Wolfe (surname)
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Wolfe is a surname. It might refer to:
Alternate spellings include Wolf
, Wolff
, Wulf
and Woolf
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Alternate spellings include Wolf
Wolf (name)
Wolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name common among Native Americans and other nations.-Surname:*Alfred Wolf , German-born American navy sailor*Alice Wolf , American politician...
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Wolff
Wolff is the surname of:*Albert Wolff , Dutch conductor and pianist*Albert Wolff , German sculptor*Albert Moritz Wolff , German sculptor*Albert Wolff *Alexander Wolff, American writer...
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Wulf
-History of name:There are several possible explanations as to the origin of the surname.The first explanation for German origin of this name: It may be patronymic in origin being derived from the first name of a father. In this case, Wulf is associated with the very popular German first name...
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Woolf
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf.The name Woolf may refer to:*Arthur Woolf, English engineer, best known for invention of a compound steam engine*Daniel Woolf, Principal of Queen's University...
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- Alan WolfeAlan WolfeAlan Wolfe is a political scientist and a sociologist and is currently on the faculty of Boston College and serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life...
, political scientist and a sociologist - Allison WolfeAllison Wolfe-Background:Born an identical twin in Memphis, Tennessee on November 9, 1969, Allison played a significant role in the formation of the riot grrrl movement of the 90s. She grew up in Olympia, Washington, with mother Pat Shively and sisters Cindy and Molly Wolfe...
, singer - Andy WolfeAndy WolfeAndy Wolfe was an American basketball player for the University of California, Berkeley from 1945–46 to 1947–48. As a sophomore in 1945–46, Wolfe led the Golden Bears in scoring at 13.4 points per game en route to the school's first-ever appearance at the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Cal lost...
, American college basketball player - Ann WolfeAnn WolfeAnn Wolfe is a female boxer who held world titles in four different weight classes simultaneously. Wolfe is regarded by many within the sport as the hardest puncher and best fighter in the history of women's boxing...
, boxer - Anne WolfeAnne WolfeAnne Wolfe is an American politician. She was the 2004 Democratic Party candidate for the United States House of Representatives for New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District...
, politician - Anthony WolfeAnthony WolfeAnthony Wolfe C.M. is a Trinidadian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the North East Stars in the TT Pro League. Club career =...
, footballer - Art WolfeArt WolfeArt Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures.- Image manipulation :...
, photographer
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- Barbara De WolfeBarbara De WolfeBarbara Blanchard De Wolfe was an American ornithologist known for her pioneering studies of avian life history and physiology, and especially her work on the White-crowned Sparrow...
, American ornithologist - Bernard WolfeBernard WolfeBernard Wolfe was an American writer. He was educated at Yale University, and worked in the United States Merchant Marine during the 1930s. Wolfe worked briefly as secretary and bodyguard to Leon Trotsky during the latter's exile in Mexico...
, American writer - Bernie WolfeBernie WolfeBernie Wolfe, CM, OB is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada.-Personal and family:Wolfe family one of the pioneer families of TransconaBorn in 1922 in Transcona, Manitoba Attended Transcona Collegiate...
, Canadian politician - Bernie Wolfe (hockey)Bernie Wolfe (hockey)Bernard Ronald Wolfe is a retired Canadian National Hockey League goaltender.Signed as a free agent in 1975 by the Washington Capitals, Wolfe would play for four seasons before retiring in 1979 at age 27. In 120 games played, his record was 20-61-21, with 424 goals against, a 4.17 goals against...
- Bertram WolfeBertram WolfeBertram David "Bert" Wolfe was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.-Early life:...
, American scholar - Bret WolfeBret WolfeBret Wolfe is an American porn star and actor.He has won ten porn industry awards, including the "People's Choice" for Rookie of the Year at the 2002 Gay Entertainment Awards, and the 2003 GayVN and Grabby "Newcomer of the Year" awards....
, porn star
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- Catharine Lorillard WolfeCatharine Lorillard WolfeCatharine Lorillard Wolfe was an American philanthropist and art collector. Though she gave large amounts of money to institutions such as Grace Episcopal Church and Union College, her most significant gifts were two bequests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City...
, philanthropist - Charles WolfeCharles Wolfe (poet)Charles Wolfe was an Irish poet, chiefly remembered for his "exquisite elegy", The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna-Family:...
, Irish poet - Claire WolfeClaire WolfeClaire Wolfe is a libertarian author and columnist. Some of Wolfe's favored topics are gulching or homesteading, firearms, homeschooling, open source technology, and opposition to national ID and the surveillance state or nanny state....
, author
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- Gary Wolfe (wrestler), professional wrestler
- Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
, American author - Gene WolfeGene WolfeGene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying into the religion. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the...
, American author - George Wolfe (Irish politician)George Wolfe (Irish politician)George Wolfe was an Irish farmer and Cumann na nGaedheal party politician, who served for nine years as TD for the Kildare constituency....
, member of Irish parliament - George Wolfe (cartoonist)George Wolfe (cartoonist)George Wolfe is an American cartoonist. He received the National Cartoonist Society Gag Cartoon Award for 1969, 1973, 1975, and 1976 for his work.-External links:*...
, American cartoonist - George Wolfe (CPA)George Wolfe (CPA)George Wolfe, an employee of the United States government, worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and 2004.Wolfe sat on the CPA's Program Review Board, the committee that made the final recommendation to CPA Administrator Paul Bremer over the $20 billion of contracts the CPA...
, US government administrator in Iraq - George C. WolfeGeorge C. WolfeGeorge Costello Wolfe is an American playwright and director of theater and film. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.-Early life and...
, African-American playwright - Glynn WolfeGlynn WolfeGlynn Wolfe aka Scotty Wolfe was a Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California. He was famous for holding the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages . His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years...
, Baptist minister - Gregory Baker WolfeGregory Baker WolfeGregory Baker Wolfe is a former United States diplomat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and later President of two urban institutions of higher education, Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, and Florida International University in Miami, Florida...
, American diplomat
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- Heffer WolfeHeffer WolfeHeffer Wolfe is a fictional character on the cartoon Rocko's Modern Life and the comic book series of the same name. Tom Kenny provided the voice of the anthropomorphic steer...
, fictional character - Heinkel Wolfe and Yumie TakagiHeinkel Wolfe and Yumie TakagiHeinkel Wolfe and Yumie Takagi are fictional characters in the manga Hellsing, and is prominently featured in the manga series Crossfire...
, manga characters - Helmut Wolfe, fictional General from anime MonsterMonster (manga)is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original between 1994 and 2001, and reprinted in 18 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted by Madhouse as a 74-episode anime TV series, which aired on NTV from April 7, 2004 to September 28, 2005...
- Humbert WolfeHumbert WolfeHumbert Wolfe CB CBE , was an Italian-born English poet, man of letters and civil servant, from a Jewish family background, his father, Martin Wolff of German descent and his mother, Consuela, née Terraccini, Italian...
, British poet
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- Jack A. WolfeJack A. WolfeJack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...
, American paleontologist - Jacques WolfeJacques WolfeJacques Wolfe was born in Botoşani, Romania, on April 29, 1896. His family emigrated to New York while he was a very young child. He displayed musical talent as a youngster and at 16, he entered the Institute of Musical Art, now known as Juilliard School. During World War I, he was stationed at...
, musician - James WolfeJames WolfeMajor General James P. Wolfe was a British Army officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French in Canada...
(1727–1759), British general in the Seven Years War - Jane WolfeJane WolfeJane Wolfe was an American silent film character actress and Thelemite.-Early life:A Pennsylvania Dutch, Wolfe was born in St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1875...
, actress - Jasper WolfeJasper WolfeJasper Travers Wolfe was an Irish independent politician who was elected three times as Teachta Dála for Cork West from 1927–33....
, politician - Jenna WolfeJenna WolfeJenna Wolfe is a national correspondent for NBC's Today, and the co-anchor of their Sunday edition...
, journalist - John Thomas WolfeJohn Thomas WolfeJohn Thomas Wolfe was a community veterinarian before becoming a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg, from 1988 until 1991.- Early life :Wolfe was born in Rockglen,...
(1955–1995), Canadian veterinarian and Saskatchewan MLA - John Wolfe-BarryJohn Wolfe-BarrySir John Wolfe-Barry was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project was the construction of Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London.-Early career:...
, civil engineer - Jonathan Wolfe (Robotech)
- Julia WolfeJulia WolfeJulia Wolfe is an American composer. She was born in Philadelphia, holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Princeton and Yale, and currently works in New York. Wolfe's music is rhythmically vigorous and often clangorously dissonant...
, American composer
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- Marianne WolfeMarianne WolfeMarianne Wolfe was the preeminent parliamentarian in the Presbyterian Church during the second half of the 20th century.Wolfe was a Professional Registered Parliamentarian from 1970 until her death in 2006. She literally wrote the book on Presbyterian parliamentary law...
, Presbyterian leader - Michael WolfeMichael WolfeMichael Wolfe is an American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of . He is also a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY Buffalo, and Princeton...
, American author - Michael WolfeMichael WolfeMichael Wolfe is an American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of . He is also a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY Buffalo, and Princeton...
, Hockey Player - Mike Wolfe (politician), British politician
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- Nero WolfeNero WolfeNero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created in 1934 by the American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe's confidential assistant Archie Goodwin narrates the cases of the detective genius. Stout wrote 33 novels and 39 short stories from 1934 to 1974, with most of them set in New York City. Wolfe's...
, fictional detective - Nick WolfeNick WolfeNick Wolfe is a fictional character from the universe of the Highlander: The Raven, portrayed by actor Paul Johansson. He is an Immortal.Nick has an older brother, who was 4 when Nick was adopted...
, fictional character from the universe of the Highlander: The RavenHighlander: The RavenHighlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda , an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series... - Nyle WolfeNyle WolfeNyle Wolfe , trained as a singer at the Cork School of Music and the Leinster school of Music & Drama Dublin. He graduated from The Royal Academy of Music London with the conservatory's highest academic award and won a scholarship to complete his studies at the Zurich Opera House...
, Vocalist / opera singer - Nathan WolfeNathan WolfeNathan D. Wolfe is an American virologist. He is currently Director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative and the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University. Dr. Wolfe spent over eight years conducting biomedical research in both sub-Saharan Africa and...
, Biologist
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- Paul WolfePaul WolfePaul Wolfe is a NASCAR crew chief and former driver. From 2003-05, Wolfe raced in numerous Busch Series events....
- Paul Wolfe (autoracer), American autoracer
- Peter Wolfe (musician), English musician
- Peter Wolfe (Sports Rankings)Peter Wolfe (Sports Rankings)Peter R. Wolfe is the owner of a computer system that is used by the Bowl Championship Series to rank collegiate football teams.-External links:*...
, owner of a BCS sports ranking system
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- Reginald WolfeReginald WolfeReginald Wolfe was a Dutch-born English Protestant printer and one of the original members of the Royal Stationers' Company....
, English printer - Robert WolfeRobert WolfeRobert Wolfe is a former military Cpt. who fought in both Germany and Japan, as a commander of a recon team and anti-landmine platoon, he was hit in the head twice and afterwards become an archivist...
, American archivist - Robert Hewitt WolfeRobert Hewitt WolfeRobert Hewitt Wolfe is an American television producer and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his work as a writer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and for developing and producing the series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda...
— American television producer and scriptwriter - Roland De WolfeRoland De WolfeRoland De Wolfe is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.In July 2005, he...
, professional poker player - Ronald Wolfe — part of the British scriptwriting duo, Chesney and WolfeChesney and WolfeRonald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe are British TV comedy screenwriters, best known for their popular 1960s / 1970s sitcoms The Rag Trade and On The Buses.-Early years:...
- Rose WolfeRose WolfeRose Wolfe, is the former Canadian Chancellor of the University of Toronto.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1938 and a Diploma in social work in 1939 from the University of Toronto....
, former Canadian Chancellor of the University of Toronto - Runt Wolfe, nickname of Moe Berg, Major League Baseball player, and spy
- Ryan WolfeRyan WolfeDetective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...
, a fictional characterFictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the show CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
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- Theobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe Tone or Wolfe Tone , was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen and is regarded as the father of Irish Republicanism. He was captured by British forces at Lough Swilly in Donegal and taken prisoner...
, Irish republican. Commonly known as Wolfe Tone - Thomas WolfeThomas WolfeThomas Clayton Wolfe was a major American novelist of the early 20th century.Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing...
(1900–1938), American novelist - Tom WolfeTom WolfeThomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. is a best-selling American author and journalist. He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life and education:...
(1931– ), American journalist and novelist - Tom Wolfe (woodcarver)Tom Wolfe (woodcarver)Tom James Wolfe began woodcarving at the age of 12. He has become one of America's leading wood carvers with nearly 50 books in print with Schiffer Publications to date. Tom currently resides in Spruce Pine, NC and teaches classes several times a year at his workshop on Grandfather Mountain, as...