Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf.
The name Woolf may refer to:
- Arthur Woolf, English engineer, best known for invention of a compound steam engine.
- Benjamin Edward Woolf,, British-American playwright, composer and journalist.
- Daniel Woolf, Principal of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
- Edgar Allan Woolf (1881-1943), American playwright and co-author of the script for The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
- George Woolf, Canadian horse racing jockey
- Harry Woolf (historian), (1923-2003), American historian of science, provost of The Johns Hopkins University and Director of the Institute for Advanced Study
- Herbert M. Woolf, American businessman and racehorse owner
- Jimmy Woolf (born 1916), South African footballer who played for Southampton F.C.
- Leonard Woolf, author and husband of Virginia Woolf.
- Lord Woolf, England and Wales Lord Chief Justice credited with making wide-ranging reforms to improve the effectiveness of the court system
- Russell Woolf, Western Australian media personality
- Virginia Woolf, English author and feminist
Famous quotes containing the word woolf:
“Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery—always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What’s this passion for?”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“... the random talk of people who have no chance of immortality and thus can speak their minds out has a setting, often, of lights, streets, houses, human beings, beautiful or grotesque, which will weave itself into the moment for ever.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)