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. The name literally means "boot". Notable people with the surname include: *

Anja Stiefel Anja Michaela Stiefel (born 9 August 1990) is a Swiss retired ice hockey forward and two time Olympian with the Swiss national ice hockey team. International career Stiefel was selected to represent Switzerland in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She ...

, Swiss retired ice hockey forward *

Arnold Stiefel Arnold Stiefel, chairman and CEO of Stiefel Entertainment, is an American talent manager, film and television producer, and entrepreneur.. Retrieved 26 April 2013. Over the course of his career, Stiefel has worked with Bette Midler, Prince, and ...

Eduard Stiefel Eduard L. Stiefel (21 April 1909 – 25 November 1978) was a Swiss mathematician. Together with Cornelius Lanczos and Magnus Hestenes, he invented the conjugate gradient method, and gave what is now understood to be a partial construction of th ...

(1909–1978), Swiss mathematician *

Ethan Stiefel Ethan Stiefel (born February 13, 1973) is an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) from 1997 until July 2012. He was the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet from ...

(born 1973), American ballet dancer *

Frank Stiefel Frank Stiefel is an American filmmaker and photographer. His film '' Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405'' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject. Career Stiefel was born to a Jewish family in New York and attended The City College ...

Jürgen Stiefel Jürgen Stiefel (born 21 December 1953) is a German water polo player. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially b ...

Ernst C. Stiefel Ernst Carl Stiefel ( ; 27 November 1907 – 3 September 1997) was a German American jurist. Of Jewish background, he left Nazi Germany in 1933. Born in Mannheim, he earned a doctorate in law from Heidelberg University in 1929 and started Practi ...

*Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the 1891 play and 2006

Spring Awakening (musical) ''Spring Awakening'' is a Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. It is based on the 1891 German play ''Spring Awakening (play), Spring Awakening'' by Frank Wedekind. Set i ...

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