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.^[1]

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

• Janina Jeff, American geneticist
• Sandra Jeff, New Mexico politician

See also

• Jef, short form of Josef/Jozef

References