Rakoff is a surname a transliteration variant of the Russian surname Rakov. Notable people with the surname include:
Alvin Rakoff (born 1927), Canadian television, stage and film director David Rakoff (1964–2012), Canadian-born American writer Jed S. Rakoff (born 1943), American judge Joanna Rakoff (born 1972), American journalist, poet, critic and novelist Simon Rakoff (born 1960), Canadian comedian Todd Rakoff (born 1946), American legal scholar
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