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Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a
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Music

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DJ Jazzy Jeff Jeffrey Allen Townes (born January 22, 1965), known professionally as DJ Jazzy Jeff (or simply Jazz), is an American DJ and producer. He was one half of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, along with Will Smith. He is credited, ...
, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes *
Excision (musician) Jeffrey Abel (born 29 April 1986), better known by his stage name Excision, is a Canadian DJ and electronic music producer. He is the founder of Rottun Recordings and Subsidia Records. Active since 2006, his first release, "Warning", was in 200 ...
, Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel *
Jeff Abercrombie Fuel is an American rock band from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 1993 by guitarist-songwriter Carl Bell, vocalist Brett Scallions, drummer Jody Abbott, keyboardist Erik Avakian, and bassist Jeff Abercrombie. After several ...
, bassist for American rock band Fuel * Jeff Allen, English session drummer *
Jeff Baxter Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter (born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s. More recently, he has worked as a defense cons ...
, American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers *
Jeff Beal Jeff Beal (born June 20, 1963) is an American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall. Highly regarded as a jazz instrumentalist and versatile composer, Beal creates music that often incorporates a synthesis of impr ...
(born 1963), American composer of music for various media *
Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English musician. He rose to prominence as the guitarist of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, ...
(1944–2023), English guitarist *
Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a cult following in the early 1990s performing at venues in ...
(1966–1997), American singer-songwriter *
Jeff Coffin Jeff Stanley Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin ...
, saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator *
Jeff Current Against All Will is an American rock quartet from Los Angeles, whose debut album lineup was formed in Spring 2009 by Jimmy Allen (formerly of Puddle of Mudd), Jeff Current (formerly of Seven Story Drop), Steve "Boomstick" Wilson (formerly of ...
, lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will *
Jeff Fatt Jeffrey Wayne Fatt (born 21 July 1953) is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the children's group The Wiggles from its founding in 1991 to 2012, and was also in the 1980s and 1990s pop band The Cockroaches with fellow Wiggle ...
, Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band
The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. As of 2022, the group members are Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce (entertainer), John Pearce, Caterina Mete ...
* Jeff Gillan, an American journalist *
Jeff Graham Jeffery Todd Graham (born February 14, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft. ...
, Canadian radio DJ *
Jeff Hanneman Jeffrey John Hanneman (January 31, 1964 – May 2, 2013) was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his d ...
(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 Jeffery Todd Graham (born February 14, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft. ...
, 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


See also

*Jef, short form of Josef/Jozef


References

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