Jackson () is a common surname of English origin. In 1980, Jackson was the 24th most common surname in England and Wales.Peter Verstappen (1980) The book of surnames: origins and oddities of popular names p.89. University of Michigan In the 1990 United States Census, Jackson was the thirteenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population.United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files/dist.all.last (1-100) – via Wikisource
Jackson is also commonly used as a first name.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Entertainment
Film and television Amy Jackson (born 1992), British actress and model Andrew Jackson (actor) (born 1963), Canadian actor Anne Jackson (1925–2016), American actress Anthony Jackson (actor) (1944–2006), English actor Bill Jackson (television personality) (1935–2022), American TV personality Charlotte Jackson (born 1978), English TV presenter Cheyenne Jackson (born 1975), American actor and singer David Jackson (British actor) (1934–2005), British actor Eugene Jackson (1916–2001), American actor Frederick J. Jackson (1886–1953), American screenwriter Gemma Jackson (born 1951), British art director George Jackson (activist) (1941–1971), American author and activist George Jackson (filmmaker) (1958–2000), American film director and producer Glenda Jackson (1936–2023), British actress and Member of Parliament Gordon Jackson (actor) (1923–1990), Scottish actor Horace Jackson (1898–1952), American actor Horace Jackson (filmmaker) (fl.1963 –1976), American filmmaker, and educator Jeremy Jackson (born 1980), American actor John Jackson (writer), British screenwriter Jonathan Jackson (actor) (born 1982), American actor Joshua Jackson (born 1978), Canadian-American actor Kate Jackson (born 1948), American actress Leonard Jackson (actor) (1928–2013), American stage and screen actor Marion Jackson (1897–1962), American screenwriter Mick Jackson (director) (born 1943), British film director Mike and Michelle Jackson, Australian children's TV entertainers Paul Jackson (producer) (born 1947), British TV producer Peter Jackson (born 1961), New Zealand director Philip Jackson (actor) (born 1948), English actor Sammy Jackson (1937–1995), American actor Saoirse-Monica Jackson (born 1993), Irish actress Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948), American actor Shar Jackson (born 1976), American TV and film actress Sherry Jackson (born 1942), American actress and child star Skai Jackson (born 2002), American actress Tom Jackson (actor) (born 1948), Canadian actor and singer Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American actress and comedian
Music The Jackson family, an American musical family consisting of: First generation: Joe Jackson (1928–2018), patriarch and manager Katherine Jackson (born 1930), matriarch Second generation: Rebbie Jackson (born 1950), American singer Jackie Jackson (born 1951), member of the Jackson 5 Tito Jackson (1953–2024), guitarist/vocalist of Jackson 5 Jermaine Jackson (born 1954), member of the Jackson 5 La Toya Jackson (born 1956), singer Marlon Jackson (born 1957), member of the Jackson 5 Michael Jackson (1958–2009), singer-songwriter and dancer, member of the Jackson 5 Randy Jackson (born 1961), member of the Jackson 5 Janet Jackson (born 1966), singer-songwriter Third generation: Taj Jackson (born 1973), son of Tito; member of 3T Taryll Adren Jackson (born 1975), son of Tito; member of 3T Sigmund Jackson, Jr. (born 1977), son of Jackie; better known as rapper DealZ Tito Joe Jackson (born 1978), son of Tito; member of 3T Jaafar Jackson (born 1996), son of Jermaine Paris Jackson (born 1998), daughter of Michael Al Jackson, Jr. (1935–1975), American drummer Alan Jackson (born 1958), American country music singer and songwriter Andrew Jackson (recording engineer), British recording engineer Anthony Jackson (musician) (1952–2025), American bass player Armand "Jump" Jackson (1917–1985), American R&B drummer, bandleader and songwriter Bashar Jackson (1999–2020), American rapper and singer known professionally as Pop Smoke Bob Jackson (musician) (born 1949), British musician Bull Moose Jackson (1919–1989), American blues and R&B singer and saxophonist Carl Jackson (born 1953), American musician Christine Jackson (cellist) (1962–2016), British-born Australian cellist Chuck Jackson (1937–2023), American R&B singer Curtis Jackson (born 1975), American rapper performing as 50 Cent David Jackson (rock musician) (born 1947), British musician Deon Jackson (1946–2014), American soul singer Eddie Jackson (musician) (born 1961), American bass guitarist Eddie Jackson (singer) (1926–2002), American country musician Elly Jackson (born 1988), British singer, part of the band/duo La Roux Francis Jackson (1917–2022), British composer and organist Fred Jackson (saxophonist) (born 1929), American R&B and jazz saxophonist Fred Jackson Jr. (born c. 1945), American jazz saxophonist Freddie Jackson (born 1956), American soul singer Fruteland Jackson (born 1953), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter George Pullen Jackson (1874–1953), American musician Graham Jackson (British conductor) (1967–2012), British conductor Henry Jackson (1956–2014), American rapper, known as Big Bank Hank Jack Jackson (British radio) (1906–1978), British musician Jerry Naylor Jackson (1939–2019), American musician, member of The Crickets Jim Jackson (musician) (c. 1884–1937), American blues musician J. J. Jackson (media personality) (1941–2004), American MTV VJ J. J. Jackson (singer) (born 1941), American soul musician Jennie Jackson (1852–1910), American singer Joe Jackson (musician) (born 1954), British singer/songwriter John Jackson (born 1977), American rapper, known as Fabolous John Jackson (blues musician) (1924–2002), American blues musician Johnny Jackson (musician) (1951–2006), American drummer Kate Jackson (singer) (born 1979), British singer Keenon Jackson (born 1990), American rapper known professionally as YG Keisha Jackson (born 1965), American musician Lee Jackson (blues musician) (1921–1979), American blues musician Lee Jackson (bassist) (born 1943), British bass guitarist Lee Jackson (composer) (born 1963), American composer Leon Jackson (born 1988), Scottish musician Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972), American gospel singer Mark Jackson (musician) (born 1970), English musician Mick Jackson (singer) (born 1947), English musician Millie Jackson (born 1944), American musician Milt Jackson (1923–1999), American jazz vibraphonist Milton Jackson, British music producer O'Shea Jackson, known as Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson in 1969), American rapper/actor O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991), American rapper/actor and son of Ice Cube Papa Charlie Jackson (c. 1885–1938), American musician Paul Jackson (bassist) (1947–2021), American bass guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. (born 1959), American musician Randy Jackson (born 1956), American musician, judge on American Idol Randy Jackson (Zebra) (born 1955), American rock musician, frontman for the band Zebra Roddy Jackson (1942–2022), American rockabilly musician Sammy Jackson (singer), Canadian jazz singer Stevie Jackson (born 1969), Scottish musician Stonewall Jackson (musician) (1932–2021), American country music singer Thunder Jackson, musician and singer Tony Jackson (jazz musician) (1876–1920), American composer Tony Jackson (singer) (1938–2003), British singer Vasti Jackson (born 1959), American blues musician and record producer Walter Jackson (singer) (1938–1983), American soul singer Wanda Jackson (born 1937), American singer, songwriter, and musician William Jackson (Scottish composer) (born 1955), Scottish harpist and composer William E. (Will) Jackson (born 1945), American Greenpeace activist and musician New Orleans Willie Jackson, New Orleans jazz singer
Military Arthur J. Jackson (1924–2017), U.S. Marine Corps officer, Medal of Honor recipient for actions during World War II Charles Douglas Jackson (1902–1964), U.S. Army general, expert on psychological warfare Conrad Feger Jackson (1813–1862), general in the Union Army in the American Civil War Frederick George Jackson (1860–1938), British army officer and explorer Henry Jackson (Continental Army general) (1747–1809), U.S. Army general in the Revolutionary War Sir Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer) (1855–1929), British First Sea Lord during World War I Henry R. Jackson (1820–1898), Confederate general Joe M. Jackson (1923–2019), U.S. Air Force officer, Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Vietnam War John Francis Jackson (1908–1942), Australian fighter ace Leslie Douglas Jackson (1917–1980), Australian fighter ace Mary M. Jackson, American vice admiral in the United States Navy Sir Mike Jackson (British Army officer) (born 1944), British Army Chief of the General Staff Norman Cyril Jackson (1919–1994), British RAF, recipient of the Victoria Cross Philip Jackson (surveyor) (1802–1879), British naval officer and surveyor Sir Stanley Jackson (cricketer) (1870–1947), British Army officer, cricketer, and politician Thomas Jonathan Jackson, known as Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863), Confederate general William Jackson (Australian soldier) (1897–1959), Australian Army recipient of the Victoria Cross Sir William Jackson (British Army officer) (1917–1999), British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar William Hicks Jackson (1835–1903), Confederate general
Politics
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), seventh president of the United States of America Burke Jackson (born 1949), American politician and rancher Caroline Jackson (1946–2025), British (Cornish) politician Colin Jackson (politician) (1921–1981), British MP Derrick Jackson (politician) (born 1966), American politician Ed Jackson (Tennessee politician) (born 1948), American politician Fitz Jackson, Jamaican politician George Jackson (Canadian politician) (1808–1885), Canadian MP George Jackson (Irish politician) (1761–1805), Irish MP Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (1725–1822), born George Jackson, British MP Giorgio Jackson (born 1987), Chilean politician Glenda Jackson (1936–2023), British politician Gordon Jackson (politician) (born 1948), Scottish politician Helen Jackson (politician) (born 1939), British politician John Jackson (Derbyshire politician) (1919–1976), British politician Sir John Jackson (engineer) (1851–1919), British politician Jovan Jackson, American politician Linda Jackson (politician), mayor of Vaughan, Ontario Lorna Jackson (1935–2002), mayor of Vaughan, Ontario Merton S. Jackson (died 1985), American politician from Maryland Peter Jackson (politician) (1928–2020), British politician Richard Jackson (colonial agent) (c. 1721–1787), British politician Robert Jackson (Wantage MP) (born 1946), British politician Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848–1942), Canadian politician Samuel Macauley Jackson (1851–1912), American clergyman, editor and author Stewart Jackson (born 1965), British politician and adviser Syd Jackson (politician) (1889–1941), Australian MP Tara Jackson, American lawyer and public administrator William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton (1840–1917), British politician Willie Jackson (politician) (born 1961), New Zealand politician and broadcaster
American politics and law Alphonso Jackson (born 1945), 13th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Barney Jackson (1904–1971), Washington politician Caldwell Jackson, Member of the Maine House of Representatives Charles Jackson (judge) (1775–1855), Massachusetts Supreme Court judge Charles Jackson (Rhode Island politician) (1797–1876), Governor of Rhode Island Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806–1862), Governor of Missouri Darrell Jackson (politician) (born 1957), South Carolina state senator David Jackson (Pennsylvania physician) (1747–1801), American apothecary and physician, delegate to the Continental Congress David S. Jackson (1813–1872), U.S. Representative from New York Douglas S. Jackson (born 1954), Tennessee state senator Edward B. Jackson (1793–1826), U.S. Representative from Virginia