Scheffer is a Dutch occupational surname related to German Schäfer (meaning "shepherd") or Schaffer (meaning "overseer").[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Scheffer (born 1975), American baseball pitcherAry Scheffer (1795–1858), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and CorneliaCornelia Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturistDavid Scheffer (born 1953), American diplomat, UN Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes IssuesEmmanuel Scheffer (1924–2012), Israeli football player and coachFrançois Scheffer (1766–1844), Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Luxembourg CityFrank Scheffer (born 1956), Dutch cinematographerGuus Scheffer (1898–1952), Dutch weightlifterHendrik Scheffer (1798–1862), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and CorneliaHenrik Teofilus Scheffer (1710–1759), Swedish chemistJaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch politician, former Secretary General of NATOJames Scheffer, American record producer and songwriterJohan Scheffer (born 1948), Australian (Victorian) politicianJohann Baptist Scheffer (1773–1809), German-born Dutch painterJohannes Scheffer (1621–1679), Swedish humanistKarl-Heinz Scheffer, West German slalom canoeistMarten Scheffer, Dutch ecologistPaul Scheffer (born 1954), Dutch multiculturalism scholar and authorde:Pi Scheffer (1909–1988), Dutch band composer and conductorRudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (1621–1679), Dutch botanist : see nl:Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel SchefferVictor Blanchard Scheffer (1906–2011), American mammalogistWill Scheffer, American playwrightScheffers:
Maikel Scheffers (born 1982), Dutch wheelchair tennis playerGeorg Scheffers (1899–1945), German mathematician