Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson (given name), Jefferson or Jeffrey (given name), Jeffrey, which comes from a Middle Ages, medieval variant of Geoffrey (given name), Geoffrey.

Music

* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * Excision (musician), Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel * Jeff Abercrombie, bassist for American rock band Fuel * Jeff Allen (musician), Jeff Allen, English session drummer * Jeff Baxter, American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers * Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer of music for various media * Jeff Beck (1944–2023), English guitarist * Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American singer-songwriter * Jeff Coffin, saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator * Jeff Current, lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will * Jeff Fatt, Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band The Wiggles * Jeff Gillan, an American journalist * Jeff Graham, Canadian radio DJ * Jeff Hanneman (1964–2013), American guitarist, founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer * Attlas, Jeff Hartford, Canadian DJ and producer * Jeff Healey (1966–2008), Canadian blues-rock guitarist and songwriter * Jeff Loomis, lead guitarist for heavy metal band Nevermore * Jeff Lynne, British singer-songwriter and record producer * Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and founder of Neutral Milk Hotel * Jeff Mills, American techno DJ and producer * Jeff Pilson (born 1959), American musician * Jeff Porcaro (1954–1992), American session drummer and member of the rock band Toto * Jeff Scott Soto, American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent * Jeff Stinco, Canadian singer-songwriter and lead guitarist for pop-punk band Simple Plan * Jeff Timmons, American pop singer, producer, and pop group 98 Degrees founding member * Jeff Todd Titon (born 1943), professor of music and author * Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter and founding member of Wilco * Jeff Waters, Canadian thrash metal guitarist for band Annihilator (band), Annihilator

Sports

* Jeff Abbott (baseball), American retired professional baseball player * Jeff Abbott (racing driver), American professional motorsport drifter * Jeff Adams, Canadian Paralympian and wheelchair sport world champion * Jeff Adrien, college basketball player * Jeff Agoos (born 1968), retired Swiss-born American soccer defender * Jeff Allam, British racing driver * Jeff Altenburg, American professional race car driver * Jeff Andretti, American race car driver * Jeff Astle (1942–2002), English footballer * Jeff Bagwell, Hall of Fame American baseball player * Jeff Bearden (born 1963), American professional wrestler * Jeff Bennett (decathlete), Jeff Bennett (athlete) (born 1948), American decathlete * Jeff Bes, Canadian ice hockey player * Jeff Blake, American football player * Jeff Burton, NASCAR racer * Jeff Butler (football manager) (1934-2017), English football manager * Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player * Jeff Chandler (boxer), boxing champion * Jeffrey Cheung, Jeff Cheung, American skateboarder and artist * Jeff Cirillo, retired baseball player * Jeff Clement, American baseball player * Jeff Cobb (born 1982), American professional wrestler * Jeff Coetzee, South African professional tennis player * Jeff Conine, retired baseball player * Jeff Curran (born 1977), American retired professional mixed martial artist * Jeff Curran (footballer) (born 1961), Scottish-born Australian former soccer player * Jeff Elliott, British decathlete and pole vaulter * Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), American retired professional wrestler * Jeff Fenech, boxer * Jeff Ferguson (ice hockey) (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey and roller hockey goaltender * Jeff Foster (basketball) (born 1977), American basketball player * Jeff Francis, baseball player * Jeff Francoeur, baseball player * Jeff Friesen, NHL player * Jeff Garcia, American football player * Jeff Gaylord (1958–2023), American professional wrestler * Jeff George, American football player * Jeff Gladney (born 1996), American football player * Jeff Gordon, NASCAR racer * Jeff Graham, American football player * Jeff Graham (quarterback), American football player * Jeff Green (basketball), American professional basketball forward * Jeff Guiel, Canadian baseball player * Jeff Halliburton (born 1949), American former basketball player * Jeff Halpern (born 1976), American NHL hockey player * Jeff Hardy (born 1977), American professional wrestler * Jeff Holland (born 1997), American football player * Jeff Hopkins (born 1964), Welsh football manager * Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player * Jeff Horton American football coach * Jeff Jarrett, American professional wrestler * Jeff Kent, baseball player * Jeff Leiding, American football player * Jeff Leka, American racing driver * Jeff Lindgren, American baseball player * Jeff Locke (American football), American football player * Jeff Lockie, American football player * Jeff Loots, American football player * Jeff Luc, American football player * Jeff McIntyre (born 1954), American football player * Jeff Mills (linebacker), American football player * Jeff Newman (baseball) (born 1948), American baseball player * Jeff Nielsen, professional hockey player * Jeff Norton, National Hockey League player * Jeff Okudah (born 1999), American football player * Jeff Otis, American football player * Jeff Overbaugh, American football player * Jeff Pain, American-born, Canadian skeleton racer * 3.0 (professional wrestling), Canadian professional wrestler Jeff Parker * Jeff Reed (American football), American football player * Jeff Reed (baseball), retired baseball player * Jeff Salzenstein (born 1973), American tennis player * Jeff Samardzija (born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jeff Shantz, National Hockey League player * Jeff Simmons (racing driver), American race car driver * Jeff Skinner, Canadian National Hockey League player * Jeff Speakman, American actor and martial artist * Jeff Stevenson (rugby league) (1932–2007), English rugby league footballer * Jeff Stork, American volleyball player * Charles Jeff Tesreau (1888–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer * Jeff Van Gundy, American NBA coach and broadcaster * Jeff Walz (born 1971), American basketball coach * Jeff Williams (baseball), pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers * Jeff Williams (cyclist), British cyclist * Jeff Wilson (American football) (born 1995), American football player * Jeff Wiseman (born 1950), Australian Paralympic athlete and businessman * Jeff Withey (born 1990), American basketball player

Literature

* Jeff Abbott, American suspense novelist * Jeff Kinney, American game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor, and children's book author * Jeff Koons, American artist * Jeff Noon, British novelist, short story writer, and playwright * Jeff Smith (cartoonist), Jeff Smith, American cartoonist * Jeff VanderMeer, American writer * Jeff Weiss, American playwright, impresario, and actor

Politics

* Jeff Adachi, elected U.S. San Francisco Public Defender, pension reform advocate, and San Francisco mayoral candidate * Jeff Bingaman, junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico * Jeff Cooling (born 1987), Iowa state representative * Jeff Flake, U.S. Senator from Arizona * Jeff Kennett, premier of Victoria, Australia * Jeff Kurtz (born 1954), Iowa state representative * Jeff Landry, Governor of Louisiana * Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon * Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney General and US Senator * Jeff Truly (1861–1946), Mississippi legislator and judge

Film and television

* Jeff Alexander (1910–1989), American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio, and television scores * Jeff Anderson, American actor * Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer * Jeff Bergman, American voice actor * Jeff Bollow, American writer and director * Jeff Brazier (born 1979), English television presenter and reality TV personality * Jeff Bridges, American actor * Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), American film actor * Jeff Cohen (actor), American attorney and former child actor who appeared as Chunk in the 1985 movie ''The Goonies'' * Jeff Conaway (1950–2011), American actor * Jeff Coopwood, American actor, singer, broadcaster and educator * Jeff Corey (1914–2002), American stage and screen actor and director * Jeff Corwin, American animal and nature conservationist, host of ''The Jeff Corwin Experience'' and ''Corwin's Quest'' * Jeff Daniels, American actor * Jeff B. Davis, American actor, comedian and singer * Jeff Deverett, Canadian film producer * Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian * Jeff East, American actor * Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian and actor * Jeff Garlin, American comedic actor * Jeff Goldblum, American film actor * Jeff Hunter, American film actor * Jeff Hyslop (born 1951), Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director * Jeff Katz, American film producer and studio executive * Jeff Loveness, American screenwriter and television producer * Jeff Machado case, Jeff Machado (died 2023), Brazilian actor * Jeff Maxwell, American actor * Jeff McCarthy, American character actor * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor * Jeff Osterhage, American film and television actor * Jeff Probst, American television personality, host of ''Survivor (U.S. TV series), Survivor'' * Jeff Stelling, British sports journalist, sport television presenter and game show host * Jeff Stevenson (comedian), Jeff Stevenson (born 1961), English actor and comedian * Jeff Thisted, American game show host * Jeff Yagher, American actor * Jeff York (1912–1995), American actor

Programming

* Jeff Dean, a senior fellow at Google and inventor of many of Google's core technologies * Jeff Minter, British computer/video game designer and programmer * Jeff Moss (hacker), Jeff Moss, American hacker, computer and internet security expert

Other fields

* Jeff Arcuri (born 1987 or 1988), American stand-up comedian * Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, investor, and the former chief executive officer of Amazon * Jeff Canoy (born 1984), Filipino broadcast journalist and documentarian * Jeff Cooper (1920–2006), United States Marine and firearms expert * Jeff Erlanger (1970–2007), American advocate and activist for disability rights * Jeff Fairburn, British businessman * Jeff Green (businessman), Jeff Green (born 1977), American billionaire advertising executive * Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing and Handspring * Jeff Kaplan, vice president of Blizzard Entertainment * Jeff Kidder (1875–1908), American lawman * Jeff Kwatinetz, American entertainment executive * Jeph Jacques, webcomic maker, ''Questionable Content'' * Jeff Kuhn, physicist and astronomer * Jeff Lemire (born 1976), Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer * Jeff Luers, American anarchist, environmental activist, and arsonist * Jeff Nuttall, British 1960s counter-culture figure * Jeff Remmel, American mathematician * Jeff S. Shamma, professor of electrical engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology * Jeff Shannon (1961–2013), American film critic * Jeff Sigafoos, New Zealand professor of educational psychology * Jeff Sneider, American entertainment journalist * Jeff Steele (born 1971), American entertainment industry executive * Jeff Weise (1988–2005), American mass murderer and spree killer * Jeff Wooller, British accountant * Jeff Greason, American inventor and proponent of space settlement

Fictional characters

* Akbar and Jeff, Jeff, one half of the comic-strip duo Akbar and Jeff of ''Life in Hell'' * Jeff, the main character in the 1980s Canadian children's television program ''Today's Special#Cast and characters, Today's Special'' * Jeff, the alter ego of Jenko in the film ''22 Jump Street'' * Jeff, a character in the 2004 American comedy movie ''Connie and Carla#Cast, Connie and Carla'' * Jeff, best friend of Clarence in the 2014–17 American animated television series ''Clarence (American TV series), Clarence'' * Jeff McCallister, a character in the ''Home Alone (franchise), Home Alone franchise'' * Jeff, a character in the video game ''EarthBound'' * Jeff, an enemy in the 2020 VR game ''Half-Life: Alyx'' * Jeff Albertson, more commonly known as Comic Book Guy, from ''The Simpsons'' * Jeff Atkins, a character in the Netflix series ''13 Reasons Why'' * Jeff Bennett, a fictional character of ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' * Jeff Boomhauer, from the American television series ''King of the Hill'' * Jeff Colby, on the American television series ''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty'' and ''The Colbys'' * Jeff Daly, character in Rumor Has It (film), ''Rumor has it...'', played by Mark Ruffalo * Jeff Denlon, a character in the ''Saw (franchise), Saw'' franchise * Jeff Difford, a character in ''Young Sheldon'' * Jeff Fungus, a character and voiced by Frank Oz in the ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' franchise named after Jeff Gordon * Jeff Gorvette, a character from Pixar's ''Cars (franchise), Cars'' franchise * Jeff Heaney, a recurring character in the sitcom ''Peep Show (British TV series), Peep Show'' * Jeff Isaacs, a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Jeff K., a character on the Something Awful comedy website * Jeff the Killer, a character from the creepypasta of the same name * Jeff the Land Shark, a character in Marvel Comics * Jeff Murdock, a main character in the first three seasons of the British sitcom ''Coupling (British TV series), Coupling'' * Jeff Suckler, a minor character in the FX series ''What We Do in the Shadows (TV series), What We Do In The Shadows'' * Jeff Thompkins, title character in the 2011 comedy-drama film ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' * Jeff Winger, main character in the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV series), Community'' * Jeff, an alien worm in the 2002 science fiction film Men in Black II

As a surname

* Janina Jeff, American geneticist * Sandra Jeff, New Mexico politician * Mary Jeff, Scottish politician

References

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