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See also Woolf, Woolfe, Wolfe, Wolff, Wolfson and Woolfson (especially for family names).
Wolfson or Volfson is a Jewish surname, and may refer to:
- David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale (1935–2021), British politician and businessman, nephew of Isaac Wolfson, former chairman of GUS and Next
- Dik Wolfson (born 1933), Dutch economist, politician and civil servant
- Elliot R. Wolfson, professor of Hebrew and Judaic studies at New York University
- Elijah Wolfson, (born 1985) American writer and editor
- Evan Wolfson, (born 1957), prominent American civil rights attorney and advocate
- Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), United States District Judge in New Jersey
- Harry Austryn Wolfson, (1887–1974), professor of literature and philosophy at Harvard
- Ilia Volfson (born 1981), Russian politician
- Isaac Wolfson, (1897–1991), British businessman and philanthropist, former chairman of GUS
- Janet Wolfson de Botton (born 1952), British art collector and bridge player
- Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, (1927–2010), British businessman, son of Isaac Wolfson, former chairman of GUS
- Louis Wolfson, (1912–2007), Wall Street financier and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder
- Louis Wolfson, (born 1931), American author who writes in French
- Margaret Wolfson, American storyteller and writer
- Mark Wolfson (1934–2018), British politician
- Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., (born 1939), businessman and founder of the Wolfsonian Museum
- P. J. Wolfson (1903–1979), American writer, screenwriter, and film producer
- Richard Wolfson (musician), (1955–2005), Israeli musician and journalist
- Richard Wolfson (physicist)
- Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise (born 1967), son of David Wolfson, chairman of clothing retailer Next
- Theresa Wolfson, (1897–1972), labor activist and educator
- Tracy Wolfson (born 1975), sports reporter
- Zev Wolfson (1928-2012) Jewish businessman and philanthropist
Woolfson is another variation of this surname, and may refer to:
Family names derived from the word " wolf" |
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Germanic |
- Rudolph, Ralph, Ludolf, Adolf
- North Germanic: Lyall, Ulfsson
- West Germanic: De Wolf, De Wolfe, Love, Volf, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Wölfli, Wölfflin, Wolfs, Woolf, Woolfe, Wulf, Wulff, Wulfson, Wolfowitz, Wolfsohn, Wolfson, Wolfram, Wolfermann
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Romance |
- Latin: Lupus
- French: Leleu, Leloup, Loup, Louvel, Lowell
- Iberian: Llop, Llopis, Lobato, Lobo, Lopes, López
- Italian: Lovato, Lupo
- Romanian: Lupescu, Lupu, Lupul, Lupulescu
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Slavic |
- East Slavic: Biryuk, Biryukov, Volchek, Volchenkov, Volchkov, Volchok, Volk, Volkov (Volkoff, Wolkoff), Volkovich, Vovchenko, Vovchok, Vovchynskyi, Vovk
- South Slavic: Vučević, Vučić, Vučko, Vučetić/Vuchetich, Vučković, Vujić, Vukašinović, Vukasović, Vukčević, Vukić, Vukičević, Vukićević, Vuković/Vukovich, Vuksanović
- West Slavic: Vlček, Vlk, Wilczek, Wilczyński, Wilk, Wolkowicz
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