Schaefer

Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', 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.

==Schaefer== Born in 1800–1899 Arnold Schaefer (1819–1883), German historian Germany Schaefer (1877–1919), American baseball player Jacob Schaefer Sr (1850–1910), American billiards player Jacob Schaefer Jr (1894–1975) American billiards player Jacob Schaefer (composer) (1888–1936), American composer and conductor Marie Charlotte Schaefer (1874–1927), American physician Rudolph Jay Schaefer I (1863–1923), American businessman 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