*[[Elaine Shaffer]] (1925–1973), American flutist
*[[Elaine Shaffer]] (1925–1973), American flutist
*[[Harry G. Shaffer]] (1919–2009), Austrian-American economics academic
*[[Harry G. Shaffer]] (1919–2009), Austrian-American economics academic
*[[Jack Shaffer]] (1909–1963), American professional basketball player
*[[Jack Shaffer]] (1909–1963), American basketball player
*[[James Schaffer|James Shaffer]] (1910–2014), American religious leader
*[[James Schaffer|James Shaffer]] (1910–2014), American religious leader
*[[Jim G. Shaffer]] (born 1944), American archeology and anthropology academic
*[[Jim G. Shaffer]] (born 1944), American archeology and anthropology academic
*[[John H. Shaffer]] (1919–1997), American government administrator
*[[John H. Shaffer]] (1919–1997), American government administrator
*[[Juliet Popper Shaffer]] (born 1932), American psychologist and statistician
*[[Juliet Popper Shaffer]] (born 1932), American psychologist and statistician
*[[Lee Shaffer]] (born 1939), American professional basketball player
*[[Lee Shaffer]] (born 1939), American basketball player
*[[Leland Shaffer]] (1912–1993), American professional football player
*[[Leland Shaffer]] (1912–1993), American football player
*[[Louise Shaffer]] (born 1942), American actress, script writer, and author
*[[Louise Shaffer]] (born 1942), American actress, , and author
*[[Mary Shaffer]] (born 1947), American artist
*[[Mary Shaffer]] (born 1947), American artist
*[[Paul Shaffer]] (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer
*[[Paul Shaffer]] (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer
*[[James Shaffer]] (born 1970), American guitarist
*[[James Shaffer]] (born 1970), American guitarist
*[[Justin Shaffer]] (born 1998), American football player
*[[Justin Shaffer]] (born 1998), American football player
*[[Kevin Shaffer]] (born 1980), American professional football player
*[[Kevin Shaffer]] (born 1980), American football player
*[[Matthew Shaffer]] (born 1978), American musical theatre, television, and film actor
*[[Matthew Shaffer]] (born 1978), American actor
==See also==
==See also==
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning ‘shepherd’,[1] which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants “Shaefer”, “Schäfer” (a standardized spelling in many German-speaking countries after 1880), the additional alternative spelling “Schäffer”, and the anglicised forms “Schaeffer”, “Schaffer”, “Shaffer”, “Shafer”, and “Schafer” are all common surnames.
- Born in 1800–1899
- Born in 1900–1949
- Bill Schaefer (field hockey) (1925–2003), New Zealand field hockey player
- Bob Schaefer (born 1944), American baseball coach
- Daniel Schaefer (1936–2006), American politician
- Fred K. Schaefer (1904–1953), German and American geographer
- George Schaefer (1920–1997), American stage and film director
- Gerard John Schaefer (1946–1995), American killer, rapist, and suspected serial killer
- Henry F. Schaefer, III (born 1944), American chemist, academic and Protestant educator
- Jack Warner Schaefer (1907–1991), American fiction author
- James Schaefer (1938–2018), American politician and rancher
- Kermit Schaefer (1923–1979), American writer, broadcast and Pardon My Blooper record series producer
- Milner Baily Schaefer (1912–1970), American fisheries biologist
- Ronald P. Schaefer (born 1945), American linguist
- Udo Schaefer (1926–2019), German Bahá’í author
- Vincent Schaefer (1906–1993), American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding
- Walter V. Schaefer (1904–1986), American jurist and educator
- Will Schaefer (1928–2007), American composer
- William Donald Schaefer (1921–2011), American politician
- Born after 1950
- Bradley E. Schaefer, American physicist
- Jarrett Schaefer (born 1979), America film director and screenwriter
- Jeff Schaefer (born 1960), American baseball player
- Kurt Schaefer (born 1965), American academic
- Laura Schaefer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matthew Schaefer (born 2007), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nolan Schaefer (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Schaefer (author) (born 1943), American academic and religious history author
- Peter Schaefer (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Reid Schaefer (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard Schaefer, Swiss boxing promoter and president of Anthem Sports Group
- Vic Schaefer (born 1961), American basketball coach
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1899
- Barbara Schäfer (1934–2024), German politician
- Emanuel Schäfer (1900–1974), German SS officer, head of security police and SD in Serbia during World War II
- Ernst Schäfer (1910–1992), German hunter, zoologist and ornithologist
- Gustav Schäfer (rower) (1906–1991), German Olympic rower
- Hans-Bernd Schäfer (born 1943), German economist and scholar
- Hans Schäfer (1927–2017), German retired footballer
- Karl Heinz Schäfer (1932–1996), German-born composer and arranger working in France
- Karl Schäfer (figure skater) (1909–1976), Austrian Olympic figure skater
- Manfred Schäfer (1943–2023), German-Australian retired professional footballer
- Paul Schäfer (1921–2010), German-Chilean cult leader
- Willy Schäfer (actor) (1933–2011), German actor
- Willy Schäfer (handball player) (1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player
- Wolf Schäfer (born 1942), German-American historian
- Wolfgang Schäfer (born 1945), German choral conductor and academic
- Born after 1949
- András Schäfer (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
- Anita Schäfer (born 1951), German politician
- Axel Schäfer (born 1952), German politician
- Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), German television presenter
- Carolina Schäfer (born 2004), German athlete
- Christine Schäfer (born 1965), German soprano
- Dagmar Schäfer (born 1968), German sinologist and historian of science
- Ingo Schäfer (born 1965), German politician
- Jan Schäfer (born 1974), German Olympic canoer
- Klaus Schäfer (catholic theologian) (born 1958), German catholic theologian, priest and author
- Marcel Schäfer (born 1984), German footballer
- Markus Schäfer (born 1961), German tenor
- Michael Schäfer (born 1959), Danish football manager
- Raphael Schäfer (born 1979), German footballer
- Thomas Schäfer (politician) (1966−2020) German lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance in Hesse
- Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1950
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1900
- Born after 1950
- Eric Schafer (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
- Harold Schafer (1912–2001), American entrepreneur
- Hunter Schafer (born 1999), American model, activist, and actress
- Jordan Schafer (born 1986), American baseball player
- Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), American actress
- Richard D. Schafer (1918–2014), American mathematician
- Ronald W. Schafer (born 1938), American electrical engineer and academic
- Roy Schafer (1922–2018), American psychologist-psychoanalyst
- R. Murray Schafer (1933–2021), Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist
- Sakura Schafer-Nameki, German physicist
- Tim Schafer (born 1967), American computer game designer
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1900
- Born after 1950
- Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), American comedy writer and songwriter
- Bob Schaffer (born 1962), American state politician
- Daniel Schaffer (born 1969), British graphic novelist
- Denny Schaffer, American radio personality
- Frank Schaffer (born 1958), East German Olympic athlete
- Gail S. Shaffer (born 1948), American state politician
- Jon Schaffer (born 1968), American guitarist and songwriter
- Jonathan Schaffer, American-Australian philosopher
- Lewis Schaffer (born 1957), American comedian
- Ken Schaffer (born 1947), American inventor
- Simon Schaffer (born 1955), English academic
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1900
- Born after 1950
- David Shafer (politician) (born 1965), American politician
- Dirk Shafer (1962–2015), American model, actor, screenwriter and director
- Jack Shafer (born 1951), American journalist and columnist
- Jeremy Shafer, American entertainer and origamist
- Justin Shafer (born 1992), American baseball player
- Robert R. Shafer (born 1958), American actor
- Ross Shafer (born 1954), American comedian and motivational speaker
- Scott Shafer (born 1967), American college football coach
- Born after 1800
- Born after 1900
- Anthony Shaffer (writer) (1926–2001), English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
- David Shaffer (1936–2023), American physician
- Earl Shaffer (1918–2002), American outdoorsman and author
- Elaine Shaffer (1925–1973), American flutist
- Harry G. Shaffer (1919–2009), Austrian-American economics academic
- Jack Shaffer (1909–1963), American basketball player
- James Shaffer (1910–2014), American religious leader
- Jim G. Shaffer (born 1944), American archeology and anthropology academic
- John H. Shaffer (1919–1997), American government administrator
- Juliet Popper Shaffer (born 1932), American psychologist and statistician
- Lee Shaffer (born 1939), American basketball player
- Leland Shaffer (1912–1993), American football player
- Louise Shaffer (born 1942), American actress, scriptwriter, and author
- Mary Shaffer (born 1947), American artist
- Paul Shaffer (born 1949), Canadian-American musician, actor, author, comedian and composer
- Sir Peter Shaffer (1926–2016), English dramatist and playwright
- Robert H. Shaffer (1915–2017), American educator
- Tim Shaffer (1945–2011), American politician
- Born after 1950
- Anthony Shaffer (born 1962), American Reserve Army Lieutenant Colonel and CIA intelligence officer
- Atticus Shaffer (born 1998), American actor
- Brenda Shaffer (born c. 1965), American political science author
- Brian Shaffer (born 1979), missing American medical student
- Chris Shaffer, American singer-songwriter
- Deborah Shaffer, American filmmaker
- Erica Shaffer (born 1970), American actress
- James Shaffer (born 1970), American guitarist
- Justin Shaffer (born 1998), American football player
- Kevin Shaffer (born 1980), American football player
- Matthew Shaffer (born 1978), American actor
- ^ Morten, Oren Frederic; Cole, J.R. (1914), “III. The Old Frontier and the American Highlander”, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Part 1 (Google eBook), vol. 1, Kingwood, West Virginia: The Journal Publishing Company, p. 312, retrieved 14 August 2011
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