Levinson (Lewinsohn) Yakov (Jakov) Leibovich (born 23 September 1902, Jelgava) — barber.

From 1917 to 1921 Yakov Levinson learned the barber’s trade in Penza. From 1921 to 1923 he performed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army. From 1923 to 1941 he worked as a barber in private salons in Jelgava. In 1941 he was evacuated to Yaransk and several months later drafted into the Soviet Army. Owing to health reasons he was demobilised at the end of 1941. Until 1942 he worked as a barber for the Yaransk industrial combine.

In 1942 he was mobilised into the Labour Army and worked at the Uritsky mine. After returning to Riga, from 1945 to 1949 he worked as a barber in the artel Nakotne, and from 1949 to 1964 as a barber in the municipal hairdressing authority.

In 1972 he left Latvia.

His brother Motel Levinson (1912–1943) perished during the German occupation in Tallinn; his sister Tima Levinson (1906–1942) perished during the occupation in Daugavpils; his brother Zorekh Levinson (1908–1942) was killed at the front. His parents, Leib (1877–1925) and Rokha Levinson (1880–1936), were born and buried in Jelgava.

Family:

Khaya Levinson (1911) — wife
Leiba Levinson (born 1938) — son
Sheina Levinson (born 1945) — daughter
Leib Levinson (1877–1925) — father
Rokha Levinson (1880–1936) — mother
Iechiel (Yakhim) Levinson (1919) — brother
David Levinson (1910) — brother
Mendel Levinson (1918) — brother
Motel Levinson (1912–1943) — brother
Zorekh Levinson (1908–1942) — brother
Reiza Burkin (née Levinson, 1921) — sister
Tima Levinson (1906–1942) — sister
Dora Lat (née Levinson, 1925) — sister