Jacob Grimm

    Known For

    Writing

    Birthday

    January 4, 1785

    Day of Death

    September 20, 1863 (78 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Hanau, Germany

    Jacob Grimm

    Biography

    German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co-author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

    Known For

    • Tangled

      Tangled

      2010

    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

      Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

      1938

    • Mirror Mirror

      Mirror Mirror

      2012

    • Gretel & Hansel

      Gretel & Hansel

      2020

    • Snow White

      Snow White

      2025

    • Snow White

      Snow White

      2001

    • The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

      The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

      2016

    • White as Snow

      White as Snow

      2019

    • The Bremen Town Musicians

      The Bremen Town Musicians

      1969

    • Sleeping Beauty

      Sleeping Beauty

      2014

    • The Girl Without Hands

      The Girl Without Hands

      2016

    • Tom Thumb

      Tom Thumb

      1958

    • Hansel and Gretel

      Hansel and Gretel

      1988

    • The Singing Ringing Tree

      The Singing Ringing Tree

      1957

    • The Feather Fairy

      The Feather Fairy

      1985