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 Alexander Draper "Alex" Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother, Nat, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series '' The Naked Brot ...

, American actor * Alexander Wolff, American writer *

Alexander Wolff (soldier) Lt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff (1788–1863) was a British officer who served under the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington. Lt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff was born in Baden, Austria in 1788. It is sometimes claimed ...

, (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 Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 17385 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as ''Sara Burgerhart'' (1782) and ''Willem Levend'' (1784). Biography Betje Bekker ...

(1738–1804), Dutch writer *

Bernard Wolff Bernhard Wolff (3 March 1811 – 11 May 1879) was a German media mogul. He was editor of the ''Vossische Zeitung'', founder of the ''National Zeitung'' (1848–1938), and founder of Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau (1849–1934), one of the first p ...

(1811–1879), German media mogul *

Bernard Wolff Beffie Bernard Wolff Beffie (18 May 1872 – 2 July 1943) was a Dutch dermatologist and chess player, unofficial Dutch Chess Championship winner (1906). Biography Beffie was a son of Isaac Wolff, who had the name Beffie added to his family name in 1 ...

(1872–1943), Dutch chess master and dermatologist *

Beverly Wolff Beverly Wolff (November 6, 1928 – August 14, 2005) was an American mezzo-soprano who had an active career in concerts and operas from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. She performed a broad repertoire which encompassed operatic and concert wor ...

(1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano *

Bobby Wolff Robert S. (Bobby) Wolff (born October 14, 1932, San Antonio, Texas) is an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is the only person to win world championships in five different categories. He is a graduate of Trinity University. ...

(born 1932), American bridge player

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Carl Gustaf Wolff Carl Gustaf Wolff (28 October 1800 - 19 July 1868) was a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman during his time. He was born in either Noormarkku (''Sw. Norrmark'') or Suomenlinna (''Sw. Sveaborg'') in Finland, when it still was a part o ...

, 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 Christina Wolff is an American politician serving as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 38th district. A Republican, she was elected in the 2024 North Dakota House of Representatives election. Wolff moved from Alaska ...

, 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) Ed Wolff (July 2, 1907 — July 7, 1966) was an American actor. He was known for his height of 7'4" and for his monster roles in ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925), '' The Phantom Creeps'' (1939), '' Invaders from Mars'' (1953), '' The Colossus o ...

(1907–1966), American actor *

Edward Wolff Edward Nathan Wolff (April 10, 1946) is an American economist whose work concerns wealth and wealth disparity. He is a professor of economics at New York University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also ...

(born 1946), American economist *

Elsie Wolff Van Sandau Elsie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Elsie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lily Elsie (1886–1952), English actress and singer born Elsie Hodder * Robert Elsie (1950–2017), Canadian expert in Albani ...

, British suffragette, see

Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau Elise Eugenie Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (died in 1926, aged 83) was a British suffragette. She was imprisoned three times, for smashing windows and went on hunger strike. She was awarded the Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike Medal ...

Enrique Wolff Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an Argentine journalist and former football defender. He represented Argentina at the 1974 World Cup. Playing career Wolff, born in Victoria, Buenos Aires, began his career with Rac ...

(born 1949), Argentine football player *

Ernst Victor Wolff Ernst Victor Wolff (August 6, 1889 – August 21, 1960) was a German-born concert pianist and harpsichordist, who maintained a career not only as a soloist but also as a respected accompanist. Singers with whom he performed included Dorothy May ...

(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) 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. Care ...

(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) Frank Wolff may refer to: * Frank Wolff (actor) (1928–1971), American actor * Frank Wolff (comics), fictional character from ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé See also *Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), American mystical philosopher ...

, several people *

Franklin Merrell-Wolff Franklin Merrell-Wolff (born Franklin Fowler Wolff; 11 July 1887 – 4 October 1985) was an American mystic and esoteric philosopher. After formal education in philosophy and mathematics at Stanford and Harvard, Wolff devoted himself to the goa ...

(1887–1985), an American mystical philosopher *

Freddie Wolff Frederick Ferdinand Wolff, CBE, TD (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Early life On 13 October 1910, Wolff was born in British Hong Kong, the e ...

(1910–1988), British sprinter * Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff (1816-1887), German sculptor and journalist

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Geoffrey Wolff Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937) is an American novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Among his honors and recognition are the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994) and fellowships of the National Endowment f ...

(born 1937), American writer

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* Hans Wolff (disambiguation), multiple people * Hellmuth Wolff (disambiguation), multiple people *

Heinz Wolff Heinz Siegfried Wolff, (29 April 1928 – 15 December 2017) was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series ''The Great Egg Race''. Early life Wolff was born i ...

(1928–2017), German-British scientist and television and radio presenter * Henny Wolff (1896–1965), German soprano concert singer and voice teacher *

Henry Drummond Wolff Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff (12 October 1830 – 11 October 1908), known as Henry Drummond Wolff, was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Background Wolff was born in Malt ...

(1830–1908), English diplomat

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Iris Wolff Iris Wolff (born 28 July 1977 as Martina Iris Wolff) is a German writer. Life Wolff was born in Sibiu (''Hermannstadt''), a city in the Transylvania region of what was then the Socialist Republic of Romania. Part of the Transylvanian Saxon co ...

(born 1977), German writer *

Irving Wolff Irving Wolff (6 July 1894 in New York City – 5 December 1982 in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American physicist and pioneer of radar. Wolff received in 1916 a bachelor's degree in physics from Dartmouth College and in 1923 a doctorate in physic ...

(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 Joshua David Wolff (born February 25, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player. Playing career College Wolff was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He played three years of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, where he ...

(born 1977), American soccer player *

Joseph Wolff Joseph Wolff (1795 – 2 May 1862) was a Messianic Jewish missionary born in Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany, named Wolff after his paternal grandfather. He travelled widely, and was known as "the missionary to the world". He published se ...

(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 Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 16 July 1984) was a senior German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ende ...

(1900–1984), high-ranking member of the Schutzstaffel *

Karl Felix Wolff Karl Felix Wolff (Italian: Carlo Felice Wolff; 21 May 1879 – 25 November 1966) was a journalist, poet, author and self-taught folklorist of the South Tyrol who collected and published Ladinian legends. Life Karl Felix Wolff was born in Karlsta ...

(1879–1966), self-taught folklorist of the South Tyrol * Kurt Wolff (disambiguation), several people

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Lester L. Wolff Lester Lionel Wolff (January 4, 1919 – May 11, 2021) was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Long Island, New York. He also served as pr ...

(1919–2021), American politician *

Lewis Wolff Lewis N. Wolff (born December 13, 1935) is an American real estate developer. Wolff had been co-chairman of the Board of Sunstone Investors, Inc. from October 2004 to April 2014. Wolff owned sports franchises. He was most well known for his owner ...

(born 1935), American billionaire real estate developer * Louis Wolff (1898–1972), American cardiologist

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Maritta Wolff Maritta Martin Wolff Stegman (December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002) was an American author. Biography Wolff was born on December 25, 1918, in Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan. She grew up on her grandparents' farm and attended a one-room coun ...

(1918–2002) American novelist *

(1843–1926), British suffragette *

Matthew Wolff Matthew Brandyn Wolff (born April 14, 1999) is an American professional golfer. He was an NCAA All-American at Oklahoma State University, and won the 2019 NCAA Division I individual championship. Wolff picked up his first win on the PGA Tour at ...

(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 Nelson William Wolff (born October 27, 1940) is a retired American judge and Democratic politician from San Antonio, Texas. He represented Bexar County in the Texas House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973 and the Texas Senate from 1973 to 197 ...

(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 Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their yout ...

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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 Jan Rikard Wolff (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a Swedish actor and singer. His career included both film roles in '' House of Angels'' and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in ''Waiting for Godot'' at Royal Dramatic Theatre, an ...

(1958–2017), Swedish actor * Robert Wolff (disambiguation), several people *

Roger Wolff Roger Francis Wolff (April 10, 1911 – March 23, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed knuckleball pitcher, he appeared in 182 games over all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between and : three wi ...

(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 Stefan Wolff is a German political scientist. He is a specialist in international security, particularly in the management, settlement and prevention of ethnic conflicts. He is currently Professor of International Security at the University of Bi ...

, German political scientist and professor living in the UK *

Sula Wolff Sulammith (Sula) Wolff FRCP FRCPysch (1 March 1924 – 21 September 2009) was a prominent and pioneering British child psychiatrist. She was amongst the first in her field to identify and define the characteristics of children on the autistic ...

(1924–2009), prominent British child psychiatrist *

Susie Wolff Suzanne Wolff ( Stoddart; born 6 December 1982) is a Scottish former professional racing driver and current managing director of F1 Academy. Wolff started in kart racing, karting, before graduating to Formula Renault and Formula Three, th ...

(born 1982), British racing driver

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Theodor Wolff Theodor Wolff (2 August 1868 – 23 September 1943) was a German writer who was influential as a journalist, critic and newspaper editor. He was born and died in Berlin. Between 1906 and 1933 he was the chief editor of the politically liberal new ...

(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 Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly '' This Boy's Life'' (1989) and '' In Pharaoh's Army'' (1994). H ...

(born 1945), American writer *

Toto Wolff Torger Christian "Toto" Wolff (, born 12 January 1972) is an Austrian billionaire investor, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Since 2013, Wolff has served as team principal, CEO and co-owner of Mercedes in Formula One, winning ei ...

(born 1972), Austrian racing driver and investor

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Ulla Wolff Ulla Wolff-Frankfurter (; 2 April 1850, in Gleiwitz – 1 January 1924, in Berlin), also known by the pen names Ulla Frank and Ulrich Frank, was a German Jewish playwright, novelist, and journalist. Biography Ulla Hirschfeld was born in Gleiwitz, ...

(1850-1924), German journalist,playwright and novelist

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Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series ''Make Lemonade'' features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. Ther ...

(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