Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer (German for "piper; player of the pipe") is the surname of several notable people:
Scientists
- Carl Pfeiffer (malacologist) (?-1852), German malacologist
- Carl Pfeiffer (pharmacologist) (1908–88), one of the founders of orthomolecular psychiatry
- Carl Jonas Pfeiffer (1779–1836), German malacologist, uncle of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
- Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1891–1961), biochemist active in the development of biodynamic agriculture
- Emil Pfeiffer (1846-1921), German physician and pediatrician
- George Adam Pfeiffer (1889–1943), American mathematician
- Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (AKA Louis Pfeiffer, 1805–77), German physician, botanist and conchologist, nephew of Carl Jonas
- Paul Pfeiffer (chemist) (1875–1951), German chemist
- Richard Pfeiffer, (1858–1945), German physician and bacteriologist
Arts
- Alberta Pfeiffer (1899–1994), Illinois architect
- Carl Pfeiffer (architect) (1834–1888), German-born NYC architect
- Johann Pfeiffer (1697–1791), German violinist and composer
- Darrin Pfeiffer (born 1969), American musician
- Dedee Pfeiffer (born 1964), American actress
- Franz Pfeiffer (1815–1868), German literary scholar
- Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858), Austrian traveller and travel book author
- Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), American actress
- Paul Pfeiffer (artist) (born 1966), American video artist
Sports
- Darren Pfeiffer (born 1987), Australian football player
Other uses
- The fictional character "Hans Pfeiffer" ("Pfeiffer mit drei F", ) from the novel Die Feuerzangenbowle
- Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina
- Pfeiffer Lake, Minnesota
- Infectious mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease
- Pfeiffer, Arkansas
- Pfeiffer, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Pfeiffer Effect, an optical phenomenon
- Pfeiffer House (disambiguation)
- Pfeiffer Vacuum, a German manufacturer of vacuum pumps
- Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull
See also
- Pfeifer
- Pfeffer
- Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist
- Yann Peifer, German trance musician better known as "Yanou"
- William T. Pheiffer (1898–1986), American lawyer, Republican politician and diplomat
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