List of Famous people with last name Schaffer

Jon Ryan Schaffer is an American heavy metal musician. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter of the Florida-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name "Purgatory". He also sings in his side project Sons of Liberty and plays guitar for Demons & Wizards, his collaboration with Blind Guardian frontman Hansi Kürsch.

Georg Anton Schäffer was a German physician in the employ of the Russian-American Company who attempted to conquer Hawaii for the Company and, ultimately, the Russian Empire. The bloodless Schäffer affair (1815–1817) or the Hawaiian spectacular, as it was called by contemporary Russians, became a significant financial blunder for the Company.

Fritz Schäffer was a German politician of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) and the Christian Social Union (CSU). He was the Bavarian Minister of Finance from 1931 to 1933, when the Nazis came to power in Berlin. In 1945 he became the first Minister-President of Bavaria to hold office after the end of the Second World War. From 1949 to 1957, he was the West German federal Minister of Finance and, from 1957 to 1961, federal Minister of Justice.

Guido Vidal França Schäffer was a Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian. The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro has begun his beatification process.

Alla Kliouka is a Belarusian- Russian actress best known for her role as Svetlana Kirilenko on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She was previously married to Ken Schaffer and is now married to Russian film director and screenwriter Vladimir Morozov. She has two children, Ivan Morozov and Kibo Schaffer.

Paul Schaffer was an Austrian-born French Holocaust survivor. He served as Honorary President of the French Committee of Yad Vashem and a member of the Foundation for the Memory of the Holocaust.

Jeff Schaffer is an American film and television director, writer, and producer.

Simon J. Schaffer is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and was editor of The British Journal for the History of Science from 2004 to 2009.

Akiva D. Schaffer is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy group the Lonely Island.