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:
“I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings like unto bullion.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Man is by nature a pragmatic materialist, a mechanic, a lover of gadgets and gadgetry; and these are qualities that characterize the “establishment” which regulates modern society: pragmatism, materialism, mechanization, and gadgetry. Woman, on the other hand, is a practical idealist, a humanitarian with a strong sense of noblesse oblige, an altruist rather than a capitalist.”
—Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)