Jacobi (surname)
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The surname Jacobi may refer to:
- Abraham JacobiAbraham JacobiAbraham Jacobi was a pioneer of pediatrics, opening the first children's clinic in the United States. To date, he is the only foreign born president of the American Medical Association.-Biography:...
(1830–1919), Prussian-American revolutionary and pediatrician - Bruce JacobiBruce JacobiHarold Bruce Jacobi is a former NASCAR driver, from Salem, Indiana, United States. In 1987, he died at age 51 because of head injuries from a crash during a race at the Daytona International Speedway in 1983...
(1935–1987), American NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
driver - Carl Gustav Jakob JacobiCarl Gustav Jakob JacobiCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a German mathematician, widely considered to be the most inspiring teacher of his time and is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his generation.-Biography:...
(1804–1851), Prussian mathematician and teacher - Carl Richard JacobiCarl Richard JacobiCarl Richard Jacobi was an American author. He wrote short stories in the horror, fantasy, science fiction and crime genres for the pulp magazine market.-Biography:...
(1908–1997), American author - Carl Wigand Maximilian JacobiCarl Wigand Maximilian JacobiCarl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi was a German psychiatrist who was a native of Düsseldorf. He was the son of philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ....
(1775–1858), German psychiatrist - Claus JacobiClaus JacobiClaus Jacobi was the editor of the German news magazine Der Spiegel from 1962-1968. He was arrested during the Spiegel scandal.-References:...
(born 1927), German editor - Derek JacobiDerek JacobiSir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in...
(born 1938), English actor - Erwin Jacobi (1902–1967), German politician (German PartyGerman PartyThe German Party is a name used by a number of German political parties in the country's history. The current incarnation is represented only at the local level in Germany. However, from 1949 to 1961, a German Party was part of the ruling coalition in the Bundestag...
) - Erwin Jacobi (jurist), (1884–1965), German constitutional lawyer
- Erwin Reuben Jacobi (1909–1978), Alsatian-Swiss musicologist
- Franz Jacobi (1888–1979), founder member of the German football club Borussia DortmundBorussia DortmundBallspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
- Frederick JacobiFrederick JacobiFrederick Jacobi was a prolific American composer and teacher.His works include symphonies, concerti, chamber music, works for solo piano and for solo organ, lieder, and one opera....
(1891–1952), American composer - Friedrich Heinrich JacobiFriedrich Heinrich JacobiFriedrich Heinrich Jacobi was an influential German philosopher, literary figure, socialite and the younger brother of poet Johann Georg Jacobi...
(1743–1819), German philosopher - Georg Jacobi (1840–1906), violinist, conductor, composer
- Hermann JacobiHermann JacobiHermann Georg Jacobi was an eminent German Indologist.-Education:Jacobi was born in Köln on 11 February 1850...
(1850–1937), German Indologist - Hosea (Hermann) Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia
- Johann JacobiJohann JacobyJohann Jacoby was a Left-wing Prussian Jewish politician.- Biography :The son of a merchant, Jacoby studied medicine and in 1830 started practicing in his native city, but soon became involved in political activities in a liberal interest, which involved him in prosecutions and made him well-known...
(1805-1877), German socialist politician - Johann Georg JacobiJohann Georg JacobiJohann Georg Jacobi was a German poet.The elder brother of the philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Johann Georg was born at Pempelfort near Düsseldorf. He studied theology at Göttingen and jurisprudence at Helmstedt, and was appointed, in 1766, professor of philosophy in Halle. In this year he...
(1740–1814), German poet - Lotte JacobiLotte JacobiJohanna Alexandra Jacobi was a German photographer, who immigrated to the United States to escape Nazi Germany....
(1896–1990), German-American photographer - Lou JacobiLou JacobiLouis Harold "Lou" Jacobi was a Canadian character actor.-Life and career:Jacobi was born Louis Harold Jacobovitch in Toronto, Ontario to Joseph and Fay Jacobivitch...
(1913–2009), Canadian actor - Lutz JacobiLutz JacobiLutske Jacobi is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the Labour Party she has been an MP since November 30, 2006. She focuses on matters of natural environment, rural area, agriculture, horticulture, fishery, recreation and the Wadden Sea.- External links :...
(born 1955), Dutch politician - Mary Corinna Putnam JacobiMary Corinna Putnam JacobiMary Corinna Putnam was an American physician, writer, and suffragist who was the first woman to become a member of the Faculté de Médecine de Paris.-Biography:...
(1842–1906), English-American physician, writer, and suffragist; wife of Abraham Jacobi - Moritz von Jacobi (1801–1874), Prussian-Russian engineer
- Otto Reinhold JacobiOtto Reinhold JacobiOtto Reinhold Jacobi was a German-Canadian artist.In 1830 Jacobi studied in Berlin at the Royal Academy of Arts. He then studied at the Dusseldorf Art Academy with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. As a landscape and genre painter, he worked in Nassau and Canada...
(1812–1901), Canadian painter - Ricarda Jacobi (born 1923), German painter
- Roland JacobiRoland JacobiRoland Jacobi is a male former table tennis player from Hungary. He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships in 1926 and 1928.-References:...
(1893–1951), Hungarian table tennis player - Sioma (Shlomo) Yankelevich-Jacobi (1898–1939), engineer, Jewish Revisionist Leader, leader of Oddessa Jewish Defense Force
- Valery JacobiValery JacobiValery Ivanovich Jacobi was a Russian painter and an older brother of Pavel Jacobi , a notable revolutionary and ethnographer.Valery Jacobi was born to a family of an estate owner and started his education in the Kazan University, but broke his study to enlist in Russian Army during the Crimean War...
(1834–1902), Russian painter - Victor JacobiVictor JacobiVictor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor was a Hungarian operetta composer.He studied at Zeneakadémia in Budapest at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai...
(1883–1921), Hungarian composer - Werner Jacobi (1907–1970), German politician (SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
) - Wolfgang Jacobi (1894–1972), German composer
See also
- Jacoby (disambiguation)
- JacobJacobJacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
- JakobJakobJakob may be:* A variant of "Jacob ".People* Anund Jakob , a.k.a. Anund Jacob of Sweden* Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob , German economist* Joseph Jakob , American diver...
- JacobsJacobsJacobs may refer to:PeoplePlaces*Jacobs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA*Jacobs, Wisconsin, USA*St. Jacobs, Ontario, CanadaEducation*Jacobs School of Music, in Indiana University, Indiana, USA*Jacobs University Bremen, in GermanyOther uses...
- JacobsenJacobsenJacobsen may refer to:*Jacobsen , people with the surname JacobsenIn places:* Jacobsen, California, in El Dorado County* Jacobsen Bight, South GeorgiaIn other uses:...