Libman (Liebmann) Yakov (Jakov) Meyerovich (21 March 1938, Riga) — engineer.

Yakov Libman was born to Meyer Izrailovich Libman (1897, Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, Ukraine – 1942, Solikamsk; sentenced by a Special Council in 1941 and exiled to Solikamsk; rehabilitated posthumously in 1966) and Meri Geselevna Libman (née Kutnik) (1902, Jēkabpils, Latvia).

He graduated from the Tomsk Electromechanical Technical School (1953–1957) and the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute (1957–1962). He worked as a process engineer at the Tomsk Mathematical Machines Plant (1962–1966). After moving to Riga, he was an engineer-designer at the Riga Wagon Factory (1966–1979).

He married Liliya Georgievna Libman (née Kollender) (born 1938, Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR), and they had two sons:

• Miron Yakovlevich Libman (1967, Riga)

• Arkady Yakovlevich Libman (1972, Riga)

In 1979 Yakov Libman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1972 his mother Meri Geselevna Libman (Kutnik) (1902) and his sister Gesina Mironovna Derchanskaya (née Libman) (1934, Riga) had been living.

Family:

• Meyer Izrailovich Libman (1897–1942) — father
• Meri Geselevna Libman (Kutnik) (1902) — mother
• Gesina Mironovna Derchanskaya (née Libman) (1934) — sister
• Imanuel Meerovich Libman (1939, Riga) — brother
• Liliya Georgievna Libman (Kollender) (1938) — wife
• Miron Yakovlevich Libman (1967) — son
• Arkady Yakovlevich Libman (1972) — son