Job Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...

is a major figure in the Bible. People with the same given name include: * Patriarch Job of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 954 to 960 * Job of Esztergom, Hungarian prelate and archbishop (1185–1204) *

Patriarch Job of Moscow Job (; died 19 June 1607) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1587 to 1589, and the first Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' from 1589 to 1605. He was the seventeenth metropolitan in Mosco ...

(died 1607), first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and a saint of the Orthodox Church * Job of Pochayiv (c. 1551 – 1651), Ukrainian Orthodox monk and Eastern Orthodox saint *

Job (Osacky) Archbishop Job (Osacky) of Chicago (March 18, 1946 – December 18, 2009) was the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the Midwest until his unexpected death. His territory included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michig ...

(1946–2009), archbishop of the Orthodox Church * Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1630–1698), Dutch painter * Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet (c. 1614–1697), barrister, member and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons of England, and judge *

Job Charnock Job Charnock (; –1692/1693) was an English administrator with the East India Company. He is widely regarded by historians as the founder of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata); however, this view was challenged in court, and in 2003 the Calcutta ...

(c. 1630–1692), English East India Company administrator traditionally regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta *

Job Cohen Marius Job Cohen (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as List of mayors of Amsterdam, Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from ...

(born 1947), leader of the Dutch Labour Party *

Job Durfee Job Durfee (September 20, 1790 – July 26, 1847) was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton, Rhode Island, Tiverton, he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the Bar (law), bar and commenced practice in ...

(1790–1847), jurist and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives * Job Haines (1744–1812), American politician from Maryland * Job Harriman (1861–1925), vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America and founder of a utopian community *

Job Dean Jessop Job Dean Jessop (December 4, 1926 - January 30, 2001) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey. Born in Logan, Utah, Jessop was eighteen when on August 9, 1944, as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Elli ...

(1926–2001), American jockey * Job Koech Kinyor (born 1990), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Job Mann (1795–1873), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Job de Roincé (1896–1981), French journalist and writer * Job ben Solomon or Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773), Muslim transported to America as a slave *

Job Tausinga Job Dudley Tasinga, CSI (born July 18, 1951) is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. He lives on New Georgia Island, in the Western Province, and was first elected in 1984. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 t ...

(born 1951), Minister for Education and Human Resources Development of the Solomon Islands * Job Throckmorton (1545–1601), English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament * Job Roberts Tyson (1803-1858), U.S. Congressman

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