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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 ...

surname derived from '' Schultheiß'', meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense (akin to today's office of

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). It has many variations, such as Schuldt,

Schulte Schulte is a German surname, derived from the word '' Schultheiß''. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Schulte (1894-1917), German flying ace * Aloysius Schulte, St. Ambrose University president * Dieter Schulte (born 1940), German ...

, Schulten, Schultes, Schultheis, Schultheiss, Schultheiß, Schultze,

Schulz Schulz is a common German and Jewish-Ashkenazi family name from Germany, particularly Northern Germany. The word ''Schulz'' originates from the local official title of Schultheiß or ''(Dorf-)Schulz(e)'', meaning village headman or constable / sh ...

Schulze Schulze is a German surname, from the medieval office of Schulze, or village official. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Schulze (1896–1982), clergyman and civil rights activist * William August Schulze, rocket scientist recru ...

and Schulzke. Adapted spellings in other languages include Shultz, Šulc and Szulc. In

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

, the "u" was often replaced by "o"; see also Scholz and

Scholtz Scholtz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A.H.M. Scholtz, South African writer in Afrikaans, wrote his first and award-winning novel at the age of 72 * Andrew Henry Martin Scholtz (1923–2004), South African writer *Bernard ...

. Notable people with this form of the surname include:

People

Albert Schultz Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz bec ...

(born 1963), Canadian actor * Alby Schultz (1939–2015), Australian politician *

Ana María Schultz Ana María Schultz (born October 9, 1935) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Argentina who represented her native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. She claimed a total number of five medals at the 1951 Pan Ameri ...

(born 1935), Argentine freestyle swimmer * Andrew Schultz (born 1960), Australian classical composer * Arthur Schultz (1933–2011), American politician *

Barney Schultz George Warren "Barney" Schultz (August 15, 1926 – September 6, 2015) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He was a knuckleball-throwing pitcher in the Major Leagues for all or parts of seven seasons between 1955 and 1965 for ...

(born 1926), American baseball player *

Bill Schultz (producer) Bill Schultz is an animation producer. He was born in New York City and grew up in River Forest, a suburb near Chicago, Illinois, moving to Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana Campus. He has worked on ...

(born 1960), American animation producer *

Bill Schultz (Fender) William Charles Schultz (July 30, 1926 – September 21, 2006) was the CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and is credited as the "man who saved Fender." Biography Born at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Schultz graduated as an engineer fr ...

(1926–2006), American engineer and business executive, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation *

Bill Schultz (American football) William N. Schultz (born May 1, 1967) is a retired American football offensive lineman who played professionally in the National Football League. High school career Schultz prepped at Kennedy High School in Granada Hills. College career Schult ...

(born 1967), American football offensive lineman *

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April ...

(born 1970), Dutch tennis player * Brett Schultz (born 1970), South African cricketer *

Bud Schultz Bud Schultz (born William Schultz August 21, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A 1981 graduate of Bates College, Schultz achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 in 1986 and a career-high doubles ...

(born 1959), American tennis player *

Carl Schultz (disambiguation) Carl Schultz (born 1939) is a Hungarian-Australian film director. Carl Schultz may also refer to: * Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz (1805–1867), German botanist * Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz (1798–1871), German botanist See also ...

Claire Kelly Schultz Claire Kelly Schultz (November 17, 1924 - May 28, 2015) was a leading figure in the early development of automated information retrieval systems and information science. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus con ...

(1924–2015), American information scientist *

Connie Schultz Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957) is an American writer and journalist. Schultz is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate. She worked at '' The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' newspaper from 1993 to 2011. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Pr ...

(born 1957), American journalist * Dalton Schultz (born 1996), American football player *

Daniel Schultz Jerzy (Georg) Daniel Schultz known also as Daniel Schultz the Younger (1615–1683) was a prominent painter of the Baroque era, born and active in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He painted many Polish and Lithuanian nobles, members of ...

(1615–1683), Polish painter * David Schultz (disambiguation), several people *

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Deborah Wasserman Schultz (née Wasserman; born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from , first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former chair of the Democrat ...

(born 1966), American politician *

Dick Schultz Dick Schultz (born September 5, 1929) is an American retired sports coach and administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Iowa from 1963 to 1970 and at the school's head men's basketball coach from 1970 to 1974. Schul ...

(born 1929), American college sports coach and administrator * Don Schultz (born 1936), American chess administrator * Don E. Schultz (born 1934), American marketing expert *

Donald Schultz Donald Schultz is a South African film maker, writer and entertainer who works with dangerous species. Career Schultz appeared on '' Wild Recon'' under the title "Venom Hunter." He was also featured in ''Venom in Vegas'', where he performe ...

(born 1978), South African naturalist and entertainer, working with dangerous species *

Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901October 24, 1935) was an American mobster. Based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the n ...

(1902–1935), American gangster *

Dwight Schultz William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series ''The A-Team'' and as Reginald Barclay in the ''Star Trek'' ...

(born 1947), American actor *

Ed Schultz Edward Andrew Schultz (January 27, 1954 – July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host, political commentator, news anchor and sports broadcaster. He was the host of '' The Ed Show'', a weekday news talk program on MSNBC fro ...

(1954–2018), American broadcaster *

Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (3 January 1804 – 30 December 1876) was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken. He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began stu ...

(1804–1876), German pharmacist and botanist * Graeme Schultz (born 1953), Australian Rules footballer *

Harald Schultz Harald Schultz (; 10 November 1895 – 15 March 1957) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Schultz surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket in 1945. ...

(1895–1957), German general during World War II * Heinie Schultz, American football player * Heinrich Schultz (born 1924), Estonian cultural functionary * Helen M. Schultz (1898–1974), American bus company founder * Helga Schultz (1941—2016), German historian *

Henry Schultz Henry Schultz (September 4, 1893 – November 26, 1938) was an American economist, statistician, and one of the founders of econometrics. Paul Samuelson named Schultz (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Fr ...

(1893–1938), American economist *

Hermann Schultz Hermann Schultz (December 30, 1836 - May 15, 1903), German Protestant theologian, was born at Lüchow in Hanover (now in Lower Saxony). Education He studied at Göttingen and Erlangen, became professor at Basel in 1864, and eventually (1876) ''pr ...

(1836–1903), German theologian *

Howard Schultz Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who served as both chairman and CEO of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and as interim CEO since 2022. Schultz also owned the Seattle SuperSonics baske ...

(born 1953), American businessman *

Howard Schultz (producer) Howard Schultz (October 14, 1953 – December 29, 2014) was an American television producer best known for his long-running reality series ''Extreme Makeover''. He also produced '' The Moment of Truth'' and ''72 Hours''. His last production was the ...

(died 2014), American television producer *

Issa Schultz Issa Schultz (born 1 March 1984) is an English-born Australian television quiz personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on ''The Chase Australia'', where he is nicknamed "The Supernerd". In addition to his current role on ''The Ch ...

(born 1984), Australian quiz champion and one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia *

Ivan Schultz Ivan Schultz (November 22, 1891 in Baldur, Manitoba – March 5, 1974) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1930 to 1955, and was a prominent cabinet minister in th ...

(1891–1974), Canadian politician *

Jaime Schultz Jaime Matthew Schultz (born June 20, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers. Early years Schultz attended Mapl ...

(born 1991), American baseball player *

James Willard Schultz James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (August 26, 1859 – June 11, 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and li ...

(1859–1947), ''Apukuni'', American author, hunter, trader and guide *

Joe Schultz Jr. Joseph Charles Schultz Jr. (August 29, 1918 – January 10, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball catcher, coach (baseball), coach, and manager (baseball), manager. Schultz was the first and only manager for the Seattle Pilots franchise dur ...

(1918–1996), American baseball player, coach, and manager *

Joe Schultz (outfielder) Joseph Charles Schultz Sr. (July 24, 1893 – April 13, 1941), nicknamed "Germany", was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1925. He played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs, Pittsb ...

(1893–1941), American baseball player *

Johannes Schultz (composer) Johannes Schultz (26 June 1582 – 16 February 1653) was a German composer. Biography Schultz was born in Lüneburg and in 1605 took a job as organist at St. John's Church in Dannenberg (Elbe), Dannenberg in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Lo ...

(1582–1653), German composer * Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884–1970), German psychiatrist * John Schultz (disambiguation), several people *

Justin Schultz Justin Schultz (born July 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schultz was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, and grew up in the nearby City of West Kelowna. He ha ...

(born 1990), Canadian hockey player *

Karl Schultz Karl Schultz (born 6 November 1937) is a German equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein. He competed in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montr ...

(born 1937), German equestrian and Olympian * Karl L. Schultz, US Coast Guard admiral *

Leonard Peter Schultz Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Schultz was born in 1901, at Albion, Michigan. He received education on ichthyology at Albion College, in which he got his bachelor's degree, in 1924. In 1926, he got ...

(1901–1986), American ichthyologist * Keith and Kevin Schultz (born 1953), American identical twin child actors, singers and photographers *

Lillie Shultz Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981) was a journalist, a writer, an administrator for the American Jewish Congress, communal worker and activist against discrimination. Lillie (Lillian) Shultz (also spelled Schultz) served from 1933 to 1944, as ...

(Schultz) (1904–1981), American journalist, writer, and activist * Mark Schultz (disambiguation), several people * Martin Schultz (disambiguation), several people *

Michael Schultz Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television. Life and career Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917-1995) ...

(born 1938), American director and producer *

Nick Schultz (ice hockey) Nicholas Andrew Schultz (born August 25, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Philadelphia Flye ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player *

Peter Schultz (disambiguation) Peter Schultz may refer to: *Peter C. Schultz (born 1942), inventor of fiber optics * Peter G. Schultz (born 1956), chemist * Peter H. Schultz (born 1944), planetary geologist See also *Peter Schulz Peter Schulz (25 April 1930 – 17 May 2013) ...

, several people * Philip Schultz (born 1945), American Pulitzer Prize winning poet * Richard Schultz (born 1926), American furniture designer *

Robert Weir Schultz Robert Weir Schultz (26 July 1860 – 29 April 1951), later Robert Weir Schultz Weir and known as R. W. S. Weir, was a Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute ...

(1860–1951), Scottish architect * Ron Schultz (born 1938), politician from Florida * Scout Schultz (1996–2017), American computer student and LGBTQ activist * Tanja Schultz, German computer scientist *

Theodore Schultz Theodore William Schultz (; 30 April 1902 – 26 February 1998) was an American Agricultural economist and chairman of the University of Chicago Department of Economics. Schultz rose to national prominence after winning the 1979 Nobel Memorial ...

(1902–1998), American economist * Walter Schultz (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

* Dr. King Schultz, from the 2012 film ''Django Unchained'' *Herman Schultz, the alias of the Marvel Comics character Shocker *

Maggie Schultz ''Muggie Maggie ''is a book written by Beverly Cleary that was published in the year 1990 revolving around the experiences of eight-year-old Maggie Schultz, and her refusal to learn cursive writing Cursive (also known as script, among other ...

, protagonist of the Beverly Cleary book ''Muggie Maggie'' *Molly Schultz, is a character from the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V * Nick Schultz, in the Australian TV series ''Blue Heelers'' *Schultz, from the Looney Tunes' 1943 short '' Daffy the Commando'' * Schultz, in the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' fighting game series * Sergeant Hans Schultz, in the TV series ''Hogan's Heroes'' *Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz, secretary on ''

The Bob Cummings Show ''The Bob Cummings Show'' (also known in reruns as ''Love That Bob'') is an American sitcom starring Bob Cummings, which was broadcast from January 2, 1955, to September 15, 1959. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for tw ...