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Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (
hypocorism ) of the English
given name
Jefferson or
Jeffrey , which comes from a
medieval variant of
Geoffrey .
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Music
DJ Jazzy Jeff , American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
Excision (musician) , Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel
Jeff Abercrombie , bassist for American rock band Fuel
Jeff Allen , English session drummer
Jeff Baxter , American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers
Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer of music for various media
Jeff Beck (1944–2023), English guitarist
Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American singer-songwriter
Jeff Coffin , saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator
Jeff Current , lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will
Jeff Fatt , Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band
The Wiggles
Jeff Gillan , an American journalist
Jeff Graham , Canadian radio DJ
Jeff Hanneman (1964–2013), American guitarist, founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer
Jeff Hartford , Canadian DJ and producer
Jeff Healey (1966–2008), Canadian blues-rock guitarist and songwriter
Jeff Loomis , lead guitarist for heavy metal band Nevermore
Jeff Lynne , British singer-songwriter and record producer
Jeff Mangum , American singer-songwriter and founder of
Neutral Milk Hotel
Jeff Mills , American techno DJ and producer
Jeff Pilson (born 1959), American musician
Jeff Porcaro (1954–1992), American session drummer and member of the rock band Toto
Jeff Scott Soto , American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent
Jeff Stinco , Canadian singer-songwriter and lead guitarist for pop-punk band Simple Plan
Jeff Timmons , American pop singer, producer, and pop group
98 Degrees founding member
Jeff Todd Titon (born 1943), professor of music and author
Jeff Tweedy , American singer-songwriter and founding member of
Wilco
Jeff Waters , Canadian thrash metal guitarist for band
Annihilator
Sports
Jeff Abbott (baseball) , American retired professional baseball player
Jeff Abbott (racing driver) , American professional motorsport drifter
Jeff Adams , Canadian Paralympian and wheelchair sport world champion
Jeff Adrien , college basketball player
Jeff Agoos (born 1968), retired Swiss-born American soccer defender
Jeff Allam , British racing driver
Jeff Altenburg , American professional race car driver
Jeff Andretti , American race car driver
Jeff Astle (1942–2002), English footballer
Jeff Bagwell , Hall of Fame American baseball player
Jeff Bennett (athlete) (born 1948), American decathlete
Jeff Bes , Canadian ice hockey player
Jeff Blake , American football player
Jeff Burton , NASCAR racer
Jeff Carter , Canadian ice hockey player
Jeff Chandler (boxer) , boxing champion
Jeff Cirillo , retired baseball player
Jeff Clement , American baseball player
Jeff Cobb (born 1982), American professional wrestler
Jeff Coetzee , South African professional tennis player
Jeff Conine , retired baseball player
Jeff Curran (born 1977), American retired professional mixed martial artist
Jeff Curran (footballer) (born 1961), Scottish-born Australian former soccer player
Jeff Elliott , British decathlete and pole vaulter
Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), American retired professional wrestler
Jeff Fenech , boxer
Jeff Ferguson (ice hockey) (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey and roller hockey goaltender
Jeff Foster (basketball) (born 1977), American basketball player
Jeff Francis , baseball player
Jeff Francoeur , baseball player
Jeff Friesen , NHL player
Jeff Garcia , American football player
Jeff Gaylord (1958–2023), American professional wrestler
Jeff George , American football player
Jeff Gladney (born 1996), American football player
Jeff Gordon , NASCAR racer
Jeff Graham , American football player
Jeff Graham (quarterback) , American football player
Jeff Green (basketball) , American professional basketball forward
Jeff Guiel , Canadian baseball player
Jeff Halliburton (born 1949), American former basketball player
Jeff Halpern (born 1976), American NHL hockey player
Jeff Hardy (born 1977), American professional wrestler
Jeff Holland (born 1997), American football player
Jeff Hopkins (born 1964), Welsh football manager
Jeff Hornacek , American basketball player
Jeff Horton American football coach
Jeff Jarrett , American professional wrestler
Jeff Kent , baseball player
Jeff Leiding , American football player
Jeff Lindgren , American baseball player
Jeff Locke (American football) , American football player
Jeff Lockie , American football player
Jeff Loots , American football player
Jeff Luc , American football player
Jeff Mills (linebacker) , American football player
Jeff Newman (baseball) (born 1948), American baseball player
Jeff Nielsen , professional hockey player
Jeff Norton , National Hockey League player
Jeff Okudah (born 1999), American football player
Jeff Otis , American football player
Jeff Overbaugh , American football player
Jeff Pain , American-born, Canadian skeleton racer
3.0 (professional wrestling) , Canadian professional wrestler Jeff Parker
Jeff Reed (American football) , American football player
Jeff Reed (baseball) , retired baseball player
Jeff Salzenstein (born 1973), American tennis player
Jeff Shantz , National Hockey League player
Jeff Simmons (racing driver) , American race car driver
Jeff Skinner , Canadian National Hockey League player
Jeff Speakman , American actor
Jeff Stevenson (rugby league) (1932–2007), English rugby league footballer
Jeff Stork , American volleyball player
Charles
Jeff Tesreau (1888–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Jeff Thomson , Australian cricketer
Jeff Van Gundy , American NBA coach and broadcaster
Jeff Walz (born 1971), American basketball coach
Jeff Williams (baseball) , pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers
Jeff Williams (cyclist) , British cyclist
Jeff Wilson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
Jeff Wiseman (born 1950), Australian Paralympic athlete and businessman
Jeff Withey (born 1990), American basketball player
Literature
Jeff Abbott , American suspense novelist
Jeff Kinney , American game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor, and children's book author
Jeff Koons , American artist
Jeff Noon , British novelist, short story writer, and playwright
Jeff Smith , American cartoonist
Jeff VanderMeer , American writer
Jeff Weiss , American playwright, impresario, and actor
Politics
Jeff Adachi , elected U.S. San Francisco Public Defender, pension reform advocate, and San Francisco mayoral candidate
Jeff Bingaman , junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico
Jeff Flake , U.S. Senator from Arizona
Jeff Kennett , premier of Victoria, Australia
Jeff Sessions , United States Attorney General and US Senator
Jeff Truly (1861–1946), Mississippi legislator and judge
Film and television
Jeff Alexander (1910–1989), American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio, and television scores
Jeff Anderson , American actor
Jeff Bennett , American voice actor and singer
Jeff Bergman , American voice actor
Jeff Bollow , American writer and director
Jeff Brazier (born 1979), English television presenter and reality TV personality
Jeff Bridges , American actor
Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), American film actor
Jeff Cohen (actor) , American attorney and former child actor who appeared as Chunk in the 1985 movie The Goonies
Jeff Conaway (1950–2011), American actor
Jeff Coopwood , American actor, singer, broadcaster and educator
Jeff Corey (1914–2002), American stage and screen actor and director
Jeff Corwin , American animal and nature conservationist, host of
The Jeff Corwin Experience and
Corwin's Quest
Jeff Daniels , American actor
Jeff B. Davis , American actor, comedian and singer
Jeff Deverett , Canadian film producer
Jeff Dunham , American ventriloquist and comedian
Jeff East , American actor
Jeff Foxworthy , American comedian and actor
Jeff Garlin , American comedic actor
Jeff Goldblum , American film actor
Jeff Hunter , American film actor
Jeff Hyslop (born 1951), Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director
Jeff Katz , American film producer and studio executive
Jeff Loveness , American screenwriter and television producer
Jeff Machado (died 2023), Brazilian actor
Jeff Maxwell , American actor
Jeff McCarthy , American character actor
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh , American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor
Jeff Osterhage , American film and television actor
Jeff Probst , American television personality, host of
Survivor
Jeff Stelling , British sports journalist, sport television presenter and game show host
Jeff Stevenson (born 1961), English actor and comedian
Jeff Thisted , American game show host
Jeff Yagher , American actor
Jeff York (1912–1995), American actor
Programming
Jeff Dean , a senior fellow at Google and inventor of many of Google's core technologies
Jeff Minter , British computer/video game designer and programmer
Jeff Moss , American hacker, computer and internet security expert
Other fields
Jeff Bezos , American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, investor, and the former chief executive officer of Amazon
Jeff Cooper (1920–2006), United States Marine and firearms expert
Jeff Erlanger (1970–2007), American advocate and activist for disability rights
Jeff Fairburn , British businessman
Jeff Hawkins , founder of Palm Computing and Handspring
Jeff Kaplan , vice president of Blizzard Entertainment
Jeff Kidder (1875–1908), American lawman
Jeff Kwatinetz , American entertainment executive
Jeph Jacques , webcomic maker, Questionable Content
Jeff Lemire (born 1976), Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer
Jeff Luers , American anarchist, environmental activist, and arsonist
Jeff Nuttall , British 1960s counter-culture figure
Jeff Remmel , American mathematician
Jeff S. Shamma , professor of electrical engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jeff Shannon (1961–2013), American film critic
Jeff Steele (born 1971), American entertainment industry executive
Jeff Weise (1988–2005), American mass murderer and spree killer
Jeff Wooller , British accountant
Fictional characters
Jeff , one half of the comic-strip duo Akbar and Jeff of Life in Hell
Jeff, the main character in the 1980s Canadian children's television program
Today's Special
Jeff, the
alter ego of Jenko in the film
22 Jump Street
Jeff, a character in the 2004 American comedy movie
Connie and Carla
Jeff, best friend of Clarence in the 2014–17 American animated television series
Clarence
Jeff McCallister, a character in the
Home Alone franchise
Jeff, a character in the video game
EarthBound
Jeff, an enemy in the 2020 VR game
Half-Life: Alyx
Jeff Albertson, more commonly known as
Comic Book Guy , from
The Simpsons
Jeff Atkins, a character in the Netflix series
13 Reasons Why
Jeff Bennett, a fictional character of
Taxi
Jeff Boomhauer, from the American television series
King of the Hill
Jeff Colby , on the American television series
Dynasty and
The Colbys
Jeff Denlon, a character in the
Saw franchise
Jeff Difford, a character in
Young Sheldon
Jeff Fungus, a character and voiced by
Frank Oz in the
Monsters, Inc. franchise
Jeff Heaney, a recurring character in the sitcom
Peep Show
Jeff Isaacs, a character in
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Jeff K., a character on the
Something Awful comedy website
Jeff the Killer, a character from the
creepypasta of the same name
Jeff the Land Shark , a character in
Marvel Comics
Jeff Murdock, a main character in the first three seasons of the British sitcom
Coupling
Jeff Suckler, a minor character in the FX series
What We Do In The Shadows
Jeff Thompkins, title character in the 2011 comedy-drama film
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jeff Winger, main character in the NBC sitcom
Community
Jeff, an alien worm in the 2002 science fiction film
Men in Black II
As a surname
See also
Jef , short form of Josef/Jozef
References