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

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