Jacob Preus, more completely Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus, is the name of three generations of important American Lutherans:
- J. A. O. Preus (1883-1961), politician, Governor of Minnesota from 1921 to 1925
- J. A. O. Preus II (1920-1994), theologian, President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1969 to 1981
- J. A. O. Preus III (born 1953), theologian, President of Concordia University, Irvine, California
See also
- Preus, more people with the same surname
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