title: Rakoff
text: # Rakoff
  
  Rakoff is a surname. 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
  