Schiffer

Schiffer (German pronunciation: [ˈʃɪfɐ]) is a German surname meaning "boatman", "bargee" or "skipper". It may refer to:

Contents 1 Etymology 2 List of people 2.1 Schiffers 3 See also 4 References

Etymology

Schiffer hat als Name verschiedene Ursprünge. Der Familienname ist früh im Raum Niederrhein belegt. Er kann als Berufsname aus der Flößerei oder Schifffahrt stammen oder von „Schäfer“ oder „Schieferdecker“ abgeleitet sein.

List of people

• András Schiffer (Hungarian: Schiffer András; born 1971, Budapest), Hungarian politician
• Anton Schiffer (1811, Graz - 1876, Vienna), Austrian painter ^[1]
• Adolf Schiffer (1873–1950), a Czech cellist and teacher
• Alfred Schiffer Bloomingdale (1916–1982)
• Ben Schiffer (born 1983, Amsterdam), a television writer and playwright

• Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), German supermodel
• Craig Schiffer (born 1956, Ohio), Chief Executive Officer of the Americas of Dresdner Kleinwort

• Daniel Salvatore Schiffer (1957), philosopher ^[2]

• Egidius Schiffer (born 1956), German killer ^[3]
• Ervin Schiffer, a Hungarian professional violist and pedagogue
• Eugen Schiffer (1860–1954), German lawyer and politician (DDP, LDPD, FDP)
• Franz Schiffer (1885–1963), Austrian (Viennese) painter ^[4]

• Hubert Schiffer (born 1915, Germany), German Jesuit Father
• John C. Schiffer, a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate
• Karl Matthias Schiffer (1869, Süchteln - 1930, Berlin), German politician (Zentrum) ^[5]
• Liesel Schiffer (born 1962), French writer, journalist ^[6]

• Marcellus Schiffer, born: Otto Schiffer (1892, Berlin - 1932, Berlin), Jewish German painter, graphic artist, librettist ^[7]
• Matthias Schiffer (1744, in Styria - 1827, Graz), Austrian painter, graphic artist ^[8]
• Menahem Max Schiffer (1911, Berlin - 1997), Jewish German-American mathematician ^[9]
• Michael Schiffer (born ?), script writer Schiffer at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Brian Schiffer (born ?)
• Nina Schiffer (born 1991, Köln), German female swimmer ^[10]

• Pál Schiffer (Hungarian: Schiffer Pál; 1939, Budapest - 2001, Budapest), Hungarian film producer ^[11]
• Paul Schiffer (born ?, Canton, Ohio), political talk show host
• Roy Schiffer Pinney (1911–2010)
• Sinai Schiffer (1852, Námesztó - 1923, Karlsruhe), Hungarrian-German rabbi; Rabbi of Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft (Karlsruhe) ^[12]
• Stephen Schiffer (born 1940), a philosopher at New York University (NYU)
• Ulquiorra Schiffer, a character in the Bleach manga series
• Wolfgang Schiffer (born 1946, Nettetal-Lobberich), German writer ^[13]

Schiffers

• Emanuel (Emmanuel) Stepanovich Schiffers (Russian: Эммануил Степанович Шифферс; 1850–1904)

See also

• Schiffer Publishing, a publishing firm

Schieffer (Schiefer) is the surname of

• Bob Schieffer
• Tom Schieffer

• Schiffner
• Schäfer (Schäffer)
• Schefer (Scheffer)

References

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