12-701: For other uses, see Wolff (disambiguation) . Wolff is a variant of the Wolf surname which is derived from the baptismal names Wolfgang or Wolfram . List of people surnamed Wolff [ edit ] Contents: A B C E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W See also A [ edit ] Albert Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Alex Wolff , American actor Alexander Wolff , American writer Alexander Wolff (soldier) , (1788–1863), British officer who served under
24-2319: A U.S. Supreme Court case [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Wolff . 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. v t e Family names derived from the word " wolf " Celtic Ó Faoláin , Phelan , Whalan , Whalen , Whelan , Felan , Folan , Mac Conallaidh , McNally [REDACTED] Germanic Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf , Adolf North Germanic: Lyall , Ulfsson West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson , Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram , Wolfermann Romance Latin: Lupus French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell Iberian: Llop , Llopis , Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López Italian: Lovato , Lupo Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu Slavic East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov ( Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovchenko , Vovchok , Vovchynskyi , Vovk South Slavic: Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić / Vuchetich , Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković / Vukovich , Vuksanović West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz Other Baltic: Vilkas , Vilks , Vilčinskas , Vilkelis Basque: Ochoa , Otxoa Estonian: Hunt Finnish: Susi Greek: Lykoudis Hebrew: Ze'evi , Ze'ev , Ben-Zeev Hungarian: Farkas ( Farkaš in Slavic languages) Turkish: Kurt , Kurtoğlu Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wolff&oldid=1234308147 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
36-756: A prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734–1794), founder of embryology Christian Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Christoph Wolff (born 1940), German-born musicologist Cynthia Griffin Wolff (born 1936), American literary historian E [ edit ] Ed Wolff (actor) (1907–1966), American actor Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist Elsie Wolff Van Sandau , British suffragette, see Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau Enrique Wolff (born 1949), Argentine football player Ernst Victor Wolff (1886–1961), German-born classical pianist and harpsichordist F [ edit ] Francis Wolff , photographer and
48-582: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Wolff (disambiguation) Wolff is a surname. Wolff may also refer to: Geoffrey Wolff Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937) is an American novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Among his honors and recognition are the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994) and fellowships of
60-727: The National Endowment for the Arts , the American Academy in Berlin (2007), and the Guggenheim Foundation . His younger brother Tobias Wolff is also an award-winning writer. Geoffrey Wolff was born in Hollywood , California, as the first son to "Duke" Arthur Samuels and Rosemary ( née Loftus ) Wolff. He is the older brother of the novelist and memoirist Tobias Wolff . Their parents separated when Geoffrey
72-533: The Duke of Wellington Andreas Wolff (born 1991), German handball player Auguste Wolff (1821–1887), French piano maker B [ edit ] Betje Wolff (1738–1804), Dutch writer Bernard Wolff (1811–1879), German media mogul Bernard Wolff Beffie (1872–1943), Dutch chess master and dermatologist Beverly Wolff (1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano Bobby Wolff (born 1932), American bridge player C [ edit ] Carl Gustaf Wolff ,
84-1280: The Lincoln Battalion N [ edit ] Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor Nelson Wolff (born 1940), American politician Noah Wolff (1809–1907), German industrialist and community leader O [ edit ] Otto Herbert Wolff (1920–2010) German-British paediatrician P [ edit ] Pat Wolff American pediatrician Patrick Wolff (born 1968), American chess player Peter Wolff (disambiguation) , several people R [ edit ] Richard Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Rikard Wolff (1958–2017), Swedish actor Robert Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Roger Wolff (1911–1994), American baseball player S [ edit ] S. Drummond Wolff (1916–2004), English organist, mainly active in America Salomon (Sam) de Wolff (1878–1960), Dutch economist and politician Sam Wolff (born 1991), American baseball player Sheldon Wolff (1928–2008), American radiobiologist and cytogeneticist Sheldon M. Wolff (1930–1994), American physician and immunologist Stefan Wolff , German political scientist and professor living in
96-791: The Schutzstaffel Karl Felix Wolff (1879–1966), self-taught folklorist of the South Tyrol Kurt Wolff (disambiguation) , several people L [ edit ] Lester L. Wolff (1919–2021), American politician Lewis Wolff (born 1935), American billionaire real estate developer Louis Wolff (1898–1972), American cardiologist M [ edit ] Maritta Wolff (1918–2002) American novelist Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (1843–1926), British suffragette Matthew Wolff (born 1999), American golfer Michael Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Milton Wolff (1915–2008), commander of
108-861: The UK Sula Wolff (1924–2009), prominent British child psychiatrist Susie Wolff (born 1982), British racing driver T [ edit ] Theodor Wolff (1868–1943), German journalist Thomas Wolff (1954–2000), American mathematician Tobias Barrington Wolff (born 1970), American professor of law Tobias Wolff (born 1945), American writer Toto Wolff (born 1972), Austrian racing driver and investor V [ edit ] Virginia Euwer Wolff (1882–1941), English writer Victoria Wolff (1903–1992), German born American writer and screenwriter. W [ edit ] Werner Wolff (disambiguation) , several people William Wolff (1927–2020), German-British journalist and rabbi See also [ edit ] Wolff v. McDonnell ,
120-1490: The founder of Blue Note Records Francis Wolff (philosopher) (born 1950), French philosopher, see List of French philosophers Frank Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), an American mystical philosopher Freddie Wolff (1910–1988), British sprinter G [ edit ] Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937), American writer H [ edit ] Hans Wolff (disambiguation) , multiple people Hellmuth Wolff (disambiguation) , multiple people Heinz Wolff (1928–2017), German-British scientist and television and radio presenter Henny Wolff (1896–1965), German soprano concert singer and voice teacher Henry Drummond Wolff (1830–1908), English diplomat I [ edit ] Irving Wolff (1894–1982), American physicist J [ edit ] J. Scott Wolff (1878–1958), American politician from Missouri Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778–1806), German botanist Jonathan Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Josh Wolff (born 1977), American soccer player Joseph Wolff (1795–1862), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany Joseph C. Wolff (1849–1896), New York politician Julius Wolff (disambiguation) , several people Johannes "Hans" Hermann Wolff (1896–1976), German Engineer K [ edit ] Karin Wolff (1959), German politician Karl Wolff (1900–1984), high-ranking member of
132-578: Was educated at the Choate School , graduating in 1955; at Princeton University , graduating summa cum laude in 1960; and at Churchill College, Cambridge . He has taught at Robert College (now Boğaziçi University ) in Istanbul , Turkey; at Princeton, and at the University of California, Irvine . There he was professor of English and comparative literature and, from 1995 to 2006, director of
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#1732765570155144-566: Was twelve, his brother living with their mother, and Geoffrey with their father; their parents eventually divorced. He has described the adventure of his upbringing with his father on the East Coast in an acclaimed memoir, The Duke of Deception (1979), which was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize (Tobias has treated with similar candor his own years with their mother in a memoir, This Boy's Life , published in 1989.). Geoffrey Wolff
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