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:
- 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
- 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, lawyer and current United States Ambassador to Canada
- Douglas T. Jacobson, US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor
- Edward Jacobson, Jewish American businessman and activist
- Edmund Jacobson, American physician, creator of the Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique
- Edith Jacobson, German psychoanalyst
- Emily Jacobson, American sabre fencer
- Eric Jacobson, American puppeteer
- Fredrik 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
- Jeff Jacobson, Ohio Republican state senator
- Joe Jacobson, Welsh footballer
- Joel Jacobson, American curler
- John G. Jacobson, American businessman and politician
- Joseph Jacobson, American inventor
- Judy Jacobson, American politician
- Leonard Jacobson, American museum architect
- Marcey Jacobson, American photographer
- Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering
- Nathan Jacobson, American mathematician
- 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, 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
- 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
- William Jacobson, British Anglican bishop
- William A. Jacobson, American attorney, Cornell Law School professor, and blogger
- Zach Jacobson, American curler
