Namesakes
Frère Jacques
(m) 
Fictional Characters from Traditional Tales French
Jacques de Boys
(m)
Shakespearian Characters As You Like It
Jakub Strepa
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) ?-1409
Saints
Jacquet of Mantua
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1483-1559
Notable Musicians
Jacques Cartier
(m) 1491-1557
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Jacques Arcadelt
(m) c. 1507-1568
Notable Musicians
Jacques Sales
(m) 1556-1593
Saints
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(m) 1712-1778
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jacques-Louis David
(m) 1748-1825
Notable Artists
Jacques Hébert
(m) 1757-1794
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Jacques I
(m) 1758-1806
Other Royalty 1804-1806 Haiti (emperor)
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
(m) 1767-1855
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1848 (prime minister)
Jacques Laffitte
(m) 1767-1844
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1830-1831 (prime minister)
Jean-Jacques Willmar
(m) 1792-1866
Other Leaders 1848-1853 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Fromental Halévy
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1799-1862
Notable Musicians
Jacques-Honoré Chastan
(m) 1803-1839
Saints
Jacques-Désiré Laval
(m) 1803-1864
Saints
Pierre de Decker
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1812-1891
Belgian Prime Ministers 1855-1857
Jacques Offenbach
(m) 1819-1880
Notable Musicians
Albert de Broglie
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1821-1901
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1873-1874; 1877 (prime minister)
Jacques Berthieu
(m) 1838-1896
Saints
Cincinnatus Leconte
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1854-1912
Haitian Presidents 1911-1912 (president)
Marius Bauer
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1867-1932
Notable Artists
Jacques Rueff
(m) 1896-1978
Other Leaders 1949-1950 Monaco (prime minister)
Jacques Prévert
(m) 1900-1977
Notable Writers
Jacques Lacan
(m) 1901-1981
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jacques Tati
(m) 1907-1982
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Jacques van Egmond
(m) 1908-1969
Olympic Medalists 1932 cycling - track (gold/silver)
Jacques Monod
(m) 1910-1976
Nobel Prize Winners 1965 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jacques Cousteau
(m) 1910-1997
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(m) 1915-2000
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1969-1972 (prime minister)
Jock Mahoney
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1919-1989
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jacques Lunis
(m) 1923-2008
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (silver)
Jacques Perrier
(m) 1924-2015
Olympic Medalists 1948 basketball (silver)
Jean Ausseil
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1925-2001
Other Leaders 1985-1991 Monaco (prime minister)
Jacques Plante
(m) 1929-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1978 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1962 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Jacques Brel
(m) 1929-1978
Notable Musicians
Jacques Dupont
(m) 1929-2002
Other Leaders 1991-1994 Monaco (prime minister)
Jacques Derrida
(m) 1930-2004
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jacques Chirac
(m) 1932-2019
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1974-1976; 1986-1988; 1995-2007 (prime minister/president)
Jacques Anquetil
(m) 1934-1987
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Jean Chrétien
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1934-
Canadian Prime Ministers 1993-2003
Jacques Santer
(m) 1937-
Other Leaders 1984-1995 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Jacques Laperrière
(m) 1941-
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (ice hockey)
Jacques Dubochet
(m) 1942-
Nobel Prize Winners 2017 (chemistry)
Jacques Dutronc
(m) 1943-
Notable Musicians
Jean-Jacques Annaud
(m) 1943-
Notable Filmmakers
Jacques Lemaire
(m) 1945-
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Jacques Carette
(m) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1972 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Jean-Jacques Goldman
(m) 1951-
Notable Musicians
Jean-Jacques Burnel
(m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Maxime Verhagen
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1956-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Dominique Wilkins
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1960-
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Bas van de Goor
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1971-
Olympic Medalists 1996 volleyball (gold)
Ignatius J. Reilly
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1980 A Confederacy of Dunces
Travis Scott
(a.k.a. Jacques) (m) 1991-
Notable Musicians
Jacques Zoua
(m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jacques Haman
(m) 1994-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jacques of Monaco
(m) 2014-
Other Royalty 2014- Monaco (prince)