Jeff

Academics

Jeff Kuhn, physicist and astronomer

Jeff Remmel, American mathematician

Jeff S. Shamma, professor of electrical engineering

Jeff Sigafoos, New Zealand professor of educational psychology

Jeff Todd Titon (born 1943), professor of music and author

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

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 Canoy (born 1984), Filipino broadcast journalist and documentary film maker

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

Literature

Jeff Abbott, American suspense novelist

Jeff Kinney, American game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor, and children's book author

James Neff, American non-fiction author and investigative journalist

Jeff Noon, British novelist, short story writer, and playwright

Jeff VanderMeer, American writer

Jeff Weiss, American playwright, impresario, and actor

Music

Excision (musician), Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel

Jeff Abercrombie, bassist for American rock band Fuel

Jeff Alexander (1910–1989), American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio, and television scores

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, 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

Other arts and entertainment

Jeff Koons, American artist

Jeff Smith, American cartoonist

Jeff Sneider, American entertainment journalist

Business

Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, investor, and former chief executive officer of Amazon

Jeff Fairburn, British businessman

Jeff Green (born 1977), American billionaire advertising executive

Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing and Handspring

Jeff Kaplan, vice president of Blizzard Entertainment

Jeff Kwatinetz, American entertainment executive

Jeff Steele (born 1971), American entertainment industry executive

Politics

Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender, pension reform advocate, and San Francisco mayoral candidate

Jeff Bingaman, junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico

Jeff Cooling (born 1987), Iowa state representative

Jeff Flake, U.S. Senator from Arizona

Jeff Kennett, premier of Victoria, Australia

Jeff Kurtz (born 1954), Iowa state representative

Jeff Landry, Governor of Louisiana

Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon

Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney General and US Senator

Jeff Truly (1861–1946), Mississippi legislator and judge

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

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 Bearden (born 1963), American professional wrestler

Jeff Bennett (athlete) (born 1948), American decathlete

Jeff Bes, Canadian ice hockey player

Jeff Blake, American football player

Jeff Blatnick (1957–2012), American super heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler

Jeff Burton, NASCAR racer

Jeff Butler (football manager) (1934–2017), English football manager

Other fields

Jeff Arcuri (born 1987 or 1988), American stand-up comedian

Jeff Cooper (1920–2006), United States Marine and firearms expert

Jeff Erlanger (1970–2007), American advocate and activist for disability rights

Jeff Kidder (1875–1908), American lawman

Jeff Luers, American anarchist, environmental activist, and arsonist

Jeff Nuttall, British 1960s counter-culture figure

Jeff Weise (1988–2005), American mass murderer and spree killer

Jeff Wooller, British accountant

Jeff Greason, American inventor and proponent of space settlement

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, 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, in the Home Alone franchise

Jeff, 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, in the sitcom Taxi

Jeff Boomhauer, from the American television series King of the Hill

Jeff Colby, in the American television series Dynasty and The Colbys

Jeff Daly, in the film Rumor has it..., played by Mark Ruffalo

Jeff Denlon, in the Saw franchise

Jeff Difford, in the television series Young Sheldon