Pfeiffer
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Pfeiffer is the surname
of several notable people:
Scientists
In the arts
In sports
Other uses of the name
Variant spellings of the name are Pfeifer and Pheiffer:
Surname
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of several notable people:
Scientists
- Carl Pfeiffer (pharmacologist) - One of the founders of orthomolecular psychiatry
- Carl Pfeiffer (malacologist) (?-1852), German malacologist
- Carl Jonas Pfeiffer (1779-1836), German malacologist, uncle of Louis Pfeiffer
- Ehrenfried PfeifferEhrenfried PfeifferEhrenfried Pfeiffer was a German scientist, soil scientist, anthroposophist and disciple of Rudolf Steiner.-Life:...
, biochemist active in the development of biodynamic agriculture - Ludwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
, also known as Louis Pfeiffer (1805 - 1877), German physician, botanist and conchologist - Richard Pfeiffer, (1858 – 1945), German physician and bacteriologist
In the arts
- Carl Pfeiffer (architect)Carl Pfeiffer (architect)Carl Pfeiffer was a United States architect.-Biography:He came to the United States at age 16 and resided several years in the west...
German-born NYC architect - Darrin PfeifferDarrin PfeifferDarrin Pfeiffer is an American musician, record producer, band manager and radio personality. Born and raised in Akron, New York, he plays drums for the ska punk band Goldfinger....
, American musician - Dedee PfeifferDedee PfeifferDedee Pfeiffer is an American film and television actress.Pfeiffer was born Dorothy D. Pfeiffer in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna , a home-maker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor...
, American actress - Franz PfeifferFranz PfeifferFranz Pfeiffer , was a Swiss literary scholar.He was born in Solothurn as a Bürger of Bettlach. After studying at the University of Munich he went to Stuttgart, where in 1846 he became librarian to the royal library. In 1856, Pfeiffer founded the Germanic, a quarterly periodical devoted to German...
(1815 - 1868), German literary scholar - Ida Laura PfeifferIda Laura PfeifferIda Laura Pfeiffer , was an Austrian traveler and travel book author. She was one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into seven languages...
(1797 - 1858), Austrian traveller and travel book author - Michelle PfeifferMichelle PfeifferMichelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
, American actress - Paul PfeifferPaul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer is an American video artist whose work incorporates the use of found footage. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Hunter College, New York , and has lived and worked in New York since 1990...
, American video artist - Yann PfeifferYann PfeifferYanou is a German trance musician and producer. He is most famous for collaborating on DJ Sammy's hit "Heaven" with vocalist Do and for being a member of the popular German trance act Cascada alongside DJ Manian and Natalie Horler...
, German trance musician better known as "Yanou"
In sports
- Darren PfeifferDarren PfeifferDarren Pfeiffer is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He plays in the midfield....
, American football player
Other uses of the name
- the fictional character "Hans Pfeiffer" ("Pfeiffer mit drei F") from the novel Die FeuerzangenbowleDie FeuerzangenbowleDie Feuerzangenbowle is a German book, later adapted into several films, which tells the story of a famous writer going undercover as a pupil at a small town gymnasium after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home...
- Pfeiffer UniversityPfeiffer UniversityPfeiffer University is a private university located in the village of Misenheimer near Richfield, North Carolina.- History :Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Miss Emily Prudden in the late 19th century...
in Misenheimer, North Carolina - Pfeiffer Lake, MinnesotaPfeiffer Lake, MinnesotaPfeiffer Lake is an unorganized territory in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The 2000 census population was three.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 36.3 square miles , of which, 36.2 square miles of it is...
- Infectious mononucleosisInfectious mononucleosisInfectious mononucleosis is an infectious, widespread viral...
, also known as the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease - a brand of salad dressing made by T. Marzetti Company
Variant spellings of the name are Pfeifer and Pheiffer:
- William T. PheifferWilliam T. PheifferWilliam Townsend Pheiffer was an American lawyer, Republican politician and diplomat. He was a Representative from New York in the 77th Congress and ambassador to the Dominican Republic....
- George PfeiferGeorge PfeiferGeorge Pfeifer is a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho. With one season remaining on his contract, Pfeifer was fired at the conclusion of the 2007–2008 season and replaced by Don Verlin, an assistant coach from Utah State University...
- Jörg PfeiferJörg PfeiferJörg Pfeifer was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Manfred Kokot, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat and Alexander...
- Joseph L. PfeiferJoseph L. PfeiferJoseph Lawrence Pfeifer was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Nicholas Parochial School, St. Leonard's Academy, and St. Francis College in Brooklyn. He graduated from Long Island Medical College in 1914 and was licensed to practice the same year...
- Louis Fred PfeiferLouis Fred PfeiferLouis Fred Pfeifer was a private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for risking his life to rescue several shipmates during a fire aboard ....
, American Medal of Honor recipient - Michael David PfeiferMichael David PfeiferMichael David Pfeifer is the fifth and current Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo. He was born in Alamo, Texas, the son of Maund Pfeifer and Alice Clausney Savage. On December 21, 1964 he was ordained a priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and served as a missionary...
- Paul PfeiferPaul PfeiferPaul E. Pfeifer is an American politician of the Ohio Republican party. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly and is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio....
- Rolf PfeiferRolf PfeiferRolf Pfeifer is professor of computer science at the , University of Zurich, and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland...
- Scott PfeiferScott PfeiferScott Pfeifer is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park who plays out of the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton....
- Will PfeiferWill Pfeifer-Personal life:Will Pfeifer was born in 1967 in the town of Niles, Ohio. He attended Kent State University and graduated in 1989. He has resided in Rockford, Illinois since 1990, with his wife, Amy....
- Viktor PfeiferViktor PfeiferViktor Pfeifer is an Austrian figure skater. He is a six-time Austrian national champion. Pfeifer represented Austria at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed 22nd and 21st accordingly....
- Pfeifer Broz. MusicPfeifer Broz. MusicPfeifer Broz. Music is a musical consultant and production team , similar to Immediate Music, and others who develop and exclusively distributes high-end trailer music. According to the of the enterprise, Pfeifer Broz...
- Pfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolverPfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolverThe .600 Nitro Express Zeliska revolver is an Austrian single-action revolver produced by Pfeifer firearms. Except for the Giant 1859 28mm Remington revolver, 4.13 feet long, and except for the Thompson Contender .600 Nitro Magnum; the Zeliska may be the largest handgun in the world, weighing in...