Schneider (surname)

Schneider (German for "tailor", literally "someone who cuts," from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common family name in Germany. Alternate spellings include: Schnieder, Schnaider, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Sneijder (Dutch), Snither (English), Snyman (Afrikaans), Schnyder, Schnider (Swiss German), Sznajder (Polish), Znaider.

People

A–G

• Alexander Schneider (1908–1993), classical musician
• Anthony Schneider, (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana
• Barbara Schneider, American playwright
• Bernd Schneider (footballer), German footballer
• Bernd Schneider (racing driver), German racing driver
• Bert Schneider, American film producer
• Bert Schneider (boxer) (1897–1986), Canadian olympic boxer of the 1920s
• Brian Schneider, Major League Baseball player
• Camillo Karl Schneider (1876–1951), German botanist
• Carl Schneider, psychiatrist
• Carlos Eduardo Schneider (born 1988), Brazilian footballer, better known as Duda
• Catherine Schneider, Canonized servant of the Romanov Family
• Charles Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Christoph "Doom" Schneider, drummer in the German band Rammstein
• Cory Schneider (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Dan Schneider (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
• Dan Schneider (writer) (born 1965), American poet, writer, literary critic
• Dan Schneider (TV producer) (born 1966), American actor, writer, producer
• David Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Eddie August Schneider (1910–1940), American aviator
• Edward Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Erich Schneider (1894–1980), German Iron Cross recipient in World Wars I and II
• Erich Schneider (economist) (1900–1970), German economist
• Eugène Schneider (1805–1875), French industrialist
• Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984), German chemist
• Florian Schneider-Esleben (born 1947), German musician, former member of Kraftwerk
• Franz Schneider, inventor of interrupter gear for German World War I aircraft
• Fred Schneider, American vocalist
• Fred B. Schneider (born 1953), American computer scientist
• Gary Schneider, South African artist
• George Schneider (disambiguation), several people

H–P

• Hannes Schneider (1890–1955), Austrian skiing pioneer
• Helen Schneider, American vocalist and actress
• Helge Schneider, German comedian and jazz musician
• Henry William Schneider (1817–87) British industrialist and politician
• Hortense Schneider (1833–1920), French operetta soprano
• Inge Schneider-Gabriel, German rower
• Jerry Schneider, entrepreneur and social engineer
• Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822), German classical scholar and naturalist
• Johann Rudolf Schneider (1804–1880), Swiss Dr. in medicine & politician, initiator of the Jura water correction
• John Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Jörg Schneider (1935–2015), Swiss actor
• Josef Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Juan Esnáider, Argentine footballer of German descent
• Karl Schneider (activist) (1869–1945), German ophthalmologist, pacifist and anti-Nazi fighter
• Karl Schneider (cricketer) (1905–1928), Australian cricketer
• Kirk J. Schneider, American psychologist and psychotherapist
• Kjell Schneider (born 1976), German beach volleyball player
• Kurt Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Magda Schneider (1909–1996), German actress, mother of Romy Schneider
• Maria Schneider (actress) (1952–2011), French actress
• Maria Schneider (musician) (born 1960), US conductor and composer
• Maria Schneider (cartoonist), US writer and cartoonist for The Onion
• Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), professional hockey player
• Max Schneider American Actor, Musician, Model and Dancer
• Matthew P. "Pete" Schneider, III (born 1953), businessman and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Michael Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Paul Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Peter Schneider (disambiguation), several people

R–Z

• Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958), German author
• Renate Schneider (born 1939), German artistic gymnast
• René Schneider (1913–1970), Chilean general
• Rob Schneider (born 1963), comedian
• Robert Schneider, musician
• Romy Schneider (1938–1982), actress, daughter of Magda Schneider
• Ronnie Schneider (born 1943), American music manager
• Rony Schneider, Israeli association football, coach and commentator
• Richard Schneider (1919–1982), German football manager (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
• Sascha Schneider (1870–1927), German painter
• Siegfried Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Stephen Schneider, US Stanford University climatologist and environmental biologist
• Theodor Schneider, German mathematician
• Tony F. Schneider (born 1917), US Navy pilot
• Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier
• Willi Schneider (1903–1971), Austrian medium
• Willi Schneider (skeleton racer) (born 1963), German skeleton racer
• William Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Willy Schneider (1905–1989), German singer

Families

The Doll Family, a performing group of four midget siblings from Germany

• Elly Annie "Tiny" Schneider (1914–2004)
• Frieda A. "Gracie" Schneider (1899–1970)
• Kurt Fritz "Harry" Schneider (1902–1985)
• Hilda Emma "Daisy" Schneider (1907–1980)

Sznajder

• Andrew Sznajder
• Irena Sznajder

Fictional characters

• Dark Schneider (disambiguation), several characters
• Karl Heinz Schneider from the manga Captain Tsubasa
• Kyle Schneider, a character in the Metal Gear series
• Dwayne Schneider, often simply Schneider, is a character portrayed by Pat Harrington on the American sitcom One Day at a Time
• Friedrich Schneider, in the book Friedrich, by Hans Peter Richter

See also

• All pages with titles containing Schneider OR Sznajder
• Schneider (taxonomic authority)

Surname project

An effort is currently underway to genetically identify, via Y chromosome DNA testing, Schneider lineages worldwide.