1. United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
   - Jane Jacobs 
2. Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
   - Aletta Jacobs 
3. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
   - W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs

1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
   - François Jacob 
2. (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')

Type of: author, biochemist, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, patriarch, physician, writer

Encyclopedia: Jacob Jacob, Max Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden Jacob, Margrave of Baden

• pooh-bah
• pooh-pooh
• pooka
• pool
• pool ball
• pool cue
• pool player
• pool stick
• pool table
• Poole
• pooler
• pooling of interest
• poolroom
• poolside
• poon
• poontang
• poop
• poop deck
• poop out
• poor
• poor box
• poor boy
• poor devil
• poor fish
• poor law