Isaacson is a
surname
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meaning "son of
Isaac", the
Biblical
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figure.
People with the surname Isaacson include:
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Doug Isaacson
Douglas W. Isaacson (born October 18, 1957) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and a former member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 1. He represented the 1st district from January 18, 2013 � ...
(born 1957), American politician
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Jacob Isaacson (1911–1980), American composer and musician
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James Isaacson (born 1980), English rugby union football player
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Megan Isaacson, American gospel singer
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Peter Isaacson (born 1920), English-born Australian newspaper publisher and military pilot
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Rich Isaacson (born 1964), American music entrepreneur
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Richard A. Isaacson
Richard A. Isaacson is a retired American physicist who has been cited by 2017 Nobel Laureate Rainer Weiss as indispensable to the LIGO gravitational wave project. Isaacson's 1967 PhD dissertation established that the theoretical gravitational wave ...
, American physicist and promoter of
LIGO
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Thorpe B. Isaacson
Henry Thorpe Beal Isaacson (September 6, 1898 – November 9, 1970) was a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), serving as a counselor in the First Presidency to church president David O. McKay from 1965 to 1970 ...
(1898–1970), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Walter Isaacson (born 1952), American author, columnist and CEO
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