Jacques


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
4658 famous people named Jacques found on Wikipedia.
9282 male, 242 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1896-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 601-th in year 1969
Used in: French

Meanings

A male given name, French form of Jacob or James.

Jacques (French: [ʒak], Quebec French pronunciation : [ʒɑɔ̯k]) is the French equivalent of James, ultimately originating from the name Jacob.
Jacques is derived from the Late Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰακώβος (Septuagintal Greek Ἰακώβ), from the Hebrew name Jacob יַעֲקֹב‎. (See Jacob.) James is derived from Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus.
As a first name, Jacques is often phonetically converted to English as Jacob, Jake (from Jacob), or Jack. Jack, from Jankin, is usually a diminutive of John but it can be used also as a short form for many names derived from "Jacob" like "Jacques". For example In french "Jacky" is used as a very popular nickname for "Jacques", in dutch "Jack" is a pet form for Jacob or Jacobus with the other nicknames Sjaak, Sjaakie or Jaak; in swedish we have "Jacke" for "Jacob/Jakob" and in german "Jackel" or "Jockel" for "Jakob".

Derived from Jacob: supplanter, held by the heel.

Famous People: 4658 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Jacques Cousteau 1910 French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher
2 Jacques Derrida 1930 French philosopher (1930-2004)
3 Jacques Chirac 1932 22nd President of France
4 Jacques Cartier 1491 French explorer
5 Jacques Lacan 1901 French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
6 Jacques Pépin 1935 Chef from France
7 Jacques Brel 1929 Belgian singer-songwriter
8 Jacques Kallis 1975 Cricketer
9 Hattie Jacques 1922 English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen
10 Jacques de Molay 1243 Grand Master of the Knights Templar
11 Jacques Piccard 1922 Swiss oceanographer
12 Jennie Jacques 1989 British actress
13 Jacques Offenbach 1819 German-born French composer, cellist and impresario
14 Jacques Tati 1907 French filmmaker
15 Jacques Rougeau 1960 Canadian wrestler
16 Jacques Mesrine 1936 French criminal
17 Jacques Séguéla 1934 French journalist
18 Jacques Rivette 1928 French film director, screenwriter and film critic
19 Jacques Necker 1732 French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI
20 Jacques Marquette 1637 French Jesuit and explorer
21 Brian Jacques 1939 British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy novels
22 Jacques Ellul 1912 French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist
23 Jacques Bergerac 1927 French actor
24 Jacques Anquetil 1934 French cyclist
25 Jacques Dutronc 1943 French actor and musician
26 Jacques Prévert 1900 French poet, screenwriter
27 Jacques Delors 1925 French economist and politician
28 Jacques Rogge 1942 International Olympic Committee President
29 Jacques Audiard 1952 French film director and screenwriter
30 Jacques Capelovici 1922 French television presenter (1922-2011)
31 Jacques Charles 1746 French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist
32 Jacques Maritain 1882 French philosopher
33 Jacques Rancière 1940 French philosopher
34 Raymond St. Jacques 1930 American actor
35 Jacques Demy 1931 Film director
36 Jacques Burger 1983 Namibian rugby union player
37 Jacques Vergès 1925 French lawyer
38 Jacques Houdek 1981 Croatian singer
39 Jacques Attali 1943 French economist
40 Jacques Monclar 1957 French basketball coach
41 Jacques Morali 1947 French musician
42 Jacques Futrelle 1875 American journalist and mystery writer
43 Jacques Mayol 1927 Holder of many world records in free diving
44 Jacques d'Amboise 1934 American dancer and choreographer
45 Jacques Lecoq 1921 French actor
46 Jacques Doillon 1944 Film director
47 Jacques Barzun 1907 Historian
48 Jacques Perrin 1941 French actor and film producer
49 Jacques Hamel 1930 French Roman-Catholic priest
50 Jacques Nasser 1947 American-Australian business executive
51 Jacques Lemaire 1945 Canadian ice hockey player
52 Jacques Demers 1944 Canadian politician
53 Jacques Pradel 1947 French journalist and audio book narrator
54 Jacques Charrier 1936 French actor
55 Jacques Cheminade 1941 French political activist
56 Jacques Vallée 1939 Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
57 Jacques Monod 1910 French biologist
58 Jacques Chambon 1962 Breton actor
59 Jacques Penot 1959 French actor
60 Jacques Hébert 1757 1757-1794 French journalist and politician
61 Jacques Agnant
62 Jacques Mailhot 1949 French chansonnier, journalist and actor
63 Jacques Tits 1930 Belgian mathematician
64 Jacques de Vaucanson 1709 French inventor
65 Jacques Vendroux 1948 French journalist
66 Jacques Pierre Brissot 1754 French revolutionary
67 Jacques Berndorf 1936 German journalist
68 Jacques Tourneur 1904 French-American film director
69 Jacques Maghoma 1987 DR Congo international footballer
70 Jacques Santini 1952 Footballer
71 Jacques Legros 1951 French journalist and television presenter
72 Jacques Laffite 1943 Racecar driver
73 Jacques Loussier 1934 French pianist
74 Jacques Vermeire 1951 Belgian actor
75 Jacques Parizeau 1930 Canadian politician
76 Jacques Bodoin 1921 French chansonnier and singer
77 Jacques Santi 1939 French actor
78 Jacques Henri Lartigue 1894 French painter
79 Jacques Ibert 1890 French composer
80 Jacques MacDonald 1765 Marshal of France
81 Jacques Hadamard 1865 French mathematician
82 Jacques Maillot 1941
83 Jacques Torres 1959 French chef
84 Jacques Verlier 1933 Swiss actor (1933-1992)
85 Jacques Lipchitz 1891 American and French sculptor
86 Jacques Massu 1908 French general
87 Jacques Jaujard 1895 French high-ranking civil servant in France (1895-1967)
88 Jacques Julliard 1933 French journalist and historian
89 Martin Jacques 1945 British journalist
90 Jacques Martial 1955 French actor
91 Jacques Zoua 1991 Cameroonian footballer
92 Jacques Borel 1927
93 Jacques Callot 1592 Flemish-French engraver
94 Jacques Charpentreau 1928 French poet
95 Jacques Drucker 1946 French physician
96 Jacques Crozemarie 1925
97 Jacques Rouland 1930 French television presenter (1930-2002)
98 Jacques Santer 1937 Prime Minister of Luxembourg
99 Jacques Le Goff 1924 French historian
100 Jeph Jacques 1980 Comic author and illustrator
101 Jacques Villon 1875 French painter
102 Jacques Sereys 1928 French actor
103 Jacques Benveniste 1935 French immunologist
104 Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1915 French Gaullist politician
105 Jacques d'Arc 1380 French noble
106 Jacques Tardi 1946 Artist
107 Jacques Peretti
108 Jacques Bailly 1966 Pronouncer of the National Spelling Bee
109 Jacques Levy 1935 American songwriter and theatre director
110 Jacques Faty 1985 Footballer
111 Jacques Saadé 1937 Lebanese businessman
112 Jacques Villeret 1951 French actor
113 Jacques Balsan 1868 French aviator and businessman
114 Jacques Chérèque 1928
115 Jacques Roux 1752 French priest and revolutionary
116 Jacques Polge 1943 Perfumer
117 Jacques Doriot 1898 French journalist, anti-communist
118 Jacques Rudolph 1981 South African cricketer
119 Jacques Préboist 1923 Actor from France
120 Jacques de Milliano 1955 Dutch physician and politician
121 Jacques Villeneuve 1953 Canadian racecar driver born in 1953
122 Jacques Clément 1567 Assassin of the French king Henry III
123 Jacques Smith 1991 American football player
124 Jacques Niederer 1960 Dutch politician
125 Richard Jacques 1973 British music composer
126 Jacques Marcus Prevost 1736 American politician
127 Sterling Saint Jacques 1957 American singer, actor and model
128 Jacques Ciron 1928 French actor and voice actor
129 Jacques Songo'o 1964 Cameroonian footballer
130 Jacques Littlefield 1949 American collector
131 Jacques I, Prince of Monaco 1689 Prince of Monaco
132 Jacques Sernas 1925 Lithuanian French actor and screenwriter
133 Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne 1756 French revolutionary leader
134 Jacques Cardoze 1969 French journalist
135 Jacques Tilly 1963 German sculptor and illustrator
136 Jacques Berenguer 1936
137 Jacques Fath 1912 French fashion designer
138 Jacques d'Ancona 1937 Dutch television presenter, journalist and association football referee
139 Jacques Arcadelt 1507 Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance
140 Jacques Expert French journalist
141 Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen 1880 Novelist, poet
142 Jacques Deschamps 1931 French actor
143 Jacques Roumain 1907 Haitian politician and poet
144 Jacques Higelin 1940 French actor and sionge
145 Jacques de Sores 1600 French pirate
146 Jacques Veneruso 1959
147 Jacques Bertin 1918 French geographer and cartographer
148 Jacques Doucet 1853 French fashion designer
149 Jacques Dessange 1925
150 Jacques Marin 1919 French actor
151 Jacques Damala 1855 Greek military officer-turned-actor
152 Jacques Copeau 1879 French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist
153 Jacques Weber 1949 French actor, film director and screenwriter
154 Jacques Becker 1906 French screenwriter and film director
155 James P. Sullivan Monsters, Inc. character
156 Jacques Chapdelaine 1961 Canadian football player and coach
157 Jacques Angelvin 1914 French actor
158 Jacques Mellick 1941 French politician
159 Jacques Potgieter 1986 South African rugby union player
160 Jacques Mitterrand 1918 French general officer, brother of François Mitterrand
161 Jacques Martin 1933 French television host
162 Jacques de Chateauvieux 1951 French businessperson
163 Jacques Cœur 1395 French merchant, one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant
164 Jacques Servin American artist
165 Jacques Bourboulon 1946 French photographer
166 Jacques Klöters 1946 Dutch comedian
167 Jacques Bergier 1912 French writer and scientist
168 Jacques Foccart 1913 French politician
169 Jacques François Dugommier 1738 French general
170 Jacques Landriault 1921 Roman Catholic Bishop
171 Jacques Philippe Marie Binet 1786 French mathematician
172 Jacques Testart 1939 French biologist
173 Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples 1460 French theologian and humanist
174 Jacques Laffitte 1767 French banker and politician
175 Jacques Curie 1855 French physicist
176 Jacques Michel 1941 Canadian composer and musician
177 Jacques de la Palice 1470 Marshal of France
178 Jacques Deray 1929 French film director
179 Jacques L'Heureux 1953 Canadian actor
180 Jacques Cazotte 1719 French writer
181 Jacques Mallet du Pan 1749 French writer
182 Jacques Greene Canadian DJ
183 Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud 1801 Marshal of France
184 Jacques Balmat 1762 Mountain climber
185 Jacques Amyot 1513 French writer
186 Jacques Ferrière 1932 French actor
187 Jacques Gamblin 1957 French actor
188 Jacques Herb 1946 Dutch singer
189 Jacques Richard 1931 French actor and voice actor
190 Jacques Dorfmann 1945 French actor
191 Jacques Gaffarel 1601 French scholar and astrologer
192 Jacques Pessis 1950 French journalist
193 Jacques Pills 1906 French actor and singer
194 Jacques Lusseyran 1924 French author, resistance fighter
195 Jacques de Larosière 1929 French civil servant, IMF managing director
196 Jacques François 1920 French actor
197 Jacques du Plessis 1993 South African rugby player
198 Jacques Boyer 1955 American racing cyclist
199 Jacques Rapoport 1952
200 Jacques Simon 1754