Pfister
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Pfister can mean:
  • Pfister (firm), a manufacturer of faucets (UK: taps) and other accessories
  • Albrecht Pfister
    Albrecht Pfister
    Albrecht Pfister was one of the very first European printers to use movable type, following its invention by Johannes Gutenberg. Working in Bamberg, Germany, he is believed to have been responsible for two innovations in the use of the new technology: printing books in the German language, and...

  • Daniel Pfister
    Daniel Pfister
    Daniel Pfister is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver Daniel Pfister (born December 7, 1986 in Schwaz) is an Austrian luger who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a...

  • George Pfister
    George Pfister
    George Edward Pfister was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1941 season and was zero for two....

  • Hank Pfister
    Hank Pfister
    Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career...

  • Manuel Pfister
    Manuel Pfister
    Manuel Pfister is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1999. His best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 17th in the men's singles event at Oberhof in 2008....

  • Oskar Pfister
    Oskar Pfister
    Oskar Pfister was a Swiss Lutheran minister and lay psychoanalyst who was native of Wiedikon. He studied theology, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Zurich and Basel, and earned his degree in 1898 at the philosophical faculty...

  • Otto Pfister
    Otto Pfister
    Otto Pfister is a German football manager, and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992. He has been to four African Cup of Nations competitions with Upper Volta , Zaire, Cameroon and Ghana) and reached the African Cup of Nations final twice,...

  • Otto Pfister (naturalist)
    Otto Pfister (naturalist)
    Otto Pfister is a nature photographer with particular expertise onthe wildlife of Ladakh, India. While working in India for over 12 years with theSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, he was an avid bird...

  • Phil Pfister
    Phil Pfister
    Phil Pfister , is a leading American strongman competitor, winning the 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man competition and its $41,000 grand prize on September 23, 2006 in Sanya, China. He is the first American to win since Bill Kazmaier in 1982...

    , strongman
  • Wally Pfister
  • The Pfister Hotel
    The Pfister Hotel
    The Pfister Hotel is a hotel in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was owned by Guido Pfister and his son Charles Pfister and opened in 1893 at the cost of over 1 million dollars. Designed by architect Henry C. Koch, it had features uncommon in its time like fireproofing, electricity, and thermostat...


See also

The "Feaster
Feaster
Feaster is a surname that many Pfisters from Bavaria and Switzerland took after immigrating to the United States. Notable people with this name include:* Allison Feaster, WNBA player with the Indiana Fever...

" surname was adopted by some Pfisters that immigrated to the United States.
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