Jacob is a surname, ultimately from the Biblical figure

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Jacob (name) Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin ''Iacobus'', from Greek ''Iakobos'', from Hebrew (''Yaʿaqōḇ''), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Reb ...

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* Abe Jacob (born 1944), American sound designer *

Alaric Jacob Harold Alaric Jacob (8 June 1909 – 26 January 1995) was an English writer and journalist. He was a Reuters correspondent in Washington in the 1930s and a war correspondent during World War II in North Africa, Burma and Moscow. Early life Alar ...

(1909–1995), British journalist and author * Alexander Malcolm Jacob (1849–1921), diamond and gemstone trader, sold the Jacob Diamond *

Anund Jacob Anund Jacob or James, Swedish: ''Anund Jakob'' was King of Sweden from 1022 until around 1050. He is believed to have been born on July 25, in either 1008 or 1010 as ''Jakob'', the son of King Olof Skötkonung and Queen Estrid. Being the second C ...

(c. 1010–1050), a.k.a. Anund Jakob, King of Sweden *

Archibald Jacob Archibald Hamilton Jacob (31 July 182928 May 1900) was a politician in the colony of New South Wales. He served nearly thirty years in the lower and upper houses of the colonial government, as both elected and appointed representative, gover ...

(1829–1900), Australian politician * Ariana Jacob, American artist * Caroline Jacob (1861–1940), South Australian school principal and owner * Catherine Jacob (actress) (born 1956), French actress * Catherine Jacob (journalist) (born 1976), British broadcast journalist and news presenter * Charles Jacob (geologist) (1878–1962), French geologist * Charles Jacob (stockbroker) (1921–2015), British stockbroker, promoter of ethical investment *

Charles Donald Jacob Charles Donald Jacob (June 1, 1838 – December 25, 1898) was an American politician who served four terms as mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, two consecutively in 1873-78, then later in 1882-84 and 1888-90. He also served as the U.S. minister to ...

(1838–1898), American politician and diplomat * Christian Jacob (politician) (born 1959), French politician * Christy Jacob (born 1944), Irish hurler *

Claud Jacob Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob, (21 November 1863 – 2 June 1948) was a British Indian Army officer. He served in the First World War as commander of the Dehra Dun Brigade, as General Officer Commanding 21st Division and as General Offi ...

(1863–1948), British soldier *

Claus Jacob Dr. Claus Jacob B.Sc. M.A. D.Phil. (University of Oxford, Oxon) Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC Chartered Chemist, CChem (born 19 November 1969) is a German scientist and politician functioning as the Head of Bioorganic Chemistry, ...

(born 1969), German scientist * Corentin Jacob (born 1997), French footballer *

Daryl Jacob Daryl Jacob is an Irish National Hunt jockey who rode for trainer Paul Nicholls as second jockey to Ruby Walsh. When Walsh left the Nicholas yard Jacob took over as principal rider. He won at the Cheltenham festival for the first time in 2011 ...

(born 1983), Irish jockey *

E. F. Jacob Ernest Fraser Jacob (12 September 1894 – 7 October 1971) was a British medievalist and scholar who was President of the Chetham Society, Lancashire Parish Register Society and Ecclesiastical History Society. Education He was educated at Tw ...

(1894–1971), British scholar *

Edgar Jacob Edgar Jacob (16 November 1844 – 25 March 1920) was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Newcastle and then Bishop of St Albans. Early life and education He was born at the rectory in Crawley, Hampshire, on 16 November 1844. He was the ...

(1844–1920), British religious leader * Edward Jacob (c. 1710–1788), British scholar and politician * Ephraim Arnold Jacob (1845–1905), American lawyer and judge *

François Jacob François Jacob (17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) was a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize ...

(1920–2013), French biologist * Franz G. Jacob (1870–?), German chess master * Georges Jacob (1739–1814), French artist *

Giles Jacob Giles Jacob (1686 – 8 May 1744) was a British legal writer whose works include a well-received law dictionary that became the most popular and widespread law dictionary in the newly independent United States.McDowell, Gary. The Language of Law a ...

(1686–1744), British jurist and writer *

Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about ...

(1895–1984), British musician

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Heinrich Eduard Jacob Heinrich Eduard Jacob (7 October 1889 – 25 October 1967) was a German and American journalist and author. Born to a Jewish family in Berlin and raised partly in Vienna, Jacob worked for two decades as a journalist and biographer before the ri ...

(1889–1967), German-American writer *

Ian Jacob Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished ...

(1899–1993), British soldier * Ida Luise Jacob (1826–1904), German cookbook author; see

Emmy Braun Emmy Braun (the pseudonym for ''Ida Luise Jacob'', May 25, 1826 in Zweibrücken – April 4, 1904 ibid) was a German cookbook author. She is the best-known cookbook author in the Palatinate, alongside Anna Bergner (1800-1882). Her ''Neues pfälz ...

(pseudonym) *

Irène Jacob Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-Swiss actress known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. She won the 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Kieślowski film ''The Double Life of Vero ...

(born 1966) French-born Swiss actress * Jack Farj Rafael Jacob (1921–2016) Lieutenant general, Indian Army *

John Jacob, Marquess of Montferrat John Jacob Palaeologus (Italian: ''Giovanni Giacomo Paleologo'') (March 23, 1395 – March 12, 1445) was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1418 to 1445. He was born in Trino, Piedmont, the son of Theodore II of Montferrat, with whom he collabora ...

(1395–1445), Italian soldier and government administrator *

John Jacob (East India Company officer) Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (11 January 1812 – 6 December 1858) was an officer of the British East India Company who served in colonial India for the major portion of his career. He is known for the cavalry regiment called 36th Jacob's H ...

(1812–1858) * John Edward Jacob (born 1934), American activist * John J. Jacob (Kentucky businessman) (1770–1852), businessman, industrialist and philanthropist * John J. Jacob (West Virginia politician) (1829–1893), governor * Ken Jacob, (born 1949) American politician * Louis Léon Jacob (1768–1854), French admiral *

Marius Jacob Alexandre Marius Jacob (September 29, 1879 – August 28, 1954), also known by the names Georges, Escande, Férau, Jean Concorde, Attila, and Barrabas, was a French anarchist illegalist. Biography Jacob was born in 1879 in Marseille to a work ...

(1879–1954), French activist *

Maurice Jacob Maurice René Michel Jacob ( – ) was a French theoretical particle physicist. Biography Maurice Jacob studied physics at École normale supérieure from 1953 to 1957. During a visit to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1959, he developed ...

(1933-2007), French theoretical particle physicist *

Max Jacob Max Jacob (; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Life and career After spending his childhood in Quimper, Brittany, he enrolled in the Paris Colonial School, which he left in 1897 for an artistic ca ...

(1876–1944), French writer * Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clément Jacob, (1906–1977), French monk, composer and organist * Michael Jacob (born 1980), Irish hurler * Mick Jacob (born 1946), Irish hurler * Nancy Jacob, American photographer *

Odile Jacob Odile Jacob is a French publisher who founded ''Les Éditions Odile Jacob'' in the middle of the 1980s. She is also a trained scientist, studying the workings of the brain, the mind and thought. She is a member of Le Siècle.Frédéric Saliba, 'L ...

, French publisher * Pierre Jacob (1953–2018), Canadian politician * P. L. Jacob, pseudonym of French writer

Paul Lacroix Paul Lacroix (; 27 February 1806 – 16 October 1884) was a French author and journalist. He is known best by his pseudonym P.L. Jacob, bibliophile, or Bibliophile Jacob, suggested by his great interest in libraries and books generally. Biogra ...

(1806–1884) *

Romain Jacob Romain Jacob (born 18 August 1988 in France) is a French professional boxer. He is a former EBU Super Featherweight champion. Professional career On 28 June 2013 Jacob defeated Martín Cardona by fifth-round technical knockout to win the IBF ...

(born 1988), French boxer *

Rory Jacob Ruettiger 'Rory' Jacob (born 11 October 1983 in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Oulart–The Ballagh and was a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team from 2002 to 2015. Both hi ...

(born 1983), Irish hurler * Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), Canadian author *

Teuku Jacob Teuku Jacob (6 December 1929 – 17 October 2007) was an Indonesian paleoanthropologist. As a student of Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald in the 1950s, Jacob claimed to have discovered and studied numerous specimens of '' Homo erectus''. He ...

(1929–2007), Indonesian paleoanthropologist *

Teun Jacob Teunis (Teun) Jacob (Rheden, 11 June 1927 - 12 October 2009) was a Dutch wall painter and sculptor, who lived and worked in Rotterdam since the early 1950s. He made both figure and nonrepresentational art. Live and work Born in Rheden, Jacob stu ...

(1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor *

Trevor Jacob Trevor Jacob (born August 6, 1993) is an American snowboard cross competitor, extreme sports athlete, YouTuber, and former aircraft pilot. He represented the United States in snowboarding in the 2014 Winter Olympics. In December 2021, he poste ...

(born 1993), American snowboarder accused of deliberately crashing his own plane *

Ursula Jacob Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of Camogie All Stars Awards, All Star awards in Camogie All Stars Awards#2010, 2010, Camogie All Stars Awards#2011, 2011, Camogie All Stars Awards#2012, 2012 and Camogie All Stars Awards#2014, 2014. All-Ir ...

(born 1985), Irish camogie player *

Violet Jacob Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel ''Flemington'' and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most ...

(1863–1946), Scottish writer * William & Robert (W & R) Jacob, Irish founders of

Jacob's Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The brand name is owned by the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, part of Valeo Foods, which produces snacks for the Irish market. ...

biscuit makers

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Alfons Maria Jakob Alfons Maria Jakob (2 July 1884 – 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology. He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria and educated in medicine at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, whe ...

(1884–1931), German physician * Hans Jakob (Esperantist) (1891–1967), German-born Swiss Esperantist *

Hans Jakob (footballer) Hans Jakob (16 June 1908 – 24 March 1994) was a German football player. He was born in Munich. He played over 1000 games as goalkeeper for SSV Jahn Regensburg, and also for FC Bayern Munich from 1942 to 1945. He earned 38 caps for the Germany ...

(1908–1994), German soccer player * Liane Jakob-Rost (born 1928), German scholar * Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob (1759–1827), German economist

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