Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Jeffries (b. 1976), American actor *

Ben Jeffries Ben Jeffries (born 4 September 1980) is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys NRL Women's Premiership team, the PNG Orchids and the Indigenous Women's All Stars. ...

(b. 1980), Australian rugby league footballer *

Bill Jeffries William Patrick Jeffries (born 19 September 1945) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Heretaunga and served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Justice. Biography Early ...

(b. 1945), former New Zealand politician *

Charles Jeffries Commissioner Charles Henry Jeffries (1864 – 1 February 1936) was a British pioneer Salvationist and notable convert, after he left the Skeleton Army and attained the third highest rank possible as an Officer in The Salvation Army. 'Skeleto ...

(1864–1936), British Salvation Army officer * Charles Adams Jeffries (1869–1931), Australian journalist * Chris Jeffries (b. 1978), Canadian cross-country skier *

Clarence Smith Jeffries Clarence Smith Jeffries, VC (26 October 1894 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonw ...

(1894–1917), Australian Victoria Cross recipient * Darren Jeffries (b. 1982), British actor * Dean Jeffries (1933–2013), American stunt performer and coordinator *

Derek Jeffries Derek Jeffries (born 22 March 1951 in Longsight, Manchester, England) is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Millwall and Chester. He played mainly as a central defender, but also ope ...

(b. 1951), English former footballer * Donald Jeffries (b. 1956), American writer * Edward Jeffries (1900–1950), Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (1940–48) * Fran Jeffries (b. 1937), American singer, actress and model * Glenn Jeffries (b. 1961), West Virginia state Senator *

Greg Jeffries Gregory Lemont Jeffries (born October 16, 1971 in High Point, North Carolina) is a former American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport pla ...

(b. 1971), American football player *

Gregg Jeffries Gregory Scott Jefferies (born August 1, 1967) is a retired infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1987 to 2000. He was a highly touted prospect who became the first two-time winner of the ''Baseball America' ...

(b. 1967), American baseball player * Hakeem Jeffries (b. 1970), American politician * Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), American singer and actor * James Jeffries (disambiguation), several people, including: **

James Jeffries (Louisiana politician) James A. Jeffries (October 1836 – January 18, 1910) was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with service from 1888 to 1892 under Governor Francis T. Nicholls. Jeffries was allied with the Nicholls faction of the Louisiana Democratic Pa ...

, Louisiana Lt. Governor **

James Edmund Jeffries James Edmund Jeffries (June 1, 1925 – August 22, 1997) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1979 to 1983. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffries attended the public schools. He graduated from Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michig ...

(1925–1997), Kansas congressman ** James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), boxing champion **

Jim Jeffries (baseball) James Courtney Jeffries (May 18, 1893 – November 28, 1938) was an American pitcher and outfielder in Negro league baseball and the pre-Negro leagues. He was a southpaw pitcher and batter and played almost exclusively for the Indianapolis ABCs ...

(1893–1938), American Negro league baseball player ** Jim Jeffries (comedian) (born 1977), Australian comedian *

Jared Jeffries Jared Scott Carter Jeffries (born November 25, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Jeffries was drafted with the 11th overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards. He also played for the New York Knicks, ...

(b. 1981), American basketball player *

John Jeffries (disambiguation) John Jeffries (1745–1819) was a physician and scientist. John Jeffries may also refer to: * John Calvin Jeffries (born c. 1948), law professor * John Jeffries II (1796–1876), American ophthalmic surgeon * John Jeffries (judge) (1929-2019), for ...

several people, including **

John Jeffries John Jeffries (5 February 1744 – 16 September 1819) was an American physician, scientist, and military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. He is best known for accompanying French invent ...

(1744–1819), Boston physician ** John Jeffries II (1796–1876), American ophthalmic surgeon **

John Jeffries (judge) Sir John Francis Jeffries (28 March 1929 – 25 January 2019) was a New Zealand local politician, civil servant and later a judge of the High Court. Biography Early life and career Jeffries was born in Wellington on 28 March 1929 to Frank and M ...

(1929-2019), former judge, local politician and senior civil servant **

John Calvin Jeffries John Calvin Jeffries, Jr. (born ca. 1948) is a prominent law professor and was dean of the University of Virginia School of Law from 2001 to 2008. Biography Jeffries is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the Univers ...

(born c. 1948), law professor * Kevin Jeffries (b. 1964), American politician *

Lang Jeffries Lang Jeffries (June 7, 1930 – February 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American television and film actor. Biography From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries starred as Skip Johnson in the adventure television series ''Rescue 8''. He starred in several American ...

(1930–1987), Canadian-American actor * Leonard Jeffries (b. 1937), American professor of Black Studies * Lionel Jeffries (1926–2010), English actor *

Maud Jeffries Maud Evelyn Craven Jeffries (14 December 186926 September 1946) was an American actress. A popular subject for a wide range of theatrical post-cards and studio photographs, she was noted for her height, voice, presence, graceful figure, attract ...

(1869–1946), American actress who married and settled in Australia *

Mary Jeffries Mary Frances Jeffries (1819 – 1891) was a madam and procuror in London's underworld during the late 19th century. Jeffries was born in 1819 in Brompton, Kent, England. During the 1870s, she ran one of the few brothels in Victorian-era ...

(1854–1907), London brothel madam * Mike Jeffries (CEO) (b. 1944), American CEO *

Mike Jeffries (soccer) Michael Jeffries (born May 20, 1962) is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Charlotte Independence in USL League One. The 1983 Hermann Trophy winner, he played professionally in the North American Soc ...

(b. 1962), retired American soccer player * Philip M. Jeffries (1925–1987), American set decorator * Rich Jeffries (1938–2012), American former television announcer * Ron Jeffries (b. 1939), American computer scientist * Rosemary Jeffries, American nun and educator *

Sabrina Jeffries Sabrina Jeffries (born 1958) is American author of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. ''Entertainment Weekly'' calls her "one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance." Early ...

, American author * Ted Jeffries (1908–1985), American football coach *

Thomas Jeffries Thomas Jeffrey (surname also recorded as Jeffery, Jeffries, Jeffreys or Jefferies) was a convict bushranger, murderer and cannibal in the mid-1820s in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). In contemporary newspaper reports of his cri ...

(died 1826), Australian outlaw & prisoner *

Tony Jeffries Tony David Jeffries (born 2 March 1985) is an English former professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2012, an undefeated Jeffries was forced to retire due to hand injuries. Life and career Jeffries was born ...

(b. 1985), English professional boxer * Walter S. Jeffries (1893–1954), American politician * Walter V. Jeffries (b. 1962), American farmer, businessman, author and inventor * Willie Jeffries (b. 1937), American college football coach

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