Schulhof
| Schulhof, Schulhoff, Schulhöfer |
| Family name |
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| Meaning |
synagogue court (literally schoolyard) |
| Region of origin |
Lower Saxony, Czech Republic, Hungary |
| Language(s) of origin |
German, Yiddish |
| Related names |
Schulhöfer, Schulhofer; Schuhl, Schuler, Schüler, Schuller, Schüller, Schulbaum, Schulberg, Schulstein, Schuldiener, Schulkind, Schullehrer, Schulsohn, Schulmann (Schulman, Shulman), Schulmeister (Schuhlmeister), Altschul (Altschuler), Neuschul; Gabbai, Schatzmann, Schulsänger, Schulsinger |
Schulhof is a German surname meaning "schoolyard (synagogual yard)" and may refer to:
- Lipót Schulhof(f), aka Lipót (Leopold) Schulhóf (1847, Baja – 1921, Paris), Hungarian astronomer
- 2384 Schulhof (1943 EC1), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1943
- Géza Dombóvári, né Schulhof (1848, Dombóvár – Budapest), Jewish Hungarian lawyer, jurisprudential author[1]
- Stanislav Schulhof (cs) (1864, Lipka – 1919, Pardubice), Czech physician
- Nathan M. Schulhof (born 1949, Pittsburgh), American technology industry entrepreneur, "Father of the MP3 Player Industry"
- David Schulhof (born 1971, New York City), American accomplished music and entertainment executive
Schulhoff
Schulhoff is the surname (spelling variation) of:
- Esther Schulhoff (de) (1649, Prague – 1714, Berlin), Jewish Bohemian-German female entrepreneur
- Georg Schulhoff (de) (1898, Budapest – 1990, Düsseldorf), Hungarian-German politician, vice president of Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (de)
- Georg-Schulhoff-Preis (de)
- Erwin Schulhoff (1894, Prague – 1942, Weißenburg, Bavaria), Jewish Czech composer and pianist
- Julius Schulhoff, aka Czech: Julius Šulhov (1825, Prague – 1898, Berlin), Jewish Czech pianist and composer, musicologist, great-uncle of Erwin
- Petr Schulhoff (cs) (1922, Berlin – 1986, Prague), Czech producer and playwright
- Wolfgang Schulhoff (de) (born 1939, Düsseldorf), German politician (CDU)
- Courtney Christine Schulhoff (born 1987, Washington D.C.)[2]
Schulhofer
- Flint S. "Scotty" Schulhofer (1926, Aiken, South Carolina – 2006), American racehorse trainer
- Randy Schulhofer, a Thoroughbred trainer, son of Flint
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