Puffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Puffer (1840–1875)
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Brandon Puffer (born 1975), American baseball player
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Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
Ethel Dench Puffer Howes (10 October 1872 – 1950) was an American psychologist, suffragist, and college professor. She taught at Wellesley College, Smith College, and Simmons College. She was Executive Secretary of the National College Equal ...
(1872–1950), American psychologist and feminist
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Fred Puffer (c. 1871 – 1900), American track and field athlete
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Ruth Rice Puffer
Ruth Rice Puffer (August 31, 1907 – September 2, 2002) was an American biostatistician who headed the Department of Health Statistics of the Pan American Health Organization, where she led the Inter-American Investigation of Childhood Mortalit ...
(1907–2002), American biostatistician
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Ted Puffer (1928–2003), American singer, voice teacher and translator
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William Puffer
William Franklin Puffer (November 1, 1861 – April 22, 1948) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1917. Born in Ontario, he came west and settled in Lacombe, where he operated a butchery, am ...
(1861–1948), Canadian politician
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