Jacobson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob". Its spelling has several variants, including Jakobson and Jacobsen. Jacobson may refer to:
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People
- Amy Jacobson Television reporter for WMAQ News in Chicago
- Bill Jacobson (born 1955), an American photographer
- Carl Robert Jakobson (1841-1882), Estonian writer and teacher
- Cecil Jacobson (born 1936), disgraced American fertility doctor
- Dan Jacobson (born 1929), South African writer
- Dana Jacobson, American news anchor
- Edward Jacobson (1891-1955), Jewish American businessman and activist
- Edmund Jacobson, American physician, creator of Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique
- Edith Jacobson, Psychoanalyst
- Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1986), Finnish-born science fiction editor
- Emily Jacobson, American sabre fencer
- Eric Jacobson, American puppeteer
- Fredrik Jacobson, (born 1974) Swedish golfer
- Gay Jacobson D'Asaro, American foil fencer
- Howard Jacobson (born 1942), British author
- Israel Jacobson (1768-1828), German philanthropist and reformer
- Ivar Jacobson (born 1939), Swedish computer scientist
- Jeff Jacobson (Alaska), American teacher, mayor of North Pole, Alaska
- Jeff Jacobson (Ohio), Ohio Republican state senator
- Joseph Jacobson, American inventor
- Kirsten Jacobson, American actress, musician and scholar
- Max Jakobson (born 1923), Finnish politician and diplomat
- Nathan Jacobson (1910-1999), American mathematician
- Roman Jacobson or Jakobson (1896–1982), Russian linguist
- Sada Jacobson (born 1983), American sabre fencer
- Sam Jacobson, American basketball player
- Van Jacobson, American scientist and network specialist
Facts
One fact is that a Jacobson, who lived in Norway made a Lund company and wanted to change his surname to Lund, so that's how the Lund name came to Canada.
Places
- Jacobson, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Jacobson v. United States, a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding entrapment, commonly cited as Jacobson.
- Jacobson stores, an American franchise
