Wolff

For other uses, see Wolff (disambiguation).

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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Contents:

* A
* B
* C
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* See also

### 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

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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

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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

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Wolff.
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Surnames derived from the word for "wolf"

Celtic|

* Ó Faoláin
* Phelan
* Whalan
* Whalen
* Whelan
* Felan
* Folan
* Mac Conallaidh
* McNally

Germanic|

* Rudolph
* Ralph
* Ludolf
* Adolf

North Germanic|

* Lyall
* Ulfsson

West Germanic|

* De Wolf
* De Wolfe
* Love
* Volf
* Wolf
* Wolfe
* Wolff
* Wölfli
* Wölfflin
* Wolfs
* Woolf
* Woolfe
* Wulf
* Wulff
* Wulfson
* Wolfowitz
* Wolfsohn
* Wolfson
* Wolfram
* Wolfermann

Romance|

| Latin|

* Lupus

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French|

* Leleu
* Leloup
* Loup
* Louvel
* Lowell

Iberian|

* Llop
* Llopis
* Lobato
* Lobo
* Lopes
* López

Italian|

* Lovato
* Lupo

Romanian|

* Lupescu
* Lupu
* Lupul
* Lupulescu

Slavic|

| East Slavic|

* Biryuk
* Biryukov
* Volchek
* Volchenkov
* Volchkov
* Volchok
* Volk
* Volkov
* Volkoff
* Wolkoff
* Volkovich
* Vovchenko
* Vovchok
* Vovchynskyi
* Vovk

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South Slavic|

* Vuk
* Vučević
* Vučić
* Vučko
* Vučetić / Vuchetich
* Vučković
* Vujić
* Vukašinović
* Vukasović
* Vukčević
* Vukić
* Vukičević
* Vukićević
* Vuković / Vukovich
* Vuksanović

West Slavic|

* Vlček
* Vlk
* Wilczek
* Wilczyński
* Wilk
* Wolkowicz

Other|

| Baltic|

* Vilkas
* Vilks
* Vilčinskas
* Vilkelis

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Basque|

* Ochoa, Otxoa

Estonian|

* Hunt

Finnish|

* Susi

Greek|

* Lykoudis

Hebrew|

* Ze'evi
* Ze'ev
* Ben-Zeev

Hungarian|

* Farkas
* Farkaš
* Farkash

Turkish|

* Kurt
* Kurtoğlu

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