Scheffer

Scheffer is a German occupational surname related to German Schäfer (meaning "shepherd") or Schaffer (meaning "overseer").^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Scheffer (born 1975), American baseball pitcher
• Ary Scheffer (1795–1858), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia
• Cornelia Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist
• Cornélia Scheffer (1830-1899), French sculptor and designer
• David Scheffer (born 1953), American diplomat, UN Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
• Emmanuel Scheffer (1924–2012), Israeli football player and coach
• François Scheffer (1766–1844), Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Luxembourg City
• Frank Scheffer (born 1956), Dutch cinematographer
• Guus Scheffer (1898–1952), Dutch weightlifter
• Hendrik Scheffer (1798–1862), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia
• Henrik Teofilus Scheffer (1710–1759), Swedish chemist
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch politician, former Secretary General of NATO
• James Scheffer, American record producer and songwriter
• Johan Scheffer (born 1948), Australian (Victorian) politician
• Johann Baptist Scheffer (1773–1809), German-born Dutch painter
• Johannes Scheffer (1621–1679), Swedish humanist
• Karl-Heinz Scheffer, West German slalom canoeist
• Marten Scheffer, Dutch ecologist
• Paul Scheffer (born 1954), Dutch multiculturalism scholar and author
•  [de] (1909–1988), Dutch band composer and conductor
• Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (1621–1679), Dutch botanist : see nl:Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer
• Victor Blanchard Scheffer (1906–2011), American mammalogist
• Will Scheffer, American playwright

See also[]

• Scheffers
• United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303 (1998)
• Schaefer

References[]

Surname list

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