'''Scharff''' is a surname, and may refer to:

* Alexander Scharff (1904 - 1985), German historian<ref>:de:Alexander Scharff</ref> * Alvin "Al" Scharff (1891-1968) American inspector for the United States Customs Service * Anton Scharff (1845, Vienna - 1903, Brunn am Gebirge), Austrian medal maker<ref>:de:Anton Scharff</ref> * Benjamin Scharff (1651 - 1702), German doctor<ref>:de:Benjamin Scharff</ref> * Carlos Scharff (1866–1909), Peruvian rubber baron * Edwin Scharff (1887, Neu-Ulm - 1955, Hamburg), German sculptor and painter * Edwin-Scharff-Preis ({{langx|en|Edwin Scharff Prize}}) * Elsie Mahler Scharff (American b1954)Sculptor and Painter * David E. Scharff, American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author * Gertrude Goldhaber, née Scharff (also: ''Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber''; 1911, Mannheim - 1998), German-US physicist, wife of Maurice Goldhaber * Gottfried Scharff (1782 - 1855), German merchant and politician<ref>:de:Gottfried Scharff</ref> * Gottfried Balthasar Scharff (1676 - 1744), German Lutheran theologian and writer<ref>:de:Gottfried Balthasar Scharff</ref> * Hanns(-Joachim Gottlob) Scharff (1907 - 1992), German interrogator * Harald Scharff (1836 - 1912), Danish ballet dancer * Johannes Scharff (1595 - 1660), German Lutheran theologian and philosopher<ref>:de:Johannes Scharff</ref> * Margi Scharff (1955, Memphis, Tennessee - 2007, Tiburon, California), American artist * Peter Scharff (born 1957), chemist<ref>:de:Peter Scharff</ref> * Robert Francis Scharff, (1858 - 1934), British zoologist * Samantha Scharff, an American television producer and comedy writer * Scott Scharff (born 1982, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), American football player * ''Thomas Scharff'' (disambiguation)<ref>:de:Thomas Scharff</ref> ** Thomas Scharff (born 1963, Uelzen), German Medieval historian<ref>:de:Thomas Scharff (Historiker)</ref> ** Thomas Scharff (born 1970), German actor<ref>:de:Thomas Scharff (Schauspieler)</ref> * Werner Scharff (1905 - 1945), German resistant<ref>:de:Werner Scharff</ref> * Paul Scharff (born 1970, Melrose Park, Illinois), Author Murder In McHenry * Gilbert Woodrow Scharffs (1930 — 2015), an American Latter-day Saint religious educator and author

== See also == * ''Scharf'' * ''Scharpp'' * ''Scharpf, Scharpff''<ref>:de:Scharpff</ref> * ''Sharp'' * ''Sharpe'' {{Reflist}} {{surname|Scharff; Scharffs}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname -->

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scharff}} Category:German-language surnames