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Jeff Cook
Jeff Cook (Jeffrey Alan Cook, 1949-2022), American country musician, co-founder, lead guitarist, fiddler and keyboardist of Alabama; eight No. 1 country singles 1980-1982, Country Music Hall of Fame 2005, died of Parkinson's disease in Destin, Florida.
Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper, born John Dean Cooper, was a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and firearms instructor who created the Modern Technique of the Pistol and founded Gunsite Academy in Arizona.
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey (1914–2002), born Arthur Zwerling, was an American character actor and acting teacher who was blacklisted in 1951 and became Hollywood's most influential acting coach.
Jeff Corwin
Jeff Corwin (born 1967, Norwell, Massachusetts) is an American wildlife biologist, conservationist, and Emmy-winning TV host of Going Wild, The Jeff Corwin Experience, Ocean Mysteries, and Wildlife Nation.
Jeff Crowe
Jeff Crowe is a managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners, a Bay Area venture capital firm, known for consumer-internet and fintech investments including Lending Club, Jet.com, and RetailMeNot.
Jeff Dahn
Jeff Dahn is a Canadian battery scientist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, a pioneering developer of the lithium-ion battery who has held Tesla's only university research chair since 2016.
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels (born 1955, Athens, Georgia; raised Chelsea, Michigan) is an American actor, playwright, and musician, Emmy winner for The Newsroom and Godless, founder of the Purple Rose Theatre Company, and star of Dumb and Dumber.
Jeff Davis 8
The Jeff Davis 8, or Jennings 8, are eight unsolved murders of women, ages 17 to 30, in Jennings, Louisiana, 2005 to 2009; all were sex workers, drug users, and police informants, with no convictions.
Jeff Dean
Jeff Dean is an American computer scientist who joined Google in 1999, co-designed MapReduce, Bigtable, Spanner, and TensorFlow, co-founded Google Brain, and left in 2026 to start a company.
Jeff Dinitz
Jeff Dinitz, also known as Jeffrey H. Dinitz, is a mathematician at the University of Vermont known for the Dinitz conjecture, proved by Fred Galvin, and co-editor of the CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs.
Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell (Jean Marie Donnell, 1921–1988), American character actress of over 50 Columbia films, George Gobel's TV wife Alice, Gidget's mother, and Stella Fields on General Hospital.
Jeff Driskel
Jeff Driskel (born 1993, Oviedo, FL) is an NFL journeyman quarterback, 2016 sixth-round 49ers pick, Florida/Louisiana Tech alum, also a 2013 Red Sox draft pick, later a Texans tight-end convert.
Jeff Dunham
Jeff Dunham, born 1962 in Dallas, is an American ventriloquist and comedian whose puppets Walter, Peanut, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist made him a record-setting arena touring act.
Jeff Dye
Jeff Dye is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host from Kent, Washington, a third-place finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 6, host of MTV's Money From Strangers and Girl Code, star of NBC's Better Late Than Never, and a recurring Gutfeld! guest.
Jeff Ekhator
Jeff Ekhator (born 2006, Genoa) is an Italian forward who rose through Genoa's academy, became the first player born in 2006 to score in Serie A, debuted for Italy in June 2026, and joined Juventus in July 2026 on a contract to 2031.
Jeff Errington
Jeff Errington, also known as Jeffery Errington, is a British bacterial cell biologist whose discoveries in Bacillus subtilis helped found the field of bacterial cell biology.
Jeff F. Miller
Jeff F. Miller is an American microbiologist at UCLA, where he directs the California NanoSystems Institute and is known for discovering diversity-generating retroelements in Bordetella bacteriophage.
Jeff Fagnan
Jeff Fagnan is a Boston-based seed-stage venture capitalist who founded Accomplice in 2015 after being a general partner at Atlas Venture; his exits include Carbon Black and PillPack.
Jeff Fahey
Jeff Fahey (born 1952, Olean, New York) is an American actor known for Silverado, The Lawnmower Man, The Marshal, Frank Lapidus on Lost, Fire Country, and Horizon: An American Saga.
Jeff Farrell
Jeff Farrell (Felix Jeffrey Farrell, born 1937, Detroit) is an American swimmer who won two 1960 Rome Olympic golds anchoring world-record relays six weeks after an appendectomy, then set 27 masters world records.
Jeff Fatt
Jeff Fatt (born 1953, Casino, NSW) is an Australian keyboardist, original Purple Wiggle and founding member of the Wiggles, formerly of the Cockroaches and Roadmasters; known for "Wake Up, Jeff!", voiced Henry the Octopus, received the AM in 2010, retired in 2012 after heart surgery while retaining a shareholding.
Jeff Fisher
Jeff Fisher, NFL head coach for 22 seasons (Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2010, St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams 2012-2016), 173-168-1 career record, led Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV.
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake (Jeffry Lane Flake), Arizona Republican, served six House terms (2001–2013), one Senate term (2013–2019), broke with Trump, endorsed Biden, and was U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye 2021–2024.
Jeff Float
Jeff Float (Jeffrey James Float, born 1960, Buffalo, New York) is a deaf American swimmer who won 10 golds at the 1977 World Games for the Deaf and Olympic gold in the 1984 4x200m freestyle relay world record (7:15.69).
Jeff Fort
Jeff Fort, also known as Chief Malik, cofounded Chicago's Blackstone Rangers, later the Almighty Black P. Stone Nation, led the El Rukns, took Libyan money for planned terrorism, and is serving 168 years.
Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Foxworthy (Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy), born 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American stand-up comedian known for his "You might be a redneck if..." jokes.
Jeff Francoeur
Jeff Francoeur (Frenchy), born 1984, is a former MLB right fielder, 2005 Braves debut homer, 2007 Gold Glove, 160 career home runs, and current Braves and TNT Sports broadcast analyst.
Jeff Frese
Jeff Frese is a Republican small business owner from Moraga, California, running for the U.S. House in California's 10th District on the November 2026 ballot.
Jeff Gallahan
Jeff Gallahan is an American politician and Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 131st district, elected in 2020 after serving as Manchester Town Supervisor.
Jeff Garcia
Jeff Garcia (born 1970, Gilroy, CA) is a retired quarterback who starred for the CFL's Calgary Stampeders (1998 Grey Cup MVP) and the NFL 49ers, Browns, Lions, Eagles, and Buccaneers; 4 Pro Bowls, 25,537 passing yards, never Hall of Fame elected.