Jacob Davis may refer to:
- Jacob Davis (inventor) (1831–1908), Latvian-American entrepreneur
- Jacob C. Davis (1820–1883), American politician (Illinois) & criminal defendant
- Jacob E. Davis (1905–2003), American politician (Ohio)
Famous quotes containing the words jacob and/or davis:
“As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“... men need women more than women need men; and so, aware of this fact, man has sought to keep woman dependent upon him economically as the only method open to him of making himself necessary to her.”
—Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)