Jacques

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Jacques [ zhahk ]^[1] is a French male given name and surname.

Jacques is from the Latin name Jacobus. It is a masculine name that means "supplanter" or "one who follows". It is also associated with the Hebrew name Yaakov, which means "he who supplants".^[2]

This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).^[3]

• Jacques I (1689–1751), Prince of Monaco
• Jacques Abady (1872–1964), British lawyer
• Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), French cyclist
• Jacques Arnold (born 1947), English politician and MP for Gravesham (1987–1997)
• Jacques Barzun (1907–2012), French-born American historian
• Jacques Beckers (born 1934), Dutch-born American astrophysicist
• Jacques Brel (1929–1978), Belgian singer and songwriter
• Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), Dutch field hockey player and coach
• Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French underwater explorer
• Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), French explorer
• Jacques Chapiro (1887–1972), painter
• Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), French politician
• Jacques D'Amours (born 1956/57), Canadian businessman
• Jacques Delors (born 1925), French politician
• Jacques de Molay (c. 1243–1314), last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), Algerian-born French philosopher
• Jacques du Toit (cricketer) (born 1980), South African-born cricketer
• Jacques du Toit (rugby union) (born 1993), South African-born rugby union player
• Jacques Dutronc (born 1943), French singer and actor
• Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French philosopher
• Jacques Erwin (1908–1957), French actor
• Jacques Faty (born 1984), Senegalese footballer
• Jacques Feyder (1885–1948), Belgian film director
• Jacques Follorou (born 1968), French journalist
• Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer
• Jacques Gaillot (born 1935), French social activist and Roman Catholic Bishop
• Jacques Grimaldi, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis de Baux (born 2014), heir to the Monegasque throne
• Jacques Hanegraaf (born 1960), Dutch cyclist
• Jacques Ibert (1880–1962), French composer of classical music
• Jacques Kallis (born 1975), South African cricketer
• Jacques La Degaillerie (born 1940), French fencer
• Jacques Lacan (1901–1981), French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
• Jacques Landry (born 1969), Canadian cyclist
• Jacques Loeb (1859–1924), German-born American physiologist and biologist
• Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), French neo-classical painter
• Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), French Catholic philosopher
• Jacques Marquette (1637–1675), French explorer, led first European expedition to the northern Mississippi River
• Jacques Massu (1908–2002), French general
• Jacques Mazoin (1929–2020), French rugby union player and coach
• Jacques Monod (1910–1976), French biologist and Nobel Prize recipient
• Jacques Ochs (1883–1971), Belgian Olympic champion épée fencer
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), German born French composer, notable for composing the "Can Can"
• Jacques Onana (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
• Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015), Premier of Québec
• Jacques Pépin (born 1935), French chef
• Jacques Plante (1929–1986), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Jacques Prévert (1900–1977), French poet and screenwriter
• Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894), French zoologist
• Jacques Puisais (1927–2020), French oenologist
• Jacques Rancière (born 1940), French philosopher
• Jacques Robert (film director) (1890–1928), Swiss silent actor and film director in the 1910s and 1920s
• Jacques Riparelli (born 1983), Cameroonian-born Italian athlete
• Jacques Rit (born 1949), Monegasque politician
• Jacques Rivette (1928–2016), French filmmaker
• Jacques Rogge (born 1942), Belgian sports administrator, president of the International Olympic Committee
• Jacques Rougeau (born 1960), Canadian professional wrestler
• Jacques Rudolph (born 1981), South African cricketer
• Jacques Stas (born 1969), Belgian basketball coach and former player
• Jacques Stroweis, special effects artist
• Jacques Sylla (born 1946), Malagasy politician, former Prime Minister of Madagascar
• Jacques Tati (1907–1982), French filmmaker
• Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971), Canadian racing driver
• Jacques Webster (born 1992), known as Travis Scott, American rapper
• Jacques Yoko (born 1972), French volleyball player
• Jacques Zabor (1941–2007), French actor
• Jacques Zon (1872–1932), Dutch painter
• Jacques Cousteau, French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

• Bob Jacques, rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s
• Brian Jacques (1939–2011), British author and radio host, known primarily for the Redwall series
• Cheryl Jacques (born 1962), American activist
• Hattie Jacques (1922–1980), British comedy actress
• Jean-François Jacques (born 1985), Canadian professional hockey player
• Jeph Jacques (born 1980), American webcomic artist
• Kateřina Jacques (born 1971), Czech politician
• Martin Jacques (born 1945), British journalist, former editor of Marxism Today
• Martyn Jacques (born 1959), British musician, singer and songwriter, founder of The Tiger Lillies
• Rémy Jacques (1817–1905), French lawyer and politician.
• Richard Jacques (born 1973), British composer
• Richard Jacques (military officer) (1704–1745), American colonial officer during Father Rale's War

• Dr. Jacques Von Hämsterviel, from Lilo & Stitch
• Jacques Snicket, a character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events novel series
• Inspector Jacques Clouseau, detective from The Pink Panther series

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