William Jacob may refer to: *

William Jacob (MP, died 1851) William Jacob (c. 1761 – 17 December 1851) was an English merchant, shipowner, scientist, parliamentarian, public official and advocate for expanded British trade. In his later life he was a significant and effective advocate for the repeal of ...

(c. 1761–1851), English merchant, shipowner, scientist, and MP for Westbury, and for Rye *

William Jacob (Canterbury MP) William Jacob (c. 1623 – early 1692) was an English physician and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1679. Jacob was a physician at Canterbury and was the subject of a ghost story. In September 1652 he treated a Henry Jac ...

(c. 1623–1692), English physician and politician *

William Stephen Jacob William Stephen Jacob (1813–1862) was an English immigrant astronomer in India, who acted as the director of the Madras Observatory from 1848 to 1859. His early claim of 1855 to have detected an exoplanet, in orbit around 70 Ophiuchi, is now th ...

(1813–1862), English astronomer in India *William Ungoed Jacob (1910-1990), Anglican priest and author *William Jacob, Irish baker, namesake of the brand

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. ...

*William Mungo Jacob, known as Bill Jacob (born 1944), Anglican priest and author

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