Schneider (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

for "tailor", literally "one who cuts", from the verb '' schneiden'' "to cut") is a very common

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in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider,

Schnyder Schnyder () is used in Switzerland as an alternative form of the more common German surname Schneider (tailor). Immigrants to North America often spelled their name as Snyder. * Daniel Schnyder (born 1961), Swiss jazz musician and composer * Fa ...

, Znaider, Schnaider, Schneiter, Shneider, and

Sneijder Sneijder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jeffrey Sneijder (born 1982), Dutch footballer * Rodney Sneijder (born 1991), Dutch footballer * Wesley Sneijder Wesley Sneijder (; born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch retired professi ...

, Snijder ( Dutch), Snither (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

), Snyman (

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gr ...

), Schnider ( Swiss German), Sznajder, Szneider ( Polish), Snaider, Šnajder (

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

), and Schneidre (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 57.9% of all known bearers of the surname ''Schneider'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:184), 18.8% of the United States (1:2,554), 6.1% of Brazil (1:4,446), 3.6% of Switzerland (1:299), 3.6% of France (1:2,452), 2.6% of Austria (1:443), 1.3% of Canada (1:3,837) and 1.0% of Argentina (1:5,820). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:184) in the following states: Schneider surname distribution
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Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

(1:96) * 2.

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, a ...

(1:102) * 3.

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are ...

(1:123) * 4.

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...

(1:150) * 5.

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

(1:151) * 6.

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

(1:166) * 7.

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

(1:173) * 8.

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...

(1:178)

People

A–G

* Alexander Schneider (1908–1993), classical musician * Amy Schneider, U.S. quiz game show contestant on Jeopardy! * Andrew Schneider (journalist), (1942–2017), American investigative journalist *

Andy Schneider Andrew Schneider (born July 31, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenseman who played in the American Hockey League (AHL), ECHL, and German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has been an assistant coac ...

(born 1981), American ice hockey player * Anthony Schneider, (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player and coach * Anthony Robin Schneider, bass from New Zealand * Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana * Barbara Schneider, American playwright * Ben Ross Schneider, American professor * Bernd Schneider (chess player), German chess master * Bernd Schneider (footballer), German footballer * Bernd Schneider (racing driver), German racing driver * Bert Schneider, American film producer *

Bert Schneider (boxer) Julius Gustav Albert "Bert" Schneider (July 1, 1897 – February 20, 1986) was a Canadian welterweight boxer who competed in the early 1920s. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, was raised in Montreal, and was Jewish. Schneide ...

(1897–1986), Canadian olympic boxer of the 1920s * Braden Schneider (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player * Brian Schneider (born 1976), American baseball player *

Camillo Karl Schneider Camillo Karl Schneider (7 April 1876 – 5 January 1951) was a German botanist and landscape architect. A farmer's son, he was born at Gröppendorf, in the Kingdom of Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifswald. Ret ...

(1876–1951), German botanist *

Carl Schneider Carl Schneider (December 19, 1891 in Gembitz, Kreis Mogilno, Province of Posen – December 11, 1946 in Frankfurt), professor at Heidelberg University, (1933–1945) chairman of its department of Psychiatry, director of its clinic, was a senior ...

, psychiatrist * Carlos Eduardo Schneider (born 1988), Brazilian footballer, better known as Duda *

Carsten Schneider Carsten Schneider (born 23 January 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 1998. Since 2021, he has also been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary for East G ...

(born 1976), German politician * Catherine Schneider, Canonized servant of the Romanov Family * Charles Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Christian Schneider (1887–1972), German industrialist * Christoph 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 (TV producer) (born 1966), American actor, writer, producer *

Dan Schneider (writer) Dan Schneider (born February 2, 1965) is an American poet and critic of literature and film who runs the criticism and literary website Cosmoetica. Biography Schneider was born in 1965 to an unmarried Minnesota mother. Given up for adoption in ...

(born 1965), American poet, writer, literary critic * David Schneider (disambiguation), several people *

Dean Schneider Dean Schneider (born October 3, 1992) is a Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality based in South Africa. Career Schneider studied finance and at age 21, became an entrepreneur and created his own financial planning company ...

, Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality * Eddie August Schneider (1910–1940), American aviator * Édouard Schneider (1880–1960), French author * Edward Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Erich Schneider (1894–1980), German Iron Cross recipient in World Wars I and II * Eugène Schneider (1805–1875), French industrialist and politician *

Ferdinand Schneider Ferdinand Gottlob Schneider (18 June 1911 – 11 May 1984) was a German chemist. Schneider was born in Backnang in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen, Freiburg and Munich (Ph.D. 1934) and subsequently held the ...

(1911–1984), German chemist * Florian Schneider-Esleben (born 1947), German musician, former member of Kraftwerk * Franz Schneider (chemist) (1812–1897), Austrian physician and chemist * Franz Schneider (engineer), Swiss engineer and aircraft designer *

Fred Schneider Frederick William Schneider III (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well known for his ''sprechge ...

, American vocalist * Fred B. Schneider (born 1953), American computer scientist * Gary Schneider (born 1954), South African-born American photographer * Georg Schneider (disambiguation), several people * George Schneider (disambiguation), several people *

Georges Schneider Georges Schneider (11 July 1925 – 10 September 1963) was a Swiss alpine skier who won the slalom event at the 1950 World Championships.

(1925–1963), Swiss alpine skier

H–P

* Hannah Schneider, (born 1982), Danish musician * Hannes Schneider (1890–1955), Austrian skiing pioneer * Helen Schneider, American vocalist and actress *

Helge Schneider Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, author, film and theatre director, and actor. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best known for his song "Katzeklo ...

, (born 1955), German comedian and jazz musician * Henrik Schneider, Hungarian rower *

Henry Schneider Henry William Schneider (12 May 1817 – 11 November 1887) was a British industrialist, and politician, who played a leading role in the development of the new town of Barrow-in-Furness. Biography Henry Schneider was the son of John Henry Powe ...

(1817–87) British industrialist and politician *

Hortense Schneider Hortense Catherine Schneider, ''La Snédèr'', (30 April 1833 in Bordeaux, France – 5 May 1920, in Paris, France) was a French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century, particularly associated with the works of composer ...

(1833–1920), French operetta soprano * Inge Schneider-Gabriel, German rower * Jerry Neil Schneider (born c. 1951), entrepreneur and social engineer *

Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (18 January 1750 – 12 January 1822) was a German classicist and naturalist. Biography Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony. In 1774, on the recommendation of Christian Gottlob Heine, he became secretary to ...

(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 * John Brand Schneider, American engineer *

Jörg Schneider (actor) Jörg Schneider (7 February 1935 – 22 August 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German-language cinema and television and stage productions. He gained great renownedness in the German-speaking area by numerous ''Kas ...

(1935–2015), Swiss actor * Jörg Schneider (born 1964), German politician * Josef Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Juan Esnáider, Argentine footballer of German descent * J. Glenn Schneider (1935–2017), American educator and politician * Karl Schneider (activist) (1869–1945), German ophthalmologist, pacifist and anti-Nazi fighter *

Karl Schneider (cricketer) Karl Joseph Schneider (15 August 1905 – 25 September 1928) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia. Cricket career Only 157 cm tall, Schneider was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and was a left-handed bat ...

(1905–1928), Australian cricketer * Kirk J. Schneider, American psychologist and psychotherapist *

Kjell Schneider Kjell Schneider (born October 4, 1976 in Kiel) is a beach volleyball player from Germany who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering with Julius Br ...

(born 1976), German beach volleyball player * Kurt Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Lars-Åke Schneider (born 1955), Swedish chess master * Ludwig Karl Eduard Schneider (1809–1899), German botanist and politician * Mac Schneider, American politician * Magda Schneider (1909–1996), German actress, mother of Romy Schneider *

Maria Schneider (actress) Maria-Hélène Schneider (27 March 1952 – 3 February 2011), known professionally as Maria Schneider, was a French actress. In 1972, at the age of 19, she starred opposite Marlon Brando in '' Last Tango in Paris'', but being traumatised by a r ...

(1952–2011), French actress * Maria Schneider (cartoonist), American writer and cartoonist for ''The Onion'' * Maria Schneider (musician) (born 1960), American conductor and composer * Liga Madara Schneider-Zegner (born 2007), Latvian * Matthew J. Schneider, United States District Attorney * Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), American professional hockey player * Max Schneider American Actor, Musician, Model and Dancer * Michael Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Nikolaus Schneider (born 1947), German Lutheran bishop *

Oscar Schneider Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology ...

(born 1927), German politician (CSU), federal minister for construction * Patrick Schnieder (born 1968), German politician * 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 General René Schneider Chereau (; December 31, 1913 – October 25, 1970) was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. He ...

(1913–1970), Chilean general * Richard Schneider (1919–1982), German football manager *

Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider (; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'', he went on to a career in feature films, including starri ...

(born 1963), comedian * Robert Schneider, musician * Robert Schneider (writer) (born 1961) * Roland Schneider, Swiss curler, 1975 World men's champion * Roman Schneider (1898-1967), German flying ace * Romy Schneider (1938–1982), actress, daughter of Magda Schneider * Ronnie Schneider (born 1943), American music manager *

Rony Schneider Ron "Rony" Schneider ( he, רון "רוני" שניידר) is an Israeli former professional association footballer who played for the Rochester Lancers and was formerly the head coach of the Israel women's national football team. Today, he is ...

, Israeli association football, coach and commentator *

Sascha Schneider Rudolph Karl Alexander Schneider, commonly known as Sascha Schneider (21 September 1870 – 18 August 1927), was a German painter and sculptor. Biography Schneider was born in Saint Petersburg in 1870. During his childhood, his family lived ...

(1870–1927), German painter * Siegfried Schneider (disambiguation), several people * Simone Schneider, German operatic soprano * Stephen Schneider (scientist), US Stanford University climatologist and environmental biologist * Stephen Schneider (actor), American actor * Steve Schneider (American football), American football player * Steve Schneider (Branch Davidian), American Branch Davidian * Steve Schneider (computer scientist), British computer scientist * Tatjana Schneider, British architect and academic * Theodor Schneider, German mathematician * Tom Schneider (born 1992), Australian Rules Footballer * Tony F. Schneider (born 1917), US Navy pilot * Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier *

Willi Schneider Willi Schneider (1903 – 1971), brother of Rudi Schneider, was an Austrian medium exposed as a fraud. His physical mediumship was investigated by notable psychical researchers such as Harry Price, Albert von Schrenck-Notzing and Eric Dingwall, th ...

(1903–1971), Austrian medium *

Willi Schneider (skeleton racer) Wilfried "Willi" Schneider (born 12 March 1963 in Mediaș, Transylvania) is a German skeleton racer who competed from 1992 to 2002. He won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1998 and a b ...

(born 1963), German skeleton racer * William Schneider (disambiguation), several people *

Willy Schneider Willy Schneider (5 September 1905, in Cologne – 12 January 1989, in Cologne) was a German schlager singer. Songs *1937: "Auf der Heide blüh'n die letzten Rosen" *1937: "Das kannst Du nicht ahnen" *1937: "Kornblumenblau" *1938: "Grün ist ...

(1905–1989), German singer * Wolf Schneider (1925–2022), German journalist

Schneiders

* Abraham Louis Schneiders (1925–2020), Dutch writer and diplomat * Arlette Schneiders ( 1989), Luxembourg architect * Bernt Schneiders (born 1959), Dutch politician *

Grace Schneiders-Howard Grace Schneiders-Howard (16 September 1869 – 4 February 1968) was a Surinamese social worker and politician. Initially beginning her career in civil service as an agent for immigrant workers, she later worked in the Hygiene Department to develo ...

(1869–1968), Surinamese politician * Lolita Schneiders (born 1931), American politician * Sandra M. Schneiders (born 1936), American academic * Toni Schneiders (1920–2006), German photographer

Schneyder

* Nathalie Schneyder (born 1968), American synchronised swimmer, Olympic champion * Werner Schneyder (1937–2019), Austrian cabaret performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter

Šnajder

* Slobodan Šnajder (born 1948), Croatian writer and publicist * Vera Šnajder (1904–1976, also known as V. Popovitch-Schneider), Bosnian mathematician * Viktor Šnajder (1934–2014), Croatian sprinter

Sznajder

* Andrew Sznajder (born 1967), English-born Canadian tennis player * Irena Sznajder (born 1977), Polish sprinter

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)

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 * Coach Schneider from the movie ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''

References

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