Pfeifer

Pfeifer is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English Piper and Fifer; other spellings include Pfeiffer. The spelling Pfeifer may refer to:


 * People:
 * Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer (1915–2001), United States Navy officer and aide to Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * Felix Pfeifer (1871–1945), German sculptor and medallist
 * George Pfeifer (born 1955), former head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho
 * Hellmuth Pfeifer (1894–1945), German general who commanded the 65. Infantrie Division during World War II
 * Jörg Pfeifer (born 1952), East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres
 * Joseph L. Pfeifer (1892–1974), United States Representative from New York
 * Karl Pfeifer, (1928–2023), Austrian journalist
 * Louis Fred Pfeifer (1876–1917), private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor
 * Manuel Pfeifer (born 1999), Austrian football player
 * Marcuse Pfeifer (1936–2020), American gallerist
 * Melanie Pfeifer (born 1986), German slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s
 * Michael David Pfeifer (born 1937), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo
 * Paul Pfeifer (born 1942), American politician of the Ohio Republican party
 * Philip Pfeifer (born 1992), American baseball player
 * Rolf Pfeifer (born 1947), professor of computer science at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich
 * Scott Pfeifer (born 1977), Canadian curler from Sherwood Park who plays out of the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton
 * Sílvia Pfeifer (born 1958), Brazilian actress
 * Viktor Pfeifer (born 1987), Austrian figure skater
 * Will Pfeifer (born 1967), American comic book writer
 * Communities:
 * Pfeifer, Kansas, unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas, United States