Pfeiffer

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Pfeiffer is the surname of several notable people:

• Carl Pfeiffer (pharmacologist) - One of the founders of orthomolecular psychiatry.
• Carl Pfeiffer (architect) German-born NYC architect
• Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
• Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, biochemist active in the development of biodynamic agriculture
• Franz Pfeiffer (1815 - 1868), German literary scholar
• Fred Pfeiffer, illustrator
• Georgii Pfeiffer, mathematician
• Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797 - 1858), Austrian traveller and travel book author
• Lori Pfeiffer, American actress
• Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805 - 1877), German physician, botanist and conchologist.
• Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
• Paul Pfeiffer, American video artist
• Yann Pfeiffer, German trance musician better known as "Yanou"

Others

• the fictional character "Hans Pfeiffer" ("Pfeiffer mit drei F") from the novel Die Feuerzangenbowle
• Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina
• Pfeiffer Lake, Minnesota
• Infectious mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease

A variant spelling is Pfeifer:

• George Pfeifer
• Jörg Pfeifer
• Joseph L. Pfeifer
• Michael David Pfeifer
• Paul Pfeifer
• Rolf Pfeifer
• Scott Pfeifer
• Will Pfeifer
• Viktor Pfeifer
• Pfeifer Broz. Music
• Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolver