# Jacob W. Davis

> Jacob William Davis was a Russian-American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans. Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them.

*American tailor (1831–1908)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jacob-w-davis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1831-05-14
- **Died:** 1908-01-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 16.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [雅各布·W·戴維斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%85%E5%90%84%E5%B8%83%C2%B7W%C2%B7%E6%88%B4%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%AF)
- [جاكوب دبليو. ديفيس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [جاكوب دبليو. ديفيس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [Jacob W. Davis](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis)
- [Jacob Davis (Schneider)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis_(Schneider))
- [Jacob W. Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis)
- [Jacob Davis](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis)
- [Jacob Davis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis)
- [ג'ייקוב דייוויס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A1)
- [Հակոբ Դեյվիս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%A2_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%BD)
- [Jacob W. Davis](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis)
- [ジェイコブ・デイヴィス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9)
- [Džeikobs Deiviss](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEeikobs_Deiviss)
- [Jacob Davis](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis)
- [Jacob Davis](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis)
- [Jacob W. Davis](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis)
- [Дэвис, Джейкоб](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1)
- [Jacob Davis](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Davis)
- [เจค็อบ ดับเบิลยู. เดวิส](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A_%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B9._%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA)
- [جیکب ڈبلیو ڈیوس](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A8_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1488960)

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