Cerf (surname)

Cerf is a surname, and may refer to:

Bennett Cerf (1898–1971), publisher and co-founder of Random House
- Christopher Cerf (born 1941), his son, American author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer
- Jonathan Cerf, his son, author of Big Bird's Red Book and the 1980 world champion of Othello, the board game.
- Phyllis Cerf (1916–2006), American actress, journalist, and children's book publisher, and the co-founder of Beginner Books
Cécile Cerf
Ferdinand Le Cerf
(George) Gustav (also Gustavus) Zerffi (born Cerf, or Hirsch), a Hungarian Jewish journalist, revolutionist, spy
Jean Cerf (1928–2001), French mathematician who worked in differential and symplectic topology and pioneered Cerf theory
Karl Friedrich Cerf (1782–1845), German theatrical manager
Muriel Cerf (born 1951), French novelist and travel writer
Vint Cerf (born 1943), computer scientist, often referred to as one of the founding fathers of the Internet
Nicolas J. Cerf (born 1965), a Belgian theoretical physicist working on quantum information theory

Cerf-Beer

Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (1730, Bischheim - 1793, Strasbourg), an Alsatian-French Jewish philanthropist
Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim (c. 1780, Strasburg - 1826, Paris), an Alsatian-French Jewish soldier and author
Frédéric Cerfberr (1786, Strasburg - 1842), an Alsatian-French Jewish diplomat
Max-Théodore Cerfbeer (1792, Nancy - 1876), a French Jewish military officer
Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim (1817, Épinal - 1883, Paris), a French Jewish journalist, writer
Auguste Édouard Cerfberr (1811, Épinal - 1858), a French Jewish author
Anatole Cerfberr (1835, Paris - 1896, Neuilly), a French Jewish journalist and author