Rohlfs is the surname of Anna Katharine Rohlfs (Green) (1846–1935), American author Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936), American furniture artist Christian Rohlfs (1849–1938), German artist Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer Ewald Rohlfs (1911–?), German test pilot Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831–1896), German explorer in Africa Gerhard Rohlfs (1892–1986), German linguist, researcher on Italian and other Romance languages Kristen Rohlfs (1930–2017), German astrophysicist Nicolaus Rohlfs (18th century), German astronomer Roland Rohlfs (1892–1974), American test pilot