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
Jeferson Luis Gonçalo, Brazilian boxer
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, a character in the television show Married... with Children
Jefferson Pierce, a DC Comics superhero also known as Black Lightning
U.N. Jefferson, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series
See also
Jefferson (surname) Jeffrey, the origin of surname Jefferson