# Jacob (surname)

Jacob is a surname, ultimately from the Biblical figure Jacob. Jakob is the main German form of the name.
For the meaning of the name, see Jacob (name).

## Notable people with the surname Jacob
### A–G

* Abe Jacob (born 1944), American sound designer
* Alaric Jacob (1909–1995), British journalist and author
* Alek Jacob (born 1998), American baseball player
* Alexander Malcolm Jacob (1849–1921), diamond and gemstone trader, sold the Jacob Diamond
* Anund Jacob (c. 1010–1050), a.k.a. Anund Jakob, King of Sweden
* Archibald Jacob (1829–1900), Australian politician
* Archibald Jacob, (1888-1959), British musician, brother of Gordon Jacob
* Ariana Jacob, American artist
* Caroline Jacob (1861–1940), South Australian school principal and owner
* Catherine Jacob (actress) (born 1956), French actress
* Catherine Jacob (journalist) (born 1976), British broadcast journalist and news presenter
* Charles Jacob (geologist) (1878–1962), French geologist
* Charles Jacob (stockbroker) (1921–2015), British stockbroker, promoter of ethical investment
* Charles Donald Jacob (1838–1898), American politician and diplomat
* Christian Jacob (politician) (born 1959), French politician
* Christy Jacob (born 1944), Irish hurler
* Claud Jacob (1863–1948), British soldier
* Claus Jacob (born 1969), German scientist
* Corentin Jacob (born 1997), French footballer
* Daryl Jacob (born 1983), Irish jockey
* E. F. Jacob (1894–1971), British scholar
* Edgar Jacob (1844–1920), British religious leader
* Edward Jacob (c. 1710–1788), British scholar and politician
* Ephraim Arnold Jacob (1845–1905), American lawyer and judge
* François Jacob (1920–2013), French biologist
* Franz G. Jacob (1870–?), German chess master
* Georges Jacob (1739–1814), French artist
* Giles Jacob (1686–1744), British jurist and writer
* Gilles Jacob
* Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), British musician

### H–Z

* Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967), German-American writer
* Ian Jacob (1899–1993), British soldier
* Ida Luise Jacob (1826–1904), German cookbook author; see Emmy Braun (pseudonym)
* Irène Jacob (born 1966) French-born Swiss actress
* Jack Farj Rafael Jacob (1921–2016) Lieutenant general, Indian Army
* John Jacob, Marquess of Montferrat (1395–1445), Italian soldier and government administrator
* John Jacob (East India Company officer) (1812–1858)
* John Edward Jacob (born 1934), American activist
* John J. Jacob (Kentucky businessman) (1770–1852), businessman, industrialist and philanthropist
* John J. Jacob (West Virginia politician) (1829–1893), governor
* Ken Jacob, (born 1949) American politician
* Louis Léon Jacob (1768–1854), French admiral
* Marius Jacob (1879–1954), French activist
* Maurice Jacob (1933-2007), French theoretical particle physicist
* Max Jacob (1876–1944), French writer
* Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clément Jacob, (1906–1977), French monk, composer and organist
* Michael Jacob (born 1980), Irish hurler
* Mick Jacob (born 1946), Irish hurler
* Nancy Jacob, American photographer
* Odile Jacob, French publisher
* Pierre Jacob (1953–2018), Canadian politician
* P. L. Jacob, pseudonym of French writer Paul Lacroix (1806–1884)
* Richard Jacob (born 1958), basketball coach
* Romain Jacob (born 1988), French boxer
* Rory Jacob (born 1983), Irish hurler
* Suzanne Jacob (born 1943), Canadian author
* Teuku Jacob (1929–2007), Indonesian paleoanthropologist
* Teun Jacob (1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor
* Thierry Jacob (1965–2024), French professional boxer
* Trevor Jacob (born 1993), American snowboarder accused of deliberately crashing his own plane
* Ursula Jacob (born 1985), Irish camogie player
* Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Scottish writer
* William & Robert (W & R) Jacob, Irish founders of Jacob's biscuit makers

## Fictional Characters

* Little Jacob, supportive character in the plot of GTA IV

## Notable people with the surname Jakob

* Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931), German physician
* Hans Jakob (Esperantist) (1891–1967), German-born Swiss Esperantist
* Hans Jakob (footballer) (1908–1994), German soccer player
* Julia Jakob (born 1991), Swiss orienteer
* Liane Jakob-Rost (born 1928), German scholar
* Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob (1759–1827), German economist
* Mark S. Jakob (born 1977), American criminal