Jacobson (surname)
Appearance
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Meaning | "son of Jacob" |
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Variant form(s) | Jacobsen, Jakobson |
Jacobson is an
Latin Jacobus, itself derived from the Hebrew language given name Yaakov ("supplanter" or "follower"). The suffix, -son denotes "son/descendant of". There are several variants. The earliest record of the surname is found in Cambridgeshire in 1273.[1]
People with the surname Jacobson include:
- Abbi Jacobson (born 1984), American comedian, actress and writer'
- Allan S. Jacobson (1932–1997), American astrophysicist
- Amy Jacobson (born 1969), television reporter for WMAQ News in Chicago
- Andrew Jacobson (born 1985), Major League Soccer player
- Arthur Jacobson (1901–1993), American assistant director
- Ben Jacobson (born 1970), American college basketball coach
- Bill Jacobson (born 1955), American photographer
- Brandon Jacobson (born 2003), American chess player
- Cecil Jacobson (1936–2021), disgraced American fertility doctor
- Clayton Jacobson II (1933–2022), credited with inventing the personal water craft
- Dan Jacobson (1929–2014), South African writer
- Dana Jacobson (born 1971), American news anchor
- United States Ambassador to Canada
- Douglas T. Jacobson (1925–2000), US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor
- Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxationtechnique
- Edward Jacobson (1891–1955), Jewish American businessman and activist
- Edith Jacobson (1897–1978), German psychoanalyst
- Emily Jacobson (born 1985), American sabre fencer
- Eric Jacobson (born 1970), American puppeteer
- Erin M. Jacobson American attorney specializing in music industry intellectual property
- Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991), American poet
- Ethel Jacobson (editor) (1877–1965), New Zealand journalist and editor
- Freddie Jacobson (born 1974), Swedish golfer
- Georgiy Jacobson (1871–1926), Russian entomologist
- Harvey Jacobson (born 1956), British businessman
- Howard Jacobson (born 1942), British author
- Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), German philanthropist and reformer
- Ivar Jacobson (born 1939), Swedish computer scientist
- Jacob F. Jacobson (1849–1938), American businessman and politician
- Jeff Jacobson (Ohio), American politician, Ohio Republican state senator
- Joe Jacobson (born 1986), Welsh footballer
- Joel Jacobson (born 1951), American curler
- John G. Jacobson (1869–1929), American businessman and politician
- Joseph Jacobson (born 1965), American inventor
- Judy Jacobson (1939–2019), American politician
- Leonard Jacobson (1921–1992), American museum architect
- Louisa Jacobson (born 1991), American actress and model
- Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish surgeon
- Jacobson's cartilage
- Jacobson’s nerve
- Jacobson's organ
- Marcey Jacobson (1911–2009), American photographer
- Mark Z. Jacobson (born 1965), professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Max Jacobson (1900–1979), American physician and amphetamine addict
- Nathan Jacobson (1910–1999), American mathematician
- Norm Jacobson (1917-1994), rugby league footballer
- Oscar Jacobson (1882–1966), Swedish-born American painter and museum curator
- Peter Marc Jacobson(born 1957), American television writer, director and producer
- Peter Jacobson (born 1965), American film and television actor
- Peter Jacobson (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge
- Richard Jacobson (1923–2000), birth name of American actor Rick Jason
- Richard Jacobson (born 1959), Canadian artist
- Robert Jacobson (born 1940), former Lutheran Bishop who became a Catholic priest
- Robert M. Jacobson (born 1958), American physician
- Roberta S. Jacobson (born 1960), American diplomat
- Roman Jakobson or Jacobson (1896–1982), Russian linguist
- Sada Jacobson (born 1983), American sabre fencer
- Sam Jacobson (born 1975), American basketball player
- Sydney Jacobson(1908–1988), British journalist and editor
- Van Jacobson, American scientist and network specialist
- Walter Jacobson (born 1937), American TV and radio personality
- William Jacobson (1803–1884), British Anglican bishop
- William A. Jacobson, American attorney, Cornell Law School professor, and blogger
- Zach Jacobson (born 1984), American curler
See also
References
- ^ "Surname Jacobson". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-05.