Jefferson was the third president of the United States.
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杰佛 rarely appears alone - it's the leading syllables of a longer transliterated name. Most often you'll see 杰佛逊 (Jefferson) or 杰佛瑞 (Jeffrey). The mainland standard for 'Jefferson' is 杰斐逊; 杰佛逊 is the older / Taiwan-style rendering.