Wolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples: see Wulf. Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among many other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the gray wolf (essentially all of North America). Notable people with the name include:
Wolf Biermann (born 1936), German singer-songwriter
Wolf Blitzer (born 1948), American journalist
Wolf Henzler (born 1975), German racing driver
Wolf Hilbertz (1938–2007), German architect
Wolf Hoffmann (born 1959), German guitarist
Wolf Howard (born 1968), English artist and musician
Wolf Kahler (born 1946), German actor
Wolf Kahn (born 1927), German-born American painter
Wolf Karni (1911–1996), Finnish football referee
Wolf Larson (born 1959), Canadian actor
Wolf Mail (born 1972), Canadian guitarist
Wolf Ruvinskis (1921–1999), Mexican actor
Wolf Van Halen (born 1991), American bassist
Wolf V. Vishniac (1922–1973), American biologist
Wolf Wigo (born 1973), American water polo player and coach
Alfred Wolf (1923–1943), German-born American navy sailor
Alice Wolf (born 1933), American politician
Aliya Wolf (born 1975), American model
Anne Wolf (born 1967), Belgian pianist
Armin Wolf (born 1966), Austrian journalist and television anchor
Carrie Wolf, American officer and judge advocate
Charles Wolf (1827–1918), French astronomer
Charles Wolf (born 1926), American basketball coach
Charlie Wolf (born 1959), British radio DJ
Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German writer
Christie Wolf (born 1966), American bodybuilder and wrestler
Christopher Wolf (born 1959), American lawyer
Christopher Howard Wolf (born 1979), American game and comic book creator
Dale E. Wolf (born 1924), American politician
Daniel James Wolf (born 1961), American music composer and scholar
David Wolf (born 1956), American astronaut
David Wolf (born 1989), German ice hockey player
Dick Wolf (born 1946), American television producer
Dragutin Wolf (1866–1927), Croatian industrialist
Emil Wolf (born 1922), American physicist
Eric Wolf (1923–1999), American anthropologist
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792), German composer
Frank Wolf (born 1939), American politician
Frank Wolf (born 1970), Canadian environmentalist
Frank N. Wolf (1896–1949), American football and basketball player
František Wolf (1904-1989), Czech mathematician
Fred Wolf (born 1932), American animator
Fred Wolf (born 1964), American film director, television writer, and comedian
Fred Alan Wolf (born 1934), American theoretical physicist
Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953), German doctor and writer
Friedrich August Wolf (1750–1824), German philologist and critic
Fritz Wolf (1880–1961), German gymnast
Gary K. Wolf (born 1941), American author
Gusti Wolf (1912–2007), Austrian actress
Heinrich Wolf (1875–1943), Austrian chess player
Henry Wolf, American lawyer and namesake of the Henry C. Wolf Law Library
Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976), American blues singer
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), Austrian composer
Jack Keil Wolf (1935-2011), American computer scientist
Jenny Wolf (born 1979), German ice speed skater
Joan Wolf (born 1951), American writer
Joe Wolf (born 1964), American basketball player
Johann Christoph Wolf (1683–1739), German Hebraist and book collector
Joseph Wolf (1820–1899), German natural history illustrator
Josh Wolf (born 1982), American journalist
Josh Wolf (born 1969), American comedian, actor and writer
Kate Wolf (1942–1986), American folk singer and songwriter
Kati Wolf (born 1974), Hungarian singer
Konrad Wolf (1925–1982), German film director
Lana Wolf (born 1975), Dutch rock singer and radio producer
Laurent Wolf (born 1971), French music producer
Linda Wolf (born 1950), American-born photographer and writer
Lucien Wolf (1857–1930), English journalist
Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer
Marilyn Wolf, American computer engineer
Markus Wolf (1923–2006), East German intelligence head
Mary B. Wolf, American politician
Mary Hunter Wolf (c. 1905–2000), American theater director and producer
Max Wolf (1863–1932), German astronomer
Michael J. Wolf, American executive, board member of Yahoo!
Milton A. Wolf (1924–2005), American real estate developer and diplomat
Naomi Wolf (born 1962), American author, journalist, and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton
Patrick Wolf (born 1983), English musician
Peter Wolf (born 1946), American musician
Randy Wolf (born 1976), American baseball player
Raymond Wolf (1904–1979), American athlete and coach
Robert Wolf (born 1950), American journalist
Robert Wolf (born 1962), American banker
Ron Wolf (born 1938), American football general manager
Rudolf Wolf (1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
Scott Wolf (born 1968), American actor
Sherry Wolf (born 1949), American surrealist painter and designer
Simon Wolf (1826–1923) United States businessman, lawyer, diplomat and Jewish activist
Slavko Wolf (1862–1936) Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer
Stephen Wolf (born 1941), American businessman
Susan Wolf (born 1952), American moral philosopher
Thom Wolf (born 1944), American social entrepreneur and leadership educator
Thomas Wolf (born 1953), German bank robber, kidnapper and fugitive
Tom Wolf (born 1948), Pennsylvania governor
Walter Wolf (born 1939), Austrian-born Canadian businessman
Warner Wolf (born 1937), American television and radio sports broadcaster
Wolfgang Wolf (born 1957), German soccer player and coach
Enzo Coloni, Italian race car driver and founder of the Scuderia Coloni racing team, nicknamed "the wolf"
Gustav Wagner (1911–1980), Austrian SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp
Michael Van Wijk, known by the pseudonym Wolf on the television series Gladiators
Wolf Larsen, in the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
Father Wolf, in the 1894 novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Wolf, in the 1984 novel The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
The Wolf, the name by which Ezra is known in The Night Angel Trilogy fantasy series
Wolf, code name for a character in the novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Wolf, the nickname given to Ze'ev Kesley of The Lunar Chronicles fantasy novel series
Bigby Wolf, in the comic book series Fables
Wolf (The 10th Kingdom), on the television show The 10th Kingdom
Wolf, a character from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and their respective remakes.
Wolf O'Donnell, in the Star Fox series of video games
Sniper Wolf, in the video game Metal Gear Solid
Wolf Hawkfield, in the Virtua Fighter video game series
Wolf, street name for character in Need for Speed Carbon
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