Jackson (surname)
Jackson is a common surname of English origin. In 1980, Jackson was the 24th most common surname in England and Wales. In the 1990 United States Census, Jackson was the thirteenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population.
Jackson is also commonly used as a first name.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Entertainment
Film and television
- Amy Jackson, British actress and model
- Andrew Jackson , Canadian actor
- Anne Jackson, American actress
- Anthony Jackson , English actor Djxbazz
- Bill Jackson , American TV personality
- Charlotte Jackson, English TV presenter
- Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer
- David Jackson , British actor
- Eugene Jackson, American actor
- Frederick J. Jackson, American screenwriter
- Gemma Jackson, British art director
- George Jackson , American film director and producer
- Glenda Jackson, British actress and Member of Parliament
- Gordon Jackson , Scottish actor
- Horace Jackson, American actor
- Horace Jackson , American filmmaker, and educator
- Jeremy Jackson, American actor
- John Jackson, British screenwriter
- Jonathan Jackson , American actor
- Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor
- Kate Jackson, American actress
- Leonard Jackson , American stage and screen actor
- Marion Jackson, American screenwriter
- Mick Jackson , British film director
- Mike and Michelle Jackson, Australian children's TV entertainers
- Paul Jackson , British TV producer
- Peter Jackson, New Zealand director
- Philip Jackson , English actor
- Sammy Jackson, American actor
- Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Irish actress
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- Shar Jackson, American TV and film actress
- Sherry Jackson, American actress and child star
- Skai Jackson, American actress
- Tom Jackson , Canadian actor and singer
- Victoria Jackson, American actress and comedian
Music
- The Jackson family, an American musical family consisting of:
- * First generation:
- **Joe Jackson, patriarch and manager
- **Katherine Jackson, matriarch
- * Second generation:
- **Rebbie Jackson, American singer
- **Jackie Jackson, member of the Jackson 5
- **Tito Jackson, guitarist/vocalist of Jackson 5
- **Jermaine Jackson, member of the Jackson 5
- **La Toya Jackson, singer
- **Marlon Jackson, member of the Jackson 5
- **Michael Jackson, singer-songwriter and dancer, member of the Jackson 5
- **Randy Jackson, member of the Jackson 5
- **Janet Jackson, singer-songwriter
- * Third generation:
- **Taj Jackson, son of Tito; member of 3T
- **Taryll Adren Jackson, son of Tito; member of 3T
- ** Sigmund Jackson, Jr., son of Jackie; better known as rapper DealZ
- **Tito Joe Jackson, son of Tito; member of 3T
- **Jaafar Jackson, son of Jermaine
- **Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael
- Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer
- Alan Jackson, American country music singer and songwriter
- Andrew Jackson, British recording engineer
- Anthony Jackson , American bass player
- Armand "Jump" Jackson, American R&B drummer, bandleader and songwriter
- Bashar Jackson, American rapper and singer known professionally as Pop Smoke
- Bob Jackson , British musician
- Bull Moose Jackson, American blues and R&B singer and saxophonist
- Carl Jackson, American musician
- Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer
- Curtis Jackson, American rapper performing as 50 Cent
- David Jackson , British musician
- Deon Jackson, American soul singer
- Eddie Jackson , American bass guitarist
- Eddie Jackson , American country musician
- Elly Jackson, British singer, part of the band/duo La Roux
- Francis Jackson, British composer and organist
- Fred Jackson , American R&B and jazz saxophonist
- Fred Jackson Jr., American jazz saxophonist
- Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
- Fruteland Jackson, American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- George Pullen Jackson, American musician
- Graham Jackson , British conductor
- Henry Jackson, American rapper, known as Big Bank Hank
- Jack Jackson , British musician
- Jerry Naylor Jackson, American musician, member of The Crickets
- Jim Jackson , American blues musician
- J. J. Jackson , American MTV VJ
- J. J. Jackson , American soul musician
- Jennie Jackson, American singer
- Joe Jackson , British singer/songwriter
- John Jackson, American rapper, known as Fabolous
- John Jackson , American blues musician
- Johnny Jackson , American drummer
- Kate Jackson , British singer
- Keenon Jackson, American rapper known professionally as YG
- Keisha Jackson, American musician
- Lee Jackson , American blues musician
- Lee Jackson , British bass guitarist
- Lee Jackson , American composer
- Leon Jackson, Scottish musician
- Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer
- Mark Jackson , English musician
- Mick Jackson , English musician
- Millie Jackson, U.S. musician
- Milt Jackson, U.S. jazz vibraphonist
- Milton Jackson, British music producer
- O'Shea Jackson, known as Ice Cube, American rapper/actor
- O'Shea Jackson, Jr., American rapper/actor and son of Ice Cube
- Papa Charlie Jackson, American musician
- Paul Jackson , U.S. bass guitarist
- Paul Jackson Jr., U.S. musician
- Randy Jackson, U.S. musician, judge on American Idol
- Randy Jackson , U.S. rock musician, frontman for the band Zebra
- Roddy Jackson, U.S. rockabilly musician
- Sammy Jackson, Canadian jazz singer
- Stevie Jackson, Scottish musician
- Stonewall Jackson , American country music singer
- Tony Jackson , U.S. composer
- Tony Jackson , British singer
- Vasti Jackson, American blues musician and record producer
- Walter Jackson , American soul singer
- Wanda Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and musician
- William Jackson , Scottish harpist and composer
- William E. Jackson, American Greenpeace activist and musician
- New Orleans Willie Jackson, New Orleans jazz singer
Military
- Arthur J. Jackson, U.S. Marine Corps officer, Medal of Honor recipient for actions during World War II
- Charles Douglas Jackson, U.S. Army general, expert on psychological warfare
- Conrad Feger Jackson, general in the Union Army in the American Civil War
- Frederick George Jackson, British army officer and explorer
- Henry Jackson , U.S. Army general in the Revolutionary War
- Sir Henry Jackson , British First Sea Lord during World War I
- Henry R. Jackson, Confederate general
- Joe M. Jackson, U.S. Air Force officer, Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Vietnam War
- John Francis Jackson, Australian fighter ace
- Leslie Douglas Jackson, Australian fighter ace
- Mary M. Jackson, American vice admiral in the United States Navy
- Sir Mike Jackson , British Army Chief of the General Staff
- Norman Cyril Jackson, British RAF, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Philip Jackson , British naval officer and surveyor
- Sir Stanley Jackson , British Army officer, cricketer, and politician
- Thomas Jonathan Jackson, known as Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general
- William Jackson , Australian Army recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir William Jackson , British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar
- William Hicks Jackson, Confederate general
Politics
- Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States of America
- Burke Jackson, American politician and rancher
- Caroline Jackson, British politician
- Colin Jackson , British MP
- Derrick Jackson , American politician
- Ed Jackson , American politician
- Fitz Jackson, Jamaican politician
- George Jackson , Canadian MP
- George Jackson , Irish MP
- Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet, born George Jackson, British MP
- Giorgio Jackson, Chilean politician
- Glenda Jackson, British politician
- Gordon Jackson , Scottish politician
- Helen Jackson , British politician
- John Jackson , British politician
- Sir John Jackson , British politician
- Jovan Jackson, American politician
- Linda Jackson, mayor of Vaughan, Ontario
- Lorna Jackson, mayor of Vaughan, Ontario
- Merton S. Jackson, American politician from Maryland
- Peter Jackson , British politician
- Richard Jackson , British politician
- Robert Jackson , British politician
- Samuel Jacob Jackson, Canadian politician
- Samuel Macauley Jackson, American clergyman, editor and author
- Stewart Jackson, British politician and adviser
- Syd Jackson , Australian MP
- Tara Jackson, American lawyer and public administrator
- William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton, British politician
- Willie Jackson , New Zealand politician and broadcaster
U.S. politics and law
- Alphonso Jackson, 13th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Barney Jackson, Washington politician
- Caldwell Jackson, Member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Charles Jackson , Massachusetts Supreme Court judge
- Charles Jackson , Governor of Rhode Island
- Claiborne Fox Jackson, Governor of Missouri
- Darrell Jackson , South Carolina state senator
- David Jackson , American apothecary and physician, delegate to the Continental Congress
- David S. Jackson, U.S. Representative from New York
- Douglas S. Jackson, Tennessee state senator
- Edward B. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Edward L. Jackson, Governor of Indiana
- Frank D. Jackson, Governor of Iowa
- Frank G. Jackson, 57th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- Fred S. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Kansas
- George Jackson , U.S. Representative from Virginia
- George Jackson , American leader of the Black Panther Party
- Giles Beecher Jackson, African-American lawyer, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist
- Hancock Lee Jackson, Governor of Missouri
- Harold B. Jackson Jr., Wisconsin circuit court judge
- Henry M. Jackson, U.S. Representative and Senator from Washington
- Howell Edmunds Jackson, U.S. Senator from Tennessee
- Jabez Young Jackson, U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Jacob B. Jackson, Governor of West Virginia
- James Jackson , U.S. Representative and Senator from Georgia
- James Jackson , U.S. Representative from Georgia
- James Jackson, Jr. , mayor of Lockport, New York
- James M. Jackson, U.S. Representative from West Virginia
- James S. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Jerry D. Jackson, American politician
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader
- Jesse Jackson, Jr., son of Jesse Jackson and U.S. Representative from Illinois
- John Jackson , 9th mayor of Tampa, Florida
- John Jackson , law professor at Georgetown University
- John G. Jackson , U.S. Representative from Virginia
- John Jay Jackson, Jr., federal judge from West Virginia
- Jonathan Jackson , delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts
- Jordan Carlisle Jackson Jr. American attorney, Republican party delegate, Black community leader
- Joseph Webber Jackson, U.S. Representative from Georgia and mayor of Savannah, Georgia
- Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Lydia P. Jackson, African-American Louisiana legislator, daughter of Alphonse J. Jackson
- Maynard Jackson, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Mike Jackson , Texas state senator
- Mortimer M. Jackson, Wisconsin jurist and diplomat
- Noyes L. Jackson, Illinois state representative
- Omer Stokes Jackson, 28th Indiana Attorney General
- Oscar Lawrence Jackson, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Richard E. Jackson, mayor of Peekskill, New York
- Richard Jackson, Jr., U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Robert Jackson, New York City Council member
- Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court Justice and chief Nuremberg Trials prosecutor
- Samuel D. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Sandi Jackson, Chicago alderman
- Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. Representative from Texas
- Tito Jackson, member of the Boston City Council
- Troy Jackson , president of the Maine Senate
- William Jackson , secretary to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
- William Jackson , U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William Harding Jackson, U.S. National Security Advisor
- William Humphreys Jackson, U.S. Representative from Maryland
- William Purnell Jackson, U.S. Senator from Maryland
- William Schuyler Jackson, New York State Attorney General
- William T. Jackson, mayor of Toledo, Ohio
- William Terry Jackson, U.S. Representative from New York