Wolff
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- Albert Wolff (conductor), Dutch conductor and pianist
- Albert Wolff (sculptor) (1814–1892), German sculptor
- Albert Moritz WolffAlbert Moritz WolffAlbert Moritz Wolff was a German sculptor and medallion-designer....
(1854–1923), German sculptor - Albert Wolff (Australian judge)Albert Wolff (Australian judge)Sir Albert Asher Wolff KCMG was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia...
- Alexander WolffAlexander WolffAlexander Wolff is a writer for Sports Illustrated and former owner of the Vermont Frost Heaves of the Premier Basketball League .He has written several books about basketball, among them Big Game, Small World , a look at basketball around the world...
, American writer - Alex WolffAlex WolffAlexander Draper "Alex" Wolff is an American child actor and musician, currently playing in Nat and Alex Wolff. He is best known for his role as himself on the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band, also starring his older brother, Nat Wolff; the series was created by the boys' mother, Polly...
, American actor - Lt Col Alexander WolffLt Col Alexander WolffLt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff was a British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington.Lt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff was born in Badon, Austria in 1788. His father, an army officer, was killed at the "Battle of Lake Constance" around the year 1800. He became an orphan but was fortunate...
, (1788–1863), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington - Betje WolffBetje WolffElizabeth Wolff-Bekker was a Dutch writer.On 18 November 1759 she married the 52-year-old clergyman Adriaan Wolff. In 1763 she published her first collection Bespiegelingen over het genoegen...
(1738–1804), Dutch writer - Bernard Wolff (1811–1879), German media mogul
- Bernard Pierre Wolff (1930–1985), French photographer
- Beverly WolffBeverly WolffBeverly Wolff was an American mezzo-soprano who had an active career in concerts and operas from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. She performed a broad repertoire which encompassed operatic and concert works in many languages and from a variety of musical periods...
(1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano - Bobby WolffBobby WolffRobert S. Wolff is an American bridge player and an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970...
(born 1932), American bridge player - Carl Gustaf WolffCarl Gustaf WolffCarl Gustaf Wolff was a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman during his time. He was born in either Noormarkku or Suomenlinna in Finland, when it still was a part of Sweden. His father Dietrich Wolff lead the military orchestra in Suomenlinna and later he became the conductor for the...
, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman - Caspar Friedrich WolffCaspar Friedrich WolffCaspar Friedrich Wolff was a German physiologist and one of the founders of embryology.-Life:Wolff was born in Berlin, Brandenburg. In 1230 he graduated as an M.D...
(1734–1794), founder of embryology - Charles Wolff, American astronomer
- Christian Wolff (philosopher)Christian Wolff (philosopher)Christian Wolff was a German philosopher.He was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant...
(1679–1754), German philosopher and mathematician - Christian Wolff (composer)Christian Wolff (composer)Christian G. Wolff is an American composer of experimental classical music.-Biography:Wolff was born in Nice in France to German literary publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff, who had published works by Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, and Walter Benjamin. After relocating to the U.S...
(born 1934), American composer of experimental classical music - Christian Wolff (actor)Christian Wolff (actor)Christian Wolff is a German film actor. He has appeared in 70 films since 1957.-Selected filmography:* Court Martial * Derrick - Season 4, Episode 08: "Via Bangkok"...
, German actor - Christoph WolffChristoph WolffChristoph Wolff is a German-born musicologist, presently on the faculty of Harvard University. Born and educated in Germany, Wolff studied organ and historical keyboard instruments, musicology and art history at the Universities of Berlin, Erlangen, and the Music Academy of Freiburg, receiving a...
(born 1940), German-born musicologist - David Wolff, music producer
- Magda LupescuMagda LupescuElena Lupescu , better known as Magda Lupescu, was the mistress of King Carol II of the Romanians and later , his wife.-Parents and siblings:...
(1895?–1977), mistress and (after his abdication) wife of Carol II of Romania Lupescu is a Romanianization of Wolff - Enrique WolffEnrique WolffEnrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff is an Argentine journalist and former football defender. He represented Argentina at the 1974 World Cup.-Biography:...
(born 1949), Argentine football player - Ernst Victor WolffErnst Victor WolffErnst Victor Wolff was a German-born concert pianist and harpsichordist who maintained a career not only as a soloist but also as a respected accompanist. Singers with whom he performed included Dorothy Maynor and Alexander Kipnis; he accompanied the latter in the Hugo Wolf Society recording...
(1886–1961), German-born classical pianist and harpsichordist - Francis WolffFrancis WolffFrancis Wolff was a record company executive, photographer and record producer....
, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records - Frank WolffFrank WolffFrank Wolff may refer to:*Frank Wolff , American actor who appeared in five Roger Corman productions and nearly fifty European-made films-Fictional characters:...
, fictional scientist in The Adventures of Tintin series - Franklin Merrell-WolffFranklin Merrell-WolffFranklin Merrell-Wolff was an American mystical philosopher. After formal education in philosophy and mathematics at Stanford and Harvard, Wolff devoted himself to the goal of transcending the normal limits of human consciousness...
(1887–1985), an American mystical philosopher - Freddie Wolff (1910–1988), British sprinter
- Geoffrey WolffGeoffrey WolffGeoffrey Wolff 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 and fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy in Berlin , and the Guggenheim...
(born 1937), American writer - Gerald W. WolffGerald W. WolffGerald W. Wolff is professor emeritus at the University of South Dakota, known for his specialization in the history of Native Americans, the American West, and national politics.-Background:...
(born 1939), American historian - Hans Walter WolffHans Walter WolffHans Walter Wolff was a German Protestant theologian. He was professor at the University of Mainz from 1959 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1978 he was Professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg.-Selected Works:* Amos the Prophet * The Old Testament: A Guide to Its Writings...
(born 1911), German biblical scholar - Hellmuth WolffHellmuth Wolff (organ builder)Hellmuth Wolff is a Canadian organ builder and the founder of the firm Wolff & Associés. Under his guidance the firm set new standards in Canada for historical organ building.-Life:...
(born 1937), Canadian organ builder - Heinz WolffHeinz WolffProfessor Heinz Wolff BSc. FIEE. FIBES FRCP FRSA is a German-British scientist, and television and radio presenter who was born in 1928. He is popularly known for his television and radio work, including the TV series The Great Egg Race....
(born 1928), German-British scientist and television and radio presenter - Henry Drummond WolffHenry Drummond WolffSir Henry Drummond-Wolff GCB, GCMG, PC was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office.-Background:Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary and Joseph Wolff...
(1830–1908), English diplomat - Hugo Wolff (1860–1903), Austrian composer
- Jonathan Wolff (born 1959), philosopher and Marxist scholar
- Jonathan WolffJonathan Wolff (musician)Jonathan Wolff is an American composer best known for creating the slap bass guitar and percussion music between scenes on the television series Seinfeld. Wolff also provided music for Who's The Boss?, Perfect Strangers, Will & Grace, King of Queens, and Reba...
, composer of the Seinfeld TV theme - Josh WolffJosh WolffJoshua David "Josh" Wolff is an American soccer player currently playing for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.-College:...
(born 1977), American soccer player - Joseph WolffJoseph WolffJoseph Wolff , Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany. He travelled widely, and was known as the Eccentric Missionary, according to Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches...
(1795–1862), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany - Julius WolffJulius WolffJulius Wolff was a German surgeon.-Biography:Julius Wolff was born on March 21, 1836, and received his doctorate in 1860 in the field of surgery for Bernhard von Langenbeck at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University to Berlin. In 1861 he settled down after the state examination as a general...
(1836–1902), surgeon - Kurt Wolff (WWI Ace) (1895–1917), German World War I pilot and Ace
- Louis WolffLouis WolffLouis Wolff was an American cardiologist.Louis Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius who played with her sisters and brothers in a touring musical ensemble. Louis was a concert-quality violinist who enjoyed accompanying his wife and her siblings in their apartment in...
(1898–1972), American cardiologist - Karin WolffKarin WolffKarin Wolff is a German politician and vice-president of Hesse.Wolff studied history, evangelical theology and philosophy at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Philipps-Universität Marburg. She finished university and worked as a teacher in Darmstadt.In 1976 Wolff became a member of the...
(1959), German politician - Karl WolffKarl WolffKarl Friedrich Otto Wolff was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Schutzstaffel , ultimately holding the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS. He became Chief of Personal Staff to the Reichsführer and SS Liaison Officer to Hitler until his replacement in 1943...
(1900–1984), high-ranking member of the Schutzstaffel - Leon Wolff historian, author
- Maritta WolffMaritta Wolff-Biography:She was born on December 25, 1918 in born in Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan. She grew up on her grandparents' farm and attended a one-room country school. Wolff was a senior at the University of Michigan when she wrote a novel-length story for an English composition class that won...
(1918–2002) American novelist - Milton Wolff Commander of the Lincoln Battalion
- Nelson WolffNelson WolffNelson W. Wolff is a San Antonio, Texas political figure. He represented Bexar County as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973, and the Texas Senate from 1973 to 1975...
(born 1940), American politician - Patrick WolffPatrick WolffPatrick Gideon Wolff is a United States chess Grandmaster. The son of philosopher, Robert Paul Wolff, and brother of law professor, Tobias Barrington Wolff, Wolff won the United States Chess Championship in 1992 and 1995.-Chess career:...
(born 1968), American chess player - Richard Keith WolffRichard Keith WolffRichard Keith Wolff is a British-born photographer, painter and filmmaker.Wolff was born in England, and he attended The London Film School and Byam Shaw School of Art....
(born 1947), British photographer - Rikard WolffRikard WolffRikard Wolff is a Swedish stage and screen actor and singer.He voiced Scar in the Swedish dub of The Lion King.He starred in the movie Änglagård, and its sequel, among other films....
(born 1958), Swedish actor - Robert Paul WolffRobert Paul WolffRobert Paul Wolff is a contemporary American political philosopher and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wolff has written widely on many topics in political philosophy such as Marxism, tolerance , political justification and democracy. Wolff is also well known for his work on...
, political philosopher - Roger WolffRoger WolffRoger Francis Wolff was a right-handed knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for seven seasons from 1941-1947: three seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, three seasons with the Washington Senators, and split the 1947 season between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh...
(1911–1994), American baseball player - Scott Wolff Founder of WOLFF & Associates Consulting for DITA
- Stefan WolffStefan WolffStefan Wolff is a German political scientist. He is a specialist in international security, particularly in the management, settlement and prevention of ethnic conflicts. He is currently Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom...
, German political scientist and professor living in the UK - Sula WolffSula WolffSula Wolff a prominent British child psychiatrist, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 she and her family came to Britain...
- Tobias WolffTobias WolffTobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American author. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life , and his short stories. He has also written two novels.-Biography:Wolff was born in 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama...
(born 1945), American writer - Toto WolffToto WolffTorger Christian "Toto" Wolff is an Austrian investor and racing driver.- Motorsport :Toto Wolff started his motorsports-career 1992 in Australian Formula Ford Championship. He was driving in Austrian and German Formula Ford during 1993 and 1994. 1994 he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in his category...
(born 1972), Austrian racing driver and investor - Thomas WolffThomas WolffThomas Wolff was a noted mathematician, working primarily in the fields of harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and partial differential equations. As an undergraduate at Harvard University he regularly played poker with his classmate Bill Gates...
(1954–2000), American mathematician - Werner Wolff (musician)
- Werner WolffWerner Wolff (SS officer)Werner Wolff was an Obersturmführer , in the 1. SS Panzer Division 'Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler' of the Waffen SS, who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross....
, SSSchutzstaffelThe Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
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Wolff can also refer to:
- Harland and WolffHarland and WolffHarland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
, shipbuilding company - Wolff & Associés, organ building company
- Rudolf WolffRudolf WolffRudolf Wolff & Co. was founded in London in 1866 as a metal merchant. In 1877 Rudolf Wolff was amongst the group of merchants who formed the London Metal Exchange....
& Co, commodity broker - Nelson W. Wolff Municipal StadiumNelson W. Wolff Municipal StadiumNelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the San Antonio Missions minor league baseball team, Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The San Antonio Missions are part of the Texas League, a minor league...
- Wolff-Kishner reductionWolff-Kishner reductionThe Wolff–Kishner reduction is a chemical reaction that fully reduces a ketone to an alkane.The method originally involved heating the hydrazine with sodium ethoxide in a sealed vessel at about 180 °C. Other bases have been found equally effective...
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeWolff-Parkinson-White syndromeWolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a disorder of the heart in which the ventricles of the heart contract prematurely due to an accessory pathway known as the bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles...