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 ("supplanter" or "follower"). The suffix, -son denotes "son/descendent 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 (born 1969), television reporter for WMAQ News in Chicago
Andrew Jacobson (born 1985), Major League Soccer player
Arthur Jacobson (1901–1993), American assistant director
Ben Jacobson (born 1970), American college basketball coach
Bill Jacobson (born 1955), American photographer
Cecil Jacobson (born 1936), disgraced American fertility doctor
Clayton Jacobson II (born 1932 or 1933), credited with inventing the personal water craft
Dan Jacobson (1929–2014), South African writer
Dana Jacobson (born 1971), American news anchor
David Jacobson (diplomat), lawyer and current United States Ambassador to Canada
Douglas T. Jacobson (1925–2000), US Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor
Edward Jacobson (1891–1955), Jewish American businessman and activist
Edmund Jacobson, American physician, creator of the Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique
Edith Jacobson (1897–1978), German psychoanalyst
Emily Jacobson (born 1985), American sabre fencer
Eric Jacobson (born 1970), American puppeteer
Evelyn Jacobson, married name Evelyn Kozak (1899–2013), American supercentenarian
Fredrik Jacobson (born 1974), Swedish golfer
Georgij Georgiewitsch Jacobson (1871-1926), Russian entomologist
Harvey Jacobson (born 1956), British businessman
Howard Jacobson (born 1942), British author
Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), German philanthropist and reformer
Ivar Jacobson (born 1939), Swedish computer scientist
Jeff Jacobson (Ohio), Ohio Republican state senator
Joe Jacobson (born 1986), Welsh footballer
Joseph Jacobson, American inventor
Leonard Jacobson (1921–1992), American museum architect
Marcey Jacobson (1911–2009), American photographer
Nathan Jacobson (1910–1999), American mathematician
Norm Jacobson, rugby league footballerd
Peter Marc Jacobson, American television writer, director and producer
Peter Jacobson, American film and television actor
Peter Jacobson (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge
Robert Jacobson, Former Lutheran Bishop who became a Catholic priest
Robert M. Jacobson (born 1958), American physician
Roman Jakobson or Jacobson (1896–1982), Russian linguist
Sada Jacobson (born 1983), American sabre fencer
Sam Jacobson (born 1975), American basketball player
Sydney Jacobson (1908–1988), British journalist and editor
Van Jacobson, American scientist and network specialist
William Jacobson (1803–1884), British Anglican bishop
William A. Jacobson, American attorney
