Jeffrey (surname)

Jeffrey is an English language surname.

Notable persons with this surname include:

• Alan Jeffrey (born 1963), Irish cricketer
• Alexander Jeffrey (1806–1874), Scottish solicitor and historian
• Alick Jeffrey (1939–2000), English footballer
• Anthony Jeffrey (born 1995), English footballer for Dulwich Hamlet
• Bernie Jeffrey (1933–2021), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
• Betty Jeffrey (Agnes Betty Jeffrey 1908–2000), Australian WWII nurse and POW
• Bill Jeffrey (born 1948), British civil servant
• Billy Jeffrey (born 1956), Scottish footballer for Oxford United
• Bobby Jeffrey (born 1942), Scottish footballer
• Carol Jeffrey (1898–1998), English psychotherapist
• Chantel Jeffrey (born 2001), Canadian swimmer
• Charles Jeffrey (disambiguation), several people

* Charles Jeffrey (footballer) (died 1915), Scottish footballer with Abercorn

* Charles Jeffrey (fashion designer) (born 1990), Scottish fashion designer

* Charles Jeffrey (botanist) (1934–2022), British botanist

• Chris Jeffrey (born 1988), Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Christina Jeffrey American political scientist and historian
• David Lyle Jeffrey (born 1941), Canadian-American scholar of literature and religion
• Dustin Jeffrey (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey center in NHL
• E. C. Jeffrey, Edward Charles Jeffrey (1866–1952), Canadian-American botanist
• El Jeffrey (born 1974), merengue artist from Dominican Republic
• Epule Jeffrey (born 1983), actor from Cameroon
• Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (1773–1850), Scottish judge and literary critic
• George Jeffrey (1916–1979), Scottish footballer with Tottenham Hotspur
• George Jeffrey (wool expert) (1853–1942), in South Australia
• George Johnstone Jeffrey, Church of Scotland minister, Moderator in 1952
• Grant Jeffrey (1948–2012), Canadian Bible scholar and teacher
• Grezelder Jeffrey politician in Malawi
• Harry P. Jeffrey (1901–1997), American attorney and Ohio politician
• Herbert Jeffrey Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), American actor and jazz baritone
• Hester C. Jeffrey (née Whitehurst c. 1842–1934), American activist, suffragist and community organizer
• Ian Jeffrey, English historian of photography
• J. J. Jeffrey (1940–2024) American radio executive and rock-and-roll DJ
• Jack Jeffery (born 1989), English footballer for West Ham United
• James Jeffrey (disambiguation)

*James Franklin Jeffrey (born 1946), American diplomat

*James S. Jeffrey (1904–1989), Scottish surgeon

• Jared Jeffrey (born 1990), American soccer player
• Jay Jeffrey American college athlete and football coach
• Joel Jeffrey (born 2002), Australian rules footballer with Gold Coast
• John Jeffrey (disambiguation)

*John Jeffrey (born 1959), Scottish rugby union player

*John Jeffrey (botanist) (1826–1854), Scottish plant-hunter

*John Jeffrey (judge), MP for Sussex, East Grinstead and Clitheroe

*John Jeffrey (civil servant) (1872–1947), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

• Joyleen Jeffrey (born 1989), Paralympic sprinter from Papua New Guinea
• Julie Roy Jeffrey American history professor at Goucher College
• Keith Jeffrey (born 1963), Trinidadian football manager
• Kevin Jeffrey (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago (soccer) footballer
• Larry Jeffrey (1940–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
• Lauren Jeffrey (born 1960), British cross-country skier
• Linda Jeffrey née Rooney (born c. 1958), Ontario politician
• Lisa Jeffrey, professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto
• Margaret Jeffrey née Hines (1896–1977), Australian police sergeant
• Mark Jeffrey (c. 1825–1894), English convict in Australia
• Mark Jeffrey (author), American author of Max Quick series
• Mark Jeffrey (tennis) (born 1960s), Australian player
• Mary Hayley Jeffrey née Wilkes (1728–1808), English businesswoman
• Michael Jeffrey (born 1971), English footballer
• Mildred Jeffrey (1910–2004), American political activist
• Neal Jeffrey (born 1953), American footballer in NFL
• Neil Jeffrey (1916–2005), Australian rules footballer with North Melbourne
• Pansy Jeffrey, founder of Pepper Pot Centre
• Patrick Jeffrey (1965), American platform diver
• Paul Jeffrey (1933–2015), American jazz tenor saxophonist
• Percy Shaw Jeffrey (1862–1952), English schoolmaster and author
• Peter Jeffrey (disambiguation)

*Peter Jeffrey (1929–1999), English actor

*Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) (1913–1997), Australian fighter ace

*Peter Jeffrey (badminton) (born 1975), English player

• Railey Jeffrey (1945–2020), Malaysian politician
• Raynauth Jeffrey (born 1994), Guyanese cyclist
• Rhi Jeffrey (born 1986), American Olympic swimmer
• Richard Jeffrey (disambiguation)

*Richard Jeffrey (1926–2002), American philosopher and probability theorist

*Richard Jeffrey (bobsleigh) (1917–1953), British bobsledder

• Robert Jeffrey (1934–2004), Canadian singer and actor
• Robin Jeffrey history professor from Canada in Australia
• Robin Jeffrey (businessman) (1939–2018), Scottish engineer and executive
• Ronica Jeffrey (born 1983) American women's boxing champion
• Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, née Griffith (1828–1894), American poet and novelist
• Russell Jeffrey (born 1966), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
• Sarah Jeffrey Canadian oboist and teacher
• Shirley Jeffrey (1930–2014), Australian marine biologist
• Tasso Jeffrey (born 1998), Vanuatu soccer player in Australia
• Terry Mike Jeffrey American singer, songwriter, musician and actor
• Thomas Jeffrey (c. 1791–1826), convict bushranger and murderer in Australia
• Thomas N. Jeffrey (1782–1847), colonial official and politician in Nova Scotia
• Tom Jeffrey (born 1938), Australian film and television producer and director
• William Jeffrey (disambiguation)

*William A. Jeffrey, American astronomer

*William Jeffrey (cricketer) (1950–1993), Guyanese cricket player and coach

*William Jeffrey (footballer) (1866–1932), English footballer with Burnley, Arsenal and Southampton

*William Jeffrey (American soccer) (1892–1966), head coach

*William Jeffrey (Tsimshian chief) (born 1899), First Nations activist and carver

*William Jeffrey, pseudonym of writer Bill Pronzini

• Winifred Jeffrey (1920–2019), English athlete

See also

• Jeffrey (given name)
• Jeffrey (disambiguation)
• Geoffrey (disambiguation)
• Geoff (disambiguation)
• Jeff (disambiguation)