Jacobsen (surname)
Jacobsen is a Danish, Norwegian and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob". The prefix derives from the biblical given name Yaakov. The cognate Jakobsen is less common. The English language patronymic surname Jacobson is a parallel form, of which the earliest records are found in Huntingdon in 1244. Scandinavian immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Jacobson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alice Jacobsen, American sculptor
- Allan Jacobsen (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player
- Allan Jacobsen (cyclist), Danish cyclist
- Allan Jacobsen (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Anders Jacobsen (footballer), Norwegian footballer
- Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper), Norwegian ski jumper
- Anker Jacobsen, Danish tennis player
- Anna Jacobsen, Norwegian champion of Southern Sami language and culture
- Annie Jacobsen, American investigative journalist and author
- Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer
- Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Bernhard M. Jacobsen, Congressman from Iowa, USA
- Bo Jacobsen, Danish chess master
- Carl Jacobsen, CEO Carlsberg brewery
- Casey Jacobsen, American basketball player
- Christian Høgni Jacobsen, Faroese football striker
- Claus Jacobsen, Danish former motorcycle speedway rider
- Douglas Jacobsen, American religious scholar
- Edva Jacobsen,, Faroese economist and politician
- Eric Jacobsen (basketball), American basketball player
- Eric Jacobsen (conductor), American conductor and cellist
- Erik Jacobsen, American record producer
- Fritz Jacobsen, World War I flying ace
- Florence S. Jacobsen, sixth general president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro, American foil fencer
- Henry Jacobsen, Norwegian politician
- J. C. Jacobsen, Danish industrialist who founded Carlsberg brewery
- Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish novelist, poet, and scientist
- Johan Jacobsen, Danish film director
- Jón Rói Jacobsen, Faroese football defender
- Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Faroese writer
- Joseph Jacobsen, American pair skater
- Josephine Jacobsen, American author
- Ken Jacobsen, American politician
- Kevin Jacobsen, Australian entertainment businessman
- Kevin J. Jacobsen, American brigadier general
- Kirsten Jacobsen, Danish politician
- Lars Jacobsen, Danish footballer
- Lis Jacobsen, Danish philologist, archaeologist and writer
- Mette Jacobsen, Danish Olympic swimmer
- Nicolas Jacobsen, American hacker
- Nils Kristen Jacobsen, Norwegian politician
- Pål Jacobsen, Norwegian football coach, former player
- Pætur Dam Jacobsen, Faroese footballer
- Peder Nikolai Leier Jacobsen, Norwegian politician
- Per Inge Jacobsen, Norwegian football manager
- Peter Jacobsen, English jazz pianist
- Peter Jacobsen, American golfer
- Rógvi Jacobsen, Faroese football striker
- Rolf Jacobsen (boxer), Norwegian boxer
- Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian author
- Rolf Jacobsen (politician), Norwegian jurist and politician
- Roy Jacobsen, Norwegian writer
- Rune Angell-Jacobsen, Norwegian novelist
- Solveig Gunbjörg Jacobsen, first person born south of the Antarctic Convergence
- Stein Jacobsen, Norwegian-American geochemist
- Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen, Faroese poet, teacher and writer
- Stephen Jacobsen, American bioengineer
- Stephanie Jacobsen, actress
- Thomas Jacobsen (footballer), Norwegian footballer
- Thomas Jacobsen (sailor), Danish sailor
- Thomas Jacobsen (sledge hockey)
- Thorkild Jacobsen, Danish-born historian and specialist in Assyriology and the Epic of Gilgamesh
- Uwe Jacobsen, German swimmer
- Wayne Jacobsen, American author
- Will Jacobsen, American basketball player
- William S. Jacobsen, Congressman from Iowa, USA