Christoffel

Christoffel is a Dutch and Afrikaans cognate of the masculine given name Christopher. Short forms include Chris, Christie, Kristof, and Stoffel. Christoffel also occurs as a patronymic surname. People with the name include:

Given name

• Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–c. 1645), Flemish-born Dutch landscape and still life painter
• Christoffel Beudeker (c. 1680–1756), Dutch merchant, landowner and map collector
• Christoffel Bisschop (1828–1904), Dutch genre painter and lithographer
• Christoffel Brand (1797–1875), South African jurist, politician, and statesman
• Christoffel Brand (Simon's Town)
  A host at Simon's Town, South Africa welcoming ships using it as a refreshment station.
• Christoffel Brändli (born 1943), Swiss politician
• Christoffel Cornelius "Chris" Dednam
  (born 1983), South African badminton player
• Christoffel van Dijck (1606–1669), Dutch printer, engraver, and type designer
• Christoffel Cornelis "Stoffel" Froneman (1846–1913), Orange Free State general
• Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
  (1621–1676), German author
• Christoffel "Chris" Hooijkaas (1861–1926), Dutch sailor
• Christoffel van IJsselstein (died aft.1510), Dutch noble of the House of Egmond
• Christoffel Jegher (1596–1652), Flemish Baroque engraver
• Christoffel Jacobsz van der Laemen (1607–c. 1651), Flemish painter
• Christoffel Lubienietzky
  (1659–1729), Pomeranian-born Dutch painter and engraver
• Christoffel "Stoffel" Muller (1776–1833), Dutch Protestant sect leader
• Christoffel Nortje (born 1940s), South African dentist and radiologist
• Christoffel Pierson (1631–1714), Dutch still life painter
• Christoffel Plantijn
  (c. 1520–1589), French-born Flemish Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher
• Christoffel van Sichem
  (1581–1658), Dutch woodcutter and engraver
• Christoffel van Swoll (1668–1718), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
• Christoffel "Christie" van Wyk
  (born 1977), Namibian sprinter
• Christoffel Venter (1892–1977), South African military commander
• Christoffel "Christie" Viljoen
  (born 1987), Namibian cricketer
• Christo Wiese (born 1941), South African businessman
• Jan Christoffel G. "Stoffel" Botha (1929–1998), South African politician, Minister of Home Affairs
• Pieter Christoffel Wonder (1780–1852), Dutch painter active in England

Surname

• Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829–1900), German mathematician and physicist
  • Named after him:
    Christoffel equation, Christoffel symbols, Schwarz–Christoffel mapping, Christoffel–Darboux formula
• Louis Christoffel (1886–?), Belgian wrestler
• Martin Christoffel (1922–2001), Swiss chess player
• Nathan Christoffel (born 1982), Australian film director

See also

• Christoffelberg, highest point on Curaçao
• Christoffelpark, a protected nature area around this mountain
• Christoffelturm, a tower in Bern, Switzerland, between 1344 and 1865
• Christoffel Brewery [nl], Dutch brewery

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