Jacobus (name)

Jacobus is a masculine first name, which is a variant of Jacob, Jack and James. The name may refer to:

First name

 * Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), Dutch theologian
 * Jacobus de Baen (1673–1700), Dutch portrait painter
 * Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491), Flemish composer
 * Jacobus Barnaart (1726–1780), Dutch merchant
 * Jacobus Bartschius (c.1600–1633), German astronomer
 * Jacobus Bellamy (1757–1786), Dutch poet
 * Jacobus Franciscus Benders (1924–2017), Dutch mathematician
 * Jacobus Bisschop (1658–1697), Dutch painter
 * Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch Minister of Finance
 * Jacobus Bontius (1592–1631), Dutch physician
 * Jacobus Boomsma (born 1951), Dutch evolutionary biologist
 * Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655), Flemish Archbishop
 * Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881), South African politician
 * Jacobus Buys (1724–1801), Dutch painter
 * Jacobus Capitein (c.1717–1747), Dutch Christian minister of Ghanaian birth
 * Jacobus a Castro (1560–1639), Dutch bishop
 * Jacobus de Cessolis (c.1250–c.1322), Italian chess author
 * Jacobus Petrus Duminy (1897–1980), South African academic
 * Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout (1793–1861), Flemish painter
 * Jacobus van Egmond (1908–1969), Dutch cyclist
 * Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898–1980), South African politician and president
 * Jacobus Cornelis Gaal (1796–1866), Dutch painter
 * Jacobus Golius (1596–1667), Dutch mathematician
 * Jacobus Arnoldus Graaff (1863–1927), South African politician
 * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Laureate
 * Jacobus Kaper (born 1931), biochemist and virologist
 * Jacobus Kapteyn (1851–1922), Dutch astronomer
 * Jacobus de Kerle (1531–1591), Flemish composer and organist
 * Jacobus Kloppers (born 1937), Canadian composer
 * Jacobus Hendricus van Lint (1932–2004), Dutch mathematician and university president
 * Jacobus van Looy (1855–1930), Dutch painter and writer
 * Jacobus Mancadan (1602–1680), Dutch painter
 * Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (1836–1885), Dutch photographer
 * Jacobus van Meteren (1519–c.1555), Dutch printer; printed first English-language Bible in Antwerp
 * Jacobus Oud (1890–1963), Dutch architect
 * Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886–1957), South African landscape artist
 * Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey (1658–1726), Flemish painter
 * Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer (1850–1913), South African politician
 * Jacobus Spoors (1751–1833), Dutch politician
 * Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss (1900–1990), South African politician
 * Jacobus Swartwout (1734–1827), American general and politician
 * Jacobus de la Torre (1608–1661), Dutch Archbishop
 * Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658–1739), American mayor
 * Jacobus van der Merwe (born 1937), South African politician
 * Jacobus van der Vecht (1906–1992), Dutch entomologist
 * Jacobus de Voragine (c.1230–1298), Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa
 * Jacobus Johannes Venter (1814–1889), South African politician
 * Jacobus Verhoeff (1927–2018), Dutch mathematician
 * Jacobus Verster (1919–1981), South African general
 * Jacobus van de Water (1643–1712), Dutch mayor of New Amsterdam
 * Jacobus, pseudonym of Jacques Alphonse Doucet of Radio Radio

Surname

 * Donald Lines Jacobus (1887–1970), American genealogist
 * Melancthon Williams Jacobus Sr.
 * Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr.
 * Marc Jacobus (born 1951), American bridge player
 * Preston Jacobus (1864–1911), American businessman and politician
 * Russell Jacobus (1944–2023), American bishop
 * Tim Jacobus (born 1959), American artist