Cerf (surname)

Cerf is a surname, and may refer to:

• Bennett Cerf (1898–1971), publisher and co-founder of Random House
  • Christopher Cerf (born 1941), his son, American author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer
  • Jonathan Cerf, his son, author of Big Bird's Red Book and the 1980 world champion of Othello, the board game.
  • Phyllis Cerf (1916–2006), American actress, journalist, and children's book publisher, and the co-founder of Beginner Books
• Cécile Cerf
• Ferdinand Le Cerf
• (George) Gustav (also Gustavus) Zerffi (born Cerf, or Hirsch), a Hungarian Jewish journalist, revolutionist, spy
• Jean Cerf (1928–2001), French mathematician who worked in differential and symplectic topology and pioneered Cerf theory
• Karl Friedrich Cerf (1782–1845), German theatrical manager
• Muriel Cerf (born 1951), French novelist and travel writer
• Vint Cerf (born 1943), computer scientist, often referred to as one of the founding fathers of the Internet

Cerf-Beer

• Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (1730, Bischheim - 1793, Strasbourg), an Alsatian-French Jewish philanthropist
• Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim (c. 1780, Strasburg - 1826, Paris), an Alsatian-French Jewish soldier and author
• Frédéric Cerfberr (1786, Strasburg - 1842), an Alsatian-French Jewish diplomat
• Max-Théodore Cerfbeer (1792, Nancy - 1876), a French Jewish military officer
• Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim (1817, Épinal - 1883, Paris), a French Jewish journalist, writer
• Auguste Édouard Cerfberr (1811, Épinal - 1858), a French Jewish author
• Anatole Cerfberr (1835, Paris - 1896, Neuilly), a French Jewish journalist and author

See also

• Cervo
• Naftali
• Zvi
• Hirsch
• Jellinek

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