Jefferson
Appearance
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Jefferson may refer to:
Names
[edit]People
[edit]- Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian football midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1978), full name Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues, Brazilian football midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1981), full name Jefferson Vieira da Cruz, Brazilian football striker
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1982), full name Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto, Brazilian football midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1983), full name Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Jefferson (footballer, born January 1988), full name Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian football striker
- Jefferson (footballer, born July 1988), full name Jefferson Moreira Nascimento, Brazilian football left-back
- Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988), full name Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian football centre-back
- Jefferson (footballer, born January 1989), full name Jefferson de Souza Leite, Brazilian football midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born November 1989), full name Jefferson Tavares da Silva, Brazilian football forward
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1993), full name Jefferson de Jesus Santos, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1995), full name Jefferson Reis de Jesus, Brazilian football forward
- Jefferson (footballer, born 1997), full name Jefferson Junio Antonio da Silva, Brazilian football left-back
- Jefferson (singer) or Geoff Turton (born 1944), British singer
Places
[edit]Canada
[edit]United States
[edit]- Jefferson, Alabama
- Jefferson, Jefferson County, Arkansas, originally known as Jefferson Springs
- Jefferson, Colorado
- Jefferson, Georgia
- Jefferson, Indiana
- Jefferson, Iowa
- Jefferson, Kansas
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky, originally known as Jefferson
- Jefferson, Louisiana
- Jefferson, Maine
- Jefferson, Maryland
- Jefferson, Massachusetts, a village in the town of Holden
- Jefferson, Minnesota
- Jefferson, New Hampshire
- Jefferson, New York, a town
- Jefferson (CDP), New York, main hamlet in the town
- Jefferson, North Carolina
- Jefferson, Ohio
- Jefferson, Oklahoma
- Jefferson, Oregon
- Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson, South Carolina
- Jefferson, South Dakota
- Jefferson, Texas
- Jefferson, West Virginia
- Jefferson, Wisconsin, a city in Jefferson County
- Jefferson, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
- Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a town
- Jefferson, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town
- Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin, a town
- Jefferson Junction, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Proposed U.S. states
[edit]- Jefferson Territory, an unrecognized territory that existed from 1859 to 1861
- Jefferson (proposed Pacific state), proposed in 1941
- Jefferson (proposed Southern state), proposed in 1915
Schools
[edit]- Jefferson College (Mississippi), a former college and male boarding school, now historic site
- Jefferson College (Missouri), a community college in Hillsboro, Missouri
- Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a Roanoke, Virginia institution
- Jefferson Community and Technical College, a community college in Louisville, Kentucky
- Jefferson Community College (Watertown, New York)
- Jefferson State Community College, a community college system in Alabama
- Jefferson, brand name of the current Thomas Jefferson University, a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania created by a 2017 merger between Philadelphia University and the original Thomas Jefferson University
Other uses
[edit]- Jefferson, Mississippi, a fictional town where many of William Faulkner's stories are set
- The Jeffersons, a 1975–1985 American sitcom
- "The Jeffersons" (South Park), a 2004 episode of South Park
- Jefferson (elm cultivar), a type of tree
- Jefferson (yacht), an American yacht
- Jefferson (Jacksonville Skyway)
- Jefferson Station (SEPTA)
- "Jefferson", a song by Roxette from Room Service
- Jefferson Ward or Jeffersons, a discount department store chain operated by Montgomery Ward until 1988
- Jefferson method, or D'Hondt method, which are methods of producing proportional representation
See also
[edit]- Jefferson Airplane, a 1960s rock band
- Jefferson Starship, a band formed in the 1970s from some of Jefferson Airplane's members
- Jefferson Avenue Historic District (Ogden, Utah)
- Jefferson Barracks Military Post, a former U.S. Army post near Lemay, Missouri
- Jefferson City (disambiguation)
- Jefferson County (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Lines, a transportation service in the United States
- Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, a student society at the University of Virginia in the United States
- Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Jefferson Park (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Pools, near Warm Springs, Virginia
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement, a former Norwegian settlement in Rock County, Wisconsin
- Jefferson River, a tributary of the Missouri River in North America
- Jefferson State (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Township (disambiguation)
- Jeffersonville (disambiguation)
- List of peaks named Mount Jefferson, a list of mountains named Jefferson
- Rochester Jeffersons, a former National Football league team
- Thomas Jefferson (disambiguation)
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax County, Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, commonly called Jefferson Lab (JLAB)
- Washington & Jefferson College, a Pennsylvania liberal arts college
- The Jefferson Series, a lecture series in New Albany, Ohio