Sofer (disambiguation)

People with the surname Sofer, Sofaer or Sopher include:

• Abraham Sofaer (1896–1988), a stage actor
• Abraham David Sofaer (born 1938), a federal judge for the United States District Court
• Chaim Sofer (1821–1886), Hungarian rabbi
• Jekuthiel Sofer, an 18th-century Jewish scribe from Amsterdam
• Moses Sofer (1762–1839), rabbi, also known by the name of his most famous work the Chatam Sofer

• Samuel Benjamin Sofer (1815–1871), his son, a 19th-century rabbi also known as the Ktav Sofer

• Rena Sofer (born 1968), American actress
• Rube John Sofer, a character played by Mandy Patinkin in the American television series Dead Like Me
• Yaakov Chaim Sofer, 19th-century Iraqi rabbi and author of Kaf HaChaim
• Yehoshua Sofer, Israeli martial artist
• Aaron Sopher (1905–1972), an American artist known for his depictions of Baltimore

A sofer is a ritual scribe in Judaism.