Jackson (given name)
Jackson is an English masculine given name that originated as a transferred use of the surname, which means "son of Jack". It is in regular use, along with spelling variants such as Jaxon, and Jacksen, Jacson, and Jaxson.
Notable people
- Jackson Abugo, South Sudanese politician
- Jackson de Oliveira Alcántara, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Allen, Australian rules football player
- Jackson Anthony, Sri Lankan actor
- Jackson Archer, Australian rules footballer
- Jackson D. Arnold, U.S. Navy admiral
- Jackson Arnold (American football), American football player
- Jackson Asiku, Ugandan-Australian boxer
- Jackson Barnett, American landowner
- Jackson Barton, American football player
- Jackson Baumeister, American baseball player
- Jackson Beardy, Canadian Indigenous Oji-Cree Anishinaabe artist
- Jackson Berkey, American composer, pianist and singer
- Jackson Bird, American vlogger, speaker, LGBTQ advocate, and writer
- Jackson Munro Bird, Australian international cricketer
- Jackson Browne, American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist
- Jackson Brundage, American actor
- Jackson Cantwell, American football player
- Jackson Carman, American football player
- Jackson Cates, American ice hockey player
- Jackson Chourio, Venezuelan baseball player
- Jackson Collins, Australian Olympic canoeist
- Jackson Corpuz, Filipino basketball player
- Jackson Davies, Canadian actor
- Jackson Davis (actor), American actor
- Jackson B. Davis, American politician
- Jackson Davis (education official), American educator
- Jackson Dean, American country music singer
- Thomas Jackson Denson, American musician and singing school teacher
- Jackson Doe, Liberian politician
- Jackson Emery, American college basketball player
- Jackson Ferris, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Jackson Conner Ferris, American baseball player
- Jackson Ford, Australian rugby league footballer
- Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician
- Jackson Gallagher, Australian actor
- Jackson Galaxy, stage name of American Richard Kirschner, American cat behaviorist, YouTuber, and former host of the television show My Cat from Hell
- Jackson Garden-Bachop, New Zealand rugby union player
- Jackson Gill, Guyanese cricketer
- Jackson "Jacko" Gill, New Zealand track and field athlete
- Jackson Gregory, American teacher, journalist, and writer
- Jackson Guice, American comics artist
- Jackson Guthy, American singer-songwriter
- Jackson Harries, British filmmaker and YouTuber
- Jackson Harris, American pop singer
- Jackson Hastings, British international rugby league footballer
- Jackson Hawes, American football player
- Jackson He, Chinese-born American football player
- Jackson Hemopo, New Zealand rugby union player
- Jackson Heywood, Australian actor
- Jackson Hill, American composer
- Jackson Hinkle, American political commentator and influencer
- Jackson Holliday, American baseball player
- William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and botanical illustrator
- Henry Jackson Hunt, American general and artillery tactician
- Jackson Hurst, American actor
- Jackson Irvine, Australian footballer
- Jackson Jeffcoat, American football player
- Jackson Jobe, American baseball player
- Jackson Johonnet, pseudonym of the American author of a 1792 Indian captivity narrative
- Jackson Kabiga, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Jackson Kafuuzi, Ugandan politician
- Jackson Kemper, American Episcopalian missionary bishop
- Jackson Khoury, Australian-Lebanese footballer
- Jackson Kivuva, Kenyan runner
- Jackson Koivun, American amateur golfer
- Jackson Kowar, American baseball player
- Jackson LaCombe, American ice hockey player
- Jackson Lam, Singaporean politician
- Jackson Lane, American government official
- Jackson Santos Laurentino, Brazilian footballer
- T. J. Jackson Lears, American historian
- Jackson Lee (soccer), Australian footballer
- Jackson Lee (racing driver), American racing driver
- Jackson Longridge, Scottish footballer
- Jackson Jose Lucas, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Mandago, Kenyan politician
- Jackson Manuel, New Zealand footballer
- Jackson Mariñez, Dominican boxer
- Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
- Jackson Mayanja, Ugandan footballer and coach
- Jackson McLerran, American stock car racing driver
- Jackson Meeks, American football player
- Jackson Merrett, Australian rules footballer
- Jackson Merrill, American baseball player
- Jackson Mitchell, American football player
- Jackson Morton, American politician
- Jackson Mthembu, South African politician
- Jackson Muleka, Congolese footballer
- Jackson Mutero Chirenje, Zimbabwean historian
- Jackson Nezuh, American baseball player
- Jackson Ngiraingas, Palauan politician and businessman
- Jackson Pace, American actor
- Jackson Page, Welsh snooker player
- Jackson Paine, Australian rules footballer
- William Jackson Palmer, American civil engineer and veteran of the American Civil War
- Jackson Gonçalves Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Pollock, American painter
- Jackson Porozo, Ecuadorian footballer
- Jackson Powers-Johnson, American football player
- Jackson Proskow, Canadian journalist
- Jackson Ragen, American soccer player
- Jackson Raine, Australian actor
- Jackson Rathbone, American actor, singer, and musician
- Jackson Tibolla Rodrigues, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Rohm, American country and pop musician
- Jackson Rowe, Canadian basketball player
- Jackson Rutledge, American baseball player
- Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
- Jackson Shelstad, American college basketball player
- Jackson Coelho Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Ferreira Silvério, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson Sirmon, American football player
- Jackson William Smith, English footballer
- Jackson de Sousa, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Jackson J. Spielvogel, American historian
- Jackson T. Stephens, American oilman and investment banker
- Jackson Stormo, American basketball player
- Jackson Tate, American United States Navy admiral
- Jackson Taylor, Australian politician
- Jackson Todd, American baseball player
- Jackson Topine, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Jackson Trengove, Australian footballer
- Jackson Wälti, American footballer
- Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
- Jackson Weaver, American broadcaster and voice actor
- Jackson James White, American actor
- Jackson Williams, American baseball player
- Jackson Withrow, American tennis player
- Jackson Wolf, American baseball player
- Jackson Woodard, American football player
- Jackson Wray, English rugby union player
- Jackson Yueill, American soccer player
Nickname
- John S. Gemperle, better known as Papa Jackson, Filipino radio DJ and TV personality
Fictional characters
- Jackson Avery, in the television series Grey's Anatomy
- Jackson Belleville, a recurring character in the TV series Gilmore Girls
- Jackson Bentley, in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia
- Jackson Briggs or Jax, in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series
- Jackson Brodie, main character in a series of crime novels by UK author Kate Atkinson
- Jackson Curtis, in the film 2012
- Jackson "Jack" Darby, in the animated TV series Transformers: Prime
- Jackson Healy, in the 2016 film The Nice Guys
- Jackson Hunt, alias used by Richard Castle's father in Castle
- Jackson Kenner, in The CW TV show The Originals
- Jackson Maine, main protagonist of the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born
- Jackson Oz, the protagonist of the Zoo novel series by James Patterson and later the TV series Zoo
- Jackson Stewart, in the TV series Hannah Montana
- Jackson Storm, main antagonist of the film Cars 3
- Jackson "Jax" Teller, main character in the TV series Sons of Anarchy
- Jackson Whittemore, in the MTV TV show ''Teen Wolf''