jacobs
jay kuhbz
- n English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
- n United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
- n Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
- n French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
- n (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')