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Anna Pfeffer Anna Pfeffer (born 31 August 1945, Kaposvár) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. She is Jewish. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three medals with two silvers (K-2 500 ...

(born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer * Anshel Pfeffer, British journalist *

Anton Pfeffer Anton "Toni" Pfeffer (born 17 August 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender. After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 ...

(born 1965), Austrian footballer *

Big Jeff Pfeffer Francis Xavier "Big Jeff" Pfeffer (March 31, 1882 – December 19, 1954) was an American Major League pitcher from 1905 to 1911. He threw a no-hitter in 1907. He was the older brother of Jeff Pfeffer. Pfeffer attended the University of Illinoi ...

(1882–1954), Major League pitcher (not to be confused with his brother Jeff Pfeffer) * Camilla Pfeffer (born 1993), German gymnast * David Pfeffer (born 1982), German singer *

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (19 February 1888 – 12 April 1968) during the Nazi regime known as Franz von Pfeffer, was the first Supreme Leader of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) after its re-establishment in 1925. Pfeffer resigned from his SA command ...

(1888–1968), German first commander of the SA *

Fred Pfeffer Nathaniel Frederick Pfeffer (March 17, 1860 – April 10, 1932), nicknamed "Dandelion" and "Fritz", was an American baseball player. He was a second baseman in Major League Baseball between 1882 and 1897. His final game took place on June 14, 18 ...

(1860–1932), American baseball player *

Fritz Pfeffer Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer (30 April 1889 – 20 December 1944) was a German dentist and Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank and her family and the Van Pels family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He perished in the Neuengam ...

(1889–1944), Nazi victim *

Georg Johann Pfeffer Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854–1931) was a German zoologist, primarily a malacologist, a scientist who studies mollusks. Pfeffer was born in Berlin. In 1887 he became curator of the , which was established in 1843 and destroyed during World War II. ...

(1854–1931), German zoologist *

Georg Pfeffer Georg Pfeffer (17 January 1943 — 20 May 2020) was a German anthropologist. Born in 1943 in Berlin to a German sociologist father and a British mother, he was schooled in Hamburg. In 1959, he moved to Lahore with his family, and studied at the c ...

(1943–2020), German anthropologist *

Jack Pfefer Jack Pfefer (also commonly spelled as "Pfeffer"; December 10, 1894 – September 13, 1974) was an American professional wrestling promoter during the early-to-mid twentieth century. He pioneered an earlier form of sports entertainment, as he was ...

(also commonly spelled as "Pfeffer") (1894–1974), professional wrestling promoter *

Jeff Pfeffer Edward Joseph Pfeffer (March 4, 1888 – August 15, 1972) was an American pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins (1913–1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921–1924) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). His older brother Francis ...

(1888–1972), pitcher (not to be confused with his brother Big Jeff Pfeffer) *

Jeffrey Pfeffer Jeffrey Pfeffer (born July 23, 1946, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American business theorist and the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Biography Pfeffer graduated high school from th ...

, American Professor of Organizational Behavior *

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (12 June 1888 – 29 January 1971) was a German SS and police (Ordnungspolizei) official during the Nazi era, who served on the personal staff of Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS. During World War II, he commanded the ...

(1888–1971) member of the German Waffen-SS * Kirk Pfeffer (born 1956), American Marathon runner * Lachlan Pfeffer (born 1991), Australian cricketer * Leo Pfeffer, (1910–1993), American legal scholar re: separation of church and state *

Max Pfeffer __NOTOC__ Max Pfeffer (7 June 1883 – 31 December 1955) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the IV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeffer surrendered to the S ...

(1883–1955), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany *

Nicolai Pfeffer Nicolai Pfeffer (born 20 September 1985) is a German clarinetist, music editor and ordinary clarinet professor at the "Talent Music Master Courses University of Music" in Brescia, Italy. Training as a clarinetist Born in Fulda, Pfeffer bega ...

(born 1985), German clarinettist *

Ori Pfeffer Ori Pfeffer (; born July 28, 1975) is an Israeli actor with the film and TV career in Israel and the United States. Personal life Pfeffer was born in Jerusalem, Israel. In the Israel Defense Forces, he served first at the Golani Brigade T ...

, Israeli actor *

Pierre Pfeffer Pierre Pfeffer (6 December 1927 - 29 December 2016) was a French naturalist, conservationist and zoologist who headed the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. He was a noted popularizer of natural history and a campaigner for elephant conse ...

, (1927–2016), French zoologist and conservationist *

Thomas Pfeffer Thomas Pfeffer (born 15 September 1957) is a German sport shooter. He won a silver medal in 50 m Running Target in the 1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and off ...

(born 1957), German sport shooter *

Sascha Pfeffer Sascha Pfeffer (born 19 October 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. He joined Dynamo Dresden from SC Borea Dresden in August 2007, and left for Chemnitzer FC five years later. After ...

(born 1986), German footballer *

Susan Beth Pfeffer Susan Beth Pfeffer (February 17, 1948 – June 23, 2025) was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled " ...

(born 1948), American author best known for young adult science fiction *

Washek Pfeffer Washek F. Pfeffer (November 14, 1936–January 3, 2021) was a Czech-born US mathematician and Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Davis. Pfeffer was one of the world's pre-eminent authorities on real integration and has authored se ...

(1936–2021), Czech/US mathematician *

Wilhelm Pfeffer Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer (9 March 1845 – 31 January 1920) was a German botanist and plant physiology, plant physiologist born in Grebenstein. Academic career He studied chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Göttingen, where hi ...

(1845–1920), German botanist *

Zach Pfeffer Zachary "Zach" Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995) is an American former professional soccer player. In 2010 at the age of 15 he became the fourth-youngest player ever to sign a Major League Soccer contract. He retired from soccer in 2016 at 21 years ...

(born 1995), American soccer player

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