Jacks may refer to: *

Knucklebones Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragalus, tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, or jackstones, among many other names, is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in var ...

, a game of ancient origin, also known as "jacks" * Jacks (band), a 1960s Japanese psychedelic rock band *

Jacks Mountain Jacks Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending southeast of the Stone Mountain ridge and Jacks Mountain Anticline. The ridge line separates Kishacoquillas Valley from the Ferguson and Dry Valleys. Jacks ...

, a ridge in Pennsylvania, United States *

Jacks River The Jacks River or Jack's Fork (of the Conasauga River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 27, 2011 river in the Cohutta Wilderness Area of northwest Georgia, ...

, a river in the Cohutta Wilderness Area, Georgia, United States * Jack's, a fast food restaurant chain in the United States * Jack's, a value retail chain in the United Kingdom, part of the Tesco Group *

South Dakota State Jackrabbits The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are the 19 intercollegiate teams representing South Dakota State University that compete in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I (for football: Football Championship Subdivision). SDSU ...

, the athletic program of South Dakota State University

People with the surname

Al Jacks Albert Anderson "Jumbo" Jacks (February 26, 1935 – February 16, 2023) was an American professor and college football coach. He played as a quarterback at Penn State University from 1956 to 1958. Jacks spent 19 years as the head football coa ...

(born c. 1935), American professor and college football coach * Banita Jacks, American convicted murderer *

Brian Jacks Brian Jacks (born 5 October 1946) is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967, and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Munich Olympics. Superstars ...

(born 1946), British judoka *

Digby Jacks Digby Jacks (16 May 1945 – 21 October 2011) was a British student activist and trade union official. Jacks became the President of the UK's National Union of Students in 1971, serving until 1973, and was subsequently an official for the Manufac ...

(1945–2011), British trade union official * George Jacks (born 1946), English association football player *

Harry Jacks Harry Jacks (born Herman Jekeles on 5 August 1908–19 August 1994) was a New Zealand soldier, plant pathologist, lecturer and forester. He was born in the Bukowina, Austria-Hungary, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Украї� ...

(1908–1994), New Zealand soldier, plant pathologist, lecturer and forester *

James Jacks James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard L ...

(1947–2014), American film producer *

Katrina Jacks Katrina Jacks (c. 1986 in Monmouth, Wales – 16 May 2010 in Lake Titicaca, Peru), was a Welsh rower and chemical engineering graduate. Biography Jacks was born in Monmouth, the second child and first daughter to General Practitioners Alasdair a ...

(1986–2010), Welsh rower and chemical engineer * L. P. Jacks (1860–1955), English educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister *

Onimim Jacks Onimim Ernestina Jacks (née Briggs) is a lawyer serving since June 2015 as the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture in Nigeria. She is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party. Early life and education Jacks was born on 4 Dece ...

, Nigerian lawyer *

Robert Jacks Robert Jacks (8 March 1943, Melbourne—14 August 2014, Castlemaine) was an Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied sculpture from 1958 to 1960 at the Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, and ...

(born 1943), Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker *

Ron Jacks Ronald Brian Jacks (born January 23, 1948) was a Canadian Olympic and international swimmer in the 1960s and 1970s. He is currently a leading coach for Canadian swimmers such as Richard Weinberger through the Pacific Coast Swimming Club. He he ...

(born 1948), Canadian swimmer *

Sam Jacks Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

(1915–1975), Canadian sports inventor *

Susan Jacks Susan Jacks ( Pesklevits; 19 August 1948 – 25 April 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. Career Susan Pesklevits was born on 19 August 1948 to a family of eight children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family moved t ...

(1948–2022), Canadian singer–songwriter *

Terry Jacks Terrence Ross Jacks (born March 29, 1944) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his 1974 hit song "Seasons in the Sun". Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His fam ...

(born 1944), Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist *

Tex Jacks The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. 2006 was a year when many families joined ''EastEnders''. First, Deano Wicks, his sister Carly Wicks and fathe ...

(born 1995), British actor *

Tyler Jacks Tyler Jacks is a David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a long-time HHMI investigator, and Founding Director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, which brings together biol ...

, American biologist *

William Jacks William Jacks (18 March 1841 – 9 August 1907) was a British ironmaster, author and Liberal politician. Early life Jacks was born at Cornhill-on-Tweed, near Coldstream, Northumberland the son Richard Jacks, a farmer and land steward, and his ...

(1841–1907), British ironmaster, author, and politician

People with the surname

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