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Government and politics
- Joseph Devonsher JacksonJoseph Devonsher JacksonJoseph Devonsher Jackson PC was an Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. He was the eldest son of Strettell Jackson of Peterborough, County Cork....
(1783–1857), Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament - Joseph Webber JacksonJoseph Webber JacksonJoseph Webber Jackson was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Georgia who served in the United States Congress....
(1796–1854), United States Representative from Georgia - Joseph Jackson (Canadian politician)Joseph Jackson (Canadian politician)Joseph Jackson was a Canadian parliamentarian and lumberman.Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then Upper Canada and became a lumberman in Simcoe. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1882 federal election representing Norfolk South as a Liberal MP after defeating...
(1831–1908), Canadian Member of Parliament for Norfolk South, 1882–1887 - Joseph Raymond JacksonJoseph Raymond JacksonJoseph Raymond Jackson was a long-serving judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.Jackson received an A.B. from Manhattan College in 1900, and read law to enter the bar in 1907...
(1880–1969), judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals - Joseph Jackson (Australian politician)Joseph Jackson (Australian politician)Joseph Jackson was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1956...
, Australian Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Sydney, 1922–1927 - Joseph Cooksey JacksonJoseph Cooksey JacksonJoseph Cooksey Jackson K.C. was a British barrister and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe, 1931–1935....
, British Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe, 1931–1935 - Sir Joe Jackson (police officer)Joe Jackson (police officer)Sir Richard Leofric Jackson CBE , known as Joe Jackson, was a British barrister and police officer in the London Metropolitan Police....
(1902–1975), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1953–1963
Sports and entertainment
- Joe S. JacksonJoe S. JacksonJoseph S. "Joe" Jackson was an American sportswriter and editor for the Detroit Free Press, The Washington Post and The Detroit News. He was the founder and first president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, holding the presidency from 1908 to 1919.-Early years:Jackson was born in...
(1871–1936), American sports writer and founder of the Baseball Writers Association of America - Joe Jackson, Sr. (1873–1942), Austrian clown
- Joseph Jackson (sport shooter)Joseph Jackson (sport shooter)Joseph Jackson was an American sports shooter and Olympic champion. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.He won three gold medals, all in team events, at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.-External links:...
(1880–1960), American Olympic champion sport shooter - Shoeless Joe JacksonShoeless Joe JacksonJoseph Jefferson Jackson , nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century...
(1887–1951), American baseball player most known for being banned from baseball for his part in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal - Joseph Jackson (screenwriter) (1894–1932), American screenwriter of The BarkerThe BarkerThe Barker is a 1928 romantic drama film which tells the story of a woman who comes between a man and his estranged son. It stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and released by First National Pictures in December 1928...
and many others - Joe Jackson (manager) (born 1928), father and manager of The Jacksons
- Joe Jackson (American football) (born 1950), American football player
- Joe Jackson (musician)Joe Jackson (musician)Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...
(born 1954), English musician
Other
- Joseph H. JacksonJoseph H. JacksonJoseph Harrison Jackson was an American Pastor and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.During the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, Jackson's vocal stance for "civil rights through law and order" went in direct opposition to the methods of civil...
(c.1905–1990), American Baptist pastor and civil rights campaigner - Joe M. JacksonJoe M. JacksonJoe Madison Jackson served as a career officer in the United States Air Force and received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War for a dangerous impromptu rescue operation of three American military personnel....
(born 1923), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War