Jacques

**Jacques** [ zhahk ] is a French male given name and surname.

Jacques is from the Latin name Jacobus. It is a masculine name that means "supplanter" or "one who follows". It is also associated with the Hebrew name Yaakov, which means "he who supplants".

This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

## People with the given name Jacques

- Jacques I (1689–1751), Prince of Monaco
- Jacques Abady (1872–1964), British lawyer
- Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), French cyclist
- Jacques Arnold (born 1947), English politician and MP for Gravesham (1987–1997)
- Jacques Barzun (1907–2012), French-born American historian
- Jacques Beckers (born 1934), Dutch-born American astrophysicist
- Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian singer and songwriter
- Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), Dutch field hockey player and coach
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French underwater explorer
- Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), French explorer
- Jacques Chapiro (1887–1972), painter
- Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), French politician
- Jacques D'Amours (born 1956/57), Canadian businessman
- Jacques Delors (born 1925), French politician
- Jacques de Molay (c. 1243–1314), last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), Algerian-born French philosopher
- Jacques du Toit (cricketer) (born 1980), South African-born cricketer
- Jacques du Toit (rugby union) (born 1993), South African-born rugby union player
- Jacques Dutronc (born 1943), French singer and actor
- Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French philosopher
- Jacques Erwin (1908–1957), French actor
- Jacques Faty (born 1984), Senegalese footballer
- Jacques Feyder (1885–1948), Belgian film director
- Jacques Follorou (born 1968), French journalist
- Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer
- Jacques Gaillot (born 1935), French social activist and Roman Catholic Bishop
- Jacques Grimaldi, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis de Baux (born 2014), heir to the Monegasque throne
- Jacques Hanegraaf (born 1960), Dutch cyclist
- Jacques Ibert (1880–1962), French composer of classical music
- Jacques Kallis (born 1975), South African cricketer
- Jacques La Degaillerie (born 1940), French fencer
- Jacques Lacan (1901–1981), French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Jacques Landry (born 1969), Canadian cyclist
- Jacques Loeb (1859–1924), German-born American physiologist and biologist
- Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), French neo-classical painter
- Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), French Catholic philosopher
- Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French explorer, led first European expedition to the northern Mississippi River
- Jacques Massu (1908–2002), French general
- Jacques Mazoin (1929–2020), French rugby union player and coach
- Jacques Monod (1910–1976), French biologist and Nobel Prize recipient
- Jacques Ochs (1883–1971), Belgian Olympic champion épée fencer
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), German born French composer, notable for composing the "Can Can"
- Jacques Onana (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
- Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015), Premier of Québec
- Jacques Pépin (born 1935), French chef
- Jacques Plante (1929–1986), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Jacques Prévert (1900–1977), French poet and screenwriter
- Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894), French zoologist
- Jacques Puisais (1927–2020), French oenologist
- Jacques Rancière (born 1940), French philosopher
- Jacques Robert (film director) (1890–1928), Swiss silent actor and film director in the 1910s and 1920s
- Jacques Riparelli (born 1983), Cameroonian-born Italian athlete
- Jacques Rit (born 1949), Monegasque politician
- Jacques Rivette (1928–2016), French filmmaker
- Jacques Rogge (born 1942), Belgian sports administrator, president of the International Olympic Committee
- Jacques Rougeau (born 1960), Canadian professional wrestler
- Jacques Rudolph (born 1981), South African cricketer
- Jacques Stas (born 1969), Belgian basketball coach and former player
- Jacques Stroweis, special effects artist
- Jacques Sylla (born 1946), Malagasy politician, former Prime Minister of Madagascar
- Jacques Tati (1907–1982), French filmmaker
- Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971), Canadian racing driver
- Jacques Webster (born 1992), known as Travis Scott, American rapper
- Jacques Yoko (born 1972), French volleyball player
- Jacques Zabor (1941–2007), French actor
- Jacques Zon (1872–1932), Dutch painter
- Jacques Cousteau, French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

## People with the surname Jacques

- Bob Jacques, rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s
- Brian Jacques (1939–2011), British author and radio host, known primarily for the _Redwall_ series
- Cheryl Jacques (born 1962), American activist
- Hattie Jacques (1922–1980), British comedy actress
- Jean-François Jacques (born 1985), Canadian professional hockey player
- Jeph Jacques (born 1980), American webcomic artist
- Kateřina Jacques (born 1971), Czech politician
- Martin Jacques (born 1945), British journalist, former editor of _Marxism Today_
- Martyn Jacques (born 1959), British musician, singer and songwriter, founder of The Tiger Lillies
- Rémy Jacques (1817–1905), French lawyer and politician.
- Richard Jacques (born 1973), British composer
- Richard Jacques (military officer) (1704–1745), American colonial officer during Father Rale's War

## Fictional characters

- Dr. Jacques Von Hämsterviel, from _Lilo & Stitch_
- Jacques Snicket, a character in the _A Series of Unfortunate Events_ novel series
- Inspector Jacques Clouseau, detective from The Pink Panther series

## Infobox (given name)

- **name**: Jacques
- **pronunciation**: or
- **gender**: Male
- **region**: French
- **origin**: Hebrew