A sofer is a ritual scribe in Judaism.
People with the surname Sofer, Sofaer or Sopher
- Sofer of Prague (Abraham Niederländer), 16th-century Jewish-Austrian mathematician
- Abraham Sofaer (1896–1988), British stage actor
- Abraham David Sofaer (born 1938), federal judge for the United States District Court
- Ariela Sofer, Israeli and American operations researcher
- Chaim Sofer (1821–1886), Hungarian rabbi
- Jekuthiel Sofer, 18th-century Jewish scribe from Amsterdam
- Moses Sofer (1762–1839), Orthodox rabbi also known by the name of his most famous work the Chatam Sofer
- Ofir Sofer, Israeli politician and minister (from Jan 2023)
- Rena Sofer (born 1968), American actress
- Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1815–1871), Hungarian rabbi also known as the Ktav Sofer
- Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Iraqi rabbi and author of Kaf HaChaim
- Yehoshua Sofer, Israeli martial artist
- Aaron Sopher (1905–1972), American artist
Other
- Rube John Sofer, a character played by Mandy Patinkin in the American television series Dead Like Me
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