# Jaffe

Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe (Hebrew: יפה) are Hebrew-language surnames.
The surname was recorded in Prague in the 16th century. It was recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1881 census, mostly in London.

## People

The Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family, members of which have produced numerous famous rabbis, court Jews, Talmudic scholars, scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians.
Other notable people with this surname include:
* Aaron Jaffe, American politician
* Allan Jaffe, American jazz musician
* Andrew Jaffe, American journalist
* Aniela Jaffé, (1903–1991), Swiss analyst who was a co-worker of Carl Jung
* Arthur Jaffe, American mathematical physicist
* Ben Jaffe, American jazz musician
* Bernard Jaffe (1896–1986), American chemist and historian of chemistry
* Billy Jaffe (born 1969), color analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN
* Chapelle Jaffe, Canadian actress
* Charles Jaffe (c. 1879–1941), Belarusian-American chess master
* Charles Jaffe (conductor) (c. 1917–2011), American conductor and musical director
* Daniel Jaffe, American astronomer
* David Jaffe, American video game designer and director
* David Yaffe, music critic
* David A. Jaffe, American composer of contemporary classical and electronic/computer music
* Deborah Yaffe, author
* Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
* Edgar Jaffé (1866–1921), German economist and politician
* Elaine Jaffe, American pathologist, expert in hematopathology
* Eliezer Jaffe, Israeli professor
* Elisha Yaffe, comedian, actor and writer
* Eyal Yaffe (born 1960), Israeli basketball player
* Frederick S. Jaffe, (1925–1978), vice president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute
* Herb Jaffe (1921–1991), American film producer
* Ina Jaffe (1948—2024), American journalist
* Jeffrey Jaffe(1954), American scientist, web tech developer
* Jerome H. Jaffe, psychiatrist
* Joseph Joffo, French writer
* Leib Yaffe, Hebrew poet, journalist and editor
* Leo Yaffe, Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist
* Louis Isaac Jaffe (1888–1950), American journalist
* Marielle Jaffe (born 1989), American model and actress
* Martin Yaffe (born 1942), American philosopher
* Matt Jaffe (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
* Maurice Yaffé, British psychologist
* Max Jaffa, born Max Jaffe, British violinist and bandleader
* Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), British art historian and curator
* Michael Muir Jaffe (born 1945), American television producer
* Michael B. Yaffe, scientific editor
* Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), American songwriter and band leader
* Naomi Jaffe, activist
* Nat Jaffe, American jazz pianist
* Nicole Jaffe, American actress
* Noah Jaffe (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
* Norman Jaffe, American architect
* Sir Otto Jaffe (1846–1929), German-born British Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast
* Peter Jaffe (1913–1982), British sailor and Olympic silver medalist
* Philipp Jaffé (1819–1870), German historian and philologist
* Philip Jaffe (1895–1980), American left-wing editor and writer
* Richard Yaffe, Journalist
* Rivke Jaffe (born 1978), Dutch anthropologist and professor
* Robert Jaffe (physicist), American physicist and professor
* Robert Jaffe (stockbroker) (born 1944), American associate of Bernard Madoff
* Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), American author
* Sam Jaffe (actor) (1891–1984), American film actor
* Sam Jaffe (producer) (1901–2000), American film producer later in England
* Sarah Jaffe (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
* Scott Jaffe (born 1969), American freestyle swimmer
* Stanley R. Jaffe (1940–2025), American film producer
* Stephen Jaffe, American composer
* Taliesin Jaffe, (born 1977), American voice actor
* Theodor Julius Jaffé (1823–1898), German actor
* Werner Jaffé (1914–2009), German chemist and university professor
* Yves Jouffa (1920–1999), French lawyer