Isaacs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alick Isaacs, Scottish virologist *

Avrom Isaacs Avrom Isaacs, D.F.A. (March 19, 1926 – January 15, 2016) was a Canadian art dealer. Career Avrom Isaacovitch, known as Av Isaacs, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to Toronto with his family in 1941. Isaacs graduated with a bachelo ...

, Canadian art dealer *

Bertha Isaacs Order of the British Empire, Dame Albertha Magdelina Isaacs Order of the British Empire, DBE (née Hanna; 18 April 1900 – 1 August 1997) was a Bahamian teacher, tennis player, women's rights activist and politician. After a career as an element ...

, Bahamian tennis player and women's rights activist * Charles Edward Isaacs (1811–1860), American anatomist and physiologist *

David Isaacs (writer) David Isaacs is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written episodes of ''M*A*S*H'', ''Cheers'', its spin-off ''Frasier'', and ''The Simpsons'' with Ken Levine. Isaacs became a consulting producer and writer for the AMC television dr ...

, American screenwriter * Don Isaacs (1919–1998), American sound editor * Erwin Isaacs, South African football player *

George Isaacs George Alfred Isaacs JP DL (28 May 1883 – 26 April 1979) was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee. Isaacs was born in Finsbury to a Methodist family. He married Flora Beasley (1884–1 ...

, English politician and trade unionist *

Gregory Isaacs Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127. was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in ''The New York Times'', described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".Miles, Milo (1992),RECORDI ...

, Jamaican reggae musician * Iorrie Isaacs, Wales rugby player *

Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Au ...

, Australian politician, jurist and Governor-General *

Jason Isaacs Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. Isaac's film roles include Col. Tavington in '' The Patriot'' (2000), Michael D. Steele in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2002–2011), Ca ...

, English actor *

Jeremy Isaacs Sir Jeremy Israel Isaacs (born 28 September 1932) is a Scottish television producer and executive, opera manager, and a recipient of many British Academy Television Awards and International Emmy Awards. He won the British Film Institute Fellow ...

, Scottish television producer and executive *

John Isaacs John William Isaacs (September 15, 1915 – January 26, 2009) was a Panamanian-American professional basketball player. Born in Panama but raised in New York City,Claude Johnson.Harlem When. ''SLAM Magazine Online''. January 26, 2009. Retrieved on ...

, African-American basketball player * John Dove Isaacs, American oceanic scientist *

Jorge Isaacs Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, '' María'', became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature. Biography His f ...

, Colombian writer, politician and soldier *

Kendal Isaacs Sir Kendal George Lamon Isaacs, (23 July 1925 – 25 May 1996) was a notable Bahamian lawyer and politician. He served as Leader of the Opposition for much of the 1980s. Biography Born and raised in Nassau, Isaacs attended Government High School ...

, Bahamian politician and Leader of the Opposition * Levi Isaacs (1860–1913), Australian tobacconist and Jewish lay leader * Lewis Henry Isaacs, English architect, surveyor, and politician *

Nathaniel Isaacs Nathaniel Isaacs (1808–1872) was an English adventurer who played a part in the history of Natal, South Africa. He wrote a book spread over two volumes (whose accuracy is now disputed) called ''Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa''. This ...

, English adventurer *

Pamela Isaacs Pamela Isaacs is an American singer and actress. Theatre In 1987 Isaacs appeared in ''Conrack'', a musical based on Pat Conroy's novel '' The Water is Wide,'' at AMAS Repertory Theater. The show is set in 1969 and recounts the adventures of Pat ...

, American actress and singer * Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, English politician and jurist *

Rufus Isaacs (game theorist) Rufus Philip Isaacs (June 11, 1914 – January 18, 1981) was a game theorist especially prominent in the 1950s and 1960s with his work on differential games. Biography Isaacs was born on 11 June 1914 in New York City. He worked for the RAND Co ...

, American mathematician *

Sam Isaacs Samuel Yebble Isaacs (1845 – 14 July 1920) was an Aboriginal Australian stockman and farmer from the South West of Western Australia, who was best known for his role in the rescue of the SS ''Georgette'' in 1876, together with Grace Bussell. ...

, Australian Aboriginal stockman *

Samuel Myer Isaacs Samuel Myer Isaacs (January 4, 1804 - May 19, 1878) was a Dutch-born American educator, philanthropist and rabbi. He was the second Jewish spiritual leader in the United States to teach in English instead of Hebrew or German. Early life and educ ...

, American educator *

Sonya Isaacs Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American country, bluegrass gospel and Christian music singer. Isaacs grew up near Morrow, Ohio, and graduated from Little Miami High School in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewish ...

, American country singer * Stan Isaacs, American sportswriter * Susan Isaacs, American novelist and screenwriter * Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist and psychoanalyst * Susie Isaacs, American poker player

Fictional characters

* Jeff Isaacs, from ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Doctor Sam Isaacs, from ''

Resident Evil (film series) ''Resident Evil'' is an action horror film series based on the Japanese video game franchise by Capcom. The German studio Constantin Film bought the rights to adapt the series in January 1997. In 2000, Paul W. S. Anderson was announced as wr ...

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Toby Isaacs '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...

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