Wolff
Wolff is a variant form of The Wolf surname. Wolf is the 16th most common surname in Germany. It is derived from bauptismal name Wolfgang or Wolfram. High-class, Nobility and Aristocracy person of Norse, mostly possibly Danish or Swedish but Scandinavian origin Nivelung Wolf (in modern German language, Nibelung) of Köln is the first mencioned in chronicles as a citizen during the Middle Age since year 1135.
List of people surnamed Wolff
A–F
- Albert Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Alex Wolff, American actor
- Alexander Wolff, American writer
- Alexander Wolff (soldier), (1788–1863), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington
- Betje Wolff (1738–1804), Dutch writer
- Bernard Wolff (1811–1879), German media mogul
- Beverly Wolff (1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano
- Bobby Wolff (born 1932), American bridge player
- Carl Gustaf Wolff, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman
- Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734–1794), founder of embryology
- Christian Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Christoph Wolff (born 1940), German-born musicologist
- Ed Wolff (actor) (1907–1966), American actor
- Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist
- Enrique Wolff (born 1949), Argentine football player
- Ernst Victor Wolff (1886–1961), German-born classical pianist and harpsichordist
- Francis Wolff, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records
- Francis Wolff (philosopher) (born 1950), French philosopher, see List of French philosophers
- Frank Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), an American mystical philosopher
- Freddie Wolff (1910–1988), British sprinter
G–M
- Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937), American writer
- Gerald W. Wolff (born 1939), American historian
- Hans Walter Wolff (born 1911), German biblical scholar
- Hellmuth Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Heinz Wolff (1928–2017), German-British scientist and television and radio presenter
- Henny Wolff (1896–1965), German soprano concert singer and voice teacher
- Henry Drummond Wolff (1830–1908), English diplomat
- Irving Wolff (1894–1982), American physicist
- J. Scott Wolff (1878–1958), American politician from Missouri
- Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778–1806), German botanist
- Jonathan Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Josh Wolff (born 1977), American soccer player
- Joseph Wolff (1795–1862), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany
- Joseph C. Wolff (1849–1896), New York politician
- Julius Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Kurt Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Louis Wolff (1898–1972), American cardiologist
- Karin Wolff (1959), German politician
- Karl Wolff (1900–1984), high-ranking member of the Schutzstaffel
- Karl Felix Wolff (1879–1966), self-taught folklorist of the South Tyrol
- Maritta Wolff (1918–2002) American novelist
- Matthew Wolff (born 1999), American golfer
- Michael Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Milton Wolff (1915–2008), commander of the Lincoln Battalion
N–Z
- Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor
- Nelson Wolff (born 1940), American politician
- Otto Herbert Wolff (1920-2010) German-British paediatrician
- Patrick Wolff (born 1968), American chess player
- Peter Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Richard Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Rikard Wolff (1958–2017), Swedish actor
- Robert Wolff (disambiguation), several people
- Roger Wolff (1911–1994), American baseball player
- S. Drummond Wolff (1916–2004), English organist, mainly active in America
- Salomon (Sam) de Wolff (1878–1960), Dutch economist and politician
- Sam Wolff (born 1991), American baseball player
- Stefan Wolff, German political scientist and professor living in the UK
- Sula Wolff (1924–2009), prominent British child psychiatrist
- Susie Wolff (born 1982), British racing driver
- Theodor Wolff (1868-1943), German journalist
- Thomas Wolff (1954–2000), American mathematician
- Tobias Barrington Wolff (born 1970), American professor of law
- Tobias Wolff (born 1945), American writer
- Toto Wolff (born 1972), Austrian racing driver and investor
- Virginia Euwer Wolff (1882–1941), English writer
- Werner Wolff (disambiguation), several people
See also
- Wolff v. McDonnell, a U.S. Supreme Court case
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