Jacob as First Name

Jacob Jack L. Molinas            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Jacob Jack L. Molinas: was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scandal that almost destroyed NCAA basketball. Molinas attended Stuyvesant High School[2] and graduated from Columbia University in 1953. He played briefly in the NBA in 1954, participating in 29 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons before being banned for game-fixing activities. Molinas was said to have contact to New York City mobster Thomas Eboli. Molinas was murdered in 1975.

Jacob Kettler            Origin/Culture/Country: German
Jacob Kettler: was a Baltic German Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1642–1682). Under his rule, the duchy was brought to its greatest peak in wealth and engaged in colonization. Kettler was born in Goldingen (Kuldiga). He was the son of Wilhelm Kettler and

Jacob Druckman            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Jacob Druckman: was an American composer born in Philadelphia. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1950 he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and later continued his studies at the École Normale de Musique in Paris (1954-55). He worked extensively with electronic music, in addition to a number of works for orchestra or for small ensembles.

Jacob Lensky            Origin/Culture/Country: Canadian
Jacob Lensky: a Canadian football player who will retire completely from professional football on September 1, 2008. [1] He currently plays in midfield for Feyenoord. On 4 September 2006 he signed with the Rotterdam based team on a 2.5 year deal starting at 1 January 2007. Before that period the player already trained with the squad on an amateur basis. In his first week as a professional he and the rest of the team moved to Turkey for a week of training and to play several matches in preparation for the second half of the season.

Jacob Pavlovitch Adler            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Jacob Pavlovitch Adler: was a (Russian-born) Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and New York City.[1]Nicknamed "nesher hagodl",[3][4] ("the Great Eagle"), Adler being the German word for "eagle",[1][4] he achieved his first theatrical success in Odessa, but his career there was rapidly cut short when Yiddish theater was banned in Russia in 1883.[5][4] He became a star in Yiddish theater in London, and in 1889, on his second voyage to the United States, he settled in New York City.[6][4] Adler soon started a company of his own, ushering in a new,

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Jacob as Last Name

François Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: French
François Jacob: French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through feedback on transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff.

Irène Marie Jacob            Origin/Culture/Country: French-
Irène Marie Jacob: Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Red. She came to represent an image of European sophisticat