Sofer (family name)

Sofer is the family name of the following people, formed from the Hebrew professional name Sofer :

• Avraham Shmuel Binjamin Sofer (1815–1871), Hungarian rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva
• Adi Sofer (* 1987), Israeli soccer player
• Dalia Sofer (* 1972), American writer
• Jakow Chajim Sofer (1870–1939), Charedic rabbi, Talmudist, Posek and Kabbalist
• Johann Sofer (1901–1970), Austrian high school professor, university lecturer and Romance philologist
• Moses Sofer ( Moses Schreiber ; 1762–1839), German chief rabbi
• Rena Sofer (* 1968), American actress