory.

During the war years (1941–45) he was in evacuation:

1941–43 — fitter at the central repair workshops of the Stalin state farm, Ak-Kurgan district, Tashkent region;

1943–44 — fitter at the Locomotive Repair Plant;

1944–45 — again a fitter at the Stalin state farm.

After returning to Latvia:

1945–47 — fitter at the ORS of Latvian Railways;

1948–52 — fitter in the construction office of the Osobgastronom;

1952–56 — fitter in the Housing Administration of the Gastronom;

1956–61 — mechanic and adjuster of packing machines, storekeeper at Latbakaleja;

1961–66 — fitter in the mechanical workshop at the plastics factory Ausma.

In 1938 Yakov KaganMarried Bunya Shlemovna Kagan. Their daughters are Mira Yakovlevna Kagan and Liya Yakovlevna Kagan.

His father, Khanan Meierovich Kagan (1886, Poland – 1941, ?), perished in the ghetto.

His mother, Sofya Vulfovna Kagan (1888, Daugavpils – 1941, ?), also perished in the ghetto.

His brother, Aba Khanonovich Kagan (Kogen) (1911, Daugavpils – ?, ?), emigrated to Israel (Rehovot) in 1933.