Wolff

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Wolff is a variant of the Wolf surname which is derived from the baptismal names Wolfgang or Wolfram.

List of people surnamed Wolff

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A

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  • Albert Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Alex Wolff, American actor
  • Alexander Wolff, American writer
  • Alexander Wolff (soldier), (1788–1863), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington
  • Andreas Wolff (born 1991), German handball player
  • Auguste Wolff (1821–1887), French piano maker

B

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  • Betje Wolff (1738–1804), Dutch writer
  • Bernard Wolff (1811–1879), German media mogul
  • Bernard Wolff Beffie (1872–1943), Dutch chess master and dermatologist
  • Beverly Wolff (1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano
  • Bobby Wolff (born 1932), American bridge player

C

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  • Carl Gustaf Wolff, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman
  • Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734–1794), founder of embryology
  • Christian Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Christina Wolff, American politician
  • Christoph Wolff (born 1940), German-born musicologist
  • Cynthia Griffin Wolff (1936–2024), American literary historian

E

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  • Ed Wolff (actor) (1907–1966), American actor
  • Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist
  • Elsie Wolff Van Sandau, British suffragette, see Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau
  • Enrique Wolff (born 1949), Argentine football player
  • Ernst Victor Wolff (1886–1961), German-born classical pianist and harpsichordist

F

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  • Francis Wolff, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records
  • Francis Wolff (philosopher) (born 1950), French philosopher, see List of French philosophers
  • Frank Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), an American mystical philosopher
  • Freddie Wolff (1910–1988), British sprinter
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff (1816-1887), German sculptor and journalist

G

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  • Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937), American writer

H

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  • Hans Wolff (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hellmuth Wolff (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Heinz Wolff (1928–2017), German-British scientist and television and radio presenter
  • Henny Wolff (1896–1965), German soprano concert singer and voice teacher
  • Henry Drummond Wolff (1830–1908), English diplomat

I

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  • Iris Wolff (born 1977), German writer
  • Irving Wolff (1894–1982), American physicist

J

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  • J. Scott Wolff (1878–1958), American politician from Missouri
  • James H. Wolff (1847–1913) American lawyer, war veteran, civil rights activist
  • Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778–1806), German botanist
  • Jonathan Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Josh Wolff (born 1977), American soccer player
  • Joseph Wolff (1795–1862), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany
  • Joseph C. Wolff (1849–1896), New York politician
  • Julius Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Johannes "Hans" Hermann Wolff (1896–1976), German Engineer

K

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  • Karin Wolff (1959), German politician
  • Karl Wolff (1900–1984), high-ranking member of the Schutzstaffel
  • Karl Felix Wolff (1879–1966), self-taught folklorist of the South Tyrol
  • Kurt Wolff (disambiguation), several people

L

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  • Lester L. Wolff (1919–2021), American politician
  • Lewis Wolff (born 1935), American billionaire real estate developer
  • Louis Wolff (1898–1972), American cardiologist

M

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  • Maritta Wolff (1918–2002) American novelist
  • Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (1843–1926), British suffragette
  • Matthew Wolff (born 1999), American golfer
  • Michael Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Milton Wolff (1915–2008), commander of the Lincoln Battalion

N

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  • Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor
  • Nelson Wolff (born 1940), American politician
  • Noah Wolff (1809–1907), German industrialist and community leader

O

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  • Otto Herbert Wolff (1920–2010) German-British paediatrician

P

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  • Pat Wolff American pediatrician
  • Patrick Wolff (born 1968), American chess player
  • Peter Wolff (disambiguation), several people

R

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  • Richard Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Rikard Wolff (1958–2017), Swedish actor
  • Robert Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • Roger Wolff (1911–1994), American baseball player

S

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  • S. Drummond Wolff (1916–2004), English organist, mainly active in America
  • Salomon (Sam) de Wolff (1878–1960), Dutch economist and politician
  • Sam Wolff (born 1991), American baseball player
  • Sheldon Wolff (1928–2008), American radiobiologist and cytogeneticist
  • Sheldon M. Wolff (1930–1994), American physician and immunologist
  • Stefan Wolff, German political scientist and professor living in the UK
  • Sula Wolff (1924–2009), prominent British child psychiatrist
  • Susie Wolff (born 1982), British racing driver

T

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  • Theodor Wolff (1868–1943), German journalist
  • Thomas Wolff (1954–2000), American mathematician
  • Tobias Barrington Wolff (born 1970), American professor of law
  • Tobias Wolff (born 1945), American writer
  • Toto Wolff (born 1972), Austrian racing driver and investor

U

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  • Ulla Wolff (1850-1924), German journalist,playwright and novelist

V

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  • Virginia Euwer Wolff (1882–1941), English writer
  • Victoria Wolff (1903–1992), German born American writer and screenwriter.

W

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  • Werner Wolff (disambiguation), several people
  • William Wolff (1927–2020), German-British journalist and rabbi

See also

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  • Wolff v. McDonnell, a U.S. Supreme Court case
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