Jacobo

Jacobo is both a surname and a given name of Spanish origin. Based on the name Jacob. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
 * Alfredo Jacobo (born 1982), Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Mexico
 * Cesar Chavez Jacobo, Dominican professional basketball player
 * Clara Jacobo, Italian opera singer

Given name:
 * Jacobo Majluta Azar (1934 – 1996), politician from Dominican Republic, was president for 43 days in 1982
 * Jacobo Arenas (1924–1990), Colombian guerrilla and ideological leader of FARC
 * Dan Jacobo Beninson (1931–2003), Argentine radiation expert
 * Jacobo Bolbochán (1906–1984), Argentine chess master
 * Jacobo Borges (born 1931), contemporary, neo-figurative Latin-American artist
 * Jacobo Díaz (born 1976), former professional male tennis player from Spain
 * Juan Jacobo Fernandez (1808–1860), Franciscan friar, a martyr who achieved beatification
 * Jacobo Fijman (1898–1970), Argentine poet born in Bessarabia, now mainly in Moldova
 * Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba (1878–1953), Spanish noble, diplomat, politician and art collector
 * Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Liria and Jérica (1773–1794), Spanish nobleman
 * Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 6th Duke of Liria and Jérica (1792–1795), the second surviving son of the 5th Duke of Berwick
 * Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (1913–1971), Guatemalan military officer and politician
 * Jacobo Mansilla (born 1987), Argentine football midfielder
 * Jacobo Morales (born 1934), Puerto Rican actor, writer and film director
 * Jacobo Sanz Ovejero (born 1983), Spanish football goalkeeper
 * Jacobo Pacchiarotto, 16th-century Italian painter of the Renaissance period
 * Jacobo Palm (1887–1982), Curaçao-born composer
 * Jacobo Rispa, director and freelance producer working mainly in TV drama & film
 * Jacobo Timerman (1923–1999), publisher, journalist, and author
 * Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga (1582–1633), Japanese Roman Catholic priest and martyr
 * Jacobo Arbenz Villanova (born 1946), politician in Guatemala
 * Jacobo Ynclán (born 1984), Spanish football midfielder
 * Jacobo Zabludovsky (born 1928), Mexican journalist