Schaefer

Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word "Schäfer", meaning shepherd,^[1] which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare.

"Shaefer", "Schäfer" (a standardized spelling in many German-speaking countries after 1880), the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaefer", "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shafer", and "Shaffer" are all in common use as surnames.

Schaefer

Born after 1800

• Germany Schaefer (1877–1919), American professional baseball player
• Jacob Schaefer Sr (1850–1910), American professional billiards player
• Jacob Schaefer Jr (1894–1975) American professional billiards player

Born after 1900

• Vincent Schaefer (1906–1993), American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding
• Jack Warner Schaefer (1907–1991), American fiction author
• Milner Baily Schaefer (1912–1970), American fisheries biologist
• William Donald Schaefer (born 1921), American state politician
• Udo Schaefer (born 1926), German Bahá'í author
• Will Schaefer (1928–2007), American composer
• Kermit Schaefer (1923–1979), American writer, broadcast producer and blooper aficionado
• Daniel Schaefer (1936–2006), American national politician
• Bob Schaefer (born 1944), American professional baseball coach
• Henry F. Schaefer, III (born 1944), American computational and theoretical chemist, academic and Protestant educator
• Gerard John Schaefer (1946–1995), American serial killer

Born after 1950

• Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Nolan Schaefer (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Bradley E. Schaefer (living), American physics academic
• Kurt Schaefer (living), American academic
• Peter Schaefer (author) (living), American academic and religious history author
• Brenda Sue Schaefer (deceased), murder victim

Schaeffer

This page or section lists people with the surname Schaeffer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Schäfer

This page or section lists people with the surname Schäfer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Born after 1800

• Wilhelm Schäfer (1868–1952), German Naturalist writer and magazine publisher
• Dirk Schäfer (1873–1931), Dutch pianist and composer
• Karl Emil Schäfer (1891–1917), German World War I pilot, recipient of the Pour le Mérite

Born after 1900

• Emanuel Schäfer (1900–1974), Prussian (modern-day Czech) officer in the German SS, head of Serbian security police during World War II
• Gustav Schäfer (rower) (1906–1991), German Olympic rower
• Karl Schäfer (1909–1976), Austrian Olympic figure skater
• Ernst Schäfer (1910–1992), German hunter, zoologist and ornithologist
• Willy Schäfer (handball player) (born 1913), Swiss Olympic field handball player
• Paul Schäfer (1921–2010), German-Chilean cult leader
• Hans Schäfer (born 1927), German retired footballer
• Willy Schäfer (born 1933), German actor
• Hans-Bernd Schäfer (born 1943), German economist and scholar
• Manfred Schäfer (born 1943), German-Australian retired professional footballer
• Wolfgang Schäfer (born 1945), German choral conductor and academic

Born after 1950

• Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager
• Michael Schäfer (born 1959), Danish football manager
• Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), German television presenter
• Christine Schäfer (born 1965), German soprano
• Jan Schäfer (born 1974), German Olympic canoer
• Raphael Schäfer (born 1979), German footballer
• Marcel Schäfer (born 1984), German footballer

Schafer

This page or section lists people with the surname Schafer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Born after 1800

• Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), formerly Edward Albert Schäfer, English physiologist

Born after 1900

• Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), American actress
• Harold Schafer (1912–2001), American entrepreneur
• Roy Schafer (born 1922), American psychologist-psychoanalyst
• R. Murray Schafer (born 1933), Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist
• Ronald W. Schafer (born 1938), American electrical engineer and academic
• Ed Schafer (born 1946), American state politician and United States Secretary of Agriculture

Born after 1950

• Tom Schaefer (born 1958), American photographer in Miami
• Tim Schaefer (born 1958), American computer programmer at Yahoo
• Tim Schafer (born 1967), American computer game designer
• Arthur Schafer (living), Canadian ethicist and academic
• Eric Schafer (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
• Jordan Schafer (born 1986), American baseball player

Schaffer

This page or section lists people with the surname Schaffer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Born after 1800

• Károly Schaffer (1864–1939), Hungarian anatomist and neurologist
• Alfréd Schaffer (1893–1945), Hungarian footballer

Born after 1900

• Jimmie Schaffer (born 1936), American professional baseball player
• Janne Schaffer (born 1945), Swedish songwriter and guitarist

Born after 1950

• Simon Schaffer (born 1955), English academic
• Frank Schaffer (born 1958), retired East German Olympic athlete
• Bob Schaffer (born 1962), American state politician
• Jon Schaffer (born 1968), American guitarist and songwriter
• Daniel Schaffer (born 1969), British graphic novelist
• Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), American comedy writer and songwriter
• Denny Schaffer (living), American radio personality
• Gail Schaffer (living), American state politician
• Ken Schaffer (living), American inventor
• Lewis Schaffer (born 1957), American comedian
• Mandy Schaffer (living), American actress
• Jonathan Schaffer (living), American-Australian philosopher

Shafer

This page or section lists people with the surname Shafer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Born after 1800

• Jacob K. Shafer (1823–1876), American national politician
• Orator Shafer (1851–1922), American professional baseball player
• John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918), American botanist
• Taylor Shafer (1866–1945), American professional baseball player
• George F. Shafer (1888–1948), American state politician
• Tillie Shafer (1889–1962), American professional baseball player
• Phil Shafer (1891–1971), American racecar driver
• Paul W. Shafer (1893–1954), American national politician

Born after 1900

• Raymond P. Shafer (1917–2006), American state politician
• Whitey Shafer (born 1934), American country songwriter and musician

Born after 1950

• Ross Shafer (born 1954), American comedian and motivational speaker
• Robert R. Shafer (born 1958), American actor
• Dirk Shafer (born 1962), American model, actor, screenwriter and director
• Scott Shafer (born 1967), American college football coach
• David Shafer (baseball player) (born 1982), American minor league baseball player
• David Shafer (living), American state politician
• Glenn Shafer (living), American mathematician, co-developer of Dempster-Shafer theory
• Jack Shafer (living), American journalist and columnist
• Jeremy Shafer (living), American entertainer and oragamist

Shaffer

This page or section lists people with the surname Shaffer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Born after 1800

• John Shaffer (fl. 1870), American territorial governor
• Joseph Crockett Shaffer (1880–1958), American national politician

Born after 1900

• Harry G. Shaffer (US politician) (fl. 1920's), American state politician
• John H. Shaffer, American government administrator
• Leland Shaffer (born 1912), American retired professional football player
• Robert H. Shaffer (born 1915), American educator
• Earl Shaffer (1918–2002), American outdoorsman and author
• Harry G. Shaffer (born c. 1920), Austrian-American economics academic
• Elaine Shaffer (1925–1973), American flutist
• Anthony Shaffer (writer) (1926–2001), English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
• Sir Peter Shaffer (born 1926), English dramatist and playwright
• Lee Shaffer (born 1939), American retired professional basketball player
• Louise Shaffer (born 1942), American actress, script writer, and author
• Paul Shaffer (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer
• Jim G. Shaffer (living), American archeology and anthropology academic

Born after 1950

• Erica Shaffer (born 1970), American actress
• James Shaffer (born 1970), American guitarist
• Matthew Shaffer (born 1978), American musical theatre, television, and film actor
• Kevin Shaffer (born 1980), American professional football player
• Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer) (living), American Reserve Army Lieutenant Colonel and CIA intelligence officer
• Brenda Shaffer (living), American political science author
• Chris Shaffer (living), American singer-songwriter
• David Shaffer (living), American physician
• Nicholas Shaffer (living), American actor
• Ralph Shaffer (living), American greeting card developer

See also

Look up Schäfer, Shaefer, Schäffer, Shafer, or Shaffer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Look up Schaffer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Shafer Valve Company
• Schafferer
• Schieffer
• Sheaffer
• Shepherd (surname)

References

This page or section lists people with the surname Schaefer. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.