It is named after Aletta Jacobs, the first Dutch university graduate and female physician.
Marc Jacobs | René Jacobs | Paul Jacobs | Jim Jacobs | Jacobs School of Music | Irwin M. Jacobs | Gillian Jacobs | Joseph Jacobs | Irwin L. Jacobs | Carrie Jacobs-Bond | Teresa Jacobs | Ken Jacobs | Jane Jacobs | Jack H. Jacobs | Arnold Jacobs | Pim Jacobs | Louis Jacobs | Kenneth Jacobs | Jacobs Engineering Group | Christian Jacobs | Broyce Jacobs | Walter Abraham Jacobs | Susan S. Jacobs | Regina Jacobs | Jacobs | Irwin Jacobs | Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music | Harry D. Jacobs High School | Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School | Andrew Jacobs, Jr. |
Some Jews became very successful, like Aletta Jacobs (first female doctor in the Netherlands and well-known fighter for women rights) and Jozef Israëls (famous impressionist painter).