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Wolf is a given name and a surname. It is common among Germanic-speaking peoples, alongside variants such as
Wulf ''Wulf'' (Common Germanic "wolf") was one of the most prolific elements in early Germanic names. It could figure as the first element in dithematic names, as in '' Wulfstan'', but especially as second element, in the form ''-ulf, -olf'' as in ...
. Names which translate to English "
wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...
" are also common among other nations, including many
Native American peoples The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the Am ...
within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf (essentially all of North America).


Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Wolf'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:413), 27.4% of the United States (1:3,608), 3.9% of Austria (1:596), 2.5% of Brazil (1:21,995), 1.4% of Switzerland (1:1,622), 1.2% of the Netherlands (1:3,735) and 1.0% of France (1:17,534). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:413) in the following states:Wolf surname distribution
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Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
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Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
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Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...
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Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
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Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
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Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...
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Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...
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Given name

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Wolf Biermann Karl Wolf Biermann (; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976. Early life Biermann was b ...
(born 1936), German singer-songwriter *
Wolf Blitzer Wolf Isaac Blitzer (born March 22, 1948) is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He is the host of ''The Situa ...
(born 1948), American journalist *
Wolf Burchard Wolf Burchard is a British-German art historian and museum curator. He joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2019, where he is responsible for British decorative arts. Life and career Burchard held curatorial positions at the ...
, British-German art historian * Wolf Heckmann (1929–2006), German journalist *
Wolf Henzler Wolfgang Henzler (born 5 April 1975) is a former German Porsche factory racing driver. He began racing in 1991 with a win in the German Junior Kart championship. Born in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg, he won one time the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ...
(born 1975), German racing driver * Wolf Hilbertz (1938–2007), German architect *
Wolf Hoffmann Wolf Hoffmann (born 10 December 1959) is a German musician, primarily known as the guitarist and last remaining original member of heavy metal band Accept since 1976. His work in Accept influenced the development of speed metal genre. He is als ...
(born 1959), German guitarist *
Wolf Howard Wolf Howard (born 7 April 1968)Evans, p.36. is an English artist, poet and filmmaker living in Rochester, Kent and was a founder member of the Stuckists art group.Milner, p.80. He is also a drummer who has played in garage and punk bands, cu ...
(born 1968), English artist and musician *
Wolf Kahler Wolf Kahler (born 3 April 1940) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actor. Since 1975, he appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. One of his early roles was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's ...
(born 1946), German actor *
Wolf Kahn Wolf Kahn (October 4, 1927 – March 15, 2020) was a German-born American painter. Kahn, known for his combination of Realism and Color Field, worked in pastel, oil paint, and printmaking. He studied under Hans Hofmann, and also graduated from ...
(born 1927), German-born American painter * Wolf Karni (1911–1996), Finnish football referee *
Wolf Larson Wolf Larson (born Wolfgang von Wyszecki on December 22, 1959) is a German-Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most ...
(born 1959), Canadian actor * Wolf Mail (born 1972), Canadian guitarist *
Wolf Mankowitz Cyril Wolf Mankowitz (7 November 1924 – 20 May 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter. He is particularly known for three novels— '' Make Me an Offer'' (1952), '' A Kid for Two Farthings'' (1953) and ''My Old Man's a Dustm ...
(1924–1988), English writer *
Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish back ...
(1921–1999), Mexican actor *
Wolf Curt von Schierbrand Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (31 January 1807 – 20 February 1888) was a zoological scientist and member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. His report of his travels in Java, originally prepared in manuscript for family and friends, was publi ...
(1807–1888), German zoologist * Wolf Van Halen (born 1991), American bassist * Wolf V. Vishniac (1922–1973), American biologist * Wolf Wigo (born 1973), American water polo player and coach


Surname

* Aaron Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Abraham Wolf (1876-1948), Russian-born English historian, writer, philosopher, and rabbi * Alfred Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Alice Wolf (born 1933), American politician * Aliya Wolf (born 1975), American model *
Allan Wolf Allan Wolf is an American poet and young adult author. His books are primarily multi-perspective historical fiction in verse, but he has also published several poetry books for children. He is also an accomplished slam poet. Personal life Wol ...
, American author * Amnon Wolf (born 1971), Israeli actor and dubber * Ann Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Armin Wolf Armin Wolf (; born 19 August 1966) is an Austrian journalist and television anchor. In 2017 ''Politico Europe'' called him "one of Europe’s most skilled (and feared) political journalists". He was named "European Journalist of the Year 2019" at ...
(born 1966), Austrian journalist and television anchor *
Benno Wolf Benno Wolf (26 September 1871 – 6 January 1943) was a German judge and a pioneer speleologist. He was a co-founder of the German Society for Mammalogy and has been considered one of the founders of conservation in Prussia. He did the essential ...
(1871–1943), German judge, speleologist, and holocaust victim * Carrie Wolf, American officer and judge advocate * Charles Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
Barbara Gard ...
(1929–2011), German writer * Christie Wolf (born 1966), American bodybuilder and wrestler *
Christopher Wolf Christopher Wolf (born Washington, DC 1954) is an American attorney known for his career in Internet and privacy law. He was one of the first lawyers to practice Internet law and Privacy law. He is a retired partner in the international law ...
(born 1959), American lawyer * Christopher Howard Wolf (born 1979), American game and comic book creator *
Clarence Wolf Clarence Wolf (April 9, 1860 – July 23, 1937) was a Jewish-American banker, manufacturer, and politician from Pennsylvania. Life Wolf was born on April 9, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Elias Wolf and Amelia Mayer. After fin ...
(1860–1937), American banker, businessman, and politician *
Dale E. Wolf Dale Edward Wolf (September 6, 1924 – March 20, 2021) was an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served for three weeks ...
(born 1924), American politician *
Daniel James Wolf Daniel James Wolf (born September 13, 1961 in Upland, California) is an American composer. Studies Wolf studied composition with Gordon Mumma, Alvin Lucier, and La Monte Young, as well as musical tunings with Erv Wilson and Douglas Leedy and ...
(born 1961), American music composer and scholar * David Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Dick Wolf Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American film and television producer, best known for his ''Law & Order'' franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spinoffs. He is al ...
(born 1946), American television producer * Diego Wolf, Argentine water polo player * Dragutin Wolf (1866–1927), Croatian industrialist *
Eli Wolf Elijah Jackson Wolf (born March 11, 1997) is a former American football tight end who played in the National Football League. He played college football at Georgia and Tennessee. High school Wolf attended Minster High School in Minster, Ohio. W ...
(born 1997), American football player *
Emil Wolf Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory ...
(1922–2018), American physicist *
Eric Wolf Eric Robert Wolf (February 1, 1923 – March 6, 1999) was an anthropologist, best known for his studies of peasants, Latin America, and his advocacy of Marxist perspectives within anthropology. Early life Life in Vienna Wolf was born in Vi ...
(1923–1999), American anthropologist * Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792), German composer * Ethan Wolf (born 1995), American football player *
Frank Wolf (disambiguation) Frank Wolf may refer to: * Frank Wolf (adventurer) (born 1970), Canadian environmentalist * Frank Wolf (politician) (born 1939), U.S. Representative * Frank N. Wolf (1897–1949), American football and basketball player See also * Frank Wolfe ...
, several people * František Wolf (1904–1989), Czech mathematician * Franz Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Fred Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Friedrich Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Gary Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Guido Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Gusti Wolf Gusti Wolf (11 April 1912 – 5 May 2007) was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress. Born in Vienna, Wolf was adopted by the painter, Felix Albrecht Harta who became her foster father. Wolf made her stage debut at the Burgtheater in ...
(1912–2007), Austrian actor * Hannes Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Hanns Wolf Hanns Wolf (sometimes incorrectly called Hans Wolf; June 7, 1894 – July 2, 1968) was a post-romantic and modern composer, pianist and music professor; nearly all his works were destroyed after World War II. Due to this, Wolf was nearly forgotte ...
(1894–1968), German composer and pianist * Harry Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Heinrich Wolf (1875–1943), Austrian chess player * Henry Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), Austrian composer * Jack Keil Wolf (1935–2011), American computer scientist * James Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf (born 31 January 1979) is a former German speed skater. On 10 March 2007 at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, she broke the world record for the women's 500 m in her second race. ...
(born 1979), German ice speed skater *
Jeremy Wolf Jeremy Daniel Wolf (born November 2, 1993) is an American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team. High school and college Wolf attended Chaparral High School, where he played on the Firebirds alongside among others future ...
(born 1993), American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team *
Jim Wolf James Michael Wolf (born July 24, 1969) is an American Major League Baseball umpire. He joined the major league staff in 1999 after working in the Arizona Rookie League, the South Atlantic League, the California League, the Texas League and the ...
(born 1969), American baseball umpire * Jimmy Wolf (1862–1903), American baseball player * J. J. Wolf (born 1998), American tennis player *
Joan Wolf Joan Wolf (born 1951 in Bronx, New York) is an American writer of romance novels. Wolf grew up in the Bronx, New York. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Mercy College (New York), Mercy College and Master in English and Comparative Literature i ...
(born 1951), American writer *
Joe Wolf Joseph James Wolf (born December 17, 1964) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Professional career He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the 13th overall pick of the 1987 NBA Draft, selected ...
(born 1964), American basketball player *
Johann Christoph Wolf Johann Christoph Wolf (born at Wernigerode, February 21 1683; died at Hamburg, July 25 1739) was a German Christian Hebraist, polyhistor, and collector of books. He studied at Wittenberg, and traveled in Holland and England in the intere ...
(1683–1739), German Hebraist and book collector * John Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Joseph Wolf Joseph Wolf (22 January 1820 – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livi ...
(1820–1899), German natural history illustrator * Josh Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Julia Wolf Julia Wolf is a British mathematician specialising in arithmetic combinatorics who was the 2016 winner of the Anne Bennett Prize of the London Mathematical Society. She is currently a professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathemati ...
, British mathematician * Kate Wolf (1942–1986), American folk singer and songwriter * Katie Wolf (1925–2020), American politician *
Kati Wolf Kati Wolf (born 24 September 1974) is a Hungarian singer. Wolf represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song " What About My Dreams?".Konrad Wolf Konrad Wolf (20 October 1925 – 7 March 1982) was an East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" was his nickname. Biography Beca ...
(1925–1982), German film director *
Lana Wolf Lana Wolf (born 14 December 1975 in Wezep, Gelderland) is a musician and singer. She sang with many international artists, among which are The Trammps, George McCrae, Londonbeat, Frans Bauer, René Froger, Gerard Cox and Linda, Roos and Jessica as ...
(born 1975), Dutch rock singer and radio producer *
Laurent Wolf Laurent Debuire (; born 16 November 1970), better known by his stage name Laurent Wolf, is a French electro house producer and DJ. He is the author of several compilations that contain his own tracks and also his remixes. He reached the top of th ...
(born 1971), French music producer *
Linda Wolf Linda Ann Wolf (born March 17, 1950) is an American photographer and author. She is one of the first female rock and roll photographers. Wolf also makes fine art photography with an emphasis on women and global photojournalism. Early life Wolf ...
(born 1950), American-born photographer and writer *
Lucien Wolf Lucien Wolf (1857 in London1930) was an English Jewish journalist, diplomat, historian, and advocate of rights for Jews and other minorities. While Wolf was devoted to minority rights, he opposed Jewish nationalism as expressed in Zionism, which ...
(1857–1930), English journalist * Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer * Marilyn Wolf, American computer engineer * Marius Wolf (born 1995), German footballer * Markus Wolf (1923–2006), East German intelligence head * Mary Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Max Wolf (1863–1932), German astronomer * Michael Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Michelle Wolf, American comedian, writer, producer, and television host * Milton A. Wolf (1924–2005), American real estate developer and diplomat *
Naomi Wolf Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born November 12, 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist and conspiracy theorist. Following her first book ''The Beauty Myth'' (1991), she became a leading spokeswoman of what has been described as the third wave ...
(born 1962), American author, journalist, and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton * Patrick Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Peter Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Randy Wolf Randall Christopher Wolf (born August 22, 1976) nicknamed "Wolfie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, ...
(born 1976), American baseball player * Raymond Wolf (1904–1979), American athlete and coach * Remi Wolf (born 1996), American musician * Robert Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Ron Wolf Ronald Wolf (born December 30, 1938) is the former American football general manager (GM) of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. Wolf is widely credited with bringing success to a Packers franchise that had rarely won during the two ...
(born 1938), American football general manager *
Rudolf Wolf Johann Rudolf Wolf (7 July 1816 – 6 December 1893) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. Wolf was born in Fällanden, near Zurich. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Vienna, and Berlin. Encke ...
(1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician * Scott Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Sebastian Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Sherry Wolf (born 1949), American surrealist painter and designer * Shmuel Wolf (1934–2019), Hungarian-born Israeli actor *
Simon Wolf Simon Wolf (October 28, 1836 – June 4, 1923) was a United States businessman, lawyer, writer, diplomat and Jewish activist. Biography Wolf was born in Hinzweiler, Kingdom of Bavaria. He emigrated to the United States in 1848, making his home ...
(1826–1923), American businessman, lawyer, diplomat and Jewish activist * Slavko Wolf (1862–1936), Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer * Steven Wolf (disambiguation), several people, includes Stephen *
Susan Wolf Susan Rose Wolf (born 1952) is an American moral philosopher and philosopher of action who is currently the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught previously at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
(born 1952), American moral philosopher * Thomas Wolf (disambiguation), several people, includes Thom and Tom * Wally Wolf (1930–1997), American swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion * Wally Wolf (baseball) (1942–2020), American baseball player * Walter Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Warner Wolf Warner William Wolf (born November 11, 1937) is an American television and radio sports broadcaster, perhaps best known as a local news sports anchor in Washington, D.C. and New York City, and for his catchphrase "Let's go to the videotape!" He w ...
(born 1937), American television and radio sports broadcaster * Warren Wolf (disambiguation), several people * Wilhelm Wolf (disambiguation), several people * William Wolf (disambiguation), several people *
Wolfgang Wolf Wolfgang Wolf (born 24 September 1957) is a German football coach and a former player. Career Wolf was born in Tiefenthal. As a player, he spent twelve seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Stuttgarter Kickers. Coaching car ...
(born 1957), German soccer player and coach *
Yoni Wolf Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon. From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred t ...
(born 1979), American alternative hip-hop/indie rock artist, best known for WHY? project


Nickname or stage name

*Enzo Coloni, Italian race car driver and founder of the
Scuderia Coloni Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, was an auto racing team from Italy. Formed by Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems bet ...
racing team, nicknamed "the wolf" *
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
(1889–1945) self-adopted the nickname "Wolf" * Gustav Wagner (1911–1980), Austrian SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp *
Michael Van Wijk Michael Van Wijk (born 30 September 1952) is an Indian-born English bodybuilder, professional sportsperson, actor and TV presenter. He is most well known for his role as Wolf on British TV endurance sports game show ''Gladiators'', a role he hel ...
, known by the pseudonym Wolf on the television series ''Gladiators''


Fictional characters

* Wolf Larsen, in the 1904 novel ''The Sea-Wolf'' by Jack London * Father Wolf, in the 1894 novel ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling * Ralph Wolf, in a series of animated cartoons from ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' *Wolf, in the 1984 novel ''The Talisman'' by Stephen King and Peter Straub *The Wolf, the name by which Ezra is known in '' The Night Angel Trilogy'' fantasy series *Wolf, codename for a character in the novel ''
Stormbreaker ''Stormbreaker'' is a young adult action-adventure book written by British author Anthony Horowitz, and is the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. The book was released in the United Kingdom on the 4th of September 2000, and in United S ...
'' by Anthony Horowitz *Wolf, the nickname given to Ze'ev Kesley of
The Lunar Chronicles ''The Lunar Chronicles'' is a series of four young adult science fiction fantasy novels, a novella and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Each book entails a science fictional ...
fantasy novel series *
Bigby Wolf Bigby Wolf is a fictional character in the American comic book series ''Fables (comics), Fables'' published by DC Comics and its alternative imprint Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo. The character first appears in ''Fables'' #1 (July 2002) and was cr ...
, in the comic book series ''Fables'' * Wolf (''The 10th Kingdom''), on the television show ''The 10th Kingdom'' *
Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...
, from '' Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light'', '' Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem'', and their respective remakes *
Wolf O'Donnell is a fictional character in Nintendo's ''Star Fox'' video game series. He was created by both Shigeru Miyamoto and Takaya Imamura. In the ''Star Fox'' series, Wolf O'Donnell is an anthropomorphic wolf who is both the leader of the Star Wolf m ...
, in the ''Star Fox'' series of video games * Claudia Wolf, in the ''Silent Hill'' video game series * Crying Wolf, in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series * Sniper Wolf, in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series *
Wolf Hawkfield The following is a list of characters from the ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game series released by Sega. Starting with ''Virtua Fighter'', this series has spanned five games (not including updates) and has been released on arcade systems as well ...
, in the ''Virtua Fighter'' video game series *Wolf, street name for a character in '' Need for Speed: Carbon'' *Marcus Wolf, from the film '' Deep Impact'' *Marty Wolf, a film producer and the main antagonist of ''
Big Fat Liar ''Big Fat Liar'' is a 2002 American comedy film, directed by Shawn Levy, adapted by Dan Schneider from a story by Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, a ...
'' *Wolf, a main character in the streaming television series ''
Future Man Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957), also known as RoyEl, best known by his stage name Future Man (also written Futureman and known to fans as Futche) is an American musician, inventor and composer. He is best known as a member of jazz ...
'' *Wolf Stoller, a German banker from Herman Wouk's ''
The Winds of War ''The Winds of War'' is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being ''The Caine Mutiny''). Published in 1971, ''The Winds of War'' was followed up seven years later by ''War and Remembrance''; originally conceived as one volume, ...
'' book and television miniseries *Wolf, the protagonist of '' Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice'' *Wolf, a main character in the animated television series ''
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' is an animated television series created by Radford Sechrist and developed by Bill Wolkoff, adapted from Rad's 2015 webcomic ''Kipo''. The series is produced by American company DreamWorks Animation Televisi ...
'' *Wolf Edmunds, a deceased astronaut in the 2014 science fiction film Interstellar


See also

* Little Wolf (c. 1820 – 1904), Cheyenne war leader *
Joseph Lonewolf Joseph Lonewolf (January 26, 1932 – November 9, 2014) was a Native American potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. He was known for his use of historical methods and his development of sgraffito and bas-relief techniques used ...
(born 1932), Pueblo potter * Minnie Spotted-Wolf (1923–1988), first female Native American Marine * Mountain Wolf Woman (1884–1960), Ho-Chunk woman and biographical subject *
Myron Wolf Child Myron John Wolf Child (February 6, 1983 – February 27, 2007) was a youth activist, public speaker and politician from the Kainai Nation in southern Alberta, Canada. His surname was sometimes reported as Wolfchild or WolfChild. Background B ...
(1983–2007), Canadian politician and activist * Wolf Robe (1838–1910), Cheyenne chief * Wolfe (given name) * Wolfe (surname) * Wolffe, a surname * Woolf (surname) * Woolf (given name) * Woolfe (surname) *
Wulf ''Wulf'' (Common Germanic "wolf") was one of the most prolific elements in early Germanic names. It could figure as the first element in dithematic names, as in '' Wulfstan'', but especially as second element, in the form ''-ulf, -olf'' as in ...
, a surname * Zev Wolf, Jewish double-name with both parts having the same meaning in Hebrew (Ze'ev, Zev) and Yiddish


References

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