Jefferson (given name)

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 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 Beauregard Sessions III, 84th United States Attorney General
 * Jefferson Stafford, American politician
 * Jefferson Vargas, Colombian cyclist
 * Jefferson Wood, American illustrator

Fictional characters

 * Jefferson D'Arcy, in the television show Married... with Children
 * Jefferson Pierce, a DC Comics superhero also known as Black Lightning
 * U.N. Jefferson, in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series