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