Schaeffer
Schaeffer is a German surname. It is a variant of Schaefer, from German word schäfer and of Schaffer, from a noun derived from Middle High German schaffen.
People with the surname
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B
- Billy Schaeffer, American basketball player
- Boguslaw Schaeffer, Polish composer and theoretician
- Brent Schaeffer, American football player
C
- Charles Frederick Schaeffer, American Lutheran clergyman
- Charles William Schaeffer, American Lutheran clergyman and theologian
- Chester Schaeffer, American film editor
- Claude Schaeffer, French archaeologist
- Claude E. Schaeffer, American ethnologist
D
- David Frederick Schaeffer, American Lutheran clergyman
- Dietrich Schaeffer, German politician
E
- Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-American Christian author, wife of Francis
- Eric Schaeffer, American actor
- Eric D. Schaeffer, American theatre director
F
- Francis Schaeffer, American-French theologian, philosopher, and founder of L'Abri
- Frank Schaeffer, French son of Francis
- Frederick Christian Schaeffer, American Lutheran clergyman
- Frederick David Schaeffer, German-born American Lutheran clergyman
- Fritz Schaeffer, German politician
G
- Georg Anton Schäffer,, German physician and adventurer
- George Schaeffer, American football coach
H
J
- Jacob Christian Schaeffer, German scientist
- Jack Schaeffer, American musician, record producer and clarinetist
- James Schaeffer, American college sports coach
- James Soloman Schaeffer, American drum major and leader of the Highty-Tighties
- Jim Schaeffer, American drum major and leader of the Highty-Tighties
- Jody Schaeffer, American cartoonist and co-creator of Megas XLR
- John Schaeffer (art collector), Australian art collector and businessman
- John Schaeffer (environmentalist), American solar power advocate
- John Schaeffer (trainer), American fitness trainer and author
- John Nevin Schaeffer, American classicist
- Jonathan Schaeffer, Canadian computer scientist
L
- Lucien Schaeffer, French football player
- Lawrence Schaeffer, American geneticist
M
- Matthew Schaeffer, American guitarist in the rock band Monovox
- Mead Schaeffer, American artist and illustrator
P
- Pierre Schaeffer, French musician and pioneer of musique concrète
R
- Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress who was murdered by a fan
- Roberto Schaefer, American photographer
S
- Sandra Schaeffer, American singer, author and game inventor
- Serafia Fredrika Schaeffer, Finnish herbal healer
- Stefanie Schaeffer, The Apprentice 6 winner
- Steve Schaeffer, American studio musician
T
- Tarah Lynne Schaeffer, American actress, Sesame Street
- Theresa Schaeffer, 19th century German composer
- Tom Schaeffer, Swedish curler
W
- Wendy Schaeffer, Australian equestrian
- Wolfgang Schaeffer, American actor