Jefferson or Jéferson is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Footballers
- Gauchinho (footballer, born 1983), full name Jéferson Lima de Menezes, Brazilian midfielder
- Jeferson Paulo Rodrigues de Souza (born 1981), Togolese footballer
- Jéferson (footballer, born 1984), full name Jéferson Rodrigues Gonçalves, Brazilian midfielder
- Jéferson (footballer, born 1986), full name Jéferson Gomes do Nascimento, Brazilian goalkeeper
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1982), full name Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto, Brazilian midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1983), full name Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, Brazilian goalkeeper
- Jefferson (footballer, born January 1988), full name Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian forward
- Jefferson (footballer, born July 1988), full name Jefferson Moreira Nascimento, Brazilian defender
- Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988), full name Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian defender
- Jefferson (footballer, born January 1989), full name Jefferson de Souza Leite, Brazilian midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1997), full name Jefferson Junio Antonio da Silva, Brazilian defender
- Jefferson Alphonse (born 2003), Canadian soccer player
- Jefferson Batista (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
- Jefferson Farfán (born 1984), Peruvian midfielder
- Jefferson Feijão (born 1978), full name Jefferson Marques da Conceição, Brazilian forward
- Jefferson Montero (born 1989), Ecuadorian midfielder
- Jefferson Nascimento (born 1988), Brazilian defender
Others
- Jefferson Byrd, American politician
- Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
- Jefferson Davis (1862–1913), American state governor and US Senator
- Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, 84th United States Attorney General
- Jefferson Stafford, American politician
- Jefferson Vargas, Colombian cyclist
- Jefferson Wood, American illustrator
Fictional characters
- Jefferson D'Arcy, in the television show Married... with Children
- Jefferson Pierce, a DC Comics superhero also known as Black Lightning
- U.N. Jefferson, in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series
See also
- Jefferson (surname)
- Jeffrey, the origin of surname Jefferson
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