Wolff

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Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolf, Wulf and Woolf.

Wolff is the surname of:

• Albert Wolff, Dutch conductor and pianist.
• Alexander Joseph Wolff, (1788-1863), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington.
• Anna Wolff-Powęska, Polish historian and political scientist.
• Betje Wolff (1738-1804), Dutch writer.
• Beverly Wolff (1928-2005), American mezzo-soprano.
• Bobby Wolff (born 1932), American bridge player.
• Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734–1794), founder of embryology.
• Charles Wolff, American astronomer.
• Christian Wolff, three men of that name.
• Christoph Wolff (born 1940), German-born musicologist.
• Daniel V. Wolff, Jr. (born 1955), American Folk-Rock Musician; artist name "WOLFF".
• David Wolff, music producer.
• Magda Lupescu (1895?-1977), mistress and (after his abdication) wife of Carol II of Romania. Lupescu is a Romanianization of Wolff.
• Enrique Wolff (1949-), Argentine football player.
• Francis Wolff, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records.
• Frank Wolff, fictional scientist in The Adventures of Tintin series.
• Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), an American mystical philosopher.
• Frederick Wolff (1910-1988), British athlete.
• George Wolff (born 1991), American classical guitarist. GeorgeWolffGuitar.com
• Hermann Wolff, former manager of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Henry Drummond Wolff (1830-1908), English diplomat.
• Hugo Wolff (1860-1903), Austrian composer.
• Josh Wolff (born 1977), American soccer player.
• Joseph Wolff (1795-1862), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany.
• Julius Wolff (1836-1902), surgeon
• Kurt Wolff (1895-1917), German WWI pilot and Ace
• Louis Wolff (1898-1972), American cardiologist
• Karl Wolff (1900-1984), high-ranking member of the SS
• Nelson Wolff (born 1940), American politician
• Patrick Wolff (born 1968), American chess player
• Richard Keith Wolff (born 1947), British photographer
• Rikard Wolff (born 1958), Swedish actor
• Robert Paul Wolff, political philosopher
• Roger Wolff (1911-1994), American baseball player
• Stefan Wolff, German political scientist and professor living in the UK
• Stephen Wolff, Internet pioneer
• Tobias Wolff (born 1945), American writer
• Thomas Wolff (1954-2000), American mathematician
• Werner Wolff, musicologist

Wolff can also refer to:

• Harland and Wolff, ship-building company.
• Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium
• Wolff-Kishner reduction
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Wolff System, developer of indoor tanning
• Wolff, An American musician (aka Daniel Wolff) & Autoharp player.