Thomas Jefferson (an haife shi ranar 13 ga watan April, shekarar 1743 – ya mutu a ranar 4 ga watan July, shekarar 1826) Yakasance daya daga cikin shugabannin kasar Tarayyar Amurka, diplomat, lauya, architect, kuma daya daga cikin Iyayen da suka kafa Tarayyar Amurka wanda shine na uku shugaban Tarayyar Amurka daga shekarar 1801 zuwa shekara ta 1809. Kafin nan, ya riƙe mataimakin Tarayyar Amurka daga shekarar 1797 zuwa shekara ta 1801. Shine wanda ya wallafa Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, da yancin mutane, ya tunzura American colonists da rabewa daga Kingdom of Great Britain da samar da sabuwar ƙasa; ya samar da littafai tsarin shugabanci da ƙuduri a matakin jiha da kuma tarayya. Lokacin American Revolution, ya wakilci Virginia a Continental Congress wanda suka fara amfani da kundin da ya samar, ya kuma fara dokar yancin yi addini amatsayin sa na wakili daga Virginia, kuma yazama Governor of Virginia na biyu daga shekarar 1779 zuwa shekara ta 1781, lokacin American Revolutionary War.