Pfister (family name)
Pfister is a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is a professional name . Typically as a designation of the variant of the Pfister bakery profession in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the family name is mostly found there.
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Pfister (1810–1878), German Catholic priest and church newspaper editor
- Albert von Pfister (1839–1907), major general from Württemberg and writer
- Albert Pfister (1884–1978), Swiss painter
- Albrecht Pfister (around 1420 – around 1466), German printer
- Albrecht Pfister (mathematician) (* 1934), German mathematician
- Alexander Pfister (* 1971), Austrian game designer
- Alfred Pfister (1910–1990), Swiss doctor
- Alois Pfister (Kapellmeister) (1832–1895), German Kapellmeister
- Alois Pfister (1921–2009), Swiss federal judge
- Andreas Pfister (* 1987), German racing car driver
- Andres Pfister ( Andres Claudius Pfister ; * before 1980), Swiss psychologist and university professor
- Anton Pfister (1720–1790), Franciscan and wood sculptor
- Ariane Pfister-Benda (* 1946), German violinist
- Armin Pfister (* 1983), Austrian luge rider
- Arnold Pfister (1901–1966), Swiss medical and art historian
- August Pfister (also August Pfister-Gruol ; 1877–1931), German church painter
B.
- Balthasar Pfister (1695–1763), Swiss doctor and politician
- Barbara Pfister (1867–1909), German mystic and stigmatized
- Benedikt Pfister (* 1978), Swiss historian
- Bernhard Pfister (economist) (1900–1987), German economist and university rector
- Bernhard Pfister (lawyer) (1934–2019), German legal scholar
- Bernhard Pfister (soccer player) (* 1965), Austrian soccer player
- Berta Pfister-Lex (1920–2016), Austrian artist and restorer
- Burkhard Pfister (* 1949), German painter, cabinet maker and sculptor
C.
- Carl Pfister (1847–1931), Swiss businessman, politician and director of the Baden electricity company
- Charlotte Pfister (1781–1806), German singer and stage actress, see Charlotte Miedke
- Christian Pfister (* 1944), Swiss historian
- Christoph Pfister (* 1945), Swiss chronology critic
D.
- Daniel Pfister (architect) (1808–1847), Swiss architect
- Daniel Pfister (luge rider) (* 1986), Austrian luge rider
- Daniel Pfister (football referee) (* 1992), Austrian football referee
- David Pfister , Austrian radio presenter, journalist and musician
- David Pfister (psychologist) (* 1981), German psychologist, psychotherapist and publicist
- Dieter Pfister (* 1955), Swiss cultural and economic scientist and consultant
E.
- Eberhard Pfister (* 1943), German occupational physician and university professor
- Elise Pfister (1886–1944), Swiss theologian and pastor
- Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann (1893–1955), German painter
- Emil Pfister ( Milo; 1930–2014), Swiss hotelier and functionary
- Enrico Pfister (* 1982), Austrian soccer player
- Ernst Pfister (* 1947), German politician
F.
- Franz Pfister (around 1796–1871), a lawyer in the Baden state service since 1830
- Freddy Pfister (* 1962), Austrian musician
- Friedrich Pfister (1883–1967), German philologist
- Fritz Pfister ( Friedrich Heinrich Pfister ; 1906–1973), German actor
- Fritz Gottlieb Pfister (1891–1984), Swiss entrepreneur, pioneer in the furniture industry
G
- Georg Pfister (1572–1647), German cantor, organist and vice rector
- Gerd Pfister (* 1944), German physicist and university professor
- Gerhard Pfister (mathematician) (* 1947), German mathematician
- Gerhard Pfister (politician) (* 1962), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Gertrud Pfister (* 1945), German sports scientist and sports historian
H
- Hank Pfister (* 1953), American tennis player
- Hans Pfister (etcher) (around 1585–1653), Württemberg bookbinder, Petschier engraver and etcher
- Hans Pfister (lawyer) (1873–1944), Swiss lawyer, politician, director of the Federal Office for Industry, Commerce and Labor
- Hans Pfister (1896–1944), Swiss officer executed for treason
- Hans-Jörg Pfister (* 1951), Swiss football player
- Hans-Ulrich Pfister (* 1935), Swiss agricultural engineer and association official
- Hans Ulrich Pfister (* 1952), Swiss archivist and historian
- Heinrich Pfister (politician) (1830–1912), senior bailiff and secret councilor
- Heinrich Pfister (official) (1840–1921), Swiss Dairy Association official
- Heinz Pfister (painter) ( Pfuschi ; * 1945), Swiss painter, cartoonist and object artist
- Heinz Pfister (paper cutter) (* 1949), Swiss silhouette artist
- Helmut Pfister (* 1927), from 1977 to 1990 President of the Central Post Office in Darmstadt
- Herbert Pfister (1936–2015), German physicist
- Herbert Pfister (virologist) (* 1950), German biologist, virologist and university professor
- Hermann Pfister (psychiatrist) (1870 – after 1904), German psychiatrist and university professor
- Hermann Pfister (entomologist) (1911–1982), German entomologist
- Hermann Pfister (theologian) (1926–2010), German theologian, peace officer and publicist
- Hermann von Pfister-Schwaighusen (1836–1916), German specialist in German
- Hugo Pfister (painter) (1876–1968), German painter
- Hugo Pfister (composer) (1914–1969), Swiss composer
I.
- Isabel Schübel-Pfister (* 1974), German lawyer and judge at the Bavarian Administrative Court
J
- Jakob Pfister (1770 – after 1825), German piano maker
- Jochen Pfister (* ≈1983), German jazz musician
- Johann Pfister (1573 – before 1642), German sculptor
- Johann Adam Pfister (around 1672–1728), musician (bassoonist)
- Johann Christian von Pfister (1772–1835), German historian
- Johann Conrad Pfister-Spleiss (1806–1876), Swiss businessman and banker
- Johann Georg Pfister (1656–1718), Bamberg prince-bishop chancellor
- Johann George Pfister (1697 – after 1752), German goldsmith
- John VI Pfister († 1641), German Cistercian abbot
- Jolande Lischke-Pfister (* 1932), German artist
- Josef Pfister (also Joseph Pfister ; 1785–1834), Swiss plasterer and altar builder
K
- Candidus Pfister († 1704), German Cistercian abbot
- Karl Pfister (composer) (1884–1961), German composer and lutenist
- Karl Pfister (architect) (1914–2003), Swiss architect
- Karl Pfister (Manager) (1945–2014), German insurance manager
- Kilian Pfister (* around 1975), Liechtenstein badminton player
- Kurt Pfister (historian) (real name Konrad Pfister ; 1895–1951), German music and art historian
- Kurt Pfister (veterinarian) (* around 1947), Swiss veterinarian, parasitologist and university lecturer
L.
- Louis Theodor Pfister (1852–1937), Swiss businessman and entrepreneur
- Ludwig Pfister (around 1769–1829), German lawyer and criminalist
M.
- Manfred Pfister (lawyer) (1879–1959), German lawyer and civil servant
- Manfred Pfister (literary scholar) (* 1943), German English and literary scholar
- Manuel Pfister (* 1988), Austrian luge rider
- Marcus Pfister (* 1960), Swiss graphic artist and book author
- Margarete Pfister-Burkhalter (1903–1999), Swiss art historian
- Martin Pfister (* 1963), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Matthäus Pfister (around 1593–1650), Wuerttemberg bookbinder, Petschier engraver and eraser
- Max Pfister , real name of Max Terpis (1889–1958), Swiss dancer, choreographer, director and psychologist
- Max Pfister (entrepreneur) (1906–1992), Swiss entrepreneur
- Max Pfister (Romance studies) (1932–2017), Swiss Romance studies
- Max Pfister (politician) (* 1951), Swiss politician
- Maximilian Pfister (1874 – around 1938), German doctor, surgeon and lecturer, active in China and Hong Kong
- Meike Pfister (* 1996), German ski racer
- Michael Pfister (philosopher) (* 1967), Swiss philosopher and translator
- Michael Pfister (* 1968), German soccer player
N
- Nancy Pfister (1956–2014), American philanthropist and businesswoman
O
- Oskar Pfister (1873–1956), Swiss pastor and psychologist
- Otto Pfister (politician) (1875–1939), Swiss politician (SP)
- Otto Pfister (architect) (1880–1959), Swiss architect
- Otto Pfister (Turner) (1900– ??), Swiss gymnast
- Otto Pfister (soccer coach) (* 1937), German soccer coach
- Otto von Pfister-Schwaighusen (1868–1952), German writer and poet
P
- Pascal Pfister (* 1976), Swiss politician (SP)
- Paul Pfister (restorer) (* 1940), Swiss restorer and art historian
- Paul Franz Pfister (1897–1982), German pastor and theologian
- Paul O. Pfister (1934–2004), Swiss journalist, historian and publicist
- Peter Pfister (master builder) (before 1500 – before 1520), Swiss foreman
- Peter Pfister (* 1952), German Roman Catholic theologian, church historian, archive scientist, archive director and deacon
- Peter Joseph Pfister (1748–1809), Swiss altar builder
R.
- Raimund Pfister (1911–2004), German classical philologist
- René Pfister (* 1974), German journalist (Spiegel)
- René Pfister (politician) (* 1982), Austrian politician (SPÖ) and trade unionist
- Rita Pfister (* 1952), Swiss discus thrower
- Robert E. Pfister (* 1943), Canadian economist and university professor
- Rudolf Pfister (architect) (1886–1970), German architect
- Rudolf Pfister (theologian) (1909–2000), Swiss Protestant Reformed pastor
- Rudolf Pfister (medic) (1918–2002), German medic
S.
- Sonja Sailer-Pfister (* 1974), German Catholic theologian and university professor for Christian social sciences and social ethics
T
- Theodor Pfister (1887–1954), Swiss painter and graphic artist
- Theophil Pfister (1942–2012), Swiss politician (SVP)
- Thomas Pfister (* 1957/1958), German lawyer and attorney
U
- Ulrich Pfister (* 1956), Swiss historian and university professor
W.
- Wally Pfister (* 1961), American cameraman
- Walter Pfister (engineer) (1887–1948), Swiss engineer, director of the Aare-Emmenkanal company
- Walter Pfister (lawyer) († 2011), Swiss lawyer and founder of the foundation
- Walther Pfister (1886–1969), Swiss entrepreneur and company founder
- Werner Pfister (1884–1950), Swiss architect
- Werner Pfister (musicologist) (* 1950), Swiss musicologist and journalist
- Wilhelm Pfister (1903–1983), German lawyer and Bavarian state parliament director 1952–1968
- Willy Pfister (historian) (1912–2003), Swiss historian
- Willy Pfister (ice hockey player) (* 1928), Swiss ice hockey player
- Wolfgang Pfister (* 1950), German lawyer and since 1995 judge at the Federal Court of Justice
See also
- Gebrüder Pfister , a Swiss architecture firm
- Siblings Pfister , a cabaret group
- Pfister Arco Holding , a Swiss group of companies in the furnishing sector
- Hofpfisterei
- Pfister's mill , story by Wilhelm Raabe
- Pfisterer
- Fister