Robert Wilfred Scarff CBE FRCS FRSE (1899–1970) was a 20th-century British surgeon and pathologist.
He was born in Dalmuir west of Glasgow on 18 October 1899 the son of Robert William Scarff, a sea captain, and his wife, Katherine Agnes Russell, from Orkney with four brothers who were doctors.
The family moved to Ilford in London in 1906 when his father got a job in Tilbury Docks.
The role necessitated further study to obtain a full medical degree and he then qualified MB BSc.
In 1958 he was Secretary General of the 7th International Cancer Conference in London, and was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1960 as a consequence.