Jack is popular in the countries shown in green Jack is a given name , a diminutive of John or Jackson ; alternatively, it may be derived from Jacques , the French form of James or Jacob .[2] Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. Jack is also used to a lesser extent as a female given name, often as a shortened version of Jacqueline .[3]
The word "jack" is also commonly used in other contexts in English for many occupations, objects and actions, linked to the use of the word as a metaphor for a common man.
Origin Jack is thought by some to have hailed from the earlier Jackin (from the name Jankin).[2] [4] Alternatively, it may be derived from an anglicisation of Jacques , the French form of the name James or Jacob .[2] There is also a theory that it is Celtic in origin, meaning "healthy, strong, full of vital energy" (compare the Welsh word iach , "health"), from a putative Ancient British Yakkios .[5] [unreliable source? ] Both the name and the word "jack" were long used as a term to refer to any man, especially of the common classes.[6] [7]
Frequency In several English-speaking countries, Jack has become increasingly used as a formal name, rather than being a mere nickname as it traditionally has been. In its own right, it is now more popular than John, James, and Jacob. In recent years[when? ] , Jack has been the most common given name for boys in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, and has grown in popularity in the United States and Canada.
John–from which Jack was often derived—was, along with William, the most frequent male name throughout the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century.[8] Jack appeared on the lists of the most frequently used male-baby names in the UK for 2003–2007.[9] [10] [11]
In 2014, Jack was again the most popular name for baby boys in Ireland.[12]
In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013, Jack was the most common name given to boys in Australia .[13]
According to the United States Census of 1990 , Jack is an uncommon American name, the given name for 0.315% of the male population and 0.001% of the female population.[3] [14] [15] However, the frequency of Jack as a baby name has steadily increased from the 160–170 rank prior to 1991 to a rank of 35 in 2006.[16]
In 2022, it was the tenth most common name given to boys in Canada.[17]
Jock is a common diminutive of the name John in Scotland.
Other uses in English The name Jack is unusual in the English language for its frequent use as a noun or verb for many common objects and actions, and in many compound words and phrases.
Examples include implements, such as a car jack , knucklebones (the game jacks), or the jack in bowls .
The word is also used in other words and phrases such as: apple jack, hijack, jack of clubs (playing card), jack straw (scarecrow), jack tar (sailor), jack-in-the-box, jack-of-all-trades, Jack the lad, jack o'lantern, jackdaw, jackhammer, jackknife, jackpot, lumberjack, Union Jack, etc.
The history of the word is linked to the name being used as a by-name for a man.[6]
People with the given name Jack I. Abecassis , American scholarJack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artistJack Abeillé (1873–1939), French painter and illustratorJack Abramoff (born 1959), American lobbyist, businessman, movie producer, and writer, convicted of corruptionJack Acland (1904–1981), New Zealand politicianJack Adams (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Adler (1917–2011), American comics artistJack Afamasaga (born 1984), Samoan professional rugby league footballerJack Agazarian (1915–1945), British spyJack Agüeros (1934–2014), author, playwright, poet and translatorJack Aker (born 1940), American Major League Baseball pitcherJack Albertson (1907–1981), American actorJack Anderson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Angel (1930–2021), American actorJack Antonoff (born 1984), American musician and producerJack Arute (born 1950), American sportscasterJack Asher (1916–1991), English cinematographerJack Asselstine (1895–1966), Canadian ice hockey playerJack Avery (murder victim) (1911–1940), British War Reserve ConstableJack Avery (singer) (born 1999), American singer in the boy band Why Don't WeJack Babuscio (1937–1990), American journalistJack Baigrie (1929–2008), Canadian television personalityJack Banta (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Barakat (born 1988), lead guitarist for punk rock band All Time LowJack Bartley (1909–1929), English footballerJack Baker (born 1942), one half of the first same-sex couple to be married legally with a license that was never revokedJack Bech (born 2002), American football playerJack Benny (1894–1974), American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinistJack Black (born 1969), American actorJack Blott (1902–1964), All-American football center and place kickerJack Brodrick (1913–1965), rugby league playerJack Brabham (1926–2014), Australian racing driverJack Brickhouse (1916–1998), American sportscasterJack Brisco (1941–2010), American professional wrestlerJack Brittain , American professorJack Bruce (1943–2014), Scottish musician, composer, and vocalistJack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscasterJack Burtch (1926–2015), American lawyerJack Cade (c. 1420–1450), the leader of a popular revolt against the government of England in 1450Jack Campbell (born 1992), American ice hockey goaltenderJack Catley (born 1945), English footballerJack Bridger Chalker (1918–2014), British artist and teacherJack L. Chalker (1944–2005), American science fiction authorJack Charlton (1935–2020), English footballer and managerJack Chesbro (1874–1931), American Major League Baseball pitcherJack T. Chick (1924–2016), American publisher, writer, and comic book artist of evangelical fundamentalist Christian tracts and comic booksJack Cichy (born 1996), American football playerJack Cirilo (born 1999), Peruvian footballerJack Clarke (1933–2001), Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFLJack Clement (1931–2013), American singer-songwriter, record producerJack Clifford (disambiguation) , several peopleJack Cock (1893–1966), English footballerJack Colman (1887–1965), New Zealand rugby union playerJack E. Conger (1921–2006), American Marine flying ace during World War IIJack Kent Cooke (1912–1997), Canadian entrepreneurJack Coombs (1882–1957), Major League Baseball pitcherJack Cork (born 1989), English footballerJack Crawford (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Crisp (born 1993), Australian rules footballerJack Cronin (1874–1929), American Major League Baseball pitcherJack Cronin (American football) (1903–1993), American football playerJack Crook (born 1993), English basketball playerJack Cross (1887–1948), Canadian ice hockey playerJack Cust (born 1979), American baseball playerJack Daly (politician) (1915–1988), Irish politicianJack Daniels (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Dann (born 1945), American writerJack Carl Dean, better known by alias JaackMaate , British YouTuber Jack Dee (born 1961), English stand-up comedian, actor, and writerJack DeJohnette (born 1942), American jazz drummer, pianist, and composerJack DeLeon (1924–2006), American actorJack Del Rio (born 1963), American football coachJack Dempsey (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Dickin (1899–1966), British Olympic swimmerJack Diment (died 1978), Scottish footballerJack Doan (born 1972) American professional wrestling refereeJack Dootson (1914–1985), American politicianJack Dorsey (born 1976), American technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of TwitterJack Douglass (born 1988), American YouTube comedian of "jacksfilms" fameJack Dowsey (1905–1942), English footballerJack Driscoll (American football) (born 1997), American football playerJack Dromey (1948–2022), British Labour Party politician and trade unionistJack Dugger (1923–1988), American football playerJack Dugnolle (1914–1977), English footballerJack Duncliffe (born 1947), English footballerJack Easterby (born 1982 or 1983), American football executiveJack Dyer (1913–2003), Australian rules footballer and coach, broadcaster and journalistJack Eichel (born 1996), American National Hockey League playerJack Eisner (born 1947), Israeli basketball playerJack Elam (1920–2003), American actorJack Elder (politician) (born 1949), New Zealand politicianJack Ellena (1931–2012), American football playerJack Elway (1931–2001), American football player and head coachJack Ely (1943–2015), American guitarist and singerJack Endino (born 1964), producer and musician based in SeattleJack Evans (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Faber (1903–1994), American microbiologist and college football and lacrosse coachJack Falahee (born 1989), American actorJack Fellure (1931–2022), American perennial political candidate and engineerJack Fettes (born 2005), British basketball playerJack Fingleton (1908–1981), Australian cricketerJack Finney (1911–1995), American authorJack Flagerman (1922–2005), American football playerJack Flaherty (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Fleck (1921–2014), American professional golferJack Foley (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Fortner , Member of the Arkansas House of RepresentativesJack Fox (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Fultz (born 1948), American long-distance runnerJack Gamble , British footballerJoaquín "Jack" García (born 1952), Cuban-American FBI agentJack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball playerJohn S. Gemperle (born 1982), better known as Papa Jack , Filipino radio DJ and TV personality Jack Givens (born 1956), American collegiate and professional basketball playerJack Glasscock (1857–1947), American Major League Baseball playerJack Gilinsky (born 1996), member of the American pop-rap duo Jack & JackJack Gingrass (1921–2010), American politicianJack Gold (1930–2015), British film and television directorJack Goody (1919–2015), British social anthropologistJack Gotta (1929–2013), American-born Canadian football player, coach, and general managerJack Gore (actor) (born 2005), American actorJack Graf (1919–2009), American football and basketball playerJack Graney (1886–1978), Canadian Major League Baseball playerJack Grant (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Dylan Grazer (born 2003), American actorJack Grealish (born 1995), English footballerJack Greenwell (1884–1942), English footballer and managerJack Griffo (born 1996), American actorJack Haden (1914–1996), American football playerJack Hale (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Haley (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Halliday (American football) (1928–2000), American football playerJack Ham (born 1948), American football linebackerJack Hand (1912–1995), American sports reporterJack Hanna (born 1947), American zookeeperJack Hannah (1913–1994), American animator, writer, and director of animated shortsJack Harkness (born 2004), Scottish footballerJack Harper (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Heflin (born 1998), American football playerJack Heinemann , New Zealand academicJack Hennig (born 1946), Canadian singer-songwriterJack Herer (1939–2010), American cannabis activistJack Heyes (born 1902), English footballerJack Hill (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Hinchy (born 2003), English footballerJack Hinshelwood (born 2005), English footballerJack Hirsch (born 1941 or 1942), American basketball player and coachJack Hirsh (born c. 1941), Canadian clinician and scientistJack Hobbs (1882–1963), English cricketerJack Hoffman (American football) (1930–2001), American football playerJack Holt (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Hopkins , English footballerJack Hughes (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Hui (born 1988), Chinese academicJack Huston (born 1982), English actorJack Hyles (1926–2001), figure in the American Independent Baptist movementJack Iddon (1902–1946), English cricketerJack Ikin (1918–1984), English cricketerJack Ingram (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Iroga (born 1986), sprinter from the Solomon IslandsJack Irons (born 1962), American musicianJack Irvin (1929–2008), American politicianJack Iverson (1915–1973), Australian cricketerJack Jacobs (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Jewsbury (born 1981), American soccer playerJack Johnson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Jones (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Kamen (1920–2008), American illustratorJack Katz (businessman) (born c. 1943), American businessmanJack Keane (born 1943), four-star general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and defense analystJack D. Keene (born 1947), American professorJack Kemp (1935–2009), American politician and collegiate and professional footballerJohn F. Kennedy (1917–1963), American president, often called "Jack"Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), American novelistJack Ketch (died 1686), English executioner employed by King Charles IIJack Kevorkian (1928–2011), American doctorJack Kilby (1923–2005), American electrical engineerJack Kirby (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Klugman (1922–2012), American actorJack Kornfield (born 1945), American author and teacher in the vipassana movement in American Theravada BuddhismJack Kotelawala (1910–1992), Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1969-1970Jack Kruger (born 1994), American professional baseball playerJack Ladyman (born 1947), American politicianJack Lambert (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Langer (born 1948/1949), American basketball player and investment bankerJack Larsen (born 1995), American baseball playerJack Larson (1928–2015), American actorJack Lausch , American football playerJack Layton (1950–2011), Canadian politicianJack Lea (born 1994), rugby playerJack Leathersich (born 1990), American baseball playerJack Le Brocq (born 1992), Australian racing driverJack Lemmon (1925–2001), American actorJack de Leon , (1902–1956), British theatre manager, impresario and playwrightJack Lew (born 1955), American government administrator, attorney, and 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury Jack Donald Lewis (born 1938), wealthy zookeeper who disappeared in 1997Jack Leyfield (1923–2014), English footballerJack Lindsay (1900–1990), Australian-born British writer and poetJack Lindsay (footballer) (1921–2006), Scottish footballerJack Loach (born 1942), British businessmanJack London (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Lord (1920–1998), American actorJack Lowden (born 1990), Scottish actorJack Lynch (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Ma (born 1964), Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropistJack Mack (1881–1960), Australian rules footballerJack Mara (1908–1965), co-owner of the New York Giants football franchiseJack Markell (born 1960), American politicianJack Marsh (c. 1874 –1916), Australian first-class cricketerJack Mates (1870–????), Welsh footballerJack Mayfield (born 1990), American baseball playerJack McBrayer (born 1973), American comedic actorJack McCall (1852/1853–1877), murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok Jack McConnell (born 1960), Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland 2001–2007Jack McCracken (1912–1958), American basketball player in the 1930s and 1940sJack McFetridge (1869-1917), Major League Baseball pitcherJack McKinney (basketball) (1935–2018), American basketball coachJack McKinney (writer) , pseudonym used by American authors James Luceno and Brian DaleyJack McVite (1932–1967), British criminalJack Meanwell (1919–2005), Canadian artist and art teacherJack Meltzer (1921–2010), American academicJack Merriott (1901–1968), English writer and artistJack Moehle , American academicJack Moore (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Morelli (born 1962), American comic book lettererJack Morrell (born 1955), American boxerJack Morris (born 1955), American Major League Baseball pitcherJack Maumbe Mukhwana (1939–2017), Ugandan politicianJack Mulcair (1889–1953), Canadian ice hockey playerJack Nance (1943–1996), American actorJack Narz (1922–2008), American television announcer and game show hostJack Nasher (born 1979), German business psychologist, author, and professorJack Francis Needham (1842–1924), British police officerJack Neo (born 1960), Singaporean film and television actor, host, and directorJack Nevin , American lawyerJack Newman (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Nicholson (born 1937), American actorJack Nicklaus (born 1940), American golferJack Nitzsche (1937–2000), American musician, arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composerJack Novak (born 1953), American professional footballerJack Null (1924–2003), American college basketball coachJack Oakie (1903–1978), American actorJack O'Connell (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Ohman (born 1960), American editorial cartoonistJack Okey (1889–1963), American art directorJack Oleck (1914–1981), American novelist and comic book writerJack Olsen (1925–2002), American journalist and authorJack O'Neill (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Osbourne (born 1985), English media personalityJack O'Shea (born 1957), Irish Gaelic footballerJack Otter , American journalistJack Owen (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Oyugi , Kenyan entrepreneurJack Paar (1918–2004), American author, comedian, and talk show hostJack Palance (1919–2006), American actorJack Pardee (1936–2013), American National Football League player and head coachJack Parsons (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Patera (1933–2018), American footballer and coach in the National Football LeagueJack Paterson (born 1974), Canadian director, devisor, dramaturg, translator, actorJack Paton (1881–1935), Scottish cricketerJack Pearsall (1915–1982), Canadian politicianJack Peart (1888–1948), English footballerJack Pickersgill (1905–1997), Canadian civil servant and politicianJack M. Poorbaugh (1919–1987), American politicianJack Powell (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Joseph Puig , American music engineer and producerJack Pyle (1909–1987), American stage magicianJack Quaid (born 1992), American actorJack Quinlan (1927–1965), American sportscasterJack Quinn (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack N. Rakove (born 1947), American historian, author, professor, and Pulitzer Prize winnerJack Ralite (1928–2017), French politicianJack Rampton (1920–1994), British civil servantJack Ramsay (1925–2014), American basketball coachJack Reed (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Regan (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Rieley (1942–2015), American record producerJack Riewoldt (born 1988), Australian rules footballerJack River (born Holly Rankin, 1991), Australian singer-songwriterJack Rogers (born 1937), American politicianJack Rosenthal (1931–2004), English playwrightJack Roush (born 1942), American founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway RacingJack Ruby (1911–1967), American nightclub operator who killed Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Russell (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Sack (1902–1980), American football player and coachJack Saul , South African-Israeli tennis playerJack Sawyer (born 2002), American football playerJack Shepherd (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Shirai (died 1937), Japanese-American activist, trade unionist, and soldierJack Shonkoff , American pediatricianJack Sikma (born 1955), American National Basketball Association centerJack Snelling (born 1972), Australian politicianJack Sock (born 1992), American professional tennis and pickleball playerJack Soren , pen name of Martin Richard Soderstrom, Canadian writerJack Souther (1924–2014), American-Canadian geologistJack Stauber (born 1996), American musician, YouTuber and animatorJack Steinberger (1921–2020), American physicistJack Stoll (born 1998), American football playerJack Straw (born 1946), British politicianJack Suwinski (born 1998), American baseball playerJack Swagger (born 1982), American wrestlerJack Sweeney , American programmer and entrepreneurJack Swift (born 1985), Australian paratriathleteJack Taggart (1950–2022), Canadian ice hockey playerJack Talty , Irish musicianJack Tatum (1948–2010), American National Football League playerJack Taylor (born 1990), American basketball playerJack Thrasher (1938–2017), American immunotoxicologistJack Tighe (1913–2002), American Major League Baseball head coachJack Titus (1908–1978), Australian rules footballerJack Tocho (born 1995), American football playerJack Townend (1918–2005), British illustrator and graphic artistJack Trice (1902–1923), American football playerJack Troy (1928–1995), Australian rugby league footballerJack Twyman (1934–2012), American basketball player and sports broadcasterJack Ulrich (1890–1927), Canadian ice hockey playerJack Underman (1925–1969), American basketball playerJack Underwood (1894–1936), American football playerJack Unruh (1935–2016), American commercial illustratorJack Unterweger (1950–1994), Austrian serial killerJack Urban (1928–2006), Major League Baseball pitcherJack Vale (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJack Valenti (1921–2007), American political advisor and lobbyist, president of the Motion Picture Association of AmericaJack Van Berg (1936–2017), American Hall-of-Fame horse trainerJack Van Impe (1931–2020), American televangelistJack Vance (1916–2013), American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writerJack Veal (born 2007), British child actorJack Vettriano (born 1951), Scottish painterJack Victory (born 1964), American professional wrestler and managerJack Vidgen (born 1997), Australian singerJack Viney (born 1994), Australian rules footballerJack Voigt (born 1966), Major League Baseball outfielderJack Vosti (1903–1977), Australian rules footballerJack Waite (born 1969), American tennis playerJack Walker (1929–2000), British industrialist, and owner of Blackburn Rovers F.C.Jack Ward , Canadian ice hockey playerJack Warner (disambiguation) Jack Webb (1920–1982), American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriterJack Welch (disambiguation) Jack White (disambiguation) Jack Whitehall (born 1988), English comedian, presenter, actor, and writerJack Whitam , English actorJack Wild (1952–2006), English actorJack Wilkie-Jans , Aboriginal affairs advocateJack Williamson (1908–2006), American science fiction writerJack Wilshere (born 1992), English footballerJack Wilson (1937–1997), Irish novelistJack Witikka (1916–2002), Finnish film directorJack Arthur Wood Jr. (1923–2005), American state senator of IdahoJack Wong (born 1998), tennis player from Hong KongJack Woodbridge (born 1956), American pianist, singer and composerJack Liangjie Xu , co-president and chief technology officer of SINA CorporationJack Yan (born 1972), New Zealand publisher, designer, and businessmanJack Yang , American computer scientist and biophysicistJack Yarber (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, and guitaristJack Yeandle (born 1989), English rugby union playerJack Yellen (1892–1991), American lyricist and screenwriterJack Yerman (born 1939), American former sprinterJack Yost (born 1945), American politicianJack Youngblood (born 1950), American college and professional footballerJack Youngerman (1926–2020), American artistJack Zajac (born 1929), American artistJack Zduriencik (born 1951), Major League Baseball general managerJack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangsterJack Zeller (1883–1969), American baseball executiveJack Zhao (born 1969), Chinese contract bridge playerJack Ziebell (born 1991), Australian rules footballerJack Zilly (1921–2009), American football playerJack Zipes (born 1937), American professor of GermanJack Zouhary (born 1951), American federal judgeJack Zunz (1923–2018), British civil engineer, former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners
Fictional characters
Folklore and nursery rhymes
Films and novels Jack, a character in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire Jack, the main protagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's novel The Puppet Carver Jack Banning, Peter’s son in the film Hook Jack the Brindled Bulldog, a dog in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Jack Aubrey , an officer in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Wars, one of the two main characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian Jack Burton , from the film Big Trouble in Little China Jack Butler, the main character played by Michael Keaton in the 1983 American comedy film Mr. Mom Jack Crawford , in the Hannibal Lecter book series and several adaptationsJack Dawson , played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 film Titanic Jack Frost, from the 1997 horror film Jack Frost Jack Frost, from the 1998 film Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton Jack Frost, character from Rise of the Guardians Jack Harris, a character in the 2009 American film Middle Men Jack Harris, a character in the 2019 Chinese disaster action movie Skyfire Jack Horner, from the 1997 film Boogie Nights Jack Napier , of the main characters in the 1989 film Batman Jack Reacher , protagonist in a series of novels by Lee Child Coach Jack Reilly, a character in the 1992 American sports comedy-drama film The Mighty Ducks Jack Ryan , in Tom Clancy books and film adaptationsJack Skellington , from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Sparrow , protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean filmsJack Torrance , from the 1977 novel The Shining and its film adaptation from 1980 Jack West Jr , protagonist in a series of novels written by Matthew Reilly Jack Wilder, one of the main characters from Now You See Me , played by Dave Franco
Television Jack Abbott , in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless Jack Bauer , main character in the American TV series 24 Gen. Jack Beringer, a character in the 1983 American techno-thriller movie WarGames Jack Branning , in the British soap opera EastEnders Jack Carter (Eureka) , in the American TV series Eureka Jack Donaghy , in the American TV series 30 Rock Jack Duckworth , in the British soap opera Coronation Street Jack Fenton , in the American animated TV series Danny Phantom Jack Geller , recurring character in the American TV show Friends Father Jack Hackett , in the British TV series Father Ted Jack Harkness , main character in the British TV series Torchwood and a recurring character in Doctor Who Jack Hodgins , in the American TV series Bones Jack Landors , in the American TV series Power Rangers SPD Jack McFarland , in the American sitcom Will & Grace Jack Michaelson , fictional character in the British soap opera, Brookside, played by actor Paul DuckworthJack O'Neill , main character in the Canadian-American TV series Stargate SG-1 Jack Osborne , in the British soap opera Hollyoaks Jack Samuels , a corrupt detective in American TV series American Horror Story: Cult Jack Shephard , main character in the American TV series Lost Jack Spicer , villain in the American animated series Xiaolin Showdown Jack Sugden , in the British soap opera Emmerdale Jack Tripper , protagonist of the American sitcoms Three's Company and Three's a Crowd Jack Pearson , main character in the American TV series This is Us Jack the Front Loader , in the British TV series Thomas and Friends Jack Russell , a friend of Rusty with ADHD in Bluey Jack Welker, a neo-Nazi criminal in the television series Breaking Bad Samurai Jack (real name unknown), the official nickname of the otherwise unnamed protagonist of the Samurai Jack animated seriesJack, a pirate who formerly worked with his own captain Dread, from Sonic Prime
Video games Jack (Tekken) , multiple characters from the Tekken seriesJack (Mass Effect) , in the Mass Effect seriesHandsome Jack , the main antagonist from Borderlands 2 Jack (BioShock) , a.k.a. Jack Ryan, the silent protagonist of BioShock Raiden (Metal Gear) , the main character of Metal Gear Solid II and Metal Gear Rising is also named JackJack Cooper, the protagonist of Titanfall 2 Jack, a character from Animal Crossing Jack, a main character in Minecraft Story Mode - Season 2 Jack, a character from Puzzle Bobble 3
Mascots
Other Dr. Jack Bright, a character featured in several stories and articles produced for the collaborative fiction project SCP Foundation Jack Flag , superhero appearing in American comic books
See also
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