Schiff
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Schiff is a German
surname meaning "ship" and may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
surname meaning "ship" and may refer to:
- Adam SchiffAdam SchiffAdam Bennett Schiff is the U.S. Representative for . He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
, American politician - András SchiffAndrás SchiffAndrás Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist, who has won a number of awards including the Grammy and made numerous recordings.- Biography :...
, Hungarian pianist - Arthur SchiffArthur SchiffArthur Schiff was one of least known but most influential promoters of American kitsch products.Schiff ran his own company and ingenious marketing campaigns for 23 years. During his long career in advertising, he produced over 1800 direct response TV infomercials, including the Steakhouse Onion...
, Infomercial copywriter who coined the term "But wait, there's more!" - Barry SchiffBarry SchiffBarry Schiff is a pilot and author of more than 1,500 articles published in 90 aviation magazines, notably AOPA Pilot of which he is a contributing editor. Schiff holds 10 journalism awards from the Aviation/Space Writers Association and four special awards from the FAA...
, Aviation Journalist & Airline Captain - Don SchiffDon SchiffDon Schiff is a bass guitar, Chapman Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar player on recordings, TV, and film sessions. He is one of the earliest Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar players...
, composer, musician, most notable as NS/Stick, Chapman Stick and Electric bass player - Dorothy SchiffDorothy SchiffDorothy Schiff was an owner and then publisher of the New York Post for nearly 40 years. She was a granddaughter of financier Jacob H. Schiff...
, owner and publisher of the New York Post for nearly 40 years - Heinrich SchiffHeinrich SchiffHeinrich Schiff is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971...
, a noted Austrian cellist, much in demand as a soloist with the world's leading chamber ensembles and orchestras - Hugo SchiffHugo SchiffHugo Schiff was a German Chemist. He discovered Schiff bases and other imines, and was responsible for research into aldehydes and had the Schiff test named after him. He also worked in the field of amino acids and the Biuret reagent.Born in Frankfurt am Main, Schiff was a student of Friedrich...
, German chemist who discovered Schiff baseSchiff baseA Schiff base, named after Hugo Schiff, is a compound with a functional group that contains a carbon-nitrogen double bond with the nitrogen atom connected to an aryl or alkyl group, not hydrogen....
and Schiff testSchiff testThe Schiff test invented and named after Hugo Schiff is a chemical test for the detection of aldehydes. An unknown sample is added to the decolorized Schiff reagent and when aldehyde is present a characteristic magenta or purple color develops. The Schiff reagent is the reaction product of... - Irwin SchiffIrwin SchiffIrwin A. Schiff is a prominent figure in the United States tax protester movement. Schiff is known for writing and promoting literature that claims the United States income tax is applied incorrectly. He has lost several civil cases against the federal government and has a record of multiple...
, prominent tax protestor - Jacob SchiffJacob SchiffJacob Henry Schiff, born Jakob Heinrich Schiff was a German-born Jewish American banker and philanthropist, who helped finance, among many other things, the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.From his base on Wall Street, he was the foremost Jewish leader...
, German-born, American banker, see also Kuhn, Loeb & Co.Kuhn, Loeb & Co.Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was a bulge bracket, investment bank founded in 1867 by Abraham Kuhn and Solomon Loeb. Under the leadership of Jacob H. Schiff, it grew to be one of the most influential investment banks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, financing America's expanding railways and growth... - John M. SchiffJohn M. SchiffJohn Mortimer Schiff was an American banker and national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956.-Biography:...
, Boy Scouts of America - John Jack Schiff, co-founder of The Cincinnati Financial CorporationCincinnati FinancialCincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company, The Cincinnati Indemnity Company and The Cincinnati Casualty Company...
- Karenna Gore SchiffKarenna Gore SchiffKarenna Aitcheson Gore Schiff is an American author, journalist, and attorney. She is the eldest daughter of Al and Tipper Gore and the sister of Kristin Gore.-Background and family:...
, - Leonard I. SchiffLeonard I. SchiffLeonard Isaac Schiff was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 29, 1915 and died on Jan 21, 1971.He was a physicist best known for his book Quantum Mechanics.-Education:...
, deceased American physicist. - Mark SchiffMark SchiffMark Schiff is an American voice actor and comedian. He provided the voice of the little dog on the animated series 2 Stupid Dogs. He has appeared in small guest roles on shows such as My Two Dads and Mad About You. He has also been a writer for Blue Collar TV.-External links:*...
, - Moritz SchiffMoritz SchiffMoritz Schiff was a German physiologist.While working in Bern, he showed that removing the thyroid gland from dogs was fatal, and later showed that animal thyroid extract could prevent the death...
, German biologist - Mortimer L. SchiffMortimer L. SchiffMortimer Loeb Schiff , sometimes Mortimer Leo Schiff, was an American banker and notable early Boy Scouts of America leader. His son John Mortimer Schiff was also involved with the BSA.-Biography:...
, Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of AmericaThe Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
, eponym of Mortimer L. Schiff Scout ReservationMortimer L. Schiff Scout ReservationThe Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation, located in central New Jersey, was a major Boy Scout training facility for almost 50 years. It was named after Mortimer L. Schiff, the father of John M... - Nathan SchiffNathan SchiffNathan Schiff is a Long Island, New York filmmaker best known for receiving a major DVD release of low-budget features he shot in Super 8mm while in his teens...
, - Peter SchiffPeter SchiffPeter David Schiff is an American investment broker, author and financial commentator. Schiff is CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut and CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, LLC, a gold and silver dealer based in New York...
, an American stock broker, financial analyst, and author - Richard SchiffRichard SchiffRichard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award...
, - Rebecca L. SchiffRebecca L. SchiffRebecca L. Schiff is a scholar of military studies and a professional fundraiser. She is best known for her concordance theory of civil-military relations...
, American scholar of civilian-military relations - Robert Cleveland Schiff, co-founder of The Cincinnati Financial CorporationCincinnati FinancialCincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company, The Cincinnati Indemnity Company and The Cincinnati Casualty Company...
- Stacy SchiffStacy SchiffStacy Madeleine Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.-Biography:...
, - Steven SchiffSteven SchiffSteven Harvey Schiff was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A...
, former member of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico - Ze'ev SchiffZe'ev SchiffZe'ev Schiff was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Ha'aretz....
, Israeli journalist - The Schiff, a species of characters in the anime series Blood+