Schaefer is an alternative spelling and

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...

for the German word ''schäfer'', meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

'' scāphare''. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer" (a standardized spelling in many German-speaking countries after 1880), the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common

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Schaefer

;Born in 1800–1899 * Arnold Schaefer (1819–1883), German historian * Germany Schaefer (1877–1919), American professional baseball player *

Jacob Schaefer Sr Jacob Schaefer Sr. (February 2, 1855 – March 8, 1910), nicknamed "the Wizard", was a professional carom billiards player, especially of the straight rail and balkline games, and was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of Ameri ...

(1850–1910), American professional billiards player *

Jacob Schaefer Jr Jacob Schaefer Jr. (born October 18, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., died November 10, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) was a professional carom billiards player with German grandparentage, a specialist in balkline games, and was inducted into the ...

(1894–1975) American professional billiards player *

Jacob Schaefer (composer) Jacob Schaefer ( yi, יעקב שײפער, 1888–1936) was a Russian-born Jewish American composer, political activist and choir director whose career ran from the 1910s to the 1930s. A committed Communist for the last two decades of his life, he ...

(1888–1936), American Jewish composer and conductor *

Marie Charlotte Schaefer Marie Charlotte Schaefer (June 24, 1874 - May 27, 1927) was an early Texas physician and the first woman to become a faculty member of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Biography Schaefer was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended ...

(1874-1927), American physician *

Rudolph Jay Schaefer I Rudolph Jay Schaefer I (February 21, 1863 - November 9, 1923) was the president of F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company. Biography He was born on February 21, 1863, in Manhattan, New York City, to Maximilian Karl Emil Schaefer (1819–1904) and Ern ...

(1863–1923), American businessman ;Born in 1900–1949 *

Walter V. Schaefer Walter Vincent Schaefer (December 10, 1904 – June 15, 1986) was an American jurist and educator. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Schaefer graduated from Hyde Park High School and then received his bachelor's and law degrees from University of C ...

(1904-1986), American jurist and educator * Vincent Schaefer (1906–1993), American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding *

Jack Warner Schaefer Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – 24 January 1991) was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known works are the 1949 novel ''Shane'', voted the greatest western novel, and the 1964 children's book ''Stubby Pringle's C ...

(1907–1991), American fiction author * Milner Baily Schaefer (1912–1970), American fisheries biologist *

William Donald Schaefer William Donald Schaefer (November 2, 1921 – April 18, 2011) was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. As a Democrat, he was the 45th mayor of Baltimore from December 1 ...

(1921–2011), American politician * Udo Schaefer (born 1926), German Bahá'í author *

Will Schaefer Willis H. Schaefer (November 23, 1928 – June 30, 2007) was an American composer nominated for an Emmy Award for his work. He wrote background music for a number of popular television shows and composed over 700 commercials. His most famous tra ...

(1928–2007), American composer *

Bill Schaefer (field hockey) William Paul Schaefer (9 October 1925 – 20 July 2003) was a New Zealand field hockey player. He represented New Zealand in field hockey between 1956 and 1964, including at the 1956, 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because o ...

(1925-2003), New Zealand field hockey player * Kermit Schaefer (1923–1979), American writer, broadcast and ''Pardon My

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'' record series producer *

Daniel Schaefer Daniel "Dan" Schaefer (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district from 1983 to 1999. Early life and education Born in Guttenberg, Iowa, he att ...

(1936–2006), American politician *

James Schaefer James George Schaefer (August 30, 1938 – May 29, 2018) was an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives. Schaefer was first elected to the state House from District 21 in 2010. Redistricting i ...

(1938-2018), American politician and rancher * Bob Schaefer (born 1944), American professional baseball coach *

Henry F. Schaefer, III Henry Frederick "Fritz" Schaefer III (born June 8, 1944) is a computational and theoretical chemist. He is one of the most highly cited chemists in the world, with a Thomson Reuters H-Index of 121 as of 2020. He is the Graham Perdue Professor of C ...

(born 1944), American computational and theoretical chemist, academic and Protestant educator *

Gerard John Schaefer Gerard John Schaefer Jr. (March 26, 1946December 3, 1995) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer, known as the Killer Cop, the Hangman, and the Butcher of Blind Creek, who was convicted of the 1972 murder and mutilation of two teen ...

(1946–1995), American killer, rapist, and suspected serial killer *

Ronald P. Schaefer Ronald P. Schaefer (born June 17, 1949), also known as Ron Schaefer is an American academic, English professor, and linguist. He is the first person "to devise a written version of a language called Emai", a language reported in 1997 to be spoke ...

(1949- ), American academic linguist and university professor. ;Born after 1950 *

Vic Schaefer Victor Ernest Schaefer (born March 2, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is the head women's basketball coach of the University of Texas at Austin (Texas) Longhorns. He previously served as the head coach for Mississippi State, fr ...

(born 1961), American basketball coach *

Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) Peter Schaefer may refer to: * Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player * Peter Schaefer (author) (born 1943), German scholar of ancient religious studies and director of the Jewish Museum of Berlin ...

(born 1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Jarrett Schaefer Jarrett Schaefer (born 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature debut, ''Chapter 27'' (2007), premiered and received substantial media and critical attention at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Biography Born on a U.S. Air ...

(born 1979), America film director and screenwriter *

Nolan Schaefer Nolan Schaefer (born January 15, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently an unrestricted free agent who was last under contract to HC Ambrì-Piotta of the Swiss National League A (NLA). Playing career Schaefer began a f ...

(born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Bradley E. Schaefer Bradley Elliott Schaefer is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Louisiana State University. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. Early life In addition to his academic pursuits, Schaefer is rememb ...

(living), American physics academic *

Kurt Schaefer Kurt Schaefer (born October 27, 1965) is a former Republican member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 19th District from 2009 to 2017. In 2016, Schaefer ran against Josh Hawley for Missouri Attorney General, but was defeated for the Repu ...

(living), American academic *

Peter Schaefer (author) Peter Schaefer may refer to: * Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player * Peter Schaefer (author) (born 1943), German scholar of ancient religious studies and director of the Jewish Museum of Berlin ...

(living), American academic and religious history author *

Laura Schaefer (disambiguation) Laura Schaefer may refer to: *Laura A. Schaefer, American mechanical engineer *Laura K. Schaefer, American planetary scientist {{hndis ...

, multiple people

Schaeffer

Schäfer

;Born after 1800 *

Wilhelm Schäfer Wilhelm Schäfer (20 January 1868 – 19 January 1952) was a German writer. Life Born in Ottrau (Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hesse), until 1896 Schäfer was a school teacher. He gained a scholarship to study in Switzerland and France through the Co ...

(1868–1952), German Naturalist writer and magazine publisher *

Dirk Schäfer Dirk Schäfer (Rotterdam November 25, 1873 – Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a populatio ...

(1873–1931), Dutch pianist and composer *

Karl Emil Schäfer Karl Emil Schäfer (17 December 1891 – 5 June 1917) was a German pilot during World War I; he became one of the major German flying aces of the war, with 30 confirmed aerial victories. Early life and infantry service Schäfer was born in Kr ...

(1891–1917), German World War I pilot, recipient of the ''Pour le Mérite'' ;Born after 1900 *

Emanuel Schäfer Emanuel Schäfer (20 April 1900 – 4 December 1974) was a high-ranking SS functionary (SS-''Oberführer'') and a protégé of Reinhard Heydrich in Nazi Germany. Born in 1900, Schäfer served in World War I. Post-war, he participated in far ...

(1900–1974), officer in the German SS, head of Serbian security police during World War II * Gustav Schäfer (rower) (1906–1991), German Olympic rower * Karl Schäfer (1909–1976), Austrian Olympic figure skater *

Ernst Schäfer Ernst Schäfer (14 March 1910 – 21 July 1992) was a German explorer, hunter and zoologist in the 1930s, specializing in ornithology. His zoological explorations in Tibet served as a cover for his role in the German secret service. He was also ...

(1910–1992), German hunter, zoologist and ornithologist *

Willy Schäfer (handball player) Willy Schäfer may refer to: *Willy Schäfer (actor) (1933–2011), German television actor *Willy Schäfer (handballer) Willy Schäfer (30 April 1913 – 16 October 1980) was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer ...

(1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player * Paul Schäfer (1921–2010), German-Chilean cult leader * Hans Schäfer (born 1927), German retired footballer * Karl Heinz Schäfer (1932–1996), German-born composer and arranger working in France * Willy Schäfer (born 1933), German actor * Hans-Bernd Schäfer (born 1943), German economist and scholar *

Manfred Schäfer Manfred Schaefer (born 12 February 1943) is a former association football defender. At club level he won titles with St. George Budapest. With the Australian national team he participated in the 1974 World Cup in his native Germany. As coach ...

(born 1943), German-Australian retired professional footballer *

Wolfgang Schäfer Wolfgang Schäfer (born 7 April 1945) is a German choral conductor and academic. He founded the Freiburger Vokalensemble, the BosArt Trio, and the Frankfurter Kammerchor. Career Born in Staufen im Breisgau, Schäfer studied music education, vo ...

(born 1945), German choral conductor and academic ;Born after 1950 * Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager *

Anita Schäfer Anita Schäfer (born 9 July 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1998 until 2021. She represented the constituency of Pirmasens. ...

(born 1951), German politician * Axel Schäfer (born 1952), German politician * Klaus Schäfer SAC (born 1958), German catholic Theologian, Priest and Author *

Michael Schäfer Michael Schäfer (born 25 January 1959) is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career as a midfielder, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At ...

(born 1959), Danish football manager *

Markus Schäfer Markus Schäfer (born 13 June 1961) is a German lyric tenor, a soloist in opera, oratorio, and '' Lied''. He has performed with major opera houses and with the ensemble La Petite Bande. He has been a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Ha ...

(born 1961), German tenor *

Thomas Schäfer Thomas Schäfer (; 22 February 1966 – 28 March 2020) was a German lawyer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was Minister of Finance of Hesse between 2010 and 2020. Early life and education Schäfer was b ...

(1966−2020) German lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance in Hesse * Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), German television presenter *

Christine Schäfer Christine Schäfer (born 3 March 1965) is a German operatic soprano. Biography Schäfer was born in Frankfurt. She studied from 1984 until 1991 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, where her teachers were Ingrid Figur, Aribert Reimann and D ...

(born 1965), German soprano * Jan Schäfer (born 1974), German Olympic canoer *

Raphael Schäfer Raphael Schäfer (Polish:'' Rafał Szafarczyk''; born 30 January 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Biography Early years Raphael Schäfer was born in 1979 as a member of the German minority in the Uppe ...

(born 1979), German footballer * Marcel Schäfer (born 1984), German footballer *

András Schäfer András Schäfer (born 13 April 1999) is a Hungarian professional association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin, Union Berlin and the Hungary national football team, Hungary national t ...

(born 1999), Hungarian footballer

Schäffer

;Born after 1800 *Saint

Anna Schäffer Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Childhood Schäffer's father, a carpenter, died at the age of 40, ...

(1882–1925), German mystic, canonized by Pope Benedict in 2012 *

Charles Schäffer Charles Schäffer (February 4, 1838 – November 23, 1903) was an American physician and botanist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Charles Schäffer, was a wholesale druggist and his mother was Priscilla Morgan, daughter of Stacey K. ...

(1838–1903), American physician and botanist * Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967), German politician *

Julius Schäffer Julius Schäffer (3 June 1882 – 21 October 1944) was a German mycologist. His contributions include studies on the Agaricales (gilled mushrooms), especially the genus ''Russula'', about which he wrote a monograph in 1933. Later, he revised the gen ...

(1882–1944), German mycologist * Mary T. S. Schäffer (1861–1939), American naturalist, illustrator, and explorer in Canada ;Born after 1950 *

Andreas Schäffer Andreas Schäffer (born 29 May 1984 in Kelheim) is a former professional German Association football, footballer who plays for TV 1906 Riedenburg. Schäffer made 15 appearances for SSV Jahn Regensburg in the 3. Fußball-Liga during his playing ...

(born 1984), German footballer

Schafer

;Born after 1800 * Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), formerly Edward Albert Schäfer, English physiologist ;Born after 1900 * Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), American actress *

Harold Schafer Harold Schafer (February 1, 1912 – December 2, 2001) was a North Dakota businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Gold Seal Company, the original maker of '' Mr. Bubble''. He also was a major benefactor in the tourist town of ...

(1912–2001), American entrepreneur *

Alice Turner Schafer Alice Turner Schafer (June 18, 1915 – September 27, 2009) was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.Richard D. Schafer (1918–2014), American mathematician *

Roy Schafer Roy Schafer (December 14, 1922 - August 5, 2018) was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, who emphasised a psychoanalytic concept of narrative. For Schafer, an important purpose of the analytic process is that the analysand regains agency o ...

(1922–2018), American psychologist-psychoanalyst *

R. Murray Schafer Raymond Murray Schafer (18 July 1933 – 14 August 2021) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator, and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book ''The Tuning of the ...

(born 1933), Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist *

Ronald W. Schafer Ronald W. Schafer (born February 17, 1938) is an electrical engineer notable for his contributions to digital signal processing. After receiving his Ph.D. degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968, he joined the Acoustics Research ...

(born 1938), American electrical engineer and academic * Ed Schafer (born 1946), American state politician and United States Secretary of Agriculture *

William J. Schafer William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

(born 1948), Actor in film and on Stage ;Born after 1950 * Avi Schafer (born 1998), Japanese professional basketball player * Tim Schafer (born 1967), American computer game designer *

Arthur Schafer Arthur Schafer is a Canadian ethicist specializing in bioethics, philosophy of law, social philosophy and political philosophy. He is Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, at the University of Manitoba. He is also a full prof ...

(living), Canadian ethicist and academic * Eric Schafer (born 1977), American mixed martial artist *

Jordan Schafer Jordan James Schafer (born September 4, 1986) is a former American professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins as a center fielder. Baseball career Atl ...

(born 1986), American baseball player *

Hunter Schafer Hunter Schafer (born December 31, 1998) is an American model, actress, and LGBTQ rights activist. For her activism against the HB2, ''Teen Vogue'' listed Schafer on its "21 Under 21" list in 2017. She made her acting debut as transgender high sc ...

(born 1999), American model, activist, and actress *

Sakura Schafer-Nameki Sakura Schafer-Nameki is a German mathematical physicist working in string theory and supersymmetric gauge theory. She works at the University of Oxford as a Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Mathematical Institute and as a senior research ...

, German physicist

Schaffer

;Born after 1800 *

Károly Schaffer Károly Schaffer (September 7, 1864, Vienna – October 16, 1939, Budapest)In reply to an e-mail query as to the pronunciation of the "a" in "Schaffer" and as to which syllable in "Schaffer" should have the stronger accent, Gabor Gazdag, MD, repli ...

(1864–1939), Hungarian anatomist and neurologist *

Alfréd Schaffer Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer. He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925. Career Born in Budapest, he ...

(1893–1945), Hungarian footballer ;Born after 1900 *

Jimmie Schaffer Jimmie Ronald Schaffer (born April 5, 1936, at Limeport, Pennsylvania) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with an eight-year career from 1961 to 1968. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Philad ...

(born 1936), American professional baseball player *

Janne Schaffer Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and To ...

(born 1945), Swedish songwriter and guitarist ;Born after 1950 * Simon Schaffer (born 1955), English academic * Frank Schaffer (born 1958), retired East German Olympic athlete * Bob Schaffer (born 1962), American state politician *

Jon Schaffer Jon Ryan Schaffer (born March 15, 1968) is an American heavy metal musician. He is the rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter of the Indiana-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory. He is also the ...

(born 1968), American guitarist and songwriter *

Daniel Schaffer Dan Schaffer (born 3 February 1969) is a British writer/artist working primarily in comics and film. He is best known as the writer and illustrator of cult comic book series, ''Dogwitch''. He is also the co-creator/artist of ''Indigo Vertigo'', ...

(born 1969), British graphic novelist *

Akiva Schaffer Akiva D. Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He began his career with The Lonely Island maki ...

(born 1977), American comedy writer and songwriter *

Denny Schaffer Denny Schaffer is a radio talk show host based in Toledo, Ohio. He left WQQO to host ''The 5:30 Club'' on 93.5 WRQN. He previously hosted a morning show on WWWM-FM, WRNO-FM and an evening show on WGKA 920 in Atlanta from 9 - 11 pm which WGKA move ...

(living), American radio personality *

Gail Schaffer Gail S. Shaffer (born August 1, 1948) is an American politician and activist who served as the 59th Secretary of State of New York under Mario Cuomo. Shaffer grew up on a family farm in Blenheim, New York. She graduated from Gilboa-Conesville C ...

(living), American state politician *

Ken Schaffer Ken Schaffer is an American inventor and former publicist. Inventor In 1975 Schaffer invented the Schaffer–Vega diversity system, a low-noise/wide dynamic range wireless guitar system that was form-factored as a wireless microphone in 1976. Scha ...

(living), American inventor *

Lewis Schaffer Lewis Schaffer is an American comedian and broadcaster, based in Nunhead, south-east London, where he moved in 2000. He currently hosts his own weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM in London. He also appears regularly, as of 2023, as a pund ...

(born 1957), American comedian *

Jonathan Schaffer Jonathan Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language. He is best known for his work on grounding and his development of monism, and is also a notable proponent of contrasti ...

(living), American-Australian philosopher

Shafer

;Born after 1800 * Jacob K. Shafer (1823–1876), American national politician *

Orator Shafer George W. Shafer ometimes spelled ''Shaffer'' or ''Schaefer''(October 4, 1851 – January 21, 1922) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Orator", because he was an avid speaker, Shafer played for 10 teams in four different majo ...

(1851–1922), American professional baseball player *

John Adolph Shafer John Adolph Shafer (February 23, 1863 – February 1, 1918) was an American botanist. Life Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shafer graduated from the Pittsburgh School, of Pharmacy in 1881 and worked as a pharmacist until after his marri ...

(1863–1918), American botanist *

Taylor Shafer Zachary Taylor Shafer (July 13, 1866 – October 27, 1945) was a Major League Baseball player in the 19th century. Career Shafer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1866. He started his professional baseball career in 1884, when he played ...

(1866–1945), American professional baseball player *

George F. Shafer George Frederick Shafer (November 23, 1888August 13, 1948) was an American politician who served as the 16th Governor of North Dakota, serving from 1929 to 1932. Biography Shafer was educated in Mandan's public school system and attended the Uni ...

(1888–1948), American state politician *

Tillie Shafer Arthur Joseph "Tillie" Shafer (March 22, 1889 – January 10, 1962) was a Major League Baseball infielder with the New York Giants from 1909 to 1913. Career While attending Santa Clara University, Shafer was one of the most accomplished college ...

(1889–1962), American professional baseball player *

Phil Shafer Phil "Red" Shafer (November 13, 1891 Des Moines, Iowa – January 29, 1971 Des Moines, Iowa) was an American racecar driver. He made 30 AAA Championship Car starts from 1923 to 1952. He captured one win in 1924 at the New York State Fairgr ...

(1891–1971), American racecar driver * Paul W. Shafer (1893–1954), American national politician ;Born after 1900 *

Raymond P. Shafer Raymond Philip Shafer (March 5, 1917 – December 12, 2006) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. Prior to that, he served as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from ...

(1917–2006), American state politician * Whitey Shafer (1934–2019), American country songwriter and musician * Ruth Shafer (1912 – 1972), American engineer ;Born after 1950 *

Ross Shafer Ross Alan Shafer (born December 10, 1954) is an American comedian, network television host, and motivational and leadership speaker/consultant. He has authored nine business books, won a stand-up comedy competition, and earned six Emmys as a netw ...

(born 1954), American comedian and motivational speaker *

Robert R. Shafer Robert Ray Shafer (born April 10, 1958) is an American character actor who has appeared in film, television, commercials, voice-over and theater. Shafer, sometimes credited as Bobby Ray Shafer, is perhaps best known for playing Bob Vance, Vanc ...

(born 1958), American actor *

Dirk Shafer Dirk Alan Shafer (November 7, 1962 – March 5, 2015) was an American model, actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he was most noted in the modeling world for having been ''Playgirl'' magazine's 1992 "Man of the Year". ...

(born 1962), American model, actor, screenwriter and director *

Scott Shafer Scott Shafer (born January 6, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the defensive coordinator for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. He previously served as the head coach at Syracuse University unti ...

(born 1967), American college football coach *

David Shafer (politician) David J. Shafer (born April 29, 1965) is an American politician who has been the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party since 2019. From 2002 to 2019, Shafer was a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from Senate District 48, a subur ...

(born 1965), American state politician *

Glenn Shafer Glenn Shafer (born November 21, 1946) is an American mathematician and statistician. He is the co-creator of Dempster–Shafer theory. He is a University Professor and Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers University. Early life and education S ...

(living), American mathematician, co-developer of Dempster-Shafer theory *

Jack Shafer Jack Shafer (born November 14, 1957) is an American journalist who writes about media for ''Politico''. Prior to joining ''Politico'', he worked for Reuters and also edited and wrote the column'' "''Press Box" for ''Slate'', an online magazine. B ...

(living), American journalist and columnist *

Jeremy Shafer Jeremy Shafer is an American professional entertainer and origamist based in Berkeley, California. He has been folding origami since he was ten. He creates his own origami designs which tend to be whimsical and unique, such as his "Man Swatter", " ...

(living), American entertainer and oragamist *

Justin Shafer Justin Healy Shafer (born September 18, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins. High school and college Shafer graduated fro ...

(born 1992), American baseball player

Shaffer

;Born after 1800 *

Shaffer (baseball) Thirty-three individuals who played professional baseball at the major league level before 1900 lack identified given names (there are hundreds of other players of which this is true from the twentieth-century Negro leagues). All 33 played between ...

, baseball player *

John Shaffer (politician) John Wilson Shaffer (July 5, 1827 – October 31, 1870) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 7th Governor of Utah Territory. Biography Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Shaffer was active in Republican politics in Illinois ...

(1827–1870), American territorial governor *

Joseph Crockett Shaffer Joseph Crockett Shaffer (January 19, 1880October 19, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born near Wytheville, Virginia, Shaffer attended the Wytheville public schools. He was graduated from Plummer College in Wytheville ...

(1880–1958), American national politician *

Harry G. Shaffer (politician) Harry Gustavus Shaffer, Sr. was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who s ...

(1885–1971), American state politician ;Born after 1900 *

Anthony Shaffer (writer) Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 19266 November 2001) was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. Early life Shaffer was born to a Jewish family in Liverpool, the son of Reka (née Fredman) and Jack S ...

(1926–2001), English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter *

David Shaffer David Shaffer F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., (born 20 April 1936) is the Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, now th ...

(born 1936), American physician *

Earl Shaffer Earl V. Shaffer (November 8, 1918 – May 5, 2002), was an American outdoorsman and author known from 1948 as The Crazy One (and eventually as The Original Crazy One) for attempting what became the first publicized claimed hiking trip in a singl ...

(1918–2002), American outdoorsman and author *

Elaine Shaffer Elaine Shaffer (October 22, 1925 – February 19, 1973) was an American flutist and principal of the Houston Symphony Orchestra between 1948 and 1953. Biography Elaine Shaffer was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She attended the Curtis Inst ...

(1925–1973), American flutist *

Harry G. Shaffer Harry G. Shaffer (1919–2009) was Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Kansas. Shaffer was born on August 28, 1919, in Vienna, Austria. Fluent in German, Shaffer served with the US Army as a translator during World War II. ...

(1919-2009), Austrian-American economics academic *

Jack Shaffer John Cleo Shaffer (August 13, 1909 – June 17, 1963) was an American professional basketball player. He appeared in six games for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the National Basketball League during the 1937–38 season. A son of Russian immig ...

(1909–1963), American professional basketball player * James Shaffer (1910–2014), American religious leader *

Jay C. Shaffer A jay is a member of a number of species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the Crow family, Corvidae. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian ...

(born 1936-) entomologist, curator of lepidoptera at the Natural History Museum, London *

Jim G. Shaffer Jim G. Shaffer (born 1944) is an American archaeologist and professor of anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. Academic career Shaffer holds a B.A. (1965) and M.A. (1967) in Anthropology from Arizona State University. He also has a Ph ...

(born 1944), American archeology and anthropology academic *

John H. Shaffer John Hixon Shaffer (February 25, 1919 – September 14, 1997) was an administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from March 24, 1969 until March 14, 1973. Shaffer was the administrator during an en-masse calling-in sick strike by air tra ...

(1919–1997), American government administrator *

Juliet Popper Shaffer Juliet Popper Shaffer (born May 23, 1932) is an American psychologist, statistician and statistics education, statistics educator known for her research on Multiple comparisons problem, multiple hypothesis testing. She is a teaching professor emer ...

(born 1932), American psychologist and statistician *

Lee Shaffer Lee Philip Shaffer II (born February 23, 1939) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward born in Chicago, Shaffer starred at the University of North Carolina, where he was the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year i ...

(born 1939), American professional basketball player *

Leland Shaffer Leland Knoy Shaffer (May 9, 1912 – January 24, 1993) was an American football running back and quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. External linksNFL.com player page
1912 births 1993 deaths People from Cl ...

(1912–1993), American professional football player *

Louise Shaffer Louise Shaffer (born July 5, 1942) is an American actress, script writer, and author. Biography Shaffer was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where she showed an interest in acting early on in her life. After finishing high school, she attended ...

(born 1942), American actress, script writer, and author * Tim Shaffer (1945-2011), American politician *

Mary Shaffer Mary Shaffer (born 1944) is an American artist who has worked primarily with glass since the 1970s. She was an early artist in the American Studio Glass Movement. Her works often take slumped (or molten) form, in which found objects are embedde ...

(born 1947), American artist * Paul Shaffer (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer * Sir Peter Shaffer (1926–2016), English dramatist and playwright *

Robert H. Shaffer Robert H. Shaffer (September 13, 1915 – April 21, 2017) was an American pioneer in the field of college student personnel and student affairs. His work spanned the course of four decades ( 1940–1981), which can be characterized as a period of "i ...

(1915–2017), American educator ;Born after 1950 *

Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer) Anthony Shaffer (born 1962) is a former U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who became known for his claims about mishandled intelligence before the September 11 attacks, and for the censoring of his ghost written book ''Operation Dark Heart.'' ...

(born 1962), American Reserve Army Lieutenant Colonel and CIA intelligence officer *

Erica Shaffer Erica Shaffer is an American actress who has worked in independent films and television. Some of the films include '' A Family Affair'', ''The Truth is Always Complicated'', '' The Fall'', ''Catalina Trust'', ''The Socratic Method'', ''Three ...

(born 1970), American actress * James Shaffer (born 1970), American guitarist* Matthew Shaffer (born 1978), American musical theatre, television, and film actor *

Brian Shaffer Brian Shaffer (born February 25, 1979) is an American medical student at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. On the night of March 31, 2006, Shaffer went out with friends to celebrate the beginning of spring break; later he was sepa ...

(born 1979), missing American medical student * Kevin Shaffer (born 1980), American professional football player * Atticus Shaffer (born 1998), American actor *

Justin Shaffer Justin Donnnell Shaffer (born June 20, 1998) is an American football guard for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia. Early life and high school Shaffer grew up in Ellenwood, Georgia and ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Brenda Shaffer Brenda Shaffer (born c. 1965) is an American scholar who holds positions as Fellow with the Atlantic Council and professor at University of Haifa (on sabbatical). Shaffer was the former research director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard Ke ...

(living), American political science author * Chris Shaffer (living), American singer-songwriter *

Deborah Shaffer According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( he, דְּבוֹרָה, ''Dəḇōrā'', " bee") was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars ...

(living), American filmmaker

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