Jacobson (surname)
Jacobson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob". The prefix is an Ashkenazic variation of the Latin Jacobus, itself derived from the Hebrew language given name Yaakov. The suffix, -son denotes "son/descendant of". There are several variants. The earliest record of the surname is found in Cambridgeshire in 1273.
People with the surname Jacobson include:
- Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, actress and writer'
- Allan S. Jacobson, American astrophysicist
- Amy Jacobson, television reporter for WMAQ News in Chicago
- Andrew Jacobson, Major League Soccer player
- Arthur Jacobson, American assistant director
- Ben Jacobson, American college basketball coach
- Bill Jacobson, American photographer
- Brandon Jacobson, American chess player
- Brent Jacobson, Wisconsin politician
- Cecil Jacobson, disgraced American fertility doctor
- Clayton Jacobson II, credited with inventing the personal water craft
- Dan Jacobson, South African writer
- Dana Jacobson, American news anchor
- David Jacobson (diplomat), lawyer and former United States Ambassador to Canada
- Douglas T. Jacobson, US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor
- Edmund Jacobson, American physician, creator of the Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique
- Edward Jacobson, Jewish American businessman and activist
- Edith Jacobson, German psychoanalyst
- Emily Jacobson, American sabre fencer
- Eric Jacobson, American puppeteer
- Erin M. Jacobson American attorney specializing in music industry intellectual property
- Ethel Jacobson, American poet
- Ethel Jacobson (editor), New Zealand journalist and editor
- Freddie Jacobson, Swedish golfer
- Georgiy Jacobson, Russian entomologist
- Harvey Jacobson, British businessman
- Howard Jacobson, British author
- Israel Jacobson, German philanthropist and reformer
- Ivar Jacobson, Swedish computer scientist
- Jacob F. Jacobson, American businessman and politician
- Jeff Jacobson (Ohio), American politician, Ohio Republican state senator
- Jenna Jacobson, Wisconsin politician
- Jill Jacobson, American actress
- Joe Jacobson, Welsh footballer
- Joel Jacobson, American curler
- John G. Jacobson, American businessman and politician
- John Christian Jacobson, Moravian bishop in the United States
- Joseph Jacobson, American inventor
- Judy Jacobson, American politician
- Leonard Jacobson, American museum architect
- Louisa Jacobson, American actress and model
- Ludwig Lewin Jacobson, Danish surgeon
- * Jacobson's cartilage
- * Jacobson’s nerve
- * Jacobson's organ
- Marcey Jacobson, American photographer
- Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Max Jacobson, American physician and amphetamine addict
- Nathan Jacobson, American mathematician
- *Jacobson's conjecture
- *Jacobson density theorem
- *Jacobson radical
- *Jacobson ring
- Norm Jacobson, rugby league footballer
- Oscar Jacobson, Swedish-born American painter and museum curator
- Peter Marc Jacobson, American television writer, director and producer
- Peter Jacobson, American film and television actor
- Peter Jacobson (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge
- Richard Jacobson, birth name of American actor Rick Jason
- Richard Jacobson, Canadian artist
- Robert Jacobson, former Lutheran Bishop who became a Catholic priest
- Robert M. Jacobson, American physician
- Roberta S. Jacobson, American diplomat
- Roman Jakobson or Jacobson, Russian linguist
- Sada Jacobson, American sabre fencer
- Sam Jacobson, American basketball player
- Sydney Jacobson, British journalist and editor
- Van Jacobson, American scientist and network specialist
- Walter Jacobson, American TV and radio personality
- William Jacobson, British Anglican bishop
- William A. Jacobson, American attorney, Cornell Law School professor, and blogger
- Zach Jacobson, American curler