Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemus by Jacob Jordaens, first half of 17th century.

* May 19 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter ( d. 1678 )

* October 18 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter ( b. 1593 )

In Jacob Jordaens ' ' The Family of the Artist ', now in the Prado, Madrid, a Triton is depicted gripping, perhaps crushing, a child with its snake-like tail, a scene watched over by an exotic parrot.

Infancy of Zeus, by Jacob Jordaens, early 1630s ( Louvre Museum ).

* Jacob Jordaens Ivory Catchfly

" The subject is illustrated in paintings of ( roughly chronologically ) Nicolas Poussin, Jacob Jordaens, François Boucher, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Annibale Carracci, Andrea Casali, Arnold Bocklin, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and Maxfield Parrish.

File: Jakob Jordaens 008. jpg | Meleager and Atalanta ( 17th century ) by Jacob Jordaens

This theme played out with many artists from the Low Countries in the first few decades of the 17th century, where it became associated with the Utrecht Caravaggisti like Gerrit van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen, and with Flemish Baroque painters such as Jacob Jordaens.

The collection consisted of Rembrandt ( 13 paintings ), Rubens ( 11 paintings ), Jacob Jordaens ( 7 paintings ), Antoon van Dyck ( 5 paintings ), Paolo Veronese ( 5 paintings ), Frans Hals ( 3 paintings, including Portrait of a Young Man with a Glove ), Raphael ( 2 paintings ), Holbein ( 2 paintings ), Titian ( 1 painting ), Jan Steen ( The Idlers ), Hendrick Goltzius, Dirck van Baburen, Hendrick van Balen and Gerrit van Honthorst.

Inspired by the paintings of Jacob Jordaens, David Teniers and Jan Steen, Verhaeren described in a direct and often provocative, naturalistic way his country and the Flemish people.

Abduction of Europe, Jacob Jordaens, 1615 / 16, Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Jacob Jordaens was born on 19 May 1593, the first of eleven children, to the wealthy linen merchant Jacob Jordaens Sr. and Barbara van Wolschaten in Antwerp.

Although Jacob Jordaens did not specialize, he often repeated a theme based on a proverb that depicted a wide range of characters of a variety of ages, crowded in a festive scene around a banquet table.

Prometheus, c. 1640 is an example of the influence of both Rubens and Frans Snyders on Jacob Jordaens.

One year after his death, Jacob Jordaens ' son donated " twenty-five Flemish pounds to the Camer van den Huysarmen in Antwerp.

Apparently this was all done in following correspondence with a will that Jacob Jordaens left behind.

Jacob Jordaens.

Detail from La Familia de Jordaens en un Jardín by Jacob Jordaens show swelling of the metacarpal-phalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints.

John Stevens Cabot Abbott ( September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877 ), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

* Jacob Neusner Making the Classics in Judaism ( Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989 ), pp. 1 – 13 and 19 – 44

* September 19 – Jacob Morenga, Namibian rebel leader ( b. c. 1875 )

* May 19 – John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist ( d. 1938 )

* February 19 – Jacob Vilhelm Rode Heiberg, Danish civil servant ( d. 1946 )

* Appel, Jacob M. " The Monster's Law ", Genewatch, Volume 19, Number 2, March – April 2007.

John James ( Johann Jacob ) Heidegger ( 19 June 1666-5 September 1749 ) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades in the early part of the 18th century.

Hamilton was replaced as commander on 19 December the same year with Jacob Albrecht von Lantingshausen.

John Jacob " Jay " Berwanger ( March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002 ) was an American football halfback born in Dubuque, Iowa.

Sir Jacob Epstein KBE ( 10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959 ) was an American-born British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture.

Jephunneh could have descended from some member of the non-Israelite Kenizzites ( Ge 15: 18, 19 ) who associated with the descendants of Jacob ( Israel ), marrying an Israelite wife.

Jacob Emden also known as Ya ' avetz, ( b. June 4, 1697, Altona-d. April 19, 1776, Altona ), was a leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism in the face of the growing influence of the Sabbatean movement.

* Appraisals for Jacob: 6: 84, 19: 50, 21: 72, 21: 73, 38: 45, 38: 46, 38: 47

Jacob Benjamin " Jake " Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980 ) is an American actor.

* The number value in Hebrew Gematria of the word ר ָ נ ּ ו ּ ( ronna ) ( meaning " sing "), which appears in Jeremiah 31: 6, " Sing with gladness for Jacob ," and was associated with a prophecy of the return of the Messiah in the Hebrew year 4856 ( 1095 – 1096 ), which was close to the 256th lunar cycle ( each cycle lasting 19 years ), when the Jews were persecuted during the First Crusade.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever DL ( 20 May 1886 – 19 July 1971 ) was a British military officer, statesman, a newspaper proprietor, and a member of the prominent Astor family.

It tells that Jacob quoted Deuteronomy 23: 19: " You shall not bring the fee of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow.

Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick ( née Force, formerly Fiermonte ) ( June 19, 1893 – March 27, 1940 ) was the second wife and widow of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and a survivor of RMS Titanic.

Jacob Salwyn Schapiro ( December 19, 1879 – December 30, 1973 ) was a Professor Emeritus of History at the City College of New York.

It tells that Jacob quoted Deuteronomy 23: 19: " You shall not bring the fee of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow.

William Jacob " Will " Cuppy ( August 23, 1884 – September 19, 1949 ) was an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures.

After the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's president in May 2009 de Klerk said he is optimistic that Zuma and his government can " confound the prophets of doom ".

The captains of these ships — Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout on the Gouden Cath ( Golden Cat ) and Jacob de Gouwenaer on the Orangienboom ( Orange Tree )— named it Mr. Joris Eylant after the Dutch cartographer Joris Carolus who was on board and mapped the island.

* Seattle Art Museum, Jacob Lawrence retrospective exhibition, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, February 6 – May 4, 2003.

In his final despatch of May 1919, General Jacob van Deventer placed the German forces at the commencement of 1916 at 2, 700 whites and 12, 000 blacks.

* May 20 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor ( b. 1871 )

* May – Henry Rose exhibits barbed wire at an Illinois county fair, which is taken up by Joseph Glidden and Jacob Haish, who invent a machine to mass-produce it.

* May 20 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U. S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

* May 20 – John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman ( d. 1971 )

* May 16 – Jacob Leisler is hanged for treason.

* May 16 – Jacob Leisler, German-born American colonist ( b. 1640 )

* May 10 – Amsterdam: A small troop of Anabaptists, led by the minister Jacob van Geel, attacks the city hall in an attempted coup to seize the city.

* May 31 – Leisler's Rebellion: Calvinist Jacob Leisler deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of the Province of New York.

# Claudina ( Claudia ) of Savoy ( d. 2 May 1528 ), married to Jacob III, Count of Horne ( d. 15 August 1531 ).

Jacob August Riis ( May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914 ) was a Danish American social reformer, " muckraking " journalist and social documentary photographer.

Claremont was laid out by Jacob May.

* Jacob Brumfield full name Jacob Donnell Brumfield ( born May 27, 1965 in Bogalusa ), is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1992-1999.

Sargent ’ s Purchase was granted to Jacob Sargent and others on May 31, 1832.

The Village of Englewood was incorporated on May 15, 1914, and Jacob Hoover was the first mayor.

Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. sometimes known as General Coxey ( April 16, 1854 – May 18, 1951 ) of Massillon, Ohio, was an American politician, who ran for elective office several times in Ohio.

Brown Township, named for a Major General Jacob Brown of the War of 1812, was formed on May 3, 1815 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly from parts of Mifflin and Pine Townships.