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In his book The Jack Tales American folklorist Richard Chase collected many popular Appalachian Jack tales as told by descendants of a man named Council Harmon (1803–1896), whose grandfather Cutliff Harmon (1748–1838) was believed by Chase to have brought the Jack tales to America.
John Patrick Ryan Sr. KCVO (Hon.), nicknamed Jack, is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list over 40 years. [1]
Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name; Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname; Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series Tekken; Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888
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.
Entertainment Weekly named Jack Bauer one of The 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture. [3] In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly also named him one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. [4] Jack is also the only character in the show to have appeared in all episodes.
Jack appears in the Mad episode "Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas". He also makes a cameo appearance in the short it was paired with, "How I Met Your Mummy". A parody of Jack Skellington, in the form of a character named The Pumpkin Guy, appears in the opening of the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Night Ghoulery".
A demon named Jack the Ripper appears in the Shin Megami Tensei series, frequently as a low-level enemy. His most notable appearance is in the Virtual Boy game Jack Bros., where he appears as a playable character (named Jack Skelton in the English release).
Jack Shaftoe (also known, at various points, as King of the Vagabonds, L'Emmerdeur, Half-Cocked Jack, Quicksilver, Ali Zaybak, Sword of Divine Fire, and Jack the Coiner) is one of the three primary fictional characters in Neal Stephenson's 2,686-page, Clarke Award-winning epic trilogy, The Baroque Cycle. [1] [2] [3]