Jacob Preus
Jacob Preus, more completely Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus, is the name of three generations of important American Lutherans:
- J. A. O. Preus, politician, Governor of Minnesota from 1921 to 1925
- J. A. O. Preus II, theologian, President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1969 to 1981
- J. A. O. Preus III, theologian, President of Concordia University, Irvine, California