Christof is a masculine given name. It is a
German
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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 ...
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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
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Christof Duffner
Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former ski jumper.
Career
He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at th ...
(born 1971), German former ski jumper
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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
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Christof Heyns, South African academic
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Christof Innerhofer
Christof Innerhofer (born 17 December 1984) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, the 2011 world champion in super-G. in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill
Biography
Born in Bruneck, Innerhofer li ...
(born 1984), Italian alpine ski racer
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Christof Koch (born 1956), American neuroscientist
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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
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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
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Christof Marselis, (1670s – 1731), Polish-Dutch architect
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Christof Mauch, German historian
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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
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Christof Perick (born Christof Prick, 1946), German conductor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
See also
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Christoph (disambiguation) Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher.
Notable people with the given name Christoph
* Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
* Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist
* Christoph Dientzenhofe ...
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Christophe (disambiguation)
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German masculine given names