Jeffreys

Jeffreys is a surname that may refer to the following notable people:

* Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting
* Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and singer
* Arthur Frederick Jeffreys (1848–1906), British politician
* Bertha Jeffreys (1903–1999), British physicist a.k.a. Bertha Swirles
* Charles Jeffreys (1877 – unknown), South African shooter
* Edmund Jeffreys (1846–1925), British Royal Navy admiral
* Elizabeth Jeffreys (1941–2023), British Byzantinist
* Ellen Penelope Jeffreys (1827–1904), New Zealand artist
* Garland Jeffreys (born 1943), American musician
* George Jeffreys (composer) (c.1610–1685), composer and organist to Charles I
* George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645–1689), British jurist & politician
* George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (British Army officer) (1878–1960), British soldier & politician
* George Jeffreys (pastor) (1889–1962), British religious leader
* Gina Jeffreys (born 1968), Australian singer
* Harold Jeffreys (1891–1989), British mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer
* J. G. Jeffreys (1893–1977), Australian-born educator
* John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885), British malacologist
* John R. F. Jeffreys (1918–1944), British mathematician
* Julius Jeffreys (1800–1877), British physician
* Paul Jeffreys (1952–1988), English rock musician and bassist
* Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (born 1942), British historian
* Robin Jeffreys (1890–1963), British Olympic fencer
* Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948), British-born political scientist, academic, & activist
* Stephen Jeffreys (1950–2018), British playwright

## See also

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* Baron Jeffreys, a title in the English and UK peerages
* Jeffreys prior
* Jefferies (disambiguation)
* Jeffrey (disambiguation)
* Jefferys

Surname list

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