List of Famous people named Jeff

Name Jeff is among the most common names in USA, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Jeffrey. Similar names: Jeffrey, Jef, Jeph. Here are some famous Jeffs:

Jeff Fortenberry

First Name Jeff
Last Name Fortenberry
Born on December 27, 1960 (age 65)

Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry is an American politician and economist serving as the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 1st congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, his district is based in Lincoln and includes most of the eastern third of the state outside the immediate Omaha area. He is the dean of Nebraska's congressional delegation.

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Jeff Hawkins

First Name Jeff
Last Name Hawkins
Born on June 1, 1957 (age 69)

Jeffrey Hawkins is the American founder of Palm Computing and Handspring where he invented the PalmPilot and Treo, respectively. He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founding the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience in 2002 and Numenta in 2005. Hawkins is the author of On Intelligence which explains his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In July 2020 he announced that his next book, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, will be available on March 2, 2021.

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Jeff Rich

First Name Jeff
Last Name Rich
Born on June 8, 1953 (age 73)

Jeff Rich is an English rock drummer, best known as a former drummer for the English rock band Status Quo. He attended school in Hackney at Upton House Comprehensive, and whilst there he appeared in the opera Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Jeff Jones

First Name Jeff
Last Name Jones
Born on September 20, 1953 (age 72)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Jeffrey Robin Jones is an American-born Canadian musician who was a member of Ocean and is a member of Red Rider.

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Jeff Loomis

First Name Jeff
Last Name Loomis
Born on September 14, 1971 (age 54)

Jeff Loomis is an American musician, best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Nevermore. In November 2014, it was announced he was to be the new guitarist for Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy.

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Jeff Baker

First Name Jeff
Last Name Baker
Born on June 21, 1981 (age 44)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Jeffrey Glen Baker is a German-born American former professional baseball player. He bats and throws right-handed. He played in Major League Baseball for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins. Primarily a second baseman and first baseman, Baker also has experience in the outfield and at third base.

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Jeff Minter

First Name Jeff
Last Name Minter
Born on April 22, 1962 (age 64)

Jeff Minter is an independent English video game designer and programmer who often goes by the name Yak. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and has created dozens of games during his career, which began in 1981 with games for the Sinclair ZX80. Minter's games are often arcade style shoot 'em ups which contain titular or in-game references demonstrating his fondness of ruminants. Many of his programs also feature something of a psychedelic element, as in some of the earliest "light synthesizer" programs including Trip-a-Tron.

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Jeff Bingaman

First Name Jeff
Last Name Bingaman
Born on October 3, 1943 (age 82)

Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. Previously, Bingaman was Attorney General of New Mexico from 1979 to 1983. On February 18, 2011, he announced that he would not seek reelection in 2012. He was succeeded by Democratic US Representative Martin Heinrich. During his time in the Senate, Bingaman served as the long time chair of the Senate Energy Committee.

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Jeff Smith

First Name Jeff
Last Name Smith
Born on January 4, 1998 (age 28)
Born in Indonesia
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Jeff Rona

First Name Jeff
Last Name Rona
Born on March 3, 1957 (age 69)

Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Rona is an American composer for film. He was a member of Hans Zimmer's MediaVentures. His credits include Sharkwater, Traffic, God of War III, Phantom and Veeram. Jeff Rona was the founder and past president of MMA, the MIDI Manufacturers Association

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