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Carfrae is a last name. Notable people with this last name include:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Carfrae</span> Curator of the Museum of Antiquities of Scotland

Robert Carfrae FSAScot (1820–1900) was Curator of the Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. He accumulated a large art and coin collection. By profession he was a furniture maker, having been involved in the firms Bonnar & Carfrae and Moxon & Co. A noted numismologist he left a huge collection of Greek coins. He gives his name to the Carfrae Collection: a number of ancient Greek and Roman coins now held by the British Museum.