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 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 *

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 Christoffel Hendrik Heyns (10 January 1959 – 28 March 2021) was a Professor of Human Rights Law, Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and a member of the United Nations Human R ...

, South African academic *

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 *

Christof Koch Christof Koch ( ; born November 13, 1956) is a German-American neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness. He is the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for B ...

(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 Christof Marselis was an architect. Circa 1702, he travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he worked as royal architect under Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen. The exact extent of his contributions remain uncertain but he worked on such buildings as t ...

, (1670s – 1731), Polish-Dutch architect *

Christof Mauch Christof Mauch (born 9 February 1960 in Sindelfingen, Germany) is a German historian, presently director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany, and since 2007 professor of American Cultural History and Transatl ...

, 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 Christof Prick (born 1946) is a German orchestra conductor. He uses the name Christof Perick in English-speaking countries. His father was the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic. Biography Born in Hamburg, Prick studied at the Universi ...

(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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