Nathan Jacobson (October 5, 1910 – December 5, 1999) was an American mathematician.

[1] Born Nachman Arbiser[2] in Warsaw, Jacobson emigrated to America with his family in 1918.

While working on his thesis, Non-commutative polynomials and cyclic algebras, he was advised by Joseph Wedderburn.

He served as president of the American Mathematical Society from 1971 to 1973, and was awarded their highest honour, the Leroy P. Steele prize for lifetime achievement, in 1998.

[3] He was also vice-president of the International Mathematical Union from 1972 to 1974.