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David Scheffel David Z. Scheffel was a professor of anthropology at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Biography Born in former Czechoslovakia in , he emigrated in August 1968 after the Soviet invasion with his parents and sister ...

, Canadian anthropologist *

Johan Henrik Scheffel Johan Henrik Scheffel (9 April 1690 – 21 December 1781) was a Swedish artist. He became known for his portraits of Carl von Linné, Christopher Polhem Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher ...

(1690-1781), Swedish artist *

Joseph Viktor von Scheffel Joseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 – 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. His novel '' Ekkehard'' (1855) became one of the most popular German novels in the 19th century. Biography He was born at Karlsruhe. His father, a reti ...

(1826–1886), German poet and novelist *

Mark Scheffel Mark Scheffel is an American politician and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. First elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2008, Scheffel represented Senate District 4 in Douglas County, which encompasses Castl ...

(born 1959), American politician *

Michael Scheffel Michael Scheffel (born 27 February 1958, Frankfurt) is a professor for the history of modern German literature and more generally of Literary sciences at Wuppertal University. He is also a co-editor of Text+Kritik. Life After successful comple ...

(born 1958), professor for the history of modern German literature * Rudolf Scheffel (1915–1983), German Luftwaffe ace *

Tom Scheffel Tom Scheffel (born 20 September 1994) is a German footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for VSG Altglienicke. Career Scheffel came through Chemnitzer FC's youth team, and was promoted to the first team in 2013. He made his 3. Liga ...

(born 1994), German footballer

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