Schaefer
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word "Schäfer", meaning shepherd,[1] which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer" (a standardized spelling in many German-speaking countries after 1880), the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Schaefer
- Born in 1800–1899
- Germany Schaefer (1877–1919), American professional baseball player
- Jacob Schaefer Sr (1850–1910), American professional billiards player
- Jacob Schaefer Jr (1894–1975) American professional billiards player
- Born in 1900–1949
- Walter V. Schaefer (1904-1986), American jurist and educator
- Vincent Schaefer (1906–1993), American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding
- Jack Warner Schaefer (1907–1991), American fiction author
- Milner Baily Schaefer (1912–1970), American fisheries biologist
- William Donald Schaefer (born 1921), American state politician
- Udo Schaefer (born 1926), German Bahá'í author
- Will Schaefer (1928–2007), American composer
- Bill Schaefer (field hockey) (1925-2003), New Zealand field hockey player
- Kermit Schaefer (1923–1979), American writer, broadcast producer and blooper aficionado
- Daniel Schaefer (1936–2006), American national politician
- Bob Schaefer (born 1944), American professional baseball coach
- Henry F. Schaefer, III (born 1944), American computational and theoretical chemist, academic and Protestant educator
- Gerard John Schaefer (1946–1995), American serial killer
- Born after 1950
- Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Jarrett Schaefer (born 1979), America film director and screenwriter
- Nolan Schaefer (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Bradley E. Schaefer (living), American physics academic
- Kurt Schaefer (living), American academic
- Peter Schaefer (author) (living), American academic and religious history author
- Brenda Sue Schaefer (deceased), murder victim
Schaeffer
Main article: Schaeffer (surname)
Schäfer
- Born after 1800
- Wilhelm Schäfer (1868–1952), German Naturalist writer and magazine publisher
- Dirk Schäfer (1873–1931), Dutch pianist and composer
- Karl Emil Schäfer (1891–1917), German World War I pilot, recipient of the Pour le Mérite
- Born after 1900
- Emanuel Schäfer (1900–1974), officer in the German SS, head of Serbian security police during World War II
- Gustav Schäfer (rower) (1906–1991), German Olympic rower
- Karl Schäfer (1909–1976), Austrian Olympic figure skater
- Ernst Schäfer (1910–1992), German hunter, zoologist and ornithologist
- Willy Schäfer (handball player) (born 1913), Swiss Olympic field handball player
- Paul Schäfer (1921–2010), German-Chilean cult leader
- Hans Schäfer (born 1927), German retired footballer
- Willy Schäfer (born 1933), German actor
- Hans-Bernd Schäfer (born 1943), German economist and scholar
- Manfred Schäfer (born 1943), German-Australian retired professional footballer
- Wolfgang Schäfer (born 1945), German choral conductor and academic
- Born after 1950
- Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager
- Michael Schäfer (born 1959), Danish football manager
- Markus Schäfer (born 1961), German tenor
- Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), German television presenter
- Christine Schäfer (born 1965), German soprano
- Jan Schäfer (born 1974), German Olympic canoer
- Raphael Schäfer (born 1979), German footballer
- Marcel Schäfer (born 1984), German footballer
Schafer
- Born after 1800
- Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), formerly Edward Albert Schäfer, English physiologist
- Born after 1900
- Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), American actress
- Harold Schafer (1912–2001), American entrepreneur
- Roy Schafer (born 1922), American psychologist-psychoanalyst
- R. Murray Schafer (born 1933), Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist
- Ronald W. Schafer (born 1938), American electrical engineer and academic
- Ed Schafer (born 1946), American state politician and United States Secretary of Agriculture
- Born after 1950
- Tim Schafer (born 1967), American computer game designer
- Arthur Schafer (living), Canadian ethicist and academic
- Eric Schafer (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
- Jordan Schafer (born 1986), American baseball player
Schaffer
- Born after 1800
- Károly Schaffer (1864–1939), Hungarian anatomist and neurologist
- Alfréd Schaffer (1893–1945), Hungarian footballer
- Born after 1900
- Jimmie Schaffer (born 1936), American professional baseball player
- Janne Schaffer (born 1945), Swedish songwriter and guitarist
- Born after 1950
- Simon Schaffer (born 1955), English academic
- Frank Schaffer (born 1958), retired East German Olympic athlete
- Bob Schaffer (born 1962), American state politician
- Jon Schaffer (born 1968), American guitarist and songwriter
- Daniel Schaffer (born 1969), British graphic novelist
- Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), American comedy writer and songwriter
- Denny Schaffer (living), American radio personality
- Gail Schaffer (living), American state politician
- Ken Schaffer (living), American inventor
- Lewis Schaffer (born 1957), American comedian
- Mandy Schaffer (living), American actress
- Jonathan Schaffer (living), American-Australian philosopher
Shafer
- Born after 1800
- Jacob K. Shafer (1823–1876), American national politician
- Orator Shafer (1851–1922), American professional baseball player
- John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918), American botanist
- Taylor Shafer (1866–1945), American professional baseball player
- George F. Shafer (1888–1948), American state politician
- Tillie Shafer (1889–1962), American professional baseball player
- Phil Shafer (1891–1971), American racecar driver
- Paul W. Shafer (1893–1954), American national politician
- Born after 1900
- Raymond P. Shafer (1917–2006), American state politician
- Whitey Shafer (born 1934), American country songwriter and musician
- Born after 1950
- Ross Shafer (born 1954), American comedian and motivational speaker
- Robert R. Shafer (born 1958), American actor
- Dirk Shafer (born 1962), American model, actor, screenwriter and director
- Scott Shafer (born 1967), American college football coach
- David Shafer (politician) (born 1965), American state politician
- Glenn Shafer (living), American mathematician, co-developer of Dempster-Shafer theory
- Jack Shafer (living), American journalist and columnist
- Jeremy Shafer (living), American entertainer and oragamist
Shaffer
- Born after 1800
- Shaffer (baseball), baseball player
- John Shaffer (fl. 1870), American territorial governor
- Joseph Crockett Shaffer (1880–1958), American national politician
- Born after 1900
- Harry G. Shaffer (US politician) (fl. 1920's), American state politician
- John H. Shaffer, American government administrator
- Leland Shaffer (born 1912), American retired professional football player
- Robert H. Shaffer (born 1915), American educator
- Earl Shaffer (1918–2002), American outdoorsman and author
- Harry G. Shaffer (born c. 1920), Austrian-American economics academic
- Elaine Shaffer (1925–1973), American flutist
- Anthony Shaffer (writer) (1926–2001), English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
- Sir Peter Shaffer (born 1926), English dramatist and playwright
- Lee Shaffer (born 1939), American retired professional basketball player
- Louise Shaffer (born 1942), American actress, script writer, and author
- Paul Shaffer (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer
- Jim G. Shaffer (living), American archeology and anthropology academic
- Born after 1950
- Erica Shaffer (born 1970), American actress
- James Shaffer (born 1970), American guitarist
- Matthew Shaffer (born 1978), American musical theatre, television, and film actor
- Brian Shaffer (born 1979), missing American medical student.
- Kevin Shaffer (born 1980), American professional football player
- Atticus Shaffer (born June 19, 1998), American actor
- Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer) (living), American Reserve Army Lieutenant Colonel and CIA intelligence officer
- Brenda Shaffer (living), American political science author
- Chris Shaffer (living), American singer-songwriter
- David Shaffer (living), American physician
- Nicholas Shaffer (living), American actor
See also
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References
- ↑ Morten, Oren Frederic; Cole, J.R. (1914), "III. The Old Frontier and the American Highlander", A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Part 1 (Google eBook) 1, Kingwood, West Virginia: The Journal Publishing Company, p. 312, retrieved 14 August 2011
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