Schiff is a Jewish and German surname meaning "ship". The Schiffs are known from "about 1370, the earliest date to which any contemporary Jewish family can be definitely traced".^[1]

It may refer to:

People

• Adam Schiff (born 1960), American politician, California state Senator and US Representative
• András Schiff (born 1953), Hungarian pianist
• Arthur Schiff (1940–2006), American infomercial copywriter
• Barry Schiff (born 1938), American pilot and journalist
• David Schiff (born 1945), American composer
• Don Schiff (born 1955), American composer and musician
• Dorothy Schiff (1903–1989), American newspaper proprietor
• Frieda Schiff Warburg (1876–1958), American philanthropist
• Gary Schiff (born 1972), American politician
• Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016), Austrian cellist
• Hugo Schiff (1834–1915), German chemist who discovered Schiff base and Schiff test
• Irwin Schiff (1928–2015), American tax protester
• Jacob Schiff (1847–1920), German-born American banker
• Jeffrey Schiff, American artist
• John M. Schiff (1904–1987), American banker and leader of the Boy Scouts of America
• Karenna Gore Schiff (born 1973), American author and journalist
• Leonard I. Schiff (1915–1971), American physicist
• Lonny Schiff (born 1929), American artist
• Moritz Schiff (1823–1896), German biologist
• Mortimer L. Schiff (1877–1931), American banker and leader of the Boy Scouts of America
• Nadine Schiff, Canadian film producer and writer
• Naftali Schiff, British rabbi
• Naomi Schiff (born 1994), Rwandan-Belgian racing driver
• Nathan Schiff (born 1963), American filmmaker
• Otto Schiff (1892–1978), Dutch fencer
• Otto Schiff (humanitarian) (1875–1952), philanthropist, British Hero of the Holocaust
• Paul Schiff, American film producer
• Pearl Schiff (1916–2005), American author
• Peter Schiff (born 1963), American stock broker, financial analyst, and author
• Richard Schiff (born 1955), American actor
• Robert Schiff (1854–1940), Italian chemist
• Robin Schiff, American writer and producer
• Sol Schiff (1917–2012), American table tennis player
• Stacy Schiff (born 1961), American writer
• Stephen Schiff, American writer
• Steven Schiff (1947–1998), American politician and US Representative
• Tevele Schiff (died 1791), British rabbi
• Ze'ev Schiff (1932–2007), Israeli journalist

Fictional characters

• Adam Schiff (Law & Order), a character in the Law & Order franchise
• The Schiff, a species of characters in the anime series Blood+