Jefferson or Jéferson is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Footballers Gauchinho (footballer, born 1983), full name Jéferson Lima de Menezes, Brazilian midfielder Jeferson Paulo Rodrigues de Souza (born 1981), Togolese footballer Jéferson (footballer, born 1984), full name Jéferson Rodrigues Gonçalves, Brazilian midfielder Jéferson (footballer, born 1986), full name Jéferson Gomes do Nascimento, Brazilian goalkeeper Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian midfielder Jefferson (footballer, born 1982), full name Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto, Brazilian midfielder Jefferson (footballer, born 1983), full name Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, Brazilian goalkeeper Jefferson (footballer, born January 1988), full name Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian forward Jefferson (footballer, born July 1988), full name Jefferson Moreira Nascimento, Brazilian defender Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988), full name Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian defender Jefferson (footballer, born January 1989), full name Jefferson de Souza Leite, Brazilian midfielder Jefferson (footballer, born 1997), full name Jefferson Junio Antonio da Silva, Brazilian defender Jefferson Alphonse (born 2003), Canadian soccer player Jefferson Batista (born 1976), Brazilian footballer Jefferson Farfán (born 1984), Peruvian midfielder Jefferson Feijão (born 1978), full name Jefferson Marques da Conceição, Brazilian forward Jefferson Montero (born 1989), Ecuadorian midfielder Jefferson Nascimento (born 1988), Brazilian defender
Others Jefferson Byrd, American politician
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis (1862–1913), American state governor and US Senator Jefferson Johnson, American musical director and conductor Jefferson Morley, American journalist and historian Jeferson Quero, Venezuelan baseball player Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, 84th United States Attorney General Jefferson Shields (1829–1918), American slave Jefferson Stafford, American politician Jefferson Utanes (1979–2025), Filipino voice actor Jefferson Vargas, Colombian cyclist Jefferson Wood, American illustrator J. Jefferson Webster, American politician, businessman, and farmer J. Jefferson Webster III, American checkers player
Fictional characters Jefferson D'Arcy, in the television show Married... with Children
See also Jefferson (surname) Jeffrey, the origin of the surname Jefferson