Jacob (disambiguation)
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Jacob was a patriarch of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions.
Jacob may also refer to:
- Jacob, Indian unit of length a.k.a. jow
- Jacob (sheep), a rare breed of black and white spotted, multi-horned sheep
- Jacob (name), linguistic aspects
- Jacob, Book of Jacob (Mormon)
- Jacob (clothing retailer), a Canadian clothing store chain
[edit] People
- Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet) (fl. c. 600 BCE)
- John Jacob of Montferrat (1395–1445), Italian soldier & government administrator
- Yaqob of Ethiopia (died 1638), ruler
- Giles Jacob (1686–1744), British jurist and writer
- Jacob Ekelman, bass guitarist for Arizona rock band Two Dollar Grey
- Jacob Emden (1697–1776), Rabbi, talmudist, and prominent opponent of the Shabbethaians
- Jacob Micflikier (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jacob Minah (born 1982), German decathlete
- Edward Jacob (c. 1710 -1788), British scholar and politician
- Georges Jacob (1739–1814), French artist
- Jacob Hübner (1761–1826), German entomologist
- John Jacob (British army officer) (1812–1858)
- P. L. Jacob (1806–1884), French writer Paul Lacroix
- John J. Jacob (1829–1893), American politician
- Charles Donald Jacob (1838–1898), American politician and diplomat
- Edgar Jacob (1844–1920), British religious leader
- Claud Jacob (1863–1948), British soldier
- E. F. Jacob (1894–1971), British scholar
- Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), British musician
- Ian Jacob (1899–1993), British soldier
- Jacob Sacklowsky (Jack Sack; born 1908), American pro football All-Pro
- Jacob Finkelstein (John "Jackie" Fields; 1908–84), American, Hall of Fame world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight boxer
- Alaric Jacob (1909–1995), British journalist and author
- François Jacob (born 1920), French biologist
- Ya'akov Hodorov (1927–2006), Israeli football goalkeeper
- Yaacov Agam (born 1928), Israeli sculptor
- John Edward Jacob (born 1934), American activist
- Max Jacob (1876–1944), French writer
- Violet Jacob (1863–1946), British writer
- Marius Jacob (1879–1954), French activist
- Yaakov Shabtai (1934–81), Israeli novelist, playwright, and translator
- Jacob Zuma (born 1942), South African politician
- Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), Canadian author
- Yaakov Peri (born 1944), Israeli head of the domestic intelligence agency
- Irène Jacob (born 1966) French-born Swiss actress
- Jacob M. Appel (born 1973), American bioethicist
- Jacob Guay (born 1999), Canadian singer
[edit] Fiction
- Fictional characters:
- Jacob Marley, in Dickens' A Christmas Carol
- Jacob Black, in novels of Stephenie Meyer
- Jacob (Lost), character in the television series Lost
- Jacob Snicket, character in the series of children's novels A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
- Jacob Faithful, 1834 novel by Frederick Marryat
[edit] See also
- Jacob (given name)
- Yakub (disambiguation)
- Jakob (disambiguation)
- Jacobs (disambiguation)
- Jacob's, a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers
- Jacob's Ladder (disambiguation)
- Jacobson (disambiguation)
- Jacobsen (disambiguation)
- Jacobite (disambiguation)
- Jacobin (disambiguation)
- Jacobean (disambiguation)
- Jacobian (disambiguation)
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