Jack Straw
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Jack Straw is the name of:
- Jack Straw (politician) (John Whitaker Straw), a former British Foreign Secretary, currently Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
- Jack Straw (rebel leader), a leader of the English Peasants' Revolt in 1381
Jack Straw may also refer to:
- A "jackstraw", an effigy stuffed with straw; a man of straw; a man without property, worth or influence
- "Jack Straw", a song by the Grateful Dead
- The Jack Straw Foundation, a public radio foundation based in Seattle, Washington
- Jack Straws or Jackstraws, another name for the children's game Pick-up Sticks
- A Somerset Maugham play named Jack Straw