Reiter is a German surname. The surname is relatively frequent in Germany, and in most cases is locational, derived from places called ''Reit'' or ''Reith'' (with an original meaning of "clearing"). A variant of the same name is Reuter. In some cases the name may also be occupational, derived from ''Reitherr'', the office of treasurer in Upper German towns, or from makers of winnowing sieves (''Reiter''), or from the term ''

Reiter ''Reiter'' or ''Schwarze Reiter'' ("black riders", anglicized ''swart reiters'') were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others. Cont ...

'' "horseman, cavalryman, curassier". Hans Markus Thomsen
Reiter, Reuter und die Räuber
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Die Welt (, ) is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group and it is considered a newspaper of record in Germany. Its leading competitors are the ...

'' 20 June 2006. People with the surname include: * Charlie Reiter (born 1988), American professional association footballer *

Dieter Reiter Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958) is a German politician and the mayor of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. Career Reiter was born in Rain, Swabia. He studied at the Fachhochschule für ...

, Mayor of Munich * Elizabeth Reiter, American operatic soprano *

Ernst Reiter Ernst Reiter (born 31 October 1962 in Ruhpolding) is a former German biathlete who represented West Germany. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Reiter won a bronze medal with the West German relay team consisting of Peter Angerer, Walter Pich ...

, German biathlete * Hans Reiter (disambiguation), several people * Jeannot Reiter, former Luxembourg international footballer *

Josef Reiter (composer) Josef Reiter (19 January 1862 – 2 June 1939) Their source is Baker's, 7th edition. was an Austrian composer. Biography Josef Reiter was born in Braunau am Inn in 1862. He studied music with his father in Braunau, and moved to Vienna in 188 ...

, Austrian composer *

Josef Reiter (judoka) Josef "Pepi" Reiter (born 8 January 1959) is a retired judoka from Austria, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics. He is a seventh degree black belt. Judo career Reiter was born in Niederwaldkirchen, Oberö ...

(born 1959), Austrian judoka *

Justin Reiter Justin Reiter (born February 2, 1981) is an American snowboard coach and former snowboarder. He won a silver medal in the parallel slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships. He is also a ten-time national champion and was sele ...

, American snowboarder *

Ľubomír Reiter Ľubomír "Ľuboš" Reiter (born 3 December 1974) is a Slovak former footballer who played as a striker and current manager of Liptovský Mikuláš. Previously, he was manager of MŠK Tesla Stropkov. Playing career Reiter played for Tatran Pr ...

, Slovak footballer * Madelyn Reiter (1942-2020), American politician * Mario Reiter, Austrian alpine skier * Mario Reiter (footballer), Austrian footballer * Michael K. Reiter, American computer scientist *

Michael Reiter (police officer) Michael Reiter is an American security advisor who was chief of police of Palm Beach, Florida, from 2001 to 2009. Having served in the Palm Beach Police Department since 1981, he has been involved in several high-profile criminal investigation ...

, American security advisor and former police chief *

Paul Reiter Paul Reiter is a professor of medical entomology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. He is a member of the World Health Organization Expert Advisory Committee on Vector Biology and Control. He was an employee of the Center for Disease Contr ...

, a professor of medical entomology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France * Philipp Reiter (born 1991), German ski mountaineer and mountain runner *

Raymond Reiter Raymond Reiter (; June 12, 1939 – September 16, 2002) was a Canadian computer scientist and logician. He was one of the founders of the field of non-monotonic reasoning with his work on default logic, model-based diagnosis, closed-world r ...

, computer scientist * Thomas Joseph Reiter, American author and poet (1940-2022) *

Thomas Reiter Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the E ...

, German astronaut * William J. Reiter (1889–1979), American assistant director

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