Jakob is a given name. * Jakob Ammann (1644–1712–1730), Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement * Jakob Chychrun (born 1998), Canadian-American ice hockey player * Jakob Dylan (born 1969), American singer and songwriter * Jakob Fugger of the Lily (1459–1525), also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich * Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl, known as

Candy Ken Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl (born July 27, 1992), known as Candy Ken, is an Austrian rapper, model, TikToker, and artist. He started his career as a rapper in 2014. He combines a masculine appearance with feminine pop culture. He has become famous, an ...

, Austrian rapper and model * Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player *

Jakob Junis Jakob Benjamin Lee Junis (born September 16, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 29th round of the 2011 Major League ...

(born 1992), American baseball pitcher for the

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Y ...

* Jacob Lissek (born 1992), American soccer player * Jakob Oftebro (born 1986), Norwegian actor * Jacob Paulson (born 1998), Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter, known professionally as

JK-47 Jacob Paulson (born 1997/1998), known professionally as JK-47, is an Indigenous Australian rapper, musician, and activist from Tweed Heads South, New South Wales. His debut album, ''Made for This'', was released independently on 4 Septembe ...

* Jakob Poulsen (born 1983), Danish football player * Jakob Pöltl (born 1995), Austrian basketball player *

Jakob Reinhard Hannikel (1742 – July 17, 1787), born Jakob Reinhard, was an infamous robber in Württemberg, Germany, and is today a character of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival. Early life Hannikel was born in the area of Darmstadt; his mother belonged to a ...

(1742–1787), also known as Hannikel * Jakob Silfverberg (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player *

Jakob Sølvhøj Jakob Sølvhøj (born 12 September 1954 in Helsingør) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Red–Green Alliance political party. He was elected at the 2015 Danish general election. Political career Sølvhøj was fir ...

(born 1954), Danish politician * Jakob Sporrenberg (1902–1952), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Jakob Stausholm, Danish businessman * Jakob Weiseborn (1892–1939), German Nazi SS Flossenbürg concentration camp commandant

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