Jacobson (surname)
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Jacobson is an English language
patronymic
surname
meaning "son of Jacob
". The prefix is an Ashkenazic variation of the Latin Jacobus, itself derived from the Hebrew language
given name
Yaakov ("supplanter" or "follower"). The suffix, -son denotes "son/descendent of". There are several variants. The earliest record of the surname is found in Cambridgeshire
in 1273.
People with the surname Jacobson include:
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
patronymic
Patronymic
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surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "son of Jacob
Jacob
Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
". The prefix is an Ashkenazic variation of the Latin Jacobus, itself derived from the Hebrew language
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
Yaakov ("supplanter" or "follower"). The suffix, -son denotes "son/descendent of". There are several variants. The earliest record of the surname is found in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
in 1273.
People with the surname Jacobson include:
- Amy JacobsonAmy JacobsonAmy Jacobson is a Chicago broadcaster who was a general assignment reporter for WMAQ-TV, the NBC television affiliate in Chicago, from 1996 to 2007, when she lost her job as part of a scandal involving a rival Chicago TV station's news cameras capturing footage of Jacobson clad in a bikini with...
(born 1969), television reporter for WMAQ News in Chicago - Ben JacobsonBen JacobsonBen Jacobson has been the head men's basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since 2006. Previously an assistant at North Dakota, North Dakota State, and was a top assistant at Northern Iowa before taking over as head coach.-Playing career:Jacobson attended Mayville-Portland high school...
(born 1970), American college basketball coach - Bill JacobsonBill JacobsonBill Jacobson is an American photographer. He received a BFA from Brown University in 1977 and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1981.-Works:...
(born 1955), American photographer - Carl Robert JakobsonCarl Robert JakobsonCarl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...
(1841–1882), Estonian writer and teacher - Cecil JacobsonCecil JacobsonCecil Byran Jacobson is a former fertility doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate his patients, without informing them.-Baboon impregnation:...
(born 1936), disgraced American fertility doctor - Clayton Jacobson IIClayton Jacobson IIClayton Jacobson II is credited with inventing the personal water craft, including both the sit-down and stand-up models.-Early design and prototypes:...
(born 1932 or 1933), credited with inventing the personal water craft - Dan JacobsonDan JacobsonDan Jacobson is a novelist, short story writer, critic and essayist. He has lived in Great Britain for most of his adult life, and for many years held a professorship in the English Department at University College London...
(born 1929), South African writer - Dana JacobsonDana JacobsonDana Jacobson is an ESPN anchorwoman. She joined the network as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter. In March 2005, she was named co-host of Cold Pizza, and transitioned with the show as it became ESPN First Take...
(born 1971), American news anchor - David Jacobson (diplomat)David Jacobson (diplomat)David Cary Jacobson is an American lawyer who is the current United States Ambassador to Canada.A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University Law Center, he spent much of his career working in the Chicago offices of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, a major international law firm...
, lawyer and current United States Ambassador to Canada - Douglas T. JacobsonDouglas T. JacobsonMajor Douglas Thomas Jacobson was a United States Marine who earned the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima during World War II...
(1925–2000), US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor - Edward JacobsonEdward JacobsonEdward Jacobson was an American-Jewish businessman. He was also a U.S. Army associate, business partner, and close friend of President Harry S. Truman....
(1891–1955), Jewish American businessman and activist - Edmund JacobsonEdmund JacobsonEdmund Jacobson was a US-American physician in internal medicine and psychiatry and a physiologist. He was the founder of the Progressive Muscle Relaxation and of Biofeedback....
, American physician, creator of the Jacobson's Progressive Muscle RelaxationJacobson's Progressive Muscle RelaxationProgressive muscle relaxation is a technique for reducing anxiety by alternately tensing and relaxing the muscles. It was developed by American physician Edmund Jacobson in the early 1920s. Jacobson argued that since muscle tension accompanies anxiety, one can reduce anxiety by learning how to...
technique - Edith JacobsonEdith JacobsonEdith Jacobson was a German psychoanalyst. Her major contributions to psychoanalytic thinking dealt with the development of the sense of identity and self-esteem and with an understanding of depression and psychosis...
(1897–1978), German psychoanalyst - Emily JacobsonEmily JacobsonEmily Phillipa Jacobson is an American sabre fencer.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and also a former Yale fencer, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively.She is the younger sister of fellow U.S...
(born 1985), American sabre fencer - Eric JacobsonEric JacobsonEric Jacobson is a puppeteer and Muppet performer, who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz's characters since 2001.-Career:...
(born 1970), American puppeteer - Fredrik JacobsonFredrik JacobsonFredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson is a Swedish professional golfer.Jacobson was born in Kungsbacka. He turned professional in 1994 and was a member of the European Tour in 1995 and from 1997 to 2004. In 2003 he won his first European Tour title, and went on to claim two more victories that season...
(born 1974), Swedish golfer - Howard JacobsonHoward JacobsonHoward Jacobson is a Man Booker Prize-winning British Jewish author and journalist. He is best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.-Background:...
(born 1942), British author - Israel JacobsonIsrael JacobsonIsrael Jacobson was a German philanthropist and, according to Borowitz and Patz in Explaining Reform Judaism , is considered the "father" of the Reform movement in Judaism.-Origins:...
(1768–1828), German philanthropist and reformer - Ivar JacobsonIvar JacobsonIvar Hjalmar Jacobson is a Swedish computer scientist, known as major contributor to UML, Objectory, RUP and aspect-oriented software development.- Biography :...
(born 1939), Swedish computer scientist - Jeff Jacobson (Ohio)Jeff Jacobson (Ohio)Jeff Jacobson was a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th District starting 2001. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1992 until 2000....
, Ohio Republican state senator - Joe JacobsonJoe JacobsonJoseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson is a Welsh footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team, and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team.- Cardiff City :...
(born 1986), Welsh footballer - Joseph JacobsonJoseph JacobsonJoseph Jacobson, a native and resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is a tenured professor and head of the Molecular Machines group at the Center for Bits and Atoms at the MIT Media Lab...
, American inventor - Leonard JacobsonLeonard JacobsonLeonard Jacobson FAIA was an America museum architect. He worked with I. M. Pei on some of the major museum projects in the 20th century....
(1921–1992), American museum architect - Marcey JacobsonMarcey JacobsonMarcella "Marcey" Jacobson was an American photographer who moved to Chiapas, Mexico in the 1950s, and was best known for her photographs of the indigenous peoples of Southern Mexico.-Early life:...
(1911–2009), American photographer - Nathan JacobsonNathan JacobsonNathan Jacobson was an American mathematician....
(1910–1999), American mathematician - Norm JacobsonNorm JacobsonNorm Jacobson was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s. A New South Wales interstate representative three-quarter, he played his club football career in the NSWRFL Premiership for the Newtown club....
, rugby league footballerd - Robert M. JacobsonRobert M. JacobsonRobert Martin Jacobson is the former chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and a full professor of pediatrics at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. He still regularly sees young patients as a member of the Division of Community Pediatric and...
(born 1958), American physician - Roman JakobsonRoman JakobsonRoman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.As a pioneer of the structural analysis of language, which became the dominant trend of twentieth-century linguistics, Jakobson was among the most influential linguists of the century...
or Jacobson (1896–1982), Russian linguist - Sada JacobsonSada JacobsonSada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a...
(born 1983), American sabre fencer - Sam JacobsonSam JacobsonSamuel Ryan Jacobson is an American professional basketball player. He plays at guard or forward. He formerly played for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Minnesota Timberwolves....
(born 1975), American basketball player - Sydney Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist and editor
- Van JacobsonVan JacobsonVan Jacobson is one of the primary contributors to the TCP/IP protocol stack which is the technological foundation of today’s Internet. He is renowned for his pioneering achievements in network performance and scaling....
, American scientist and network specialist - William JacobsonWilliam JacobsonFor the law school professor, see William A. JacobsonFor the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see William Jacobson ....
(1803–1884), British Anglican bishop - William A. JacobsonWilliam A. JacobsonWilliam A. Jacobson is an American lawyer, professor, and political blogger.Jacobson is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School...
, American attorney