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, which means a "boatman", "bargee" or "skipper". Alternative spellings include Schifer and Schiffers. The name may refer to: * András Schiffer (born 1971), Hungarian politician *

Adolf Schiffer Adolf Schiffer (1873–1950) was a Hungarian-born Czech cellist and teacher of Jewish heritage, who for many years served as professor in cello at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He is best remembered as being the link between two g ...

(1873–1950), Hungarian cellist *

Ben Schiffer Ben Schiffer (born 12 July 1983) is a British television screenwriter and playwright. He is married to actress Emily Taaffe. Early life and education Schiffer was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the second son of Jewish American emigrants ...

(born 1983), British writer * Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), German model *

Craig Schiffer Craig Schiffer (August 25, 1956 – December 23, 2014) was the former Chief Executive Officer of the Americas of Dresdner Kleinwort, based in New York, from 2003 to 2006. (In September 2009, after Dresdner Kleinwort was merged into Commerzbank, ...

(born 1956), American businessman * Emanuel Schiffers (1850–1904), Russian chess player and writer *

Ervin Schiffer Ervin Schiffer (born 1932, Balassagyarmat, Hungary, died July 2014, Antwerp, Belgium) was a Hungarian born Viola, violist and pedagogue. He has played as a part of the Haydn Quartet and the Tahor Quartet. He also played viola in the Dekany Quartet, ...

(1932-2015), Hungarian musician *

Eugen Schiffer Eugen Schiffer (14 February 1860 – 5 September 1954) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. He served as Minister of Finance and deputy head of government from February to April 1919. From October 1919 to March 1920, he was again deputy h ...

(1860–1954), German politician * Hubert Schiffer (1915–1982), German priest * John Schiffer (1945–2014), American politician *

Menahem Max Schiffer Menahem Max Schiffer (24 September 1911, Berlin – 11 November 1997)) was a German-born American mathematician who worked in complex analysis, partial differential equations, and mathematical physics. Biography Schiffer studied physics from 1 ...

(1911–1997), American mathematician *

Michael Brian Schiffer Michael Brian Schiffer (born October 4, 1947) is an American archaeologist and one of the founders and pre-eminent exponents of behavioral archaeology. Schiffer's earliest ideas, set out in his 1976 book ''Behavioral Archeology'' and many journal ...

(born 1947), American archaeologist *

Paul Schiffer Paul Schiffer is a native of Canton, Ohio. He is the host of the political talk show, ''The Schiffer Report''. Paul was a nationally syndicated conservative talk show host on the Radio America network, and more recently was broadcast on WERE ...

(born 1959), American radio host * Roy Schiffer Pinney (1911–2010), American photographer and writer *

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (born May 27, 1966) is a physical chemist who has contributed to theoretical and computational chemistry. She is currently a Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale University. She has served as senior editor and deputy ...

(born 1966), American chemist *

Stephen Schiffer Stephen Schiffer (born 1940) is an American philosopher and currently Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is a specialist in the philosophy of language. Education and career Schiffer was awarded a B.A. in philosophy from ...

(born 1940), American philosopher

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Schiffer Publishing Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (also known for its imprints Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Schiffer Military History, Schiffer Kids, REDFeather MBS, Cornell Maritime Press, Tidewater Publishers, Thrums Books, Geared Up Publications ) is a family-owned publi ...

, Pennsylvania * Schiffers & Co., Poland

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