Jakov Brdar (born 22 April 1949) is a Slovene sculptor of Bosnian descent.

In 1998, he received the Prešeren Fund Award for the sculpture group Pridiga ptičem (Sermon to the Birds, 1997).

He graduated in the class of professor Dušan Tršar in 1975, and completed specialised study in 1979.

[1] Brdar's statues Adam and Eve, Satyr and Prometheus are on display at the Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana city centre.

[2] His statue of the general Rudolf Maister is visible in the park next to the main bus station in Ljubljana.