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" and may refer to: * Anna Pfeffer (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer *

Anshel Pfeffer Anshel Pfeffer (Hebrew: אנשיל פפר, born 22 June 1973) is a British-born Israeli journalist. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for '' Haaretz'', covering military, Jewish and international affairs, and Israel correspondent for ''Th ...

, British journalist * Anton Pfeffer (born 1965), Austrian footballer *

Big Jeff Pfeffer Francis Xavier "Big Jeff" Pfeffer (March 31, 1882 – December 19, 1954) was a Major League pitcher from 1905 to 1911. He threw a no-hitter in 1907. He was the older brother of Jeff Pfeffer. Pfeffer attended the University of Illinois. He made ...

(1882–1954), Major League pitcher (not to be confused with his brother Jeff Pfeffer) * Camilla Pfeffer (born 1993), German gymnast *

David Pfeffer David Pfeffer (born 11 April 1982) is a German singer. He rose to fame during the second series of the German ''X Factor'' show, which he won in December 2011. David Pfeffer, who is also a police officer in Duisburg, Germany, released his debut ...

(born 1982), German singer *

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (19 February 1888 – 12 April 1968) during the Nazi regime known as Franz von Pfeffer, was the first Supreme Leader of the '' Sturmabteilung'' (SA) after its re-establishment in 1925. Pfeffer resigned from his SA comman ...

(1888–1968), German first commander of the SA *

Fred Pfeffer Nathaniel Frederick Pfeffer (March 17, 1860 – April 10, 1932), nicknamed "Dandelion" and "Fritz", was an American baseball player. He was a second baseman in Major League Baseball between 1882 and 1897. His final game took place on June 14, 18 ...

(1860–1932), American baseball player *

Fritz Pfeffer Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer (30 April 1889 – 20 December 1944) was a German dentist and Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp in ...

(1889–1944), Nazi victim *

Georg Johann Pfeffer Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854–1931) was a German zoologist, primarily a malacologist, a scientist who studies mollusks. Pfeffer was born in Berlin. In 1887 he became curator of the , which was established in 1843 and destroyed during World War II. ...

(1854–1931), German zoologist *

Georg Pfeffer Georg Pfeffer (17 January 1943 — 20 May 2020) was a German anthropologist. Born in 1943 in Berlin to a German sociologist father and a British mother, he was schooled in Hamburg. In 1959, he moved to Lahore with his family, and studied at the c ...

(1943–2020), German anthropologist *

Jack Pfefer Jack Pfefer (also commonly spelled as "Pfeffer"; December 10, 1894 – September 13, 1974) was an American professional wrestling promoter during the early-to-mid twentieth century. He pioneered an earlier form of sports entertainment, as he was ...

(also commonly spelled as "Pfeffer") (1894–1974), professional wrestling promoter *

Jeff Pfeffer Edward Joseph Pfeffer (March 4, 1888 – August 15, 1972) born in Seymour, Illinois, was a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins (1913–1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921–1924) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). His older ...

(1888–1972), pitcher (not to be confused with his brother Big Jeff Pfeffer) *

Jeffrey Pfeffer Jeffrey Pfeffer (born July 23, 1946, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American business theorist and the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, and is considered one of today's mo ...

, American Professor of Organizational Behavior *

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (12 June 1888 – 29 January 1971) was a German SS and police (Ordnungspolizei) official during the Nazi era, who served on the personal staff of Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS. During World War II, he commanded the ...

(1888–1971) member of the German Waffen-SS * Kirk Pfeffer (born 1956), American Marathon runner * Lachlan Pfeffer (born 1991), Australian cricketer * Leo Pfeffer, (1910–1993), American legal scholar re: separation of church and state * Max Pfeffer (1883–1955), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany * Nicolai Pfeffer (born 1985), German clarinettist *

Ori Pfeffer Ori Pfeffer ( he, אורי פפר; born July 28, 1975) is an Israeli actor. He starred as Detective Golan Cohen in the TV-series ''Dig'' and in the movie ''Hacksaw Ridge''. Personal life Pfeffer was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He served as ...

, Israeli actor * Pierre Pfeffer, (1927–2016), French zoologist and conservationist *

Thomas Pfeffer Thomas Pfeffer (born 15 September 1957) is a German sport shooter. He won a silver medal in 50 m Running Target in the 1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letn ...

(born 1957), German sport shooter * Sascha Pfeffer (born 1986), German footballer *

Susan Beth Pfeffer Susan Beth Pfeffer (born February 17, 1948) is a retired American author best known for Young adult novel, young adult science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially t ...

(born 1948), American author best known for young adult science fiction * Washek Pfeffer (born 1936), Czech/US mathematician *

Wilhelm Pfeffer Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer (9 March 1845 – 31 January 1920) was a German botanist and plant physiologist born in Grebenstein. Academic career He studied chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Göttingen, where his instructors incl ...

(1845–1920), German botanist *

Zach Pfeffer Zachary "Zach" Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995) is an American former soccer player. In 2010 at the age of 15 he became the fourth-youngest player ever to sign a Major League Soccer contract. He retired from soccer in 2016 at 21 years of age, an ...

(born 1995), American soccer player

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