Job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...

is a major figure in the Bible. People with the same given name include: *

Patriarch Job of Alexandria Job served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 954 and 960. References * 10th-century Patriarchs of Alexandria Melkites in the Abbasid Caliphate {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ...

, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 954 to 960 * Job of Esztergom, Hungarian prelate and archbishop (1185–1204) * Patriarch Job of Moscow (died 1607), first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and a saint of the Orthodox Church *

Job of Pochayiv Job of Pochayev (russian: Иов Почаевский; c. 1551 – 28 October 1651), to the world Ivan Ivanovich Zheleza (russian: Иван Иванович Железа), in Great Schema John (russian: Иоанн) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and ...

(c. 1551 – 1651), Ukrainian Orthodox monk and Eastern Orthodox saint * Job (Osacky) (1946–2009), archbishop of the Orthodox Church *

Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (baptized 27 January 1630 – before 23 November 1693) was a Dutch artist of the 17th century, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague. Biography Job Berckheyde was born in Haarlem and was the older brother ...

(1630–1698), Dutch painter *

Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet KS (c. 1614 – 26 May 1697) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679. He was Speaker of the House of Commons of England briefly in 1673. Life Charlton was born in ...

(c. 1614–1697), barrister, member and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons of England, and judge *

Job Charnock Job Charnock (; –1692/1693) was an English administrator with the East India Company. He is commonly regarded as the founder of the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta); however, this view is challenged, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court de ...

(c. 1630–1692), English East India Company administrator traditionally regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta *

Job Cohen Marius Job Cohen (; born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2012. Cohen studied Law at the University of Groningen obt ...

(born 1947), leader of the Dutch Labour Party * Job Durfee (1790–1847), jurist and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives * Job Haines (1744–1812), American politician from Maryland *

Job Harriman Job Harriman (January 15, 1861 – October 26, 1925) was an ordained minister who later became an agnostic and a socialist. In 1900, he ran for vice president of the United States along with Eugene Debs on the ticket of the Socialist Party of ...

(1861–1925), vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America and founder of a utopian community *

Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop (December 4, 1926 - January 30, 2001) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey. Born in Logan, Utah, Jessop was eighteen when on August 9, 1944, as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Ell ...

(1926–2001), American jockey *

Job Koech Kinyor Job Koech Kinyor (born 2 September 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. His personal best for the distance is 1:43.76 minutes. He was a bronze medallist at the 2011 and 2015 All-Africa Games, and he was part o ...

(born 1990), Kenyan middle-distance runner *

Job Mann Job Mann (March 31, 1795 – October 8, 1873) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford A ...

(1795–1873), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania *

Job de Roincé Job de Roincé (Born ''Joseph Boreau de Roincé'', 18 April 1896, Segré, Maine-et-Loire - 30 December 1981), was a French journalist and writer, and also one of the founding figures of Breton nationalism. Biography Born in Segré in Maine-et- ...

(1896–1981), French journalist and writer * Job ben Solomon or Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773), Muslim transported to America as a slave *

Job Tausinga Job Dudley Tasinga, CSI (born July 18, 1951) is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. He lives on New Georgia Island, in the Western Province, and was first elected in 1984. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 19 ...

(born 1951), Minister for Education and Human Resources Development of the Solomon Islands *

Job Throckmorton Job Throckmorton (Throkmorton) (1545–1601) was a puritan English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly with John Penry and John Udall, he authored the Martin Marprelate anonymous anti-cle ...

(1545–1601), English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament

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