Stauffer
Stauffer (also commonly spelled "
Switzerland and Austria.[2] Stauffer surnames derive from these hills. The Swiss Mennonite Stauffers common in the U.S. and Canada derive their name from a hill called Stouffe or Stauffenalp just southwest of the town of Röthenbach im Emmental in Switzerland.[3][4]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Brenda Stauffer (born 1961), former field hockey player
- Christian Stauffer (1579–16??), Swiss Anabaptist leader
- Devin Stauffer (born 1970), American philosopher and political scientist
- Dietrich Stauffer (1943–2019), German professor of theoretical physics at Cologne University
- Ethelbert Stauffer (1902–1979), German Protestant theologian and numismatist
- Grant Stauffer (1888–1949), American coal and railroad executive
- Henry Stauffer (1724–1777), German Mennonite pioneer
- Jack Stauffer (born 1945), American actor of film, television, and theater
- Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., American ichthyologist
- Johann Georg Stauffer (1778–1853), Austrian luthier
- John Stauffer (politician) (1925–2019), former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House and Senate
- John Stauffer (professor), American academic
- Joseph Stauffer (1874–1917), Alberta Liberal Party MLA
- Jürg M. Stauffer (born 1977), Swiss politician
- Nathan Stauffer (19th century), first head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils
- First Sergeant in the 5th US Cavalryduring the Indian- and Apache wars
- Serge Stauffer (1929–1989), Swiss artist art educator
- S. Walter Stauffer (1888–1975), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Teddy Stauffer (1909–1993), Swiss-Mexican Swing Musician, Mr. Acapulco
- Théodore Stauffer (1901–1971), Swiss boxer
- Tim Stauffer (born 1982), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Todd Stauffer (21st century), co-founder and publisher of the Jackson Free Press
- Walter Stauffer McIlhenny (1910–1985), president of McIlhenny Company
See also
- Stauffer Chemical, chemical company of the United States which manufactured herbicides
- Stauffer Communications, media company of the United States
- Stauffer syndrome, constellation of signs and symptoms of liver dysfunction
- Stauffer Mennonite
- Hohenstaufen (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Fick, August. "Wörterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen Dritter Teil: Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Blackie, Christina (1887). Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-Names Giving Their Derivations. London: John Murray. pp. 180.
- ^ Davis, Richard (1992). The Stauffer Families of Switzerland, Germany, and America (Including Stouffer and Stover). Provo, Utah: Richard Davis.
- ^ Stauffer, Joe. "The Stauffer Name". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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