Joffe (''Joffé'', Иоффе, ''Ioffe'', ''Yoffe'') is a Hebrew-language

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

, a variant of Jaffe. Notable people with this surname include: * Abraham Z. Joffe, Soviet and then Israeli mycologist * Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, Russian physicist *

Adolph Joffe Adolph Abramovich Joffe (; alternatively transliterated as Adolf Ioffe or Yoffe; 10 October 1883 – 16 November 1927) was a Russian revolutionary, Bolshevik politician and Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent. Biography Revolutionary career ...

(Adolf Joffe), Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician *

Avraham Yoffe Abraham Yoffe (, October 25, 1913 – April 11, 1983) was an Israel general during the Six-Day War. He later entered politics and served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1974 and 1977. Biography Yoffe was born in Yavne'el in 1913, ...

, Israeli general and politician * Boris Yoffe (born 1968), Russian-born Israeli composer *

Carole Joffe Carole E. Joffe is an American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate who has published several books on abortion. In 2013, she was awarded the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award for her research on the sociology of ab ...

, American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate *

Chantal Joffe Chantal Joffe (born 5 October 1969) is an American-born English artist based in London.Royal Academy of ArtsChantal Joffe RA Elect , Artist , Royal Academy of Arts accessdate: 29/08/2014 Her often large-scale paintings generally depict women ...

, English painter * Charles H. Joffe, American film producer * Dina Joffe (born 1952), Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen *

Emily Yoffe Emily J. Yoffe (born October 15, 1955) is an American journalist and contributing writer for ''The Atlantic''. From 1998 to 2016 she was a regular contributor to ''Slate'' magazine, notably as Dear Prudence. She has also written for ''The New Y ...

, American journalist * Inna Yoffe (born 1988), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer *

Jasper Joffe Jasper Joffe (born 1975) is a British publisher at Joffe Books, contemporary artist and novelist who lives and works in London. Life and work Joffe is the brother of artist Chantal Joffe. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and ...

, British contemporary artist and novelist *

Joel Joffe Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, (12 May 1932 – 18 June 2017) was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords. Early life and education Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Joffe family. His mother was ...

, Lord Joffe, British life peer, former head of Oxfam, former lawyer to Nelson Mandela *

Josef Joffe Josef Joffe (born 15 March 1944) is a former publisher-editor of ''Die Zeit'', a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia. Appointed Senior Fellow of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in 2007 (a ...

, German and American journalist and international studies scholar *

Julia Ioffe Julia Ioffe (; ; born October 18, 1982) is a Russian-born American journalist. Her articles have appeared in ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Foreign Policy'', ''Forbes'', ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', ''The Ne ...

, Russian-American journalist and blogger * Manne Joffe, Swedish chess master *

Mark Joffe Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series. Joffe learned his trade at Crawford Productions, working on ''Carson's Law'', '' Special Squad'' and ''Neighbour ...

, Australian film director *

Mordecai Yoffe Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe (or Jaffe or Joffe) ( 1530 – 7 March 1612; Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם יפה) was a Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva and posek. He is best known as author of ''Levush Malkhus'', a ten-volume codification of Jewish law th ...

, East European rabbi and Judaism scholar *

Nadezhda Joffe Nadezhda Adolfovna Joffe () (1906 – March 18, 1999) was a Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe. Life and career Joffe joined the Trotskyist Left Opposition within the Soviet Communist Party shortly after it wa ...

, Soviet Trotskyist * Natalie Yoffe, Uruguayan model and television personality *

Rodney Joffe Rodney Joffe is a South African/American entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert. He is a recipient of the FBI's Director's Award for Outstanding Cyber Investigation for his role in uncovering the Mariposa botnet. Early life Joffe was born in Sou ...

, internet entrepreneur and an internet data expert *

Roland Joffé Roland Joffé (; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television film director, director, Film producer, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically-acclaimed films ''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Field ...

, English-French film director * Yudl Yoffe, Yiddish writer, translator and sculptor

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