Famous People with Name Jacob

Jacob "Jake" Hager            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob "Jake" Hager: is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, where he works under the name Jack Swagger on the SmackDown brand. Hager attended the University of Oklahoma as a two-sport athlete, participating in both football and wr

Jacob Deitchler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob Deitchler: an American wrestler, won a position on the United States Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team in June 2008. Deitchler, from Ramsey, Minnesota, is a University of Minnesota recruit and is only the third wrestler in history to come directly from high school

Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller: is an American slalom canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. He won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1983 and a silver in 1987.

Jacob K. Shafer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob K. Shafer: was a Delegate from Idaho Territory.Shafer was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871), but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.He served as district attorney of

Jacob Hale Sypher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacob Hale Sypher: was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served four terms as a Republican.He was first elected to congress in 1866. He may have lost the 1868 election, but there were so many irregularities that congress

Alex Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alex Jacob: is an American professional poker player. Among his biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9 2006, winning $655,507. Jacob secured his biggest paycheck to date by winning the 2006 U.S. Poker Championship with a first-place prize of $878,500. Jacob has 4 WSOP Final Tables, including a 3rd in Event 3 in No-Limit hold'em at the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Lisa Rae Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lisa Rae Jacob: is a former American swimmer won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

John Jeremiah Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Jeremiah Jacob: was a Democratic politician from Green Spring (Hampshire County), West Virginia. Jacob served two terms as the fourth Governor of the U.S. State of West Virginia. John Jeremiah Jacob was also elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Hampshire

Richard Taylor Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Taylor Jacob: was 17th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1863–64). In 1859 Jacob was elected as a Democrat to Kentucky's state legislature. In 1860, Jacob supported John C. Breckinridge for president. But when the American Civil War broke out, he remained loyal to the U

Jean-Marc Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean-Marc Jacob: was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. He is a veterinarian by career. He was elected in the Charlesbourg electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 federal election, thus serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Jacob faced accusations that he advised Quebec members of the Canadian Forces to join a Quebec army if there was a winning vote for Quebec sovereignty in the 1995 Quebec referendum. The prevailing Liberal government decided to investigate these remarks, while the Reform Party demanded Jacob be charged with sedition. Reaction to this incident included a 22 March 1996 sketch on the English language television comedy series Royal Canadian Air Farce where Jacob "learns the meaning of the word sedition".