Eduard Jacobson (10 November 1833 – 29 January 1897) was a German dramatist and physician.

He attended the Gymnasium [de] in Oels from 1846 to 1850, and then until 1854 the grammar school in Ostrowo.

Jacobson's playwrighting career began in 1856 with the popular farces Bei Wasser und Brot and Faust und Gretchen, the latter of which appeared at the Kroll Theatre under the direction of Karl August Görner, starring Theodor Lobe [de] as Faust.

[1] The extraordinary acclaim he won with it determined him to devote himself exclusively to such literary activity.

[2] His farce 500,000 Teufel, for instance, played 300 times successively in Berlin.