Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe ( he, יפה) are Hebrew-language surnames. The surname was recorded in Prague in the 16th century. It was recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1881 census, mostly in London. The

Jaffe family The Jaffe family (Hebrew language, Hebrew: יפה) is an Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic Judaism, Rabbinic family originally from Dampierre, Aube, Dampierre, France. The family descends from the 12th century Tosafot, Tosafist, Elhanan ...

(Hebrew: יפה) is a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family, members of which have produced numerous famous rabbis, court Jews, Talmudic scholars, scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians. Other notable people with this surname include: *

Aaron Jaffe Aaron Jaffe (born May 16, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jaffe went to the Chicago public schools. He went to University of California, Los Angeles and University of Illinois. In 1953, Jaffe received his Jur ...

, American politician *

Allan Jaffe Allan Phillip Jaffe (April 24, 1935, Pottsville, Pennsylvania - March 9, 1987, New Orleans) was an American jazz tubist and the entrepreneur who, along with his wife Sandra, developed Preservation Hall into a New Orleans jazz tradition. Jaffe' ...

, American jazz musician * Andrew Jaffe, journalist *

Aniela Jaffé Aniela Jaffé (February 20, 1903 – October 30, 1991) was a Swiss analyst who for many years was a co-worker of Carl Gustav Jung. She was the recorder and editor of Jung's semi-autobiographical book '' Memories, Dreams, Reflections''. Life Jaffé ...

, (1903–1991), Swiss analyst who was a co-worker of

Carl Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...

Arthur Jaffe Arthur Michael Jaffe (; born December 22, 1937) is an American mathematical physicist at Harvard University, where in 1985 he succeeded George Mackey as the Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science. Education and career ...

, American mathematical physicist *

Ben Jaffe Benjamin Jaffe (born January 26, 1971) is the creative director of Preservation Hall and plays tuba and double bass with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Early life and education He is the son of Preservation Hall's former managers, Allan Jaff ...

, American jazz musician *

Billy Jaffe Billy Jaffe (born April 2, 1969) is an on-air ice hockey analyst for NESN, provides commentary for pre-game, post-game and intermission shows during Boston Bruins games. Jaffe also served as a hockey analyst for Sportsnet, and for select coverag ...

(born 1969), color analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN *

Chapelle Jaffe Chapelle Jaffe is a Canadian film, television and stage actress. She is most noted for winning the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978 for the television film '' One Night Stand'',Maria T ...

, Canadian actress *

Charles Jaffe Charles Jaffé (Jaffe) (circa 1879, Dubroŭna, Russian Empire – 12 July 1941, Brooklyn, USA) was a Russian Empire born master and chess writer. Early years, moves to U.S. Jaffé was born in a small town, Dubroŭna (now in Vitsebsk Voblast) ...

(c. 1879–1941), Belarusian-American chess master * Charles Jaffe (conductor) (c. 1917–2011), American conductor and musical director *

Daniel Jaffe Daniel Jaffe is an American astronomer, currently the Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor at University of Texas at Austin. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Harvard University. Hcurrently servesas the Interim Executive Vice Preside ...

, American astronomer *

David Jaffe David Scott Jaffe (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer best known for creating the ''Twisted Metal'' and ''God of War'' series. Biography Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, Cali ...

, American video game designer and director * David Yaffe, music critic *

David A. Jaffe David Aaron Jaffe (born April 29, 1955) is an American composer who has written over ninety works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, and electronics. He is best known for his use of technology as an electronic-music or computer-music c ...

, American composer of contemporary classical and electronic/computer music *

Deborah Yaffe Deborah Yaffe (born 1965) is the author of two books, most recently and prominently the book ''Among the Janeites: A Journey through the World of Jane Austen Fandom '' (Houghton Mifflin Mariner, 2013). The book describes Yaffe's lifelong love of ...

, author *

Dov Yaffe Dov Yaffe ( he, דב יפה; 1928–2017) was a Polish Jews, Polish-born Israelis, Israeli rabbi, mashgiach ruchani, mashgiach, and leader of the Musar movement. Youth He was born at Vilna in June 1928. In 1935, at age 7, he moved with his pa ...

(1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi *

Elaine Jaffe Elaine Sarkin Jaffe (born in August 1943) is a senior National Cancer Institute (NCI) investigator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) most well known for her contribution to hematopathology. She completed her medical education at Cornell ...

, American pathologist, expert in

hematopathology Hematopathology or hemopathology (both also spelled haem-, see spelling differences) is the study of diseases and disorders affecting and found in blood cells, their production, and any organs and tissues involved in hematopoiesis, such as bone m ...

Eliezer Jaffe Eliezer David Jaffe ( he, אליעזר דוד יפה) (10 November 1933 – 25 May 2017) was an Israeli professor of social work specializing in philanthropy and non-profit management. He was Professor Emeritus at The Hebrew University's Paul Baer ...

, Israeli professor *

Elisha Yaffe Elisha Yaffe is a comedian, actor and writer. He has appeared in television shows including ''Better Call Saul'', '' The Newsroom'', ''Mad Men'', ''Southland'', '' Up All Night'', '' The New Normal'' and '' CSI: NY'' and voiced the characters of ...

, comedian, actor and writer *

Eyal Yaffe Eyal Yaffe (אייל יפה; born January 15, 1960) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard position, and competed in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Biography Yaffe is from Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish. His father ...

(born 1960), Israeli basketball player * Francois Jouffa (born 1943), French journalist * Frederick S. Jaffe, (1925–1978), vice president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute *

Herb Jaffe Herb Jaffe (May 20, 1921 – December 7, 1991) was an independent film producer in the United States. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his career as a literary agent, working for the likes of: Paddy Chayefsky – '' ...

(1921–1991), American film producer * Jerome H. Jaffe, psychiatrist *

Joseph Joffo Joseph Joffo (2 April 1931 – 6 December 2018) was a French author. A noted autobiographer, Joffo was perhaps best known for his memoir ''Un sac de billes'' ('' A Bag of Marbles''), which has been translated into eighteen languages. Early ...

, French writer * Leib Yaffe, Hebrew poet, journalist and editor * Leo Yaffe, Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist * Louis Isaac Jaffe (1888-1950), American journalist *

Marielle Jaffe Jaclyn Marielle Jaffe is an American actress, singer and model. Background Jaffe was born in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California. She made her feature film debut as Aphrodite Girl in the 2010 film '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightnin ...

(born 1989), American model and actress * Matt Jaffe (born 1995), American singer-songwriter *

Maurice Yaffé Maurice Yaffé (1944/45 - 27 October 1989) was a British psychologist who was Principal Clinical Psychologist at Guy's Hospital. He studied the psychology of sex and fear of flying Fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane, or other ...

, British psychologist *

Max Jaffa Max Jaffa OBE (28 December 1911 – 30 July 1991) was a British light orchestral violinist and bandleader. He is best remembered as the leader of the Palm Court Orchestra and trio, with Jack Byfield (piano) and Reginald Kilbey (cello), which br ...

, born Max Jaffe, British violinist and bandleader *

Michael Jaffé Andrew Michael Jaffé (3 June 1923 – 13 July 1997) was a British art historian and curator. He was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England for 17 years, from 1973 to 1990. Life Born in London, he was educated at Wagner's ...

(1923–1997), British art historian and curator * Michael Muir Jaffe (born 1945), American television producer * Michael B. Yaffe, scientific editor *

Moe Jaffe Moe Jaffe (October 23, 1901 – December 2, 1972) was a songwriter and bandleader who composed more than 250 songs. He is best known for six: "Collegiate" (which was played by Chico Marx in the movie ''Horse Feathers''), "The Gypsy in My Soul", " ...

(1901–1972), American songwriter and band leader *

Naomi Jaffe Naomi Esther Jaffe (born June 1943) is a former undergraduate student of Herbert Marcuse and member of the Weather Underground Organization. Jaffe was recently the Executive Director of Holding Our Own, a multiracial foundation for women. Early l ...

, activist * Nat Jaffe, American jazz pianist *

Nicole Jaffe Nicole Cowgill Jaffe (born May 23, 1941) is a retired Canadian actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's ''Scooby-Doo'' Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1973. Biography A life member o ...

, American actress *

Norman Jaffe Norman Jaffe (April 3, 1932 – August 19, 1993) was an American architect widely noted for his contemporary residential architecture, and his "strikingly sculptural beach houses" on Eastern Long Island, in southeastern New York. He is credit ...

, American architect * Sir

Otto Jaffe Sir Otto Moses Jaffe, JP (13 August 1846 – 29 April 1929), also spelt Jaffé, was a German-born British businessman, who was twice elected Lord Mayor of Belfast and was a leader of the Jewish community in the city. Family Jaffe was born in ...

(born 1846), German-born British Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast * Peter Jaffe (born 1913), British sailor and Olympic silver medalist *

Philipp Jaffé Philipp Jaffé (17 February 1819 – 3 April 1870) was a German historian and philologist. The Schwersenz (then Prussia) native, despite discrimination against his Jewish religion, was one of the most important German medievalists of the 19th c ...

(1819–1870), German historian and philologist *

Philip Jaffe Philip Jacob Jaffe (March 20, 1895 – December 10, 1980) was a left-wing American businessman, editor and author. He was born in Ukraine and moved to New York City as a child. He became the owner of a profitable greeting card company. In the 1930s ...

(1895–1980), American left-wing editor and writer * Richard Yaffe, Journalist * Rivke Jaffe (born 1978), Dutch anthropologist and professor *

Robert Jaffe Robert Loren Jaffe (born May 23, 1946) is an American physicist and the Jane and Otto Morningstar Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was formerly director of the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. Biograp ...

, American physicist and professor *

Robert Jaffe (stockbroker) Robert M. Jaffe (born 1944) is an American stockbroker. He was a long-time associate of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff and promoted Madoff's fund to wealthy investors in Massachusetts and Florida. He is vice president of Cohmad Securities Corp ...

(born 1944), American associate of Bernard Madoff *

Rona Jaffe Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 – December 30, 2005) was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for ''Cosmopolitan''. Biography Jaffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 19 ...

(born 1932), American author * Sam Jaffe (actor) (1891–1984), American film actor *

Sam Jaffe (producer) Sam Jaffe (May 21, 1901 – January 10, 2000) was, at different points in his career in the motion picture industry, an agent, a producer and a studio executive. Biography Jaffe was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, to Ru ...

(1901–2000), American film producer later in England *

Sarah Jaffe Sarah Allison Jaffe (born January 29, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Denton, Texas. Known for her distinctively clear vocals, she has worked as a singer-songwriter across many musical genres, including acoustic-folk, indie pop and ...

(born 1986), American singer-songwriter * Scott Jaffe (born 1969), American freestyle swimmer *

Stanley R. Jaffe Stanley Richard Jaffe (born July 31, 1940) is an American film producer, responsible for movies such as ''Fatal Attraction'', ''The Accused (1988 film), The Accused'', and ''Kramer vs. Kramer''. Background Jaffe was born to a American Jews, Jew ...

(born 1940), American film producer *

Stephen Jaffe Stephen Jaffe (born December 30, 1954, in Washington, D.C.newsobserver.com
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, American composer *

Taliesin Jaffe Taliesin Axelrod Armstrong Jaffe (; born January 19, 1977) is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He has worked on English-Dubbing (filmmaking), dubbing roles for anime and video games. He is a cast member on ''Critical Role' ...

, (born 1977), American voice actor * Theodor Julius Jaffé (1823–1898), German actor *

Werner Jaffé Werner Gunter Jaffé Fellner (October 27, 1914 - May 3, 2009) was a chemist and university professor. Jaffé was born in Frankfurt as a child of Rudolf Jaffé. He received his doctoral degree at the University of Zurich under the supervision of the ...

(1914–2009), German chemist and university professor * Yves Jouffa (1920-1999), French lawyer

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