Jakob Streit was a Swiss author, teacher and anthroposophist. Besides this he worked as musician and choirmaster as well as conductor and dramaturg

Jacob Königshofen was a German chronicler.

Jacob Königshofen was a German chronicler.

Jakob van Hoddis was the pen name of the Jewish German expressionist poet Hans Davidsohn, of which "Van Hoddis" is an anagram. His most famous poem Weltende, published on 11 January 1911 in the Der Demokrat magazine, is generally regarded as ushering in the Expressionist style of poetry and inspired many other poets to write in a similarly grotesque style; he is also seen as perhaps the only German predecessor of surrealism.

Jakob Wassermann was a German writer and novelist.

Jakob Wimpfeling was a Renaissance humanist and theologian.

Jakov Alexandrovich Berman was a Russian philosopher and political theorist linked to Russian Machism and pragmatism.

Jakov Ignjatović was a novelist and prose writer, who primarily wrote in Serbian but also in Hungarian. He was also an active member of Matica Srpska.

Jakov Lind was an Austrian-British writer of short stories and novels.

Jakov Xoxa (15 April 1923 – 11 November 1979) was an Albanian author of the 20th century.