Jeffreys is a surname that may refer to the following notable people: * Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting * Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and singer * Arthur Frederick Jeffreys (1848–1906), British politician *

Bertha Jeffreys Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys (22 May 1903 – 18 December 1999) was an English physicist, academic and scientific author who carried out research on Quantum mechanics, quantum theory in its early days. She was associated with Girton College, ...

(1903–1999), British physicist a.k.a. Bertha Swirles * Charles Jeffreys (1877 – unknown), South African shooter * Edmund Jeffreys (1846–1925), British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

admiral * Elizabeth Jeffreys (1941–2023), British Byzantinist * Ellen Penelope Jeffreys (1827–1904), New Zealand artist * Garland Jeffreys (born 1943), American musician * George Jeffreys (composer) (c.1610–1685), composer and organist to Charles I * George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645–1689), British jurist & politician * George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (British Army officer) (1878–1960), British soldier & politician * George Jeffreys (pastor) (1889–1962), British religious leader * Gina Jeffreys (born 1968), Australian singer * Harold Jeffreys (1891–1989), British mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer * J. G. Jeffreys (1893–1977), Australian-born educator * John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885), British malacologist *

John R. F. Jeffreys John Robert Fisher Jeffreys (25 January 1916 – 13 January 1944) was a British mathematician and World War II Cryptanalysis, codebreaker. Jeffreys was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he graduated a ...

(1918–1944), British mathematician * Julius Jeffreys (1800–1877), British physician * Justina Jeffreys (1787–1869), Jamaican-born British gentlewoman * Paul Jeffreys (1952–1988), English rock musician and bassist * Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (born 1942), British historian * Robin Jeffreys (1890–1963), British Olympic fencer * Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948), British-born political scientist, academic, & activist * Stephen Jeffreys (1950–2018), British playwright

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