Yakut is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Yakut al-Hamawi (1179-1229), a Syrian slave turned ethnographer and geographer
Yakut Khan, the Siddi general who invaded Bombay in 1689
Jamal ud-Din Yakut, an Abyssinian slave, close adviser and alleged lover of Razia Sultana, the first female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate of India
Ahmet Yakut, Turkish poet
Şahin Yakut, Turkish kickboxer