Scharff
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Scharff is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alexander Scharff (1904 - 1985), German historian
- Anton Scharff (1845, Vienna - 1903, Brunn am GebirgeBrunn am GebirgeBrunn am Gebirge is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.Excavations from the Neolithic period show that the area was already inhabited 6000 BC and Brunn making it the earliest known farming settlement in Austria. Also Awarengräber that were found in Mödling,...
), Austrian medal maker - Benjamin Scharff (1651 - 1702), German doctor
- Edwin ScharffEdwin ScharffEdwin Scharff was a German sculptor.He was born in Neu-Ulm and died in Hamburg.In 1928 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Médaille pour les Jeux Olympiques"...
(1887, Neu-Ulm - 1955, Hamburg), German sculptor and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
- Edwin-Scharff-Preis (Edwin Scharff Prize)
- Gertrude Goldhaber, née ScharffGertrude Scharff GoldhaberGertrude Scharff Goldhaber was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist. She earned her PhD. from the University of Munich, and though her family suffered during The Holocaust, Gertrude was able to escape to London and later to the United States. Her research during World War II was...
(also: Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber; 1911, Mannheim - 1998), German-US physicist, wife of Maurice GoldhaberMaurice GoldhaberMaurice Goldhaber was an Austrian-born American physicist, who in 1957 established that neutrinos have negative helicity.-Early Life and Childhood:... - Gottfried Scharff (1782 - 1855), German merchant and politician
- Gottfried Balthasar Scharff (1676 - 1744), German Lutheran theologian and writer
- Hanns(-Joachim Gottlob) ScharffHanns ScharffHanns-Joachim Gottlob Scharff was a German Luftwaffe interrogator during the Second World War. He has been called the "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe and possibly all of Nazi Germany; he has also been praised for his contribution in shaping U.S. interrogation techniques after the war...
(1907 - 1992), German interrogator - Harald ScharffHarald ScharffHarald Scharff was a ballet dancer associated with the Royal Danish Theatre in the middle nineteenth century who succeeded August Bournonville as the Danish ballet's principal male dancer upon the latter's retirement from the stage...
(1836 - 1912), Danish ballet dancer - Johannes Scharff (1595 - 1660), German Lutheran theologian and philosopher
- Margi ScharffMargi ScharffMargi Scharff was an American artist. Among her better known pieces were The Night Room, Pillar of Warmth and A Series of Miscellaneous Connections. Scharff was given to using found objects in her art.-Exhibitions:*Cross Current and Intersection: L.A...
(1955, Memphis, Tennessee - 2007, Tiburon, California), American artist - Peter Scharff (born 1957), chemist
- Samantha ScharffSamantha ScharffSamantha Scharff is an American television producer and comedy writer. She is most recognized for her work producing Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons on NBC's “Saturday Night Live”...
, an American television producer and comedy writer - Scott ScharffScott ScharffScott Scharff is an American football defensive lineman that is currently a free agent. He previously spent two and a half seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Stanford University...
(born 1982, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), American football player
- Thomas Scharff (disambiguation)
- Thomas Scharff (born 1963, Uelzen), German Medieval historian
- Thomas Scharff (born 1970), German actor
- Werner Scharff (1905 - 1945), German resistant
Scharffs
- Gilbert Woodrow ScharffsGilbert W. ScharffsGilbert Woodrow Scharffs is a Latter-day Saint religious educator and author.-Biography:Scharffs was born to Fritz and Louise Scharffs and raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
(born 1930), an American Latter-day Saint religious educator and author
See also
- ScharfScharfScharf is a German surname. Today it is spread quite evenly over all of Germany. It is an "eke" name; i.e., it describes a physical attribute. In this case it means the original bearer was sharp-witted....
- Scharpf, Scharpff
- SharpSharp (surname)Sharp is a surname. It is cognate to the German . It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin 'ditch', Russian 'to scrape'.-A:* Abraham Sharp , English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer...
- SharpeSharpe (surname)Sharpe is a surname of French origin, and may refer to:In government:* Alfred Sharpe , British colonial administrator* George Sharpe , Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg* George H...