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Jackson is a common patronymic family name in English speaking countries, meaning "son of Jack". It is less common as a first name. People with the name Jackson are:

Surname

U.S. politics and law

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Jackson
Family Name
Pronunciation Jackson
Meaning derived from "Son of Jack"
Region of origin Anglo-Saxon
Popularity Behind the Name 
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Jackson
  • Alphonso Jackson, 13th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President
  • Frank G. Jackson, 57th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
  • Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983), U.S. Representative and Senator
  • Jabez Young Jackson, U.S. Representative from Georgia
  • James Jackson (politician) (1757-1806), U.S. Representative and Senator from Georgia
  • James Jackson (congressman) (1819-1887), U.S. Representative from Georgia
  • James M. Jackson (1825-1901), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
  • James S. Jackson (1823-1862), U.S. Representative from Kentucky and Union Army General in the U.S. Civil War
  • Jesse Jackson (born 1941), civil rights leader
  • Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., son of Jesse Jackson and U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • John G. Jackson (1777-1825), U.S. Representative from Virginia
  • Jonathan Jackson (delegate) (1743-1810), delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts
  • Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), U.S. Representative from Georgia and mayor of Savannah, Georgia
  • Linda Jackson, mayor of Vaughan, Ontario
  • Lorna Jackson, mayor of Vaughan, Ontario
  • Maynard H. Jackson (1938-2003), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Oscar Lawrence Jackson (1840-1920), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871), free African-American during the Civil War, noted in the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
  • Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
  • Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), Supreme Court Justice and chief American Nuremberg Trials prosecutor
  • Samuel D. Jackson (1895-1951), U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee, U.S. Congresswoman from Texas
  • Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), U.S. Representative from New York
  • Tom Jackson (trade unionist)
  • William Jackson (1783-1855), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • William Humphreys Jackson (1839-1915), U.S. Representative from Maryland
  • William P. Jackson (1868-1939), U.S. Senator from Maryland
  • William Terry Jackson (1794-1882), U.S. Representative from New York

Military

  • Arthur J. Jackson (born 1924), U.S. Marine Corps officer, Medal of Honor recipient for actions during World War II
  • Mike Jackson (born 1944), British Army Chief of the General Staff
  • Norman Cyril Jackson (1919–1994), British RAF, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863), Confederate general
  • Thomas Norman Jackson (1897–1918), British Army, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • William Jackson (Victoria Cross) (1897–1959), Australian Army, recipient of the Victoria Cross

Drama and television

Music

Sports

Science

  • Charles Loring Jackson (1847-1935), U.S. organic chemist
  • Dunham Jackson (1888-1946), mathematician
  • Frank Cameron Jackson, Australian philosopher
  • J. D. Jackson, physicist
  • John Hughlings Jackson, neurologist
  • Julian T. Jackson, British historian
  • Michael A. Jackson, computer scientist
  • Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Wes Jackson, founder and president of The Land Institute

Other

  • André Action Diakité Jackson, African diamond industry administrator
  • Cindy Jackson, Guinness World Record holder for having the most cosmetic procedures
  • George Jackson (Black Panther)
  • Helen Hunt Jackson (1831-85), U.S. novelist and poetess
  • Michael Jackson (disambiguation).
  • Patrick Tracy Jackson, Boston merchant
  • Samuel Macauley Jackson (1851-1912), American clergyman, editor and author.
  • Steve Jackson (US), U.S. game designer
  • Thomas Graham Jackson (1835–1924), English architect

Fictional characters

  • Captain Jackson, South African policeman in Rafe McGregor's book trilogy Secret
  • Daniel Jackson, a character in the film Stargate and the subsequent television series
  • Daniel Jackson, sniper in the film Saving Private Ryan
  • Michael "Mike" Jackson, cricketer in P. G. Wodehouse's Psmith books
  • Sgt. Jericho Jackson, title character in the film Action Jackson

First name

Jackson
Pronunciation (jak-son)
Gender Male
Origin
Meaning "son of Jack"
Other names
Related names Jack

People

  • Jackson Browne, U.S. singer
  • Jackson Davis, founder of charity organization "Protect A Paw"
  • Jackson Fourgeaud, musician from "Jackson and his computer band"
  • Jackson C. Frank, singer-songwriter
  • Jackson Kabiga, Kenyan long-distance runner
  • Jackson Pollock, U.S. abstract painter
  • Jackson Proskow, Canadian journalist

Fictional characters

  • Jackson Stewart, a character in the U.S. children television series Hannah Montana
  • Jackson Rippner, assassination plotter in the film Red Eye
  • Jackson Belleville, a character in the U.S. television series Gilmore Girls

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