Joffe (''Joffé'', Иоффе, ''Ioffe'', ''Yoffe'') is a Hebrew-language

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, a variant of

Jaffe 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 ( ...

. Notable people with this surname include: * Abraham Z. Joffe, Soviet and then Israeli mycologist *

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe Abram Fedorovich Ioffe ( rus, Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, p=ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ; – 14 October 1960) was a prominent Russian/Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942), the Lenin Prize (1960) (po ...

, Russian physicist * Adolph Joffe (Adolf Joffe), Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician * Avraham Yoffe, Israeli general and politician *

Boris Yoffe Boris Yoffe (born 21 December 1968 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian-born Israeli composer, resident of Karlsruhe, Germany. Biography Boris Yoffe initially studied violin but turned to composing early, premiering his first works in the St. Petersbu ...

(born 1968), Russian-born Israeli composer *

Carole Joffe Carole E. Joffe is an American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate who has published several books on abortion. In 2013, she was awarded the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award for her research on the sociology of abo ...

, American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate *

Chantal Joffe Chantal Joffe (born 5 October 1969) is an American-born English artist based in London.Royal Academy of ArtsChantal Joffe RA Elect , Artist , Royal Academy of Arts accessdate: 29/08/2014 Her often large-scale paintings generally depict women ...

, English painter *

Charles H. Joffe Charles H. Joffe (July 16, 1929 – July 9, 2008) was an American film producer and comedy talent manager. He is best known as, in partnership with Jack Rollins, the producer or executive producer of most of Woody Allen's films. Joffe won the 1 ...

, American film producer *

Dina Joffe Dina Yoffe (born in Riga, Latvia on 18 December 1952) is a pianist, pedagogue and winner of many musical competitions. Biography Dina Yoffe was born in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). She got her first musical award Concerti ...

(born 1952), Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen * Emily Yoffe, American journalist * Francois Jouffa, French journalist *

Inna Yoffe Inna Yoffe ( he, אינה יופה; born February 8, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer. Biography Yoffe is Jewish, and was born in the Soviet Union. She and the Israeli synchronized swimming team train in Jerusalem. She swims fo ...

(born 1988), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer * Israel Joffe, United States government official at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (FDIC) * Jasper Joffe, British contemporary artist and novelist * Joel Joffe, Lord Joffe, British life peer, former head of Oxfam, former lawyer to Nelson Mandela *

Josef Joffe Josef Joffe (born 15 March 1944) is a former publisher-editor of ''Die Zeit'', a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia. Appointed Senior Fellow of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in 2007 (a ...

, German and American journalist and international studies scholar *

Julia Ioffe Julia Ioffe (; russian: Юлия Иоффе, Yuliya Ioffe; born 18 October 1982) is a Russian-born American journalist. Her articles have appeared in ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Foreign Policy'', ''Forbe ...

, Russian-American journalist and blogger *

Manne Joffe Manne Joffe (born 27 March 1928) is a Swedish chess player, Nordic Chess Championship winner (1963). Biography Manne Joffe was one of the strongest chess players in Sweden in the 1950-1960s. His main sporting achievement is the victory in the No ...

, Swedish chess master *

Mark Joffe Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series. Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on ''Carson's Law'', ''Special Squad (1984), Special S ...

, Australian film director * Mordecai Yoffe, East European rabbi and Judaism scholar *

Nadezhda Joffe Nadezhda Adolfovna Joffe (russian: Надежда Адольфовна Иоффе) (1906 – March 18, 1999) was a Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe. Life and career Joffe joined the Trotskyist Left Oppositio ...

, Soviet Trotskyist * Rodney Joffe, internet entrepreneur and an internet data expert * Roland Joffé, English-French film director *

Yudl Yoffe Yudl Yoffe or Yudl Yofe ( yi, יודל יאָפע, russian: Юдл Иоффе; Юдель Иофе, 1882, Borzna, Chernigov Governorate – 1941 or 1942, Moscow) a was Yiddish writer, translator and sculptor. Left an orphan early, he was brought u ...

, Yiddish writer, translator and sculptor

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