Jefferson (surname)
Jefferson is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Music
- Blind Lemon Jefferson – Blues musician.
- Marshall Jefferson – American musician.
- Melissa Jefferson – American singer and rapper known professionally as Lizzo
- Eddie Jefferson – America Jazz vocalist
Sports
- Al Jefferson – American basketball player.
- Brandon Jefferson – American basketball player.
- Davon Jefferson (born 1986) - American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jesse Jefferson (1949–2011) – American baseball player.
- John Jefferson – A retired football player.
- Julian Jefferson – English cricketer, father of Richard Jefferson, grandfather of Will Jefferson.
- Justin Jefferson (born 1999) – American football player
- Malik Jefferson – American football player.
- Reggie Jefferson – retired American baseball player.
- Richard Jefferson – American basketball player.
- Richard Jefferson (cricketer) - English cricketer, father of Will Jefferson.
- Van Jefferson (born 1996) – American football player
- Will Jefferson – English cricketer, son of Richard Jefferson.
Government
- Anna V. Jefferson (1926–2011), New York politician
- Mose Jefferson – New Orleans politician, older brother of William J. Jefferson
- Roberto Jefferson – Brazilian politician
- Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States of America
- Wallace B. Jefferson – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
- William J. Jefferson – Louisiana politician, younger brother of Mose Jefferson
Other
- Ann Jefferson (b. 1949), British scholar of French literature
- Arthur Stanley Jefferson, birth name of Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor
- Atatiana Jefferson (1990-2019), shooting victim of the Fort Worth Police Department
- Charles Edward Jefferson (b. 1860), American Congregational clergyman
- Francis Arthur Jefferson, Victoria Cross awardee
- Geoffrey Jefferson (1886–1961), British neurologist and pioneering neurosurgeon.
- Jane Randolph Jefferson, mother of the President
- Joseph Jefferson (1829–1905), American actor
- Margo Jefferson (b. 1947), writer, critic, professor
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