Wolf (name)
Wolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples: see Wulf.
Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among many other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the gray wolf (essentially all of North America). Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Wolf Biermann (born 1936), German singer-songwriter
- Wolf Blitzer (born 1948), American journalist
- Wolf Henzler (born 1975), German racing driver
- Wolf Hilbertz (1938–2007), German architect
- Wolf Hoffmann (born 1959), German guitarist
- Wolf Howard (born 1968), English artist and musician
- Wolf Kahler (born 1946), German actor
- Wolf Kahn (born 1927), German-born American painter
- Wolf Karni (1911–1996), Finnish football referee
- Wolf Larson (born 1959), Canadian actor
- Wolf Mail (born 1972), Canadian guitarist
- Wolf Ruvinskis (1921–1999), Mexican actor
- Wolf Van Halen (born 1991), American bassist
- Wolf V. Vishniac (1922–1973), American biologist
- Wolf Wigo (born 1973), American water polo player and coach
Surname
- Alfred Wolf (1923–1943), German-born American navy sailor
- Alice Wolf (born 1933), American politician
- Aliya Wolf (born 1975), American model
- Anne Wolf (born 1967), Belgian pianist
- Armin Wolf (born 1966), Austrian journalist and television anchor
- Carrie Wolf, American officer and judge advocate
- Charles Wolf (1827–1918), French astronomer
- Charles Wolf (born 1926), American basketball coach
- Charlie Wolf (born 1959), British radio DJ
- Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German writer
- Christie Wolf (born 1966), American bodybuilder and wrestler
- Christopher Wolf (born 1959), American lawyer
- Christopher Howard Wolf (born 1979), American game and comic book creator
- Dale E. Wolf (born 1924), American politician
- Daniel James Wolf (born 1961), American music composer and scholar
- David Wolf (born 1956), American astronaut
- David Wolf (born 1989), German ice hockey player
- Dick Wolf (born 1946), American television producer
- Dragutin Wolf (1866–1927), Croatian industrialist
- Emil Wolf (born 1922), American physicist
- Eric Wolf (1923–1999), American anthropologist
- Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792), German composer
- Frank Wolf (born 1939), American politician
- Frank Wolf (born 1970), Canadian environmentalist
- Frank N. Wolf (1896–1949), American football and basketball player
- František Wolf Czech mathematician
- Fred Wolf (born 1932), American animator
- Fred Wolf (born 1964), American film director, television writer, and comedian
- Fred Alan Wolf (born 1934), American theoretical physicist
- Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953), German doctor and writer
- Friedrich August Wolf (1750–1824), German philologist and critic
- Fritz Wolf (1880–1961), German gymnast
- Gary K. Wolf (born 1941), American author
- Gusti Wolf (1912–2007), Austrian actress
- Heinrich Wolf (1875–1943), Austrian chess player
- Henry Wolf, American lawyer and namesake of the Henry C. Wolf Law Library
- Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976), American blues singer
- Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), Austrian composer
- Jack Keil Wolf, American computer scientist
- Jenny Wolf (born 1979), German ice speed skater
- Joe Wolf (born 1964), American basketball player
- Johann Christoph Wolf (1683–1739), German Hebraist and book collector
- Joseph Wolf (1820–1899), German natural history illustrator
- Josh Wolf (born 1982), American journalist
- Josh Wolf, American comedian, actor and writer
- Kate Wolf (1942–1986), American folk singer and songwriter
- Kati Wolf (born 1974), Hungarian singer
- Konrad Wolf (1925–1982), German film director
- Lana Wolf (born 1975), Dutch rock singer and radio producer
- Laurent Wolf (born 1971), French music producer
- Linda Wolf (born 1950), American-born photographer and writer
- Lucien Wolf (1857–1930), English journalist
- Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer
- Markus Wolf (1923–2006), East German intelligence head
- Mary B. Wolf, American politician
- Mary Hunter Wolf (c. 1905–2000), American theater director and producer
- Max Wolf (1863–1932), German astronomer
- Michael J. Wolf, American executive, board member of Yahoo!
- Milton A. Wolf (1924–2005), American real estate developer and diplomat
- Naomi Wolf (born 1962), American writer
- Patrick Wolf (born 1983), English musician
- Peter Wolf (born 1946), American musician
- Randy Wolf (born 1976), American baseball player
- Raymond Wolf (1904–1979), American athlete and coach
- Robert Wolf (born 1950), American journalist
- Robert Wolf (born 1962), American banker
- Ron Wolf (born 1938), American football general manager
- Rudolf Wolf (1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- Scott Wolf (born 1968), American actor
- Sherry Wolf, American surrealist painter and designer
- Sherry Wolf (born 1965), American revolutionary socialist
- Simon Wolf (1826–1923) United States businessman, lawyer, diplomat and Jewish activist
- Slavko Wolf (1862–1936) Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer
- Stephen Wolf (born 1941), American businessman
- Susan Wolf (born 1952), American moral philosopher
- Thom Wolf (born 1944), American social entrepreneur and leadership educator
- Thomas Wolf (born 1953), German bank robber, kidnapper and fugitive
- Walter Wolf (born 1939), Austrian-born Canadian businessman
- Warner Wolf (born 1937), American television and radio sports broadcaster
- Wolfgang Wolf (born 1957), German soccer player and coach
Nickname
- Gustav Wagner (1911–1980), Austrian SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp
In fiction
- Wolf (The 10th Kingdom), a character in a television show
- Wolf Larsen, fictional character in the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
- Wolf O'Donnell, fictional character in the Star Fox series of video games
- Bigby Wolf, fictional character in the comic book series Fables
- Father Wolf, fictional character in the 1894 novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Sniper Wolf, fictional character in the video game Metal Gear Solid
- Wolf, fictional character in the 1984 novel The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
- Michael Van Wijk, known by the pseudonym Wolf, on the television series Gladiators
- The Wolf, the name by which Ezra is known in The Night Angel Trilogy
- Wolf Hawkfield, a fictional character in the Virtua Fighter series
- Ookami (the Wolfman), fictional character in the movie Wolf Children directed by Mamoru Hosoda
- Wolf, code name for character in Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz.
- Wolf, the nickname given Ze'ev Kesley from The Lunar Chronicles
See also