Wolff is a variant of the

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surname which is derived from the baptismal names Wolfgang or Wolfram.

List of people surnamed Wolff

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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

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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

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* Carl Gustaf Wolff, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman *

Caspar Friedrich Wolff Caspar Friedrich Wolff (18 January 1733 – 22 February 1794) was a German physiologist and embryologist who is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern embryology. Life Wolff was born in Berlin, Brandenburg. In 1759 he graduated as an ...

(1734–1794), founder of embryology * Christian Wolff (disambiguation), several people * Christina Wolff, American politician *

Christoph Wolff Christoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German musicologist. He is best known for his works on the music, life, and period of Johann Sebastian Bach. Christoph Wolff is an emeritus professor of Harvard University, and was part of the faculty sinc ...

(born 1940), German-born musicologist * Cynthia Griffin Wolff (1936–2024), American literary historian

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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

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Francis Wolff Francis Wolff (April 5, 1907 – March 8, 1971) was a record company executive, photographer and record producer. Wolff's skills, as an executive and a photographer, were important contributions to the success of the Blue Note record label. Car ...

, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records * Francis Wolff (philosopher) (born 1950), French philosopher, see

List of French philosophers A list of notable French philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value ...

* 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

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* Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937), American writer

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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

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* Iris Wolff (born 1977), German writer * Irving Wolff (1894–1982), American physicist

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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 Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778- 1806) was a German physician, botanist, entomologist and natural history illustrator. He wrote and illustrated ''Commentatio de Lemna''. Altdorfii et Norimbergae (1801), ''Icones Cimicum descriptionibus illustratae''. ...

(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

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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

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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

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Nat Wolff Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for composing the music for ''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–2 ...

(born 1994), American actor * Nelson Wolff (born 1940), American politician * Noah Wolff (1809–1907), German industrialist and community leader

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Otto Herbert Wolff Otto Herbert Wolff, (born 10 January 1920 in Hamburg, died 27 April 2010) was a German born medical scientist, paediatrician and was the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Wolff was notable for being one of ...

(1920–2010) German-British paediatrician

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* Pat Wolff American pediatrician *

Patrick Wolff Patrick Gideon Wolff (born February 15, 1968) is an American chess Grandmaster. He is the son of philosopher Robert Paul Wolff and brother of law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff. Wolff won the United States Chess Championship in 1992 and ...

(born 1968), American chess player * Peter Wolff (disambiguation), several people

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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

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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 Thomas Hartwig Wolff (July 14, 1954, New York City – July 31, 2000, Kern County) was an American mathematician, working primarily in the fields of harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and partial differential equations. As an undergraduate ...

(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

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* Virginia Euwer Wolff (1882–1941), English writer * Victoria Wolff (1903–1992), German born American writer and screenwriter.

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* Werner Wolff (disambiguation), several people * William Wolff (1927–2020), German-British journalist and rabbi

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