Jefferson (surname)
Appearance
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.
- Brandon 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.