Jacobs (surname)

Jacobs is a patronymic medieval surname. Its origin is from the given name Jacob, derived from the Latin Jacobus, itself derived from the Hebrew language personal name Yaakov, from the Hebrew word akev ("heel"). It is a common in English speaking countries. There are many variant spellings. The first record of the surname is in 1244 in the "Cartularium Monasterii de Rameseia".^[1] Jacobs is also an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the baptismal name Jacob. The surname Jacobs referred to the son of Jacob which belongs to the category of patronymic surnames. People with the surname Jacobs include:

A

• A. J. Jacobs (born 1968), American journalist and author
• AJ Jacobs (born 1985), South African rugby referee
• Aad Jacobs (born 1936), Dutch businessman
• Abe Jacobs (born 1938), New Zealand professional wrestler
• Adolph Jacobs (1939–2014), American guitar player
• Adrian Jacobs (born 1980), South African rugby player
• Alan Jacobs, American film director and screenwriter
• Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929), Dutch physician, feminist and pacifist
• Alfred Jacobs (1897–1976), Australian activist for civil liberties and Aboriginal rights
• Allan Jacobs (born 1928), American urban designer, planner and writer
• Alma Smith Jacobs (1916–1997), American librarian
• Ananda Jacobs (born 1983), American actress, singer, model, producer and composer
• Andreas Jacobs (born 1963), German businessman
• Andy Jacobs (born 1952), British sports radio personality
• Anja Jacobs (born 1974), German film director
• Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs (born 1931), British businessman and politician
• Ariël Jacobs (born 1953), Belgian football player and manager
• Arnold Jacobs (1892–1974), Argentine cricketer
• Arnold Jacobs (1915–1998), American orchestral tuba player
• Art Jacobs (1902–1967), American baseball pitcher
• Arthur Jacobs (1922–1996), English musicologist
• Arthur I. Jacobs (1858–1918), American drill-chuck innovator
• Arthur P. Jacobs (1922–1973), American film producer

B

• Bárbara Jacobs (born 1947), Mexican writer
• Ben Jacobs (born 1982), Australian rugby player
• Ben Jacobs (born 1988), American football player
• Ben Jacobs (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
• Benjamin R. Jacobs (1879–1963), American biochemist
• Bert Jacobs (1941–1999), Dutch football player and manager
• Beverley Jacobs (born 1965), Canadian First Nation lawyer and activist
• Bobby Jacobs (born 1965), Dutch bassist and composer for the prog-rock group Focus
• Blair Jacobs (born 1970), English radio presenter
• Brad Jacobs (born 1985), Canadian curler
• Brandon Jacobs (born 1982), American football player
• Brian Jacobs (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Brian Jacobs, American actor
• Bruce Jacobs (born 1964), American talk radio host
• Bruce Jacobs (born 1975), South African field hockey player

C

• C. Scott Jacobs, American communication theorist
• Cameron Jacobs (born 1989), South African rugby player
• Carol Jacobs (born c. 1950), American board game (reversi) player
• Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862–1946), American singer, pianist, and songwriter
• Charles Fenno Jacobs (1904–1974), American photographer
• Charles Jacobs (born 1970) American judge
• Charlotte Jacobs (1847–1916), Dutch feminist and pharmacist
• Charly Jacobs (1948–2013), Belgian footballer
• Chris Jacobs (actor), American co-host of Discovery Channel television show Overhaulin'
• Chris Jacobs (born 1964), American swimmer
• Christian Jacobs (born1972), American musician, television producer and actor
• Christianne Meneses Jacobs (born 1971), Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher
• Clare Jacobs (1886–1971), American pole vaulter

D

• Dan Jacobs (born 1942), American jazz trumpeter
• Dan Jacobs (born 1982), American metal guitarist with the band Atreyu
• Daniel Jacobs (born 1987), American professional boxer
• Daniel Jacobs (born 1949), Canadian pilot and engineer
• Danny Jacobs (born 1968), American voice actor
• Danny Jacobs (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• David Jacobs (1888–1976), Welsh sprinter
• David Jacobs (c. 1973–2008), American personal trainer, convicted steroid dealer and informant
• David Jacobs (born 1977), Indonesian table tennis player
• Debbie Jacobs (born 1955), American disco singer
• Dennis Jacobs (born 1944), American judge
• Dolly Jacobs (born 1957), American circus aerialist

E

• Edgar P. Jacobs (1904–1987), Belgian comic book writer and artist
• Édouard Jacobs (1851–1925), Belgian cellist
• Elizabeth Jacobs (1903–1983), American anthropologist
• Elsy Jacobs (1933–1988), Luxembourgian road bicycle racer
• Elmer F. Jacobs (born 1945), American architect
• Ethel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), American racehorse owner/breeder
• Eva E. Jacobs (died 2015), American statistician

F

• Ferdinand Jacobs (c. 1713–1783), English Hudson's Bay Company officer
• Ferne Jacobs (born 1942), an American fiber artist
• Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (1836–1886), American (New York) politician and Union Army general
• Francis Jacobs (born 1939), British jurist
• Franklin Jacobs (born 1957), an American high jumper
• Friedrich Jacobs (1764–1847), German classical scholar

G

• Garry Jacobs (born 1946), American sociologist
• Gary Jacobs (born 1952), American television comedy writer and producer
• Gary Jacobs (born 1965), Scottish boxer
• George Jacobs, Sr. (c. 1620–1692), hanged for witchcraft in Salem witch trials
• George Jacobs (1877–1945), American inventor
• George W. "Doc" Jacobs (died 1968), American basketball coach
• Georges Jacobs (born 1940), Belgian businessman
• Gerald Jacobs, British author
• Gillian Jacobs (born 1982), American actress
• Glenn Jacobs (born 1967), American professional wrestler better known as Kane
• Graeme Jacobs (born 1944), Australian rules footballer

H

• Hans Jacobs (1907–1994), German sailplane designer and pioneer
• Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897), African-American writer and abolitionist
• Harry Jacobs (fl. 1904), American tug of war athlete
• Harry Jacobs (born 1937), American football player
• Heidi Hayes Jacobs (born 1948), American educator and businesswoman
• Helen Jacobs (1908–1997), American tennis player
• Helene Jacobs (1906–1993), German Resistance member
• Henri Jacobs (1864–1935), Belgian architect
• Henry Jacobs (1824–1901), first Dean of Christchurch, New Zealand
• Henry Jacobs (1924–2015), American sound artist and humorist
• Henry Eyster Jacobs (1844–1911), American religious figure and writer
• Herbert Jacobs, (1903-1987), American journalist and inventor of Jacobs Method for Crowd Measurement
• Hirsch Jacobs (1904–1970), American horse trainer
• Howard Jacobs, American sports lawyer

I

• Irwin M. Jacobs (born 1933), American co-founder of Qualcomm
• Israel Jacobs (1726–1796), colonial Pennsylvania politician

J

• Jack Jacobs (1919–1974), American and Canadian football player
• Jack H. Jacobs (born 1945),American Medal of Honor recipient
• Jaco Jacobs (born 1980), South African children's book author
• Jacob Jacobs (1812–1879), Belgian painter
• Jacob Jacobs (1890–1977), Yiddish theater and vaudeville director, producer, etc.
• James Jacobs, American game designer
• James B. Jacobs (born 1947), American law professor
• Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), American-Canadian urbanist
• Jane Jacobs (born 1924), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Jane M. Jacobs (born 1958), Australian geographer
• Janet Jacobs (born 1928), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Janice L. Jacobs (born 1946), American Foreign Service Officer
• Jay Jacob (1911–2013), American founder of Jay Jacobs clothing retailer
• Jay Jacobs (born 1938), American sports announcer
• Jay Jacobs (born 1953), American politician
• Jay Jacobs (born c. 1964), American athletic director
• Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821–1907), Belgian physician and entomologist
• Jerry A. Jacobs (born 1955), American sociologist
• Jill Jacobs (born 1951), American educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden
• Jill Jacobs (born 1975), American Conservative rabbi
• Jim Jacobs (born 1942), American composer, lyricist, and writer
• Jimmy Jacobs (1930–1988), American handball player and boxing manager
• Jimmy Jacobs (born 1984), American professional wrestler
• Joan Jacobs Brumberg (born 1944), American social historian
• Jochem Jacobs (born 1977), Dutch guitarist, producer and recording engineer
• Joe Jacobs (born 1970), American Arena Football league player
• Joe Jacobs (actor) (born 1983), English actor
• John Jacobs (1925–2017), English golfer
• John Jacobs (born 1945), American golfer
• John Jacobs (1947–1997), American student and anti-war activist
• John Jacobs (born 1959), American evangelist and bodybuilder
• John C. Jacobs (1838–1894), New York politician
• John Henry Jacobs (1847–1934), American sandstone industrialist
• Johnny Jacobs (1916–1982), American television announcer
• Jon Jacobs (born 1966), British actor and entrepreneur
• Jos Jacobs (born 1953), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Josef Jacobs (1894–1978), German pilot
• Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916), Australian-born folklorist, literary critic and historian
• Joseph J. Jacobs (1916–2004), American engineer and businessman
• Julian Jacobs (born 1937), American judge
• Julian Jacobs (born 1994), American basketball player
• June Jacobs, British Jewish peace activist

K

• Kate Jacobs (born 1959), American singer-songwriter
• Katie Jacobs Stanton (born 1969), American businesswoman, head of international strategy at Twitter
• Keaghan Jacobs (born 1989), South African footballer
• Ken Jacobs (born 1933), American experimental filmmaker
• Kenneth Jacobs (born 1917), Australian judge
• Kenneth M. Jacobs (born c. 1958), American businessman, CEO of Lazard
• Klaus Johann Jacobs (1936–2008), German-born Swiss billionaire
• Kristin Jacobs (born 1959), American politician, mayor of Broward County, Florida
• Kyle Jacobs (born 1973), American country musician and songwriter
• Kyle Jacobs (born 1991), South African footballer

L

• L. Rowley Jacobs (c.1823–1890s), itinerant American portrait painter
• Laura Jacobs, American novelist, journalist, and dance critic
• Laura Ann Jacobs, (born 1960) American sculptor and mixed media artist
• Lawrence Jacobs (born 1955), American News Corporation executive and lawyer
• Leighshe Jacobs (born 1985), South African cricketer
• Leon Jacobs (born 1995), American football player
• Lesedi Sheya Jacobs (born 1997), Namibian tennis player
• Lewis Jacobs (1904–1997), American author, director and publisher
• Lionel M. Jacobs ( 1842–1922), American businessman and politician
• Lodewijk Jacobs (born 1951), Dutch sprint canoer
• Lohan Jacobs (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Lou Jacobs (1903–1992), American circus clown
• Louis Jacobs (1920–2006), British Orthodox rabbi
• Louis L. Jacobs (born 1948), American vertebrate paleontologist

M

• Manis Jacobs (1782–1839), Dutch-born rabbi in New Orleans
• Marc Jacobs (born 1963), American fashion designer
• Margaret D. Jacobs (born 1963), American historian
• Marie-Josée Jacobs (born 1950), politician from Luxembourg
• Marion Walter Jacobs (Little Walter') (1930–1968), American blues harmonica player
• Marius Jacobs (1929–1983), Dutch botanist
• Mark Jacobs (born 1951), American writer and diplomat
• Mark Jacobs, American video game executive
• Mark Jacobs, American documentary maker
• Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs (1851–1936), American socialite, philanthropist, and art collector.
• Matthew Jacobs (born 1985), English-born rugby player
• Maxwell Ralph Jacobs (1905-1979), Australian forester
• Michael Jacobs (born 1952), travel and arts writer
• Michael Jacobs (producer) (born 1955), American producer and playwright
• Michael Jacobs (born 1991), English footballer
• Michael J. Jacobs (born 1952), English photojournalist
• Mike Jacobs (1877–1949), American baseball player
• Mike Jacobs (1880–1953), American boxing promoter
• Mike Jacobs (born 1960), American (Illinois) politician
• Mike Jacobs (born c. 1976), American (Georgia) politician
• Mike Jacobs (born 1980), American baseball player

N

• Nancy Jacobs (born 1951), American (Maryland) politician
• Nat Jacobs (born 1939), English boxer
• Noel Jacobs (1898–1977), English commander in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps

O

• Olu Jacobs (born 1942), Nigerian actor
• Onno Jacobs (born 1964), Dutch businessman associated with FC Feyenoord
• Orange Jacobs (1827–1914), American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician
• Otto Jacobs (1889–1955), American baseball catcher

P

• Parker Jacobs (born 1975), American musician and graphic designer
• Patricia Jacobs (born 1934), British geneticist
• Patti Ruffner Jacobs (1875–1935), American suffragist
• Paul Jacobs (1894–1973), Canadian First Nation hockey player
• Paul Jacobs (1918–1978), American activist
• Paul Jacobs (born 1949), Flemish author
• Paul Jacobs (born 1977), American organist
• Paul Jacobs (1930–1983), American pianist
• Paul E. Jacobs (born 1962), American Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm
• Paul Emil Jacobs (1802–1866), German painter
• Paul Ross Jacobs (born 1950), American composer and musician
• Pete Jacobs (1899-c.1952), American jazz drummer
• Pete Jacobs (born 1981), Australian triathlete
• Peter Jacobs (fencer) (born 1938), British Olympic fencer
• Peter Jacobs (lacrosse) (born 1973), American lacrosse player
• Petrus Jacobs (1910–1967), South African military commander
• Pieter Jacobs (born 1986), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Pim Jacobs (1934–1996), Dutch jazz pianist and television presenter

Q

• Quinton Jacobs (born 1979), Namibian footballer

R

• Regina Jacobs (born 1963), American middle distance runner
• René Jacobs (born 1946), Belgian conductor and countertenor
• Sir Roland Ellis Jacobs (1891–1981), South Australian businessman
• Richard Jacobs (1925–2009), American businessman
• Richard Jacobs (born 1956), American Reform rabbi
• Ridley Jacobs (born 1967), Antiguan cricketer
• Rob Jacobs (born 1943), Dutch football player and manager
• Robert Nelson Jacobs (born 1954), American screenwriter
• Rodger Jacobs (born 1959), American writer
• Ron Jacobs (1928–2002), English rugby player
• Ron Jacobs (1937–2016), American broadcaster
• Ron Jacobs (1942–2015), American basketball coach
• Rusty Jacobs (born 1967), American film actor
• Ruud Jacobs (born 1938), Dutch jazz-bassist and music producer

S

• Sam Jacobs (born 1938), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Sam Jacobs (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
• S. J. Jacobs, Samuel Joshua Jacobs (1853–1937), South Australian businessman
• Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Sean Divine Jacobs (born 1976), American rapper
• Simeon Jacobs (1839–1885), South African judge
• Simmone Jacobs (born 1966), British sprinter
• Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), English rabbi
• Steve Jacobs (born 1967), Australian actor
• Steven Jacobs (born 1967), Australian television presenter and actor
• Steven Jacobs (born 1987), Belgian footballer
• Steven L. Jacobs (born 1947), American historian
• Stu Jacobs (born 1965), New Zealand footballer
• Susan S. Jacobs (born c. 1945), American diplomat and children's rights activist

T

• Thomas M. Jacobs (1926–2014), American Nordic skier
• Thornwell Jacobs (1877–1956), American educator, author, and Presbyterian minister.
• Tim Jacobs (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Tommy Jacobs (born 1935), American golfer
• Tramain Jacobs (born 1992), American football player
• Trevor Jacobs (born 1946), English footballer
• Terrence Jacobs (born 1982),

Hardest man in Northolt, London, England. Reported to have killed 50 men with a grenade before he pulled the pin.

W

• W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943), English author
• Walter Jacobs (1930–1968), American blues harmonica player
• Walter Abraham Jacobs (1883–1967), American chemist
• Washington Michael Jacobs (1828–1899), American miner
• Wayne Jacobs (born 1969), English footballer and football coach
• Werner Jacobs (1909–1999), German film director
• Wilfred Jacobs (1919–1995), Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
• William H. Jacobs (1831–1882), German-born American legislator and banker

Z

• Zina Jacobs (1821–1901), American Mormon pioneer
• Zane Jacobs (2004-???)

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