David Jacobs

David Jacobs may refer to:

  • David Jacobs (table tennis) (born 1977), Paralympic competitor from Indonesia
  • David Jacobs (Welsh athlete) (1888–1976), Olympic gold-medallist from Wales
  • David Jacobs (disc jockey) (born 1926), actor and BBC radio presenter (1950s-present)
  • David Jacobs (writer) (born 1939), creator/writer of the television series Dallas and Knots Landing
  • David Jacobs (Ontario politician)
  • David Jacobs (steroid dealer) (1973–2008), personal trainer, convicted steroid dealer and informant
  • David Jacobs (lawyer), the lawyer of, amongst others, The Beatles and Brian Epstein
  • Davy Jacobs, South African cricketer
  • David Michael Jacobs, UFO researcher
  • David Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs (born 1931), British businessman and a Liberal Democrat politician

Famous quotes containing the words david and/or jacobs:

    “To speak impartially, the best men that I know are not serene, a world in themselves. For the most part, they dwell in forms, and flatter and study effect only more finely than the rest.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To approach a city ... as if it were [an] ... architectural problem ... is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life.... The results ... are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy.”
    —Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)