Christof is a masculine given name. It is a

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Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Christof Babatz Christof Babatz (born 3 September 1974) is a former German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Babatz was born in Hanover. He played for TSV Schulenburg, SV Germania Grasdorf, Hannover 96, and Hamburger SV. In 2000, he tr ...

(born 1974), German former professional footballer * Christof Duffner (born 1971), German former ski jumper *

Christof Ebert Christof Ebert (born 1964 in Stuttgart) is a German computer scientist and entrepreneur. He studied electrical engineering and computer sciences from 1984 to 1990 at the University of Stuttgart and Kansas State University. In 1994, he received ...

(born 1964), German computer scientist and entrepreneur * Christof Heyns, South African academic * Christof Innerhofer (born 1984), Italian alpine ski racer * Christof Koch (born 1956), American neuroscientist *

Christof Lauer Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953) is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,

(born 1953), German saxophonist *

Christof Lindenmayer Christof Lindenmayer is an American former professional soccer player who competed for the Columbus Crew (MLS) as well as the Hershey Wildcats (A-League) and the Virginia Beach Mariners The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club, ...

(born 1977), American former soccer player * Christof Marselis, (1670s – 1731), Polish-Dutch architect * Christof Mauch, German historian *

Christof Migone Christof Migone is a Swiss-born experimental sound artist and writer, formerly based in Montreal, now living in Toronto. He is assistant professor at the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Western Ontario Migone's solo recordings in ...

, Swiss-born experimental sound artist and writer * Christof Perick (born Christof Prick, 1946), German conductor *

Christof Plümacher Christof Plümacher (a.k.a. Christof Pluemacher, born 1963 in Essen) is a German fine art photographer. Career After he received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1986, Pluemacher's attention turned to photography, in which he ...

or Christof Pluemacher (born 1963), German photographer *

Christof Putzel Christof Putzel is an American journalist and correspondent for Travel Channel. He is a former correspondent for Al Jazeera America's news magazine ''America Tonight'' and Current TV's investigative documentary series, ''Vanguard''. Career Chris ...

, American journalist *

Christof Schwaller Christof Schwaller (born 3 October 1966) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.Christof Unterberger Christof Unterberger (born October 28, 1970) is an Austrian cellist and film composer. Biography Unterberger was born in Bregenz, Austria. He received his first cello training at the Conservatory of Graz and later at the Higher School of Music i ...

(born 1970), Austrian cellist and composer *

Christof Wandratsch Christof Wandratsch (born 20 December 1966) is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In 1990 he won the Lake Zurich Swim. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the English Channel in a time of 7 h 03 mins, beating th ...

(born 1966), German swimmer *

Christof Wetterich Christof Wetterich (born in 1952) is a German theoretical physicist. Biography Born in Freiburg, Wetterich studied physics in Paris, Cologne and Freiburg, where he received his PhD in 1979. He worked at CERN in Geneva and DESY in Hamburg. Since ...

(born 1952), German theoretical physicist

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