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Jacob Bassevi Jacob Bassevi von Treuenberg (1580 – May 2, 1634, Mladá Boleslav) was a Bohemian Court Jew and financier. He entered business early in life, ultimately became very wealthy, and stood in high favor with the emperors Rudolph II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II, to whom he, with other Jewish capitalists, frequently rendered financial assistance, particularly to Ferdinand, who needed large sums of money for the prosecution of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
Jacob Bekenstein Jacob David Bekenstein (born May 1, 1947) is a physicist who has contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
Jacob Bell (American football) Jacob Bell (born March 2, 1981 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays starting right guard for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL. He played in 39 games with 38 starts at Miami University, gaining starting experience at left tackle (13 games), right tackle (two) and right guard (23).
Jacob Benjamin Wegner Jacob Benjamin Wegner (1795-1864) was a Prussian-Norwegian industrialist born in Königsberg. He was Director General and co-owner of the Modums Blaafarveværk, the world leading producer of cobalt pigment, from 1823 to 1849.
Jacob Bjerknes Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes (November 2, 1897, Stockholm, Sweden – July 7, 1975, Los Angeles, California) was a Norwegian-American meteorologist. His father was the Norwegian meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), one of the pioneers of modern weather forecasting.
Jacob Bluejay Jacob Bluejay (alternatively, Jacob Blue Jay) is a fictional character from the 1986 children's television program Under the Umbrella Tree, played by Stephen Brathwaite. He is one of four roommates in the 'Umbrella Tree' apartment.
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, (April 16 1825 - December 24 1913), was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the Cabinet of Estrup.
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski (January 18 1908, Łódź, Poland - August 22 1974, East Hampton, New York, USA) was an English-Polish mathematician, best known as the presenter of the BBC television documentary series, The Ascent of Man.
Jacob Bruce Jacob Daniel Bruce (, Yakov Vilimovich Bryus, 1669, Moscow – April 30 1735, manor Glinki near Moscow) was a Russian statesman, military leader and scientist of Scottish descent, one of the associates of Peter the Great. His ancestors had lived in Russia since 1649.
Jacob Burckhardt Jacob Burckhardt (May 25, 1818, Basel, Switzerland – August 8, 1897, Basel) was a Swiss historian of art and culture, fields which he helped found. "The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance, he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety, with regard not only for its painting, sculpture and architecture, but for the social institutions of its daily life as well.
Jacob C. Vouza Sergeant Major Sir Jacob Charles Vouza, MBE, GM, was born in 1900 at Tasimboko, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and educated at the South Seas Evangelical Mission School there. In 1916 he joined the Solomon Islands Protectorate Armed Constabulary, from which he retired at the rank of sergeant major in 1941 after 25 years of service.
Jacob Calle Jacob Calle (born August 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas at the Park Plaza Hospital) is the renaissance man of this generation. He is a writer, painter, professional diving boarder, stuntman, disruptor, film maker, musician, and magician.
Jacob Carstensen Jacob Carstensen (born October 9 1978 in Kastrup) is a former freestyle swimmer from Denmark, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He won the world title in the 400m Freestyle at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships (25m) in Götenburg.
Jacob Casson Geiger A native of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Jacob Casson Geiger (18 November 1885 - 07 November 1981) was for many years in San Francisco and Oakland, California, city director of public health and the 1935 president of the San Francisco Medical Society. For his research in public-health medicine (e.
Jacob Cochran Jacob Cochran (also Cochrane, 1782-1836) was a non-denominational preacher born in Enfield, New Hampshire, USA who founded the Cochranites in Saco, Maine. Cochranite worship is said to have resembled Shakerism, but which also practiced a new doctrine called spiritual wifery.
Jacob Conrad Shafer Jacob Conrad Shafer (11 January 1836 to June 24 1901) was raised in a German cattle farming family, and after his immigration, opened the most progressive pork-packing plant of its time on the East coast, in Baltimore. The "Jacob C.
Jacob de Gheyn II Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) (c. 1565, Antwerp - Mar 29 1629, The Hague) was a Dutch painter and engraver, probably most known for his work on the 17th century military manual The Exercise of Armes.
Jacob D. Robida Jacob D. Robida (June 13, 1987 – February 5, 2006) was a Massachusetts teenager who attacked patrons at a Massachusetts gay bar, shot a female companion and ultimately shot himself after fleeing to Norfork, Arkansas.
Jacob Diamond The Jacob Diamond is a large diamond, believed to be the same stone as the Victoria Diamond, formerly owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad and currently owned by the government of India. It has a rectangular cushion-cut diamond with 58 facets, measures 39.
Jacob Duché The Reverend Jacob Duché was the Rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, when the United States Declaration of Independence was ratified. On that same day, Duché, meeting with the Vestry, passed a resolution stating that the King George III's name was no longer to be read in the prayers of the church.
Jacob Epstein Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was an American-born Jewish sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture, often producing controversial works that challenged taboos concerning what public artworks appropriately depict.
Jacob Esterline Jacob 'Jack' Esterline was a CIA specialist in guerrilla warfare. During the Bay of Pigs invasion he was chief of Western Hemisphere Branch 4, reported to DDP Richard Bissell and Tracy Barnes, rather than to the Western Hemisphere chief, J.
Jacob Estey Jacob Estey ( 1814 - 1890 ) was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire and ran away from an orphanage to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he learned the plumbing trade. He arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1835 at age 21 to work in a plumbing shop which he soon bought and thereby began his long career as a successful businessman.
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey or JFJO or simply The Fred is the evolution of an ongoing musical discourse that's been developed over countless tours. Pianist Brian Haas, drummer Jason Smart, and bassist/effects wizard/guitarist Reed Mathis occupy a rather unique place in the music world.
Jacob Friedrich Behrend Jacob/Jakob Friedrich Behrend (born at Berlin, September 13, 1833-January 9, 1907) was a German jurist; finished his studies in his native city at the university. He became "Gerichtsassessor" in 1859; but, deciding upon a scholastic career, he became privatdozent at the Berlin University in 1864.
Jacob Froese Jacob Froese (born November 28, 1917, died June 14, 2003) a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the province's only Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and was the party's leader for most if not all of the period from 1959 to 1977.
Jacob Fugger Jacob Fugger, nicknamed "the Rich" (6 March 1459 in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire – 30 December 1525 in Augsburg), was a banker and a member of the Fugger family. A trader like his brothers, he learned double-entry bookkeeping (keeping track of both credits and debits) in the Adriatic Port of Venice.
Jacob Gaffney Jacob Gaffney, (born June 28 1975), is a London-based journalist and blogger, who has contributed articles to Wine Spectator magazine since 1998. He has also acted in small roles in the films The Road to Guantanamo and Green Street, and appeared in British television drama Foyle's War.
Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (December 1594, Dordrecht – 1652, Dordrecht) was a portrait and landscape painter. He was the half-brother of Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and the father of the much more famous Aelbert Cuyp.
Jacob Glushakow Jacob Glushakow, painter (1914-2000)- Known for his keen observations of life in the city of Baltimore, Jacob Glushakow spent more than sixty years painting the neighborhoods of his hometown. His works reflect an interest in the everyday, often including views of row houses, markets, streets.
Jacob Golos Jake Golos (birth name Jacob Rasin or Jacob Raisen) (1890 - November 27, 1943), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet secret police operative in the USSR. He was also a longtime senior official of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) involved in covert work and cooperation with Soviet intelligence agencies.
Jacob Green Jacob Carl Green (born January 21, 1957 in Pasadena, Texas) is a former All- American football defensive end in the NFL. In his 13 year career, Green played twelve seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, and one for the San Francisco 49ers.
Jacob Grimm Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Hanau, January 4, 1785 — Berlin, September 20, 1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. He is best known as a recorder of fairy tales, one of the Brothers Grimm.
Jacob H. Smith General Jacob Hurd Smith (1840-March 1, 1918) was a controversial United States Army officer best known for an incident in the Philippine-American War, when he served as a Colonel under General J. Franklin Bell in Batangas.
Jacob Haight Morrison Jacob Haight Morrison, IV (March 12, 1905 - December 4, 1974), was a 20th century New Orleans, Louisiana, attorney, preservationist, and author. He was the half-brother of former Mayor deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr.
Jacob Have I Loved Jacob Have I Loved is a novel by Katherine Paterson that won the 1981 Newbery Medal. The title refers to the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau in the Christian bible, and comes directly from the Romans 9:13.
Jacob Hirschorn Jacob Hirschorn (born in Fuerth, Bavaria, in 1830 ) was a Jewish-American immigrant from Germany who served in the Mexican War and wrote a dramatic memoir entitled "The Mexican War. Reminiscences of a Volunteer" from which the following information and quotations are taken.
Jacob Hoeppner Jacob Hoeppner (1748-1826), was one of two delegates selected by the Mennonite community in Danzig, Prussia, to travel to South Russia and evaluate land along the Dnieper River near Chortitza as a possible settlement. The Mennonites were recruited by Queen Catherine II the Great to settle on territory recently won from the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Jacob Holmes Jacob Holmes (born August 14, 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian professional basketball player, currently playing for the South Dragons in the National Basketball League (NBL). He played for Sturt when he used to play in the Australian Basketball Association.
Jacob Horton Jacob "Jake" Horton (? - April 10, 1989) was a senior vice-president of Southern Company's Gulf Power Unit, killed when a corporate plane caught fire and crashed, shortly after takeoff from Pensacola, Florida.
Jacob Israël de Haan Jacob Israël de Haan (31 December 1881-30 June 1924) was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist and poet. He was assassinated by the Haganah on July 1 1924, allegedly for his political stance, although there may have been additional factors stemming from strong feuds with others.
Jacob Joseph Rabbi Jacob Joseph (1840–July 28 1902) was the first and only Chief Rabbi of New York (actually, he served as chief rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, a federation of Eastern European Jewish synagogues.) Born in Krozhe, a province of Kovno, he studied in the Volozhin yeshiva under the Netziv, where he was known as "Rav Yaakov Charif" because of his sharp mind.
Jacob Katzenberg Jacob "Yasha" Katzenberg (c. 1888-) was an organized crime figure in New York, who supplied narcotics to mobsters including Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Waxey Gordon, Charles "King" Solomon, Harry "Nig" Rosen, the Torrio–Capone organization as well as mobsters in Detroit, Kansas City and St.
Jacob Kettler Jacob Kettler (German: Jakob von Kettler), Duke of Courland (Goldingen, now Kuldiga, Latvia, 28 October 1610 – 1 January 1682, Mitau, now Jelgava, Latvia) ruled the Duchy of Courland from 1641 to 1682. Under his rule, the duchy was brought to its greatest peak in wealth.
Jacob Kirkegaard Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist born in 1975 in Denmark, and currently living in Cologne, Germany where he has graduated at the Academy of Arts and the Media. Jacob is exploring sound in art with a scientific approach.
Jacob Klein Professor Jacob Klein, former holder of the Herman Mark Chair of Polymer Physics in the Materials and Interfaces Department at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, is the Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Jacob Klein (philosopher) Jacob Klein, "known affectionately as Jasha, was Heidigger's star graduate student in philosophy (before Heidigger went weird) and one of the world's preeminent interpreters of Plato and the Platonic tradition. He later served as dean at my undergraduate school after fleeing the Nazis, one of many Jewish scholars who were no longer safe in Europe.
Jacob Kovco Jacob (Jake) Bruce Kovco (born 25 September 1980, Melbourne; died 21 April 2006, Baghdad) was a private in the Australian Defence Forces who died while deployed to Baghdad as a result of an accident which occurred while mishandling his pistol. Private Kovco was the first Australian soldier to die while deployed to Iraq.
Jacob littleton Jacob Littleton (born February 24, 1972) is an American educator that has helped numerous students in achieving success in education while earning a doctorate from UCLA and publishing works from time to time on the side.
Jacob L. Devers General Jacob "Jake" Loucks Devers (September 8, 1887 - October 15, 1979), who is best remembered for his command of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II, graduated 39th out of 103 graduates from the US Military Academy in 1909 as a classmate of George S. Patton (46), John C.
Jacob Laursen Jacob Thaysen Laursen (born October 6, 1971) is a Danish retired professional football (soccer) player, who played as a defender. He most notably played for English club Derby County and won the Danish Superliga championship with Silkeborg IF and F.
Jacob Lensky Jacob Lensky (born on December 16, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Feyenoord. On 4 September 2006 he signed with the Rotterdam based team on a 2.
Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen (1818-1900) was the Norwegian Minister of the Navy 1872-1873, 1874-1877, 1878-1880, 1880-1881 and 1882-1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1873-1874, 1877-1878 , 1881-1882 and 1884.
Jacob Lew Jacob "Jack" J. Lew (born August 29, 1955 in New York, New York) was Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget (or OMB) from 1998 to 2001 and a principal architect of fiscal policy under the administration of President Bill Clinton.
Jacob Lillyman Jacob Lillyman (born March 7, 1984 in Richmond, Queensland) is a rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. He will make his state debut for Queensland in the second game of the 2006 State Of Origin series
Jacob Liv Rosted Sverdrup Jacob Liv Rosted Sverdrup (1845-1899) was a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1884-1885, Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1885-1886, as well as head of the Ministry of Auditing in 1886, Minister of Auditing 1886-1888, as well as head of the Ministry of Education and Church Affairs in 1888, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1888-1889 and 1895-1898.
Jacob Ljunglöf Jacob Fredrik Ljunglöf (1796 - 1860) was a Swedish tobacco producer who took over a slow-going tobacco factory in Stockholm in 1826. The factory was put back to standard and the efficiency was increased until in the late 1820s it was the leading tobacco factory in Sweden.
Jacob Lumbrozo Jacob Lumbrozo (?, Lisbon - died between September 24, 1665 and May 31, 1666) was the Portugal-born physician, farmer, and trader resident in the palatinate of Maryland, America, in the middle of the 17th century.
Jacob Manley Jacob Manley is a fictional character in the computer game series Wing Commander. Flying under the callsign of "Hawk" he is a fighter pilot flying in the Union of Border Worlds Navy in Wing Commander IV - The Price of Freedom and later back in the Confederation Space Force in Wing Commander: Prophecy.
Jacob Michailovitch Gordin Jacob Michailovitch Gordin (May 1, 1853–June 11, 1909), was a Ukrainian-born Jewish-American playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.
Jacob Milgrom Jacob Milgrom is a scholar and professor emeritus in the field of Biblical Studies at the University of California. He is most known for his research on the book of Leviticus and the purity regulations of the Torah.
Jacob Mincer Jacob Mincer (July 15, 1922 in Tomaszow, Poland-August 20, 2006) was an economist most notable for his statement of the idea of human capital in economics. Papers on labor economics frequently use Mincerian Equations, which use human capital as variables to explain how wage is determined in a statistical estimation.
Jacob Moleschott Jacob Moleschott (1822-93) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on dietetics, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. He studied at Heidelberg and began the practice of medicine at Utrecht in 1845, but soon moved to Heidelberg where he lectured on physiology at the university, beginning in 1847.
Jacob Nash Victor Jacob Nash Victor was a civil engineer who worked as General Manager of the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Victor oversaw the construction in the early 1880s of the California Southern between Colton and Barstow, California, including the section that is now one of the busiest rail freight routes in the United States, Cajon Pass.
Jacob Nena Jacob Nena (born October 10, 1941) is a Micronesian political figure who served as the fourth president of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1996 to 1999. He had served as vice-president under Bailey Olter; after Olter suffered a stroke in July 1996, Nena took over as acting president on November 8 of that year and was sworn in as president on May 8, 1997, serving out the remaining two years of Olter's term.
Jacob Neusner Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an influential as well as controversial academic scholar of Judaism, and the most prolific. He has written or edited over 924 books about the Torah, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud, Midrash and other Jewish writings.
Jacob of Alaska Jacob Netsvetov, the "Enlightener of Alaska," was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of St. Innocent among his and other Alaskan people.
Jacob of Ancona "Jacob of Ancona" is the name that has been given to the supposed author of a book of travels, purportedly made by a scholarly Jewish merchant who wrote in vernacular Italian an account of a trading venture he made, in which he reached China in 1271, four years before Marco Polo. While he was there, the narrative contains political debates about the future of the city in which he engaged with the aid of a translator of mixed Italian and Chinese ancestry.
Jacob of Kefar Jacob of Kefar Soma or Jacob of Kefar Sakanin, is a character described as a disciple of Yeshu Ben Pandera. Rabbi Eliezer Ben Hyrcanus was arrested for heresy (identified in the Talmud as being a Shammaite who did not believe in Gentile salvation, the minim likewise only considered a convert to be worthy of salvation) either in 95 CE during Dominitian's persecution, or during Emperor Trajan's persecution of the Christians in 109 CE (according to Herford & Maccoby).
Jacob of London Jacob of London was the first known Presbyter Judaeorum of the Jews of England; appointed to that position by King John in 1199, who also gave him a safe-conduct. He appears to have died in 1217, when Josce of London is mentioned as his successor.
Jacob of Serugh Jacob of Serugh (, ; 451 - November 521), one of the best Syriac authors, named by one of his biographers "the flute of the Holy Spirit and the harp of the believing church," was born at Kurtam, a village on the Euphrates to the west of Harran, and was probably educated at Edessa.
Jacob Olds Jacob Olds (also known as Crouton)(born in 1981) is the drummer for the Christian rock band Family Force 5. He and his brothers, as well as two of their friends, all created the band, which plays unique Christian music.
Jacob Oram Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer who is a regular fixture in the current New Zealand Test side. He is one of 36 New Zealand Test cricketers to have scored 1000 runs.
Jacob Parrott Jacob Wilson Parrot (July 17, 1843 – December 22, 1908) was a soldier in the volunteer Union army during the American Civil War. He was the first recipient of the Medal of Honor, a new military award first presented by the United States Department of War to several soldiers for their participation in the Great Locomotive Chase.
Jacob Perkins Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 - 30 July 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents.
Jacob Philadelphia Jacob Philadelphia is believed to have been born on August 14, 1735 and given the name Jacob MeyerHis date of death is believed to have been in 1795]. He was a [[Jewish magician, physicist, mechanic, juggler, astrologer, alchemist, and Kabbalist.
Jacob Philipp Hackert Jacob Philipp Hackert (September 15, 1737 in Prenzlau – April 28, 1807 in San Piero di Careggio near Florence) was a German landscape painter. He arrived in Rome in 1768 and spent a large portion of his career there as well as in Tivoli, Italy.
Jacob Pollak Rabbi Jacob Pollak was the founder of the Polish method of halakic and Talmudic study known as the Pilpul; born about 1460; died at Lublin in 1541. He was a pupil of Jacob Margolioth of Nuremberg, with whose son Isaac he officiated in the rabbinate of Prague about 1490; but he first became known during the latter part of the activity of Judah Minz (d.
Jacob Rader Marcus Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995) was a scholar of Jewish history and a Reform rabbi. Born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, United States, into a traditional Jewish family, Marcus became interested in Reform Judaism at the age of 15.
Jacob Riis Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays.
Jacob Riis Park Jacob Riis Park is part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York City borough of Queens. It lies at the foot of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge on the western part of the Rockaway Peninsula, just east of Breezy Point.
Jacob Rivers Jacob Rivers (November 17, 1881 - March 12, 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Jacob Sager Weinstein Jacob Sager Weinstein (born January 8, 1972) is an American humorist and comedy writer. He has served as a contributor for The Onion and as a staff writer for three years on Dennis Miller Live, for which he won a Writers Guild of America award.
Jacob Samuda Jacob Samuda (August 24, 1811 - November 12, 1844 was a Jewish English civil engineer born in London. He is described as "the first Jewish engineer" on his tombstone, in the Sephardic cemetery, Mile End, London.
Jacob Söderman Jacob-Magnus (Jacob) Söderman (born 19 March 1938 in Helsinki, Finland) is a former Finnish MP (1972-82), Minister of Justice (1971), Minister of Social Affairs and Health (1982), governor of province of Uusimaa (1982-89), Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland (1989-95) and the first European Ombudsman (1995-2003).
Jacob Sørensen Jacob Vittrup "Taz" Sørensen (born 12 February 1983) is a Danish football midfielder, who currently plays for Norwegian club Odd Grenland. He has played 42 matches, scoring 5 goals, for various youth national teams, and he was selected to represent the Danish under-21 national team at the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in May 2006.
Jacob Selmes Jacob Selmes (born February 13, 1986 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at prop-forward.
Jacob Shafer House The Jacob Shafer House is a Greek Revival farmhouse built in 1842 by Jacob Shafer, a prominent resident of the Town of Montgomery in Orange County, New York. It is a Registered Historic Place, located on Kaisertown Road roughly a quarter-mile (400 m) south of NY 17K west of the village of Montgomery.
Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899-June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster and, with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for more than two decades. His nickname "Gurrah", according to underworld lore, apparently came from his tendency to slur his words with his habit of shouting "Get out of here !
Jacob Schiff Jacob Henry Schiff, born Jacob Hirsch Schiff (January 10, 1847 – September 25, 1920) was a German-born New York City banker and philanthropist, who financed, among many other things, the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.
Jacob Schueler Jacob Schueler was a confectionery proprietor in the city of Denver during the early 1870s. Born in Germany's Rhineland in 1835, he immigrated to America in 1850, and arrived in Denver as one of the Pikes Peakers in 1861.
Jacob Spon Jacob Spon or Jacques Spon (Lyon 1647 — Vevey, Switzerland, 25 December 1685), a French doctor and archaeologist, was a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of Greece and a scholar of international reputation in the developing "republic of letters".
Jacob Stout Jacob Stout (1764 – November 1857) was an American manufacturer and politician from Little Creek Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
Jacob Summerlin Jacob Summerlin (February 20 1820 - November 4 1893) also known as the King of the Crackers and King of the Cracker Cow Hunters was reputed to be the first child born in Florida after the land was ceded by Spain.
Jacob Sutor Jacob Sutor (also spelled "Jakob Sutor") was a German fencing master who published a fighting manual in 1612, called the Neues KĂĽnstliches Fechtbuch. The book was mostly an updated version (or outright plagiarism) of Joachim Meyer's work.
Jacob Talmon Jacob Leib Talmon (1916-1980) was Professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been categorised as a 'Cold War liberal' because of his devout anti-Marxism which permeates his main works.
Jacob Tamme Jacob Tamme (born Lexington, Kentucky) is an American football tight end for the University of Kentucky football team. Tamme graduated from Boyle County High School in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a multi-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball.
Jacob Timpano Jacob Timpano (born January 3, 1986) in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Australian A-League club Sydney FC. He has previously played for the Wollongong Wolves in the National Soccer League.
Jacob Tonson Jacob Tonson, 18th-century British publisher best known for having obtained a copyright on the plays of William Shakespeare by buying up the rights of the heirs of the publisher of the Fourth Folio after the Statute of Anne went into effect. He was also evidently the founder of the famous Kit-Cat Club.
Jacob Tullin Thams Jacob Tullin Thams (April 7, 1900-1954) was a Norwegian Olympian. He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the second person to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team.

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