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Jakob Hurt

Jakob Hurt (1839–1907) was an Estonian folklore scholar, linguist, and Lutheran pastor who organized a nationwide network that collected some 260,000 items of Estonian folklore.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen), Norwegian distance runner born 2000 in Sandnes; Olympic 1500m champion Tokyo 2021 and 5000m champion Paris 2024, double world 5000m champion, holder of 3000m, 2000m, and indoor mile world records.

Jakob Johann von Uexküll

Jakob Johann von Uexküll (1864–1944), Baltic-German biologist born in Estonia, died on Capri; founder of Umweltlehre, coined Umwelt, Funktionskreis, Merkwelt, Wirkwelt; neovitalist Kantian; professor in Hamburg from 1925; forerunner of biosemiotics and ethology.

Jakob Johnson

Jakob Johnson, born 1994 in Stuttgart, is a German NFL fullback from the International Player Pathway Program who played for the Patriots, Raiders, and Giants after college at Tennessee.

Sep 21, 2026

Jakob Kibsgaard

Jakob Kibsgaard is a Danish electrocatalysis researcher, Professor of Physics at the Technical University of Denmark since 2022, known for molybdenum sulfide and transition-metal phosphide catalysts for hydrogen evolution.

Jakob Knudsen

Jakob Knudsen (1858–1917) was a Danish clergyman and writer of nearly twenty books, remembered for the hymn "Se, nu stiger solen" and the two-part Luther novel Angst and Mod.

Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup

Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup was a Norwegian parish pastor and Venstre politician who served as church minister under his uncle Johan Sverdrup and Francis Hagerup.

Jakob Magolan

Jakob Magolan is a medicinal chemist and professor at McMaster University who leads research in synthetic methodology and antibiotic drug discovery, including AI-guided discovery of the antibiotic enterololin.

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792) was a Baltic German dramatist of the Sturm und Drang movement, known for the comedies Der Hofmeister and Die Soldaten.

Jakob Nielsen (Danish mathematician)

Jakob Nielsen (1890–1959) was a Danish mathematician who helped found combinatorial group theory and surface topology, and introduced Nielsen fixed point theory and Nielsen transformations.

Sep 21, 2026

Jakob Nikolas Kather

Jakob Nikolas Kather, also published as Jakob N. Kather, is a German physician and computer scientist known for predicting cancer molecular features from routine histopathology slides using deep learning.

Jakob Nowell

Jakob Nowell (born 1995) is an American singer from Long Beach and son of Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell. He has fronted Sublime with Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh since 2023, leads Jakobs Castle, formerly fronted LAW, and sings on Sublime's 2026 album Until the Sun Explodes.

Jakob Omrzel

Jakob Omrzel (born 2006, Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian road cyclist for Bahrain Victorious; 2025 Giro Next Gen and national champion, 2026 Vuelta stage 12 winner, youngest Slovenian Grand Tour stage winner.

Jakob Peter Mynster

Jakob Peter Mynster (1775–1854) was a Danish Lutheran theologian who served as bishop of Zealand from 1834 and was the primate of the Danish church.

Jakob Pöltl

Jakob Pöltl (Poeltl), born 1995 in Vienna, Austrian NBA center, first Austrian in the NBA, drafted ninth overall by Toronto in 2016; played for Spurs 2018-23, back with Raptors since 2023.

Jakob Propst

Jakob Propst, also Jacobus Probst, was an Augustinian friar, pupil of Martin Luther, and reformer who became the first superintendent of the Bremen church, serving from 1534 to 1559.

Jakob Reineccius

Jakob Reineccius (1572–1613) was a German Lutheran pastor and polemical theological writer, chief pastor of St. Catherine's in Hamburg and first inspector of its Gymnasium.

Jakob Robinson

Jakob Robinson, NFL cornerback from Orem, Utah; played at Utah State and BYU (11 college interceptions, All-Big 12 in 2023 and 2024); undrafted free agent with the 49ers in 2025, Tennessee Titans practice squad 2026.

Oct 21, 2026

Jakob Schuller

Jakob Schüller (1905–1944), German sprinter, sixth in the 200 m final at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; set world records of 10.4 in the 100 m (1927) and 40.8 in the sprint relay (1928); killed in action in World War II.

Jakob Sederholm

Jakob Johannes Sederholm (1863–1934) was a Finnish geologist who directed the Geological Commission of Finland and, through his 1907 monograph Om granit och gnejs, founded the study of migmatites.

Jakob Tuggener

Jakob Tuggener (1904–1988) was a Swiss photographer, filmmaker, and painter from Zurich, counted among the most important figures of 20th-century Swiss photography alongside Werner Bischof and Robert Frank.

Jakob van Hoddis

Jakob van Hoddis was the pen name of Hans Davidsohn (1887–1942), a German-Jewish Expressionist poet best known for "Weltende" (1911), considered the opening work of German Expressionism.

Jakob Wassermann

Jakob Wassermann was a German novelist and essayist from Fürth, one of the most widely read German-language authors of the early twentieth century, best known for Der Fall Maurizius (1928).

Jakob Wimpfeling

Jakob Wimpfeling (1450–1528) was a German humanist, historian, and poet from Schlettstadt in Alsace and a central figure of Upper Rhine humanism, called the "Schoolmaster of Germany" for shaping German education through his pedagogical writings.

Jakobe Thomas

Jakobe Thomas, safety for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 98th overall in 2026 from Miami after stops at Middle Tennessee and Tennessee; Second-Team All-ACC with five interceptions in 2025.

Jakobi Meyers

Jakobi Meyers, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars, formerly Patriots and Raiders; undrafted 2019 from NC State, first among undrafted players since 2019 in receptions and receiving yards, traded from Las Vegas in November 2025.

Jakobshavn Glacier

Jakobshavn Glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq, Jakobshavn Isbræ) is West Greenland's fastest, largest outlet glacier, draining 6.5% of the ice sheet, disintegrating ice shelf in 2002, and ocean-temperature-paced retreat and 2016 re-advance.

Jakobson's functions of language

Jakobson's functions of language, also known as Jakobson's Communication Model, is a six-part classification of what verbal messages do, proposed by Roman Jakobson in 1960.