Jefferson or Jéferson is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Footballers

Gauchinho (footballer, born 1983) Jéferson Lima de Menezes (born 11 February 1983), commonly known as Gauchinho, is a Brazilian former association football, footballer. Career Gauchinho started his professional career in 2002 at Brazilian giants Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, F ...

, full name Jéferson Lima de Menezes, Brazilian midfielder * Jeferson Paulo Rodrigues de Souza (born 1981), Togolese footballer *

Jéferson (footballer, born 1984) Jéferson Rodrigues Gonçalves (born 15 July 1984), simply Jéferson (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Early career Born in Brasília, Distrito Federal, Jéferson debuted as a professional for B ...

, 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) Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, simply known as Jefferson (born 2 January 1983), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career at Cruzeiro and spent time on loan at Botafogo, Jefferson then s ...

, 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 Jefferson Andrew Alphonse (born June 12, 2003) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Alphonse began playing youth soccer at age eight with FC Anjou. He later joined the CF Montr ...

(born 2003), Canadian soccer player * Jefferson Batista (born 1976), Brazilian footballer *

Jefferson Farfán Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe (; born 26 October 1984) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who mainly played as a winger. Commonly known as Farfán or the nickname ''Foquita'' (Spanish for ''Little Seal''), he is known for his s ...

(born 1984), Peruvian midfielder * Jefferson Feijão (born 1978), full name Jefferson Marques da Conceição, Brazilian forward *

Jefferson Montero Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (; born 1 September 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for club F.C. St Helens, FC St Helens. He has represented the Ecuador national fo ...

(born 1989), Ecuadorian midfielder *

Jefferson Nascimento Jefferson Moreira Nascimento (born 5 July 1988), known simply as Jefferson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Club career Born in Campo Formoso, Bahia, Jefferson represented in his country Associação Desportiva ...

(born 1988), Brazilian defender

Others

* Jefferson Byrd, American politician *

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the Unite ...

(1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America *

(1862–1913), American state governor and US Senator * Jefferson Johnson, American musical director and conductor *

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United State ...

, 84th United States Attorney General *

Jefferson Stafford Chester Jefferson "Jeff" Stafford (April 20, 1939 – July 24, 1990) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. Elected in 1971 as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, he represented what had been Virginia's 12th district but ...

, American politician * Jefferson Vargas, Colombian cyclist * Jefferson Wood, American illustrator

Fictional characters

Jefferson D'Arcy The show '' Married... with Children'' revolves around Al Bundy, his wife Peggy, their children Kelly and Bud, next-door neighbor Marcy and her husband Steve Rhoades. Rhoades leaves in Season 4 and is eventually replaced by Jefferson D'Arcy. Ove ...

, in the television show '' Married... with Children'' *Jefferson Pierce, a DC Comics superhero also known as

Black Lightning Black Lightning (Jefferson Michael "Jeff" Pierce) is a superhero who appears in American comic book published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Jenny Blake Isabella with artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' ...

* U.N. Jefferson, in the ''

Revenge of the Nerds ''Revenge of the Nerds'' is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, and Bernie Casey. The plot follows a group of nerds at the fictional Adams College trying to st ...

'' movie series

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