# Jefferson

Jefferson may refer to:

## Names

* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)

## People

* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian football midfielder
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1978), full name Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues, Brazilian football midfielder
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1981), full name Jefferson Vieira da Cruz, Brazilian football striker
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1982), full name Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto, Brazilian football midfielder
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1983), full name Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, Brazilian football goalkeeper
* Jefferson (footballer, born January 1988), full name Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian football striker
* Jefferson (footballer, born July 1988), full name Jefferson Moreira Nascimento, Brazilian football left-back
* Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988), full name Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian football centre-back
* Jefferson (footballer, born January 1989), full name Jefferson de Souza Leite, Brazilian football midfielder
* Jefferson (footballer, born November 1989), full name Jefferson Tavares da Silva, Brazilian football forward
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1993), full name Jefferson de Jesus Santos, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1995), full name Jefferson Reis de Jesus, Brazilian football forward
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1997), full name Jefferson Junio Antonio da Silva, Brazilian football left-back
* Jefferson (singer) or Geoff Turton (born 1944), British singer

## Places
### Canada

* Jefferson, Alberta

### United States

* Jefferson, Alabama
* Jefferson, Jefferson County, Arkansas, originally known as Jefferson Springs
* Jefferson, Colorado
* Jefferson, Georgia
* Jefferson, Indiana
* Jefferson, Iowa
* Jefferson, Kansas
* Jeffersontown, Kentucky, originally known as Jefferson
* Jefferson, Louisiana
* Jefferson, Maine
* Jefferson, Maryland
* Jefferson, Massachusetts, a village in the town of Holden
* Jefferson, Minnesota
* Jefferson, New Hampshire
* Jefferson, New York, a town
** Jefferson (CDP), New York, main hamlet in the town
* Jefferson, North Carolina
* Jefferson, Ohio
* Jefferson, Oklahoma
* Jefferson, Oregon
* Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania
* Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
* Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania
* Jefferson, South Carolina
* Jefferson, South Dakota
* Jefferson, Texas
* Jefferson, West Virginia
* Jefferson, Wisconsin, a city in Jefferson County
* Jefferson, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
* Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a town
* Jefferson, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town
* Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin, a town
* Jefferson Junction, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

### Proposed U.S. states

* Jefferson Territory, an unrecognized territory that existed from 1859 to 1861
* Jefferson (proposed Pacific state), proposed in 1941
* Jefferson (proposed Southern state), proposed in 1915

## Schools

* Jefferson College (Mississippi), a former college and male boarding school, now historic site
* Jefferson College (Missouri), a community college in Hillsboro, Missouri
* Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a Roanoke, Virginia institution
* Jefferson Community and Technical College, a community college in Louisville, Kentucky
* Jefferson Community College (Watertown, New York)
* Jefferson State Community College, a community college system in Alabama
* Jefferson, brand name of the current Thomas Jefferson University, a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania created by a 2017 merger between Philadelphia University and the original Thomas Jefferson University

## Other uses

* Jefferson, Mississippi, a fictional town where many of William Faulkner's stories are set
* The Jeffersons, a 1975–1985 American sitcom
* "The Jeffersons" (South Park), a 2004 episode of South Park
* Jefferson (elm cultivar), a type of tree
* Jefferson (yacht), an American yacht
* Jefferson (Jacksonville Skyway)
* Jefferson Station (SEPTA)
* "Jefferson", a song by Roxette from Room Service
* Jefferson Ward or Jeffersons, a discount department store chain operated by Montgomery Ward until 1988
* Jefferson method, or D'Hondt method, which are methods of producing proportional representation