Schaeffer is a German surname. It is a variant of Schaefer, from ''schäfer'' ("shepherd") and of Schaffer, from a noun (meaning steward or bailiff) derived from Middle High German schaffen.
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People with the surname
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Albert Charles Schaeffer
Albert Charles Schaeffer (13 August 1907, Belvidere, Illinois – 2 February 1957) was an American mathematician who worked on complex analysis.
Biography
Schaeffer was the son of Albert John and Mary Plane Schaeffer (née Herrick). He studied ...
, American mathematician
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Billy Schaeffer
William G. Schaeffer (born December 11, 1951) is a former American basketball small forward in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the New York Nets and Virginia Squires. He also was a member of the Allentown Jets in the Eastern Pennsyl ...
, retired American professional basketball player
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Boguslaw Schaeffer, Polish composer and theoretician
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Brent Schaeffer, American arena football quarterback
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Charles Frederick Schaeffer
Charles Frederick Schaeffer (3 September 1807 in Germantown, Pennsylvania – 23 November 1879 in Philadelphia) was a Lutheran clergyman of the United States.
Biography
His parents were Frederick David Schaeffer and Rosina Rosenmiller. His fath ...
(1807–1879), Lutheran clergyman of the United States
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Charles William Schaeffer (1813–1896), Lutheran clergyman and theologian of the United States
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Chester Schaeffer, American film editor
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Claude Schaeffer Claude may refer to:
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* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...
, French archaeologist who helped uncover the Ugaritic religious texts
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David Frederick Schaeffer (1787–1837), Lutheran clergyman of the United States
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Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-American Christian author and widow of Francis Schaeffer
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Eric Schaeffer
Eric Schaeffer (born January 22, 1962) is an Americans, American actor, writer, and director.
Early life and education
Schaeffer was born in New York City, New York (state), New York, and later graduated with a degree in drama and dance from ...
, American actor
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Eric D. Schaeffer Eric D. Schaeffer is an American theater director and producer based in Arlington, Virginia.
He is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Signature Theatre., and is well known nationally for his re-invention of large American musicals for ...
, American theatre director
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Francis Schaeffer
Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, , a prolific autho ...
, American-French theologian, philosopher, and founder of L'Abri
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Frank Schaeffer, French son of Francis Schaeffer
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Frederick Christian Schaeffer (1792–1832), Lutheran clergyman of the United States
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Frederick David Schaeffer (1760–1836), German-born Lutheran clergyman of the United States
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Georg Anton Schäffer
Georg Anton Schäffer (rarely russified as ''Yegor Nikolayevich'' or ''Egor Antonovich'' ''Sheffer''; ''von Schaeffer'' in Portuguese sources; 27 January 1779 – 1836) was a German physician in the employ of the Russian-American Company who ...
, (1779–1836), German physician and adventurer
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George Schaeffer, former American head coach of the Arizona State college football program
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Harry Schaeffer, former American major league baseball pitcher
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Jacob Christian Schaeffer
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...
, 17th century German scientist
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Jack Schaeffer (born ''John Case Schaeffer II''), American musician, record producer and clarinetist
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James Schaeffer (1885–1972), American college sports coach
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* Jim Schaeffer, American drum major and former leader of the
Highty-Tighties (relative of James Soloman Schaeffer)
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Jody Schaeffer, American cartoonist and co-creator of ''Megas XLR''
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John Schaeffer (art collector) (1941–2020), Australian art collector and businessman
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John Schaeffer (environmentalist) (born 1949), American solar power advocate
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John Schaeffer (trainer) (born 1951), American fitness trainer and author
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John Nevin Schaeffer (1882–1942), American classicist
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Jonathan Schaeffer
Jonathan Herbert Schaeffer (born 1957) is a Canadian researcher and professor at the University of Alberta and the former Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence.
He led the team that wrote Chinook, the world's strongest American c ...
, Canadian computer scientist
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Lucien Schaeffer, French former footballer who played at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Lawrence Schaeffer (born 1947), American geneticist
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Matthew Schaeffer, American guitarist in the rock band Monovox
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Mead Schaeffer
Mead Schaeffer (July 15, 1898 – November 6, 1980) was an :American illustrators, American illustrator active from the early to middle twentieth century.
Biography
Schaeffer was born in Freedom Plains, New York, in 1898, the son of Presbyt ...
, American artist and illustrator
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Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His inno ...
, French musician and pioneer of musique concrète
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Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989), American actress who was murdered by a fan
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Roberto Schaefer, American photographer known for his work in the film ''Quantum of Solace''
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Sandra Schaeffer
Sandra Schaeffer (Bergeson; born in 1946) is an American singer, author and game inventor.
Early career
Schaeffer graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, in 1968. In 1969 she replaced Madeline Kahn in the off-Broadway musi ...
(born 1946), American singer, author and game inventor
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Serafia Fredrika Schaeffer (1800-1887), Finnish herbal healer
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Stefanie Schaeffer, ''The Apprentice 6'' winner
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Steve Schaeffer, American studio musician
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Tarah Lynne Schaeffer
Tarah Lynne Schaeffer (born July 4, 1984) is a former American child actress. She is known for her role as Tarah on ''Sesame Street''.
Acting career
In 1993, ''Sesame Street'' was casting for a child actor to play a character with disabiliti ...
, American actress known for her role on ''Sesame Street''
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Tom Schaeffer (born 1940), Swedish curler, 1973 world champion
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Wendy Schaeffer
Wendy Lynn Schaeffer, OAM (born 16 September 1974 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Schaeffer was inducted into th ...
, Australian equestrian and Olympic champion
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Schaefer
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word ''schäfer'', meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German '' scāphare''. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer" (a standardized spelling in many German-speaking ...
References
External links
WhitePages.com: People with the surname Schaeffer located in the United States
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