Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut,

Helmuth Helmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: __NOTOC__ Given name *Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961), German art historian, philologist and archaeologist *Helmuth Hübener (1925–1942), Ger ...

, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer to:

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* Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician * Helmut Ashley (1919–2021), Austrian director and cinematographer * Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor *

Helmut Berger Helmut Berger (; ''né'' Steinberger; 29 May 1944 – 18 May 2023) was an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is r ...

(1944–2023), Austrian actor * Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), Austrian actor * Helmut Deutsch (born 1945), Austrian classical pianist * Helmut Ditsch (born 1962), Argentine painter * Hellmut Diwald (1924–1993), German historian * Helmut Donner (born 1941), Austrian high jumper * Helmut Duckadam (1959–2024), Romanian footballer * Helmut Fischer (1926–1997), German actor * Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935), German journalist * Helmut Goebbels (1935–1945), only son of Joseph Goebbels * Helmut Graeb, German electrical engineer *

Helmut Griem Helmut Griem (6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004) was a German film, television and stage actor, and director. Biography Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielha ...

(1932–2004), German actor * Helmut Gröttrup (1916–1981), German rocket scientist * Helmut Haller (1939–2012), German football player * Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), German mathematician *

Hellmut Hattler Hellmut Hattler (born 12 April 1952 in Ulm, West Germany) is a German jazz and rock bassist and composer. Hattler took much of his early influences from Jimi Hendrix. As a child, he received violin lessons, and in the 1960s, he played guitar. ...

(born 1952), German musician *

Helmut Haussmann Helmut Haussmann (born 18 May 1943) is a German academic and politician. He served as minister of economy from 1988 to 1991. Early life and education Haussmann was born in Tübingen on 18 May 1943. He holds a degree in economics and social scien ...

(born 1943), German academic and politician *

Helmut Hirsch Helmut Hirsch (; January 27, 1916 – June 4, 1937) was a German Jewish artist and activist who was executed for his part in a bombing plot intended to destabilize the German Reich. While a full and accurate account of the plot is unknown, his ...

(1916–1937) German student executed for opposing the Nazi government *

Helmut Jahn Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Libert ...

(1940–2021), German-born American architect *

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany and governed the ''Federal Republic'' from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to ...

(1930–2017), German statesman *

Helmut Koinigg Helmut Koinigg (3 November 1948 – 6 October 1974) was an Austrian racing driver who died in a crash in the 1974 United States Grand Prix, in his second Grand Prix start. Racing career Koinigg was born in Vienna. Like several other Formula One ...

(1948–1974), Austrian racing driver *

Helmut Köllen Helmut Köllen (2 March 1950 – 3 May 1977) was a West German bass and guitar player as well as a singer for the band Triumvirat. Career Early years Early in his musical career, Helmut Köllen gained experience in various local bands in Colog ...

(1950–1977), German musician *

Helmut Krieger Helmut Krieger (born 17 July 1958 in Sławięcice, Kędzierzyn-Koźle) is a male former track and field shot putter from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul ...

(born 1958), Polish shot putter *

Helmut Lachenmann Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann (; born 27 November 1935) is a German composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. Associated with the "instrumental musique concrète" style, Lachenmann is alongside Wolfgang Rihm as among the leading Germa ...

(born 1935), German composer *

Helmut Landsberg Helmut Erich Landsberg (1906–1985) was a noted and influential climatologist. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, February 9, 1906, and died December 6, 1985, in Geneva, Switzerland while attending a meeting of the World Meteorological Orga ...

(1906–1985), German scientist * Helmut Lang (artist) (born 1956), German fashion designer * Helmut Lemke (1907–1990), German politician * Helmut Lotti (born 1969), Belgian singer

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* Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver *

Helmut Newton Helmut Newton (né Neustädter; 31 October 192023 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. The ''The New York Times, New York Times'' described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically ch ...

(1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer * Helmut Norpoth (born 1943), German-born political scientist * Helmut Oberlander (1924–2021), Ukrainian former Canadian who was a member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II *

Helmut Rahn Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as ''Der Boss'' (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in 1954 FIFA World Cup Fin ...

(1929–2003), German football player * Helmut Rohde (1925-2016), German politician *

Helmut Schelsky Helmut Schelsky (14 October 1912 – 24 February 1984) was a German sociologist, the most influential in post-World War II Germany, well into the 1970s. Biography Schelsky was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. He turned to social philosophy and ev ...

(1912–1984), German sociologist * Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German politician, chancellor *

Helmut Schoeck Helmut Schoeck (3 July 1922 – 2 February 1993) was an Austrian-Germany, German sociologist and writer best known for his work ''Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior'' (''Der Neid: Eine Theorie der Gesellschaft''). Life Born in Graz, Schoeck spent ...

(1922–1993), Austrian sociologist * Helmut Schön (1915–1996), German football player and manager * Helmut Sick (1910–1991), Brazilian ornithologist * Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012), American foreign policy expert * Helmut Vetter (1910–1949), German Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes * Helmut Walcha (1907–1991), German organist * Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist * Helmut Zilk (1927–2008), Austrian politician * Cacau (born 1981), German-Brazilian football player, nicknamed ''Helmut''

Fictional characters

*Helmut Grokenberger, fictional character in the 1991 film '' Night on Earth'' * Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Baron Helmut Zemo, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe *Helmut Heindenburg, fictional character in 1996 Colombian telenovela '' Guajira'' *Helmut, fictional character in the video game '' Road Rash'' *Helmut Kruger, fictional fashion model in the video game ''Hitman'' (2016) *Baron Helmut Schnitzelnazi, from the comedy skit '' Key & Peele'' *Helmut Spargle, a character from ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1 ...

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