Pfeifer

Pfeifer (or Pfeiffer) 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, 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, 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, (born 1928), Austrian journalist
  • Louis Fred Pfeifer (1876–1917), private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor
  • Marcuse Pfeifer (1936–2020), American gallerist
  • Melanie Pfeifer, 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
  • 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