Schlechter is a family surname of
German
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origin, which literally means “worse”. Notable people with this surname:
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Carl Schlechter
Carl Schlechter (2 March 1874 – 27 December 1918) was a leading Austro-Hungarian chess master and theoretician at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for drawing a World Chess Championship match with Emanuel Lasker.
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(1874–1918), Austrian chess master
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Emanuel Schlechter (1906–1943), Polish lyricist, composer, writer
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Lambert Schlechter (born 1941), Luxembourg author
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Rudolf Schlechter
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.
He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America and ...
(1872–1925), German taxonomist
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German-language surnames
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