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Jacob Best, Sr.
Jacob Best, Sr. was a German-born brewer who ran a brewery in Mettenheim before founding a Milwaukee brewery in 1844 that grew into the Pabst Brewing Company, renamed in 1889.
Jacob Bigeleisen
Jacob Bigeleisen (1919–2010) was an American chemist who founded the field of isotope chemistry, known for the Bigeleisen–Mayer theory and his 1947 paper on isotopic exchange reactions.
Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Bjerknes (1897–1975) was a Norwegian American meteorologist who discovered the structure of extratropical cyclones at age twenty and later made the first link between El Niño and the Southern Oscillation.
Jacob Black
Jacob Black is the Quileute werewolf, or shapeshifter and Alpha, of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series: son of Billy Black, rival of Edward Cullen for Bella Swan, imprinter of Renesmee, and portrayed by Taylor Lautner in five films.
Jacob Böeseken
Jacob Böeseken (1868–1949) was a Dutch chemist who held the chair of organic chemistry at Delft from 1907 to 1938 and determined the structure of the six-membered carbon ring.
Jacob Bridgeman
Jacob Bridgeman (born 1999, Inman, South Carolina) is an American PGA Tour golfer and Clemson alum whose first Tour title came at the 2026 Genesis Invitational, won by one stroke over Kurt Kitayama and Rory McIlroy.
Jacob C. Miller
Jacob C. Miller (1840–1917), Union Civil War soldier, Medal of Honor recipient with Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry for the volunteer storming party charge at Vicksburg on May 22, 1863; also survived a Chickamauga head wound.
Jacob Carr
Jacob L. Carr is an American mining safety engineer who won a 2013 PECASE award at NIOSH's Pittsburgh division for proximity detection and intelligent lockout/tagout systems protecting miners.
Jacob Cats
Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet and statesman of the Golden Age who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland and became the most widely read writer of the Dutch Republic.
Jacob Clay
Jacob Clay (1882–1955) was a Dutch experimental physicist and philosopher who discovered the cosmic-ray latitude effect on voyages between Indonesia and the Netherlands in 1927–1928.
Jacob Clear
Jacob Peter Clear (born 1985, Sydney) is an Australian sprint canoeist, OAM, who won K4 1000 m gold at London 2012 with Smith, Smith, and Stewart, and raced at Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016.
Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier (born 1994) is a British singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from London, discovered via YouTube by Quincy Jones. Known for In My Room, the four-volume Djesse series, a custom MIT vocal harmonizer, audience choirs, and seven Grammy wins.
Jacob Dawson
Jacob Dawson (born 1993, Plymouth) is a British rower, Leander Club, who won men's eight bronze at Tokyo 2020, gold at Paris 2024, and the 2023 world title after recovering from a Covid-related pulmonary embolism.
Jacob De Geer
Jacob De Geer is a Swedish entrepreneur and baron who co-founded the Stockholm mobile-payments company iZettle in 2010 and sold it to PayPal for $2.2 billion in 2018.
Jacob De Jesus
Jacob De Jesus, WR and return specialist from Manteca, CA; played at Modesto JC, UNLV, and California; Cal record 108 catches in 2025; 2026 Chiefs undrafted free agent.
Jacob De la Gardie
Jacob De la Gardie (Якоб Делагарди) was a Swedish count and field commander who took Novgorod in 1611 and concluded the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617.
Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom (born 1988) is an American right-handed pitcher for the Texas Rangers; two-time Cy Young winner (2018, 2019) with the Mets, known for record strikeout and WHIP rates and two Tommy John surgeries.
Jacob Desvarieux
Jacob Desvarieux (1955–2021) was a French guitarist, singer, arranger, and producer who co-founded the Antillean group Kassav' in 1979, and composed the 1984 hit that gave zouk its name.
Jacob Devaney
Jacob Devaney (born 2007, Barnsley) is an Irish defensive midfielder, son of Martin Devaney, a Manchester United academy graduate and U21 captain, on loan at Hibernian after a St Mirren loan.
Jacob Duran
Jacob "Stitch" Duran (born 1951) is an American cutman from Planada, California, known for treating cuts for Wladimir Klitschko, Anderson Silva, and Tyson Fury, his UFC exit over the Reebok deal, and film roles in Rocky Balboa and Creed.
Jacob Duygu
Jacob Duygu, known by the pseudonym JStark1809, was a German national who designed the FGC-9, the most frequently encountered 3D-printed firearm, and co-founded Deterrence Dispensed.
Jacob E. Corn
Jacob E. Corn is an American genome biologist, Professor of Genome Biology at ETH Zurich, who develops genome editing technologies to understand and treat disease.
Jacob Eason
Jacob Eason, quarterback from Lake Stevens (WA), played at Georgia and Washington, was the 2015 Gatorade National Player of the Year, and was drafted 122nd overall by the Colts in 2020, appearing in 2 NFL games.
Jacob Eifer Møller
Jacob Eifer Møller is a Danish cardiologist and clinical professor at the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, known for leading the DanGer Shock trial.
Jacob Elordi
Jacob Elordi (born 1997, Brisbane) is an Australian actor known as Nate Jacobs in Euphoria, Elvis in Priscilla, Felix in Saltburn, and the Oscar-nominated Creature in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
Jacob Epstein
Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) was an American-born British sculptor who settled in London in 1905, known for direct carving, controversial public commissions, and Oscar Wilde's tomb.
Jacob Fatu
Jacob Fatu, "The Samoan Werewolf," is a WWE wrestler of the Anoa'i family, son of The Tonga Kid. Longest-reigning MLW World Heavyweight Champion (819 days); WWE debut June 21, 2024; former United States and WWE Tag Team Champion.
Jacob Fine
Jacob Fine (1900–?) was an American surgeon and shock researcher at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, known for the claim that intestinal endotoxin makes traumatic shock irreversible.
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (born 1988) is an English actor known for Townes in The Queen's Gambit, Whiteman in Bodies, Brian Epstein in Midas Man, and DCI Rhys Covaci in Steal; Oxford and Guildhall-trained, RSC stage background.
Jacob Fowler
Jacob Fowler (born 2004, Melbourne, Florida) is an American NHL goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, drafted 69th overall in 2023; Boston College star, Mike Richter Award winner, and NHL debut December 11, 2025.