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Jacob Bixenman made me like this name a lot more.
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Jacob from the early Old Testament of the Bible was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Esau. He tricked Esau into giving him his birthright and thus inheriting the family's land. Jacob had two wives Leah and Rachel and 12 sons, one of which was Joseph.
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Jacob Portman is the protagonist of the "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" series by Ransom Riggs.
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Jacob Jeffries is a musician.
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Jacob is an amazing name, I wish I had a name like that.
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Jacob Lynn "Jake" Pavelka is an American pilot who appeared on six reality TV programs, most notably The Bachelor. Pavelka was born in Dallas, Texas to Sallie Lanell and James Lynn Pavelka. He is the middle child of three sons. His brothers, Jason and Matthew, are both married. He has two nephews. Pavelka grew up in Denton, Texas and he started taking flying lessons when he was twelve. He played high school football, and in 2001 he became a certified flight instructor. He attended the University of North Texas and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida for Aerospace engineering. Pavelka became an airline captain and flight instructor at 23. He worked as a pilot for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, and under the name of Jake Landrum, acted in several television commercials and programs produced in the Dallas area. Pavelka is a cousin of fitness model, television presenter, actor and personal trainer Jessie Pavelka. Pavelka participates in triathlons and has been active throughout his life.
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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal is an American actor. A member of the Gyllenhaal family and the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in City Slickers, followed by roles in A Dangerous Woman and Homegrown. His breakthrough performance was as Homer Hickam in October Sky and he garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for playing the title character in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. He subsequently appeared in another indie film, The Good Girl and the climate fiction-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event.
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Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is an American retired mixed martial artist. In the MMA world, he is known for his stint with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sports early stars. Ortiz ultimately became the biggest pay-per-view draw of 2006 for his fights with Liddell, Forrest Griffin, and Ken Shamrock.
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Rolf Jacob Sartorius, commonly known as Jacob Sartorius, is an American pop singer. He gained fame by lipsyncing on the social media app, Music. Ly. He released his debut single, Sweatshirt, in 2016.
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Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian child actor. His breakout performance was his co-starring role as Jack Newsome in Room, for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
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Jacob David R. Clayton in Subic Bay, Olongapo City, Philippines also known as Jacob Rica, Jacob Clayton is a Filipino/British child actor. He is half British. He is currently under the GMA Artist Center handled by director Maryo J. De los Reyes. He took part in the action adventure series Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan aired on GMA Network. In 2008, he joined the main cast of the eleventh installment of Sine Novela Saan Darating Ang Umaga?, Magkano Ba ang Pag-ibig? And Regular TV Host Walang Tulugan, GMA Network's evening variety show.
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Jacob Sartorius's full name is Rolf Jacob Sartorius.
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A young notable internet star Jacob Sartorius (2002- )uses this name.
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Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), famous Royalist general in the English Civil War (1642-45).
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Jacob Singer is the main character of the cult horror film Jacob's Ladder, where he struggled between salvation and perdition, heaven and hell.
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Garret Jacob Hobbs is a character on the television series "Hannibal."
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Jacob Zuma is the President of South Africa.
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Jacob Akiba Marinsky (born 1918 in Buffalo, New York) was an American chemist who was the co-discoverer of the element promethium.
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Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal.
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Jacob van Campen (1595-1657) was a Dutch architect and painter.
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Jacob Burckhardt (Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt) (1818-1897) was a Swiss historian, professor at the universities of Zurich and Basle.
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Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608-1651) was a Dutch portrait and history painter famous for 'Portrait of a Boy in Grey'.
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Jacob-Sigisbert Adam (1670-1747) was a French Sculptor. His sons were François-Gaspard, Nicolas-Sébastien and Lambert-Sigisbert.
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Jacob Lusk is a contestant on American Idol season 10.
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This is the name of a character shrouded in mystery in the hit television show LOST.
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This is the middle name of Actor Daniel Radcliffe.
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Famous bearer Jacob Himes the American artist.
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Jacob Black appears in every book of the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer.
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Jacob Hoggard, former Canadian Idol contestant and lead singer of the band Hedley.
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Jacob Hannekroot is the antagonist of Susan Runholt's "The Mystery of the Third Lucretia". He is hideous but fascinating.
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Jonathan Jacob Walker is Panic! At The Disco's bassist.
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Jacob Davis was the inventor of riveted denim jeans but Levi Strauss bought the patent from him.
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A famous bearer is Jacob Brent. He is a broadway dancer and starred in CATS (on Broadway, in London, and in CATS video). He's also done Starlight Express and other little shows. Now, he choreographs and even directs shows.
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Jacob is a major character in the book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. He's a friend of the main character and turns out to be a werewolf.
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Jacob Marley was the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol.' At the time of the story, he has been dead for seven years.
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Rodney Dangerfield's birth name was Jacob Cohen.
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A famous bearer of the name Jacob is Jacob 'Jake' Gyllenhaal who starred in films such as 'Donnie Darko', 'The Day After Tomorrow' and most recently, 'Brokeback Mountain'.
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Properly speaking Jacob and Wilhem Grimm are not the "authors" of the Grimm fairy tales. I am not sure of the most correct noun... collectors, or compilers. Just to be punctilious.
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