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Jacobus Arminius Jacobus Arminius (10 October 1560 – 19 October 1609), the Latinized name of Jakob Hermanszoon, was a Dutch theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He ...

(1560–1609), Dutch theologian * Jacobus de Baen (1673–1700), Dutch portrait painter *

Jacobus Barbireau Jacobus Barbireau (also Jacques or Jacob; also Barbirianus) (1455 – 7 August 1491) was a Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer from Antwerp. He was considered to be a superlative composer both by his contemporaries and by modern scholars; howeve ...

(1455–1491), Flemish composer * Jacobus Barnaart (1726–1780), Dutch merchant * Jacobus Bartschius (c.1600–1633), German astronomer *

Jacobus Bellamy Jacob (Jacobus) Bellamy (November 12, 1757 in Vlissingen, Netherlands – March 11, 1786 in Utrecht) was a Dutch poet. Biographical notes Jacobus Bellamy was the son of Jacques Bellami jr. and Sara Hoefnagel. His father died when he was 4. His ...

(1757–1786), Dutch poet * Jacobus Franciscus Benders (1924–2017), Dutch mathematician *

Jacobus Bisschop Jacobus Bisschop (1658 – 1697) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Houbraken when his younger brother Abraham no longer needed him, he left for the Hague to fo ...

(1658–1697), Dutch painter * Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch Minister of Finance *

Jacobus Bontius Jacobus Bontius (Jacob de Bondt) (1592, in Leiden – 30 November 1631, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch physician and a pioneer of tropical medicine. He is known for the four-volume work ''De medicina Indorum''. His 1631 work "Historiae ...

(1592–1631), Dutch physician * Jacobus Boomsma (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist *

Jacobus Boonen Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655) was the sixth Bishop of Ghent (1617–1620) and the fourth Archbishop of Mechelen (1621–1655). Life Born at Antwerp on 11 October 1573, Boonen studied at the University of Leuven from 1587 to 1595 and began a leg ...

(1573–1655), Flemish Archbishop *

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (Boer) statesman, a late-arriving member of the Voortrekker movement, and the second state president of the Orange Free State, in office from 1855 to 1859. Biograph ...

(1808–1881), South African politician *

Jacobus Buys Jacobus Buys (19 November 1724 – 7 April 1801) was a Dutch painter and engraver. Buys was born in Amsterdam the son of a wig-maker. He studied under Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit, and Cornelis Troost, and ultimately became director of the Ams ...

(1724–1801), Dutch painter *

Jacobus Capitein Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (1 February 1747) was a Dutch writer, Calvinist minister and missionary best known for being the first individual of African descent to be ordained as a minister in an established Protestant church. Born in Weste ...

(c.1717–1747), Dutch Christian minister of Ghanaian birth * Jacobus a Castro (1560–1639), Dutch bishop *

Jacobus de Cessolis Jacobus de Cessolis ( it, Jacopo da Cessole; c. 1250 – c. 1322) was an Italian author of the most famous morality book on chess in the Middle Ages. In the second half of the 13th century, Jacobus de Cessolis, a Dominican friar in Cessole ( ...

(c.1250–c.1322), Italian chess author * Jacobus Petrus Duminy (1897–1980), South African academic *

Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout or Jacques Joseph EeckhoutJacobus Josephus Eeckhout
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Jacobus van Egmond Jacobus van Egmond (17 February 1908 – 9 January 1969) was a Dutch track cyclist who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial; he finished fourth in the tandem, together ...

(1908–1969), Dutch cyclist *

Jacobus Johannes Fouché A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings. The name of the coin comes from the Latin inscription surrounding the King's head on the obverse of the coin, IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX ("James, by the grace o ...

(1898–1980), South African politician and president *

Jacobus Cornelis Gaal Jacobus Cornelis Gaal (September 5, 1796 in Oost-Souburg – December 20, 1866 in Kampen) was a Dutch painter and etcher. Gaal was born in East Souburg, the son of Pieter Gaal (1769–1819) and Richardina Jacob van Eps (1765–1813). He was ...

(1796–1866), Dutch painter *

Jacobus Golius Jacob Golius born Jacob van Gool (1596 – September 28, 1667) was an Orientalist and mathematician based at the University of Leiden in Netherlands. He is primarily remembered as an Orientalist. He published Arabic texts in Arabic at Leiden, ...

(1596–1667), Dutch mathematician *

Jacobus Arnoldus Graaff Sir Jacobus Arnoldus Combrinck Graaff (4 March 1863 – 5 April 1927), also known as 'Sir James', was a South African cabinet minister, Senator, businessman, and South African Party whip. Jacobus Graaff, younger brother of Sir David Graaff, w ...

(1863–1927), South African politician * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Laureate *

Jacobus Kaper Jacobus Martinus Kaper (born 12 September 1931) is a biochemist and virologist who worked at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the Natio ...

(born 1931), biochemist and virologist *

Jacobus Kapteyn Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (19 January 1851 – 18 June 1922) was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation. Kapteyn was also among the fi ...

(1851–1922), Dutch astronomer *

Jacobus de Kerle Jacobus de Kerle (Ypres 1531/1532 - Prague 7 January 1591) was a Flemish composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Life De Kerle was trained at the monastery of St. Martin in Ypres, and held positions as a singer in Cambrai and choirmaster i ...

(1531–1591), Flemish composer and organist * Jacobus Kloppers (born 1937), Canadian composer *

Jacobus Hendricus van Lint Jacobus Hendricus ("Jack") van Lint (1 September 1932 – 28 September 2004) was a Dutch mathematician, professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, of which he was rector magnificus from 1991 till 1996. He gained his Ph.D. from Utrecht U ...

(1932–2004), Dutch mathematician and university president *

Jacobus van Looy Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (12 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Biography Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five y ...

(1855–1930), Dutch painter and writer *

Jacobus Mancadan Jacobus Sibrandi Mancadan (c. 1602 in Minnertsga – 4 October 1680 in Tjerkgaast) (subscription only) was a Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes. Biography Mancadan is considered one of the most important Fris ...

(1602–1680), Dutch painter *

Jacobus Anthonie Meessen Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (; 5 December 1836 – 14 November 1885) was a Dutch photographer who took more than 250 portraits and landscapes of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between 1864 and 1870. Born to a carpenter in Utrecht ...

(1836–1885), Dutch photographer *

Jacobus van Meteren Sir Jacobus van Meteren (1519-1555) was the financier and printer of early English versions of the Bible. He was involved in the printing of an edition of Tyndale's New Testament in 1535 (Herbert #15). The Coverdale Bible of 1535 (Herbert #18) ...

(1519–c.1555), Dutch printer; printed first English-language Bible in Antwerp *

Jacobus Oud Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, commonly called J. J. P. Oud (9 February 1890 – 5 April 1963) was a Dutch architect. His fame began as a follower of the '' De Stijl'' movement. Oud was born in Purmerend, the son of a tobacco and wine merchant. A ...

(1890–1963), Dutch architect *

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef Jacobus Hendrik (Henk) Pierneef (usually referred to as Pierneef) (13 August 1886 Pretoria – 4 October 1957 Pretoria), was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters. His distin ...

(1886–1957), South African landscape artist *

Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey or Jacob Ferdinand Saeys (1658 – after 1726) was a Flemish painter who specialized in architectural paintings depicting gallant companies amidst imaginary Renaissance and Baroque palaces and buildings. After starting h ...

(1658–1726), Flemish painter *

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer Jacobus Wilhelmus ("J.W.") Sauer (1850 – 24 July 1913), was a prominent liberal politician of the Cape Colony. He served as Minister in multiple Cape governments, and was influential in several unsuccessful attempts to enshrine equal political ...

(1850–1913), South African politician * Jacobus Spoors (1751–1833), Dutch politician *

Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, known as Koos Strauss, Kosie Strauss or J. G. N. Strauss (17 December 19007 March 1990), was a South African politician who was the leader of the South African United Party from 1950 to 1956. He had earlier been min ...

(1900–1990), South African politician *

Jacobus Swartwout Jacobus Swartwout (1734–1827) was an early American landowner, statesman, and military leader. Swartwout served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under General George Washington. He was a close ...

(1734–1827), American general and politician * Jacobus de la Torre (1608–1661), Dutch Archbishop *

Jacobus Van Cortlandt Jacobus van Cortlandt (1658–1739) was a wealthy Dutch-born American merchant, slave owner, and politician who served as the 30th and 33rd Mayor of New York City from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720. Early life Jacobus Van Cortland ...

(1658–1739), American mayor * Jacobus van der Merwe (born 1937), South African politician *

Jacobus van der Vecht Jacobus van der Vecht (5 July 1906 – 15 March 1992), nicknamed Jaap, was a Dutch entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera, especially those of the East Indies and New Guinea. Early life Van der Vecht was born in The Hague on 5 July 1906. H ...

(1906–1992), Dutch entomologist *

Jacobus de Voragine Jacobus de Voragine (c. 123013/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the ''Golden Legend'', a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medie ...

(c.1230–1298), Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa *

Jacobus Johannes Venter Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889) was a South African (Boer) statesman. He was a member of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State, chairman of the Joint Commission for Administering the Government in 1855 and served as Acting State Pre ...

(1814–1889), South African politician *

Jacobus Verhoeff Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (20 February 1927 – 19 March 2018) was a Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist. He is known for his work on error detection and correction, and on information retrieval. He has also held exhibitions of his m ...

(1927–2018), Dutch mathematician * Jacobus Verster (1919–1981), South African general *

Jacobus van de Water Jacobus Benjamin van de Water was mayor and "''auditeur''" of the city of New Amsterdam ca. 1673. Van de Water was born in 1643 to Benjamin Jacobus Van de Water, and Eijsbet de Meersman, from Rotterdam. His father died in Amsterdam on 23 January 1 ...

(1643–1712), Dutch mayor of New Amsterdam * Jacobus, pseudonym of Jacques Alphonse Doucet of

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Donald Lines Jacobus Donald Lines Jacobus, FASG (1887-1970) of New Haven, Connecticut, is widely regarded among genealogists as the dean of American genealogy. In his publications and teachings, Jacobus emphasized the importance of a scientific method of using pri ...

(1887–1970), American genealogist * Melancthon Williams Jacobus Sr. * Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr. *

Marc Jacobus Marc S. Jacobus (born 1951) is a professional American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2000 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1972 ** Vander ...

(born 1951), American bridge player * Preston Jacobus (1864–1911), American businessman and politician * Russell Jacobus (born 1944), American bishop *

Tim Jacobus Tim Jacobus (; born April 21, 1959) is an American artist best known for illustrating the covers for nearly 100 books in R. L. Stine's ''Goosebumps ''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stin ...

(born 1959), American artist

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