Scheffer

Scheffer is a German occupational surname related to German Schäfer (meaning "shepherd") or Schaffer (meaning "overseer"). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Scheffer (born 1975), American baseball pitcher
 * Ary Scheffer (1795–1858), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia
 * Cornelia Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist
 * Cornélia Scheffer (1830-1899), French sculptor and designer
 * David Scheffer (born 1953), American diplomat, UN Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
 * Emmanuel Scheffer (1924–2012), Israeli football player and coach
 * François Scheffer (1766–1844), Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Luxembourg City
 * Frank Scheffer (born 1956), Dutch cinematographer
 * Guus Scheffer (1898–1952), Dutch weightlifter
 * Hendrik Scheffer (1798–1862), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia
 * Henrik Teofilus Scheffer (1710–1759), Swedish chemist
 * Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch politician, former Secretary General of NATO
 * James Scheffer (born 1970), American record producer and songwriter
 * Johan Scheffer (born 1948), Australian (Victorian) politician
 * Johann Baptist Scheffer (1773–1809), German-born Dutch painter
 * Johannes Scheffer (1621–1679), Swedish humanist
 * Karl-Heinz Scheffer, West German slalom canoeist
 * Marten Scheffer (born 1958), Dutch ecologist
 * Paul Scheffer (born 1954), Dutch multiculturalism scholar and author
 * Pi Scheffer (1909–1988), Dutch band composer and conductor
 * Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (1621–1679), Dutch botanist
 * Victor Blanchard Scheffer (1906–2011), American mammalogist
 * Will Scheffer (born 1969), American playwright