Kirchhoff, Kirchoff or Kirchhoffer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adolf Kirchhoff Johann Wilhelm Adolf Kirchhoff (6 January 1826 – 26 February 1908) was a German classical scholar and epigraphist. Biography The son of historical painter Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, he was born in Berlin, and educated there. He then taught in ...

(1826–1908), German classical scholar and epigrapher *

Alfred Kirchhoff Alfred Kirchhoff (23 May 1838 in Erfurt – 8 February 1907 in Leipzig, Mockau) was a German geographer and naturalist. Biography He was educated at University of Jena, Jena and University of Bonn, Bonn, and for several years was an instructo ...

(1838–1907), German geographer and naturalist * Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), French Olympic fencer * Bruce K. Kirchoff (born 1952), American botanist * Charles William Henry Kirchhoff (1853-1916), American editor and metals expert *

Detlef Kirchhoff Detlef Kirchhoff (born 21 May 1967 in Halberstadt) is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions. He competed at four Olympic ...

(born 1967), German rower *

Fritz Kirchhoff Fritz Kirchhoff (1901–1953) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. He was a noted director during the Nazi era, directing film such as the anti-British propaganda thriller ''Attack on Baku'' (1942). His 1942 film ...

(1901–1953), German screenwriter, film producer and director *

Gustav Kirchhoff Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German chemist, mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy and the emission of black-body ...

(1824–1887), German physicist — Kirchhoff's laws in electricity, spectroscopy, thermochemistry *

Gottlieb Kirchhoff Gottlieb Sigismund Constantin Kirchhoff (, Transliteration of Russian, tr. Konstantin Sigizmundovich Kirhgof; 19 February 1764 – 14 February 1833) was a Russian chemist of German origin. In 1792–1802, Assistant Director and then Director o ...

(1764–1833), German chemist *

Jan Kirchhoff Jan Tilman Kirchhoff (born 1 October 1990) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career Mainz 05 Born in Frankfurt, West Germany, Kirchhoff began his footb ...

(born 1990), German footballer * John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848–1914), Canadian politician *

Mary Kirchoff Mary L. Kirchoff is an American author of fantasy and young adult novels. Biography Kirchoff was born and raised in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the city where the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game was invented. "I went to school with Ernie G ...

(born 1959), American fantasy novelist *

Paul Kirchhoff Paul Kirchhoff (17 August 1900, Halle, Province of Westphalia – 9 December 1972) was a German-Mexican anthropologist, most noted for his seminal work in defining and elaborating the culture area of Mesoamerica, a term he coined. Early life ...

(1900–1972), German anthropologist and ethnologist of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures *

Robert Kirchhoff Robert Kirchhoff (born May 7, 1968) is a Slovak independent film director, producer, cinematographer, and scriptwriter."Norma ...

(born 1962), Slovak film director * Richard A. Kirchhoffer (1890–1977), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis * Ulrich Kirchhoff (born 1967), German show jumper *

Walter Kirchhoff Walter Kirchhoff (born Walther August Kirchhoff; 17 March 1879 – 26 or 29 March 1951) was a German tenor who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1906 through 1934. Prior to his career as an opera singer, he was a mil ...

(1879–1951), German opera singer

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