Jefferson (surname)

Individuals with the surname "Jefferson" include the following:

Music

• Blind Lemon Jefferson - Blues musician.
• Marshall Jefferson - American musician.
• Eddie Jefferson - America Jazz vocalist

Sports

• Al Jefferson - American basketball player.
• Jesse Jefferson (1949–2011) - American baseball player.
• John Jefferson - A retired football player.
• Reggie Jefferson - A retired American baseball player.
• Richard Jefferson - American basketball player.
• Will Jefferson - English cricketer.

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

• Arthur Stanley Jefferson (or Stan Laurel), English comic actor.
• Charles Edward Jefferson (b. 1860), American Congregational clergyman
• Francis Arthur Jefferson, Victoria Cross awardee.
• Geoffrey Jefferson (1886–1961), British neurologist and pioneering neurosurgeon.