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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 **Ger ...

(from

Schröder Schröder ( Schroeder) is a German surname often associated with the Schröder family. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Schröder (1892–1986), German actor * Atze Schröder, stage name of German comedian Hubertus Albers * Bern ...

) occupational name for a cloth cutter or

tailor A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century. History Although clothing construction goes back to prehistory, there is evidence of ...

, from an agent derivative of

Middle Low German Middle Low German or Middle Saxon (autonym: ''Sassisch'', i.e. "Saxon", Standard High German: ', Modern Dutch: ') is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in ...

, "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a

gristmiller A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated ...

as well as a shoemaker, whose work included cutting leather, and also a

drayman A drayman was historically the driver of a dray, a low, flat-bed wagon without sides, pulled generally by horses or mules that were used to transport all kinds of goods. Modern use The word "drayman" is used in U.S. ports as the over the road ...

, one who delivered beer and wine in bulk to customers; in some instances the surname may have been acquired in either of these senses. This name is widespread throughout

central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known a ...

and

eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russia, wh ...

which has been held by many notable people, including:

People

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Andrea Schroeder Andrea K. Schroeder (June 2, 1964 – October 1, 2021) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. Education Schroeder earned a Bachelor of Science degree in child a ...

, American politician * Andreas Schroeder (born 1946), German-born Canadian poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer

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Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has dire ...

(born 1941), Swiss film director and producer *

Bob Schroeder Robert Schroeder (born February 16, 1960) is an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010 to 2014, where he represented the 39th Legislative District, having taken the seat of ...

(born 1960), American politician

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* Carl Schroeder, American composer *

Carly Schroeder Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American actress and U.S. Army officer. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the '' General Hospital'' spin-off '' Port Charles''. She ...

(born 1990), American actress *

Christa Schroeder Emilie Christine Schroeder, also known as Christa Schroeder (19 March 1908 – 28 June 1984) was one of Adolf Hitler’s personal secretaries before and during World War II. Early life She was born in the small town of Hannoversch Münden a ...

(1908–1984), German secretary

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Doris Schroeder Doris Schroeder (February 7, 1893 – January 4, 1981) was an American screenwriter and publicity woman. Biography Born in New York, Doris was the daughter of Edward Schroeder and Phoebe Kent. She attended Brooklyn Girls High School befor ...

(1893–1981), American screenwriter *

Dorsey Schroeder Dorsey Schroeder (born February 5, 1953) is an American race car driver. Since August 2015, he has served as Race Director for the Pirelli World Challenge series and since 2018 Race Director for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli SCCA Pro ...

(born 1953), American racing driver

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Frederick A. Schroeder Frederick A. Schroeder (March 9, 1833 – December 1, 1899) was an American industrialist and politician of German descent. As mayor of Brooklyn—before the city's merger with New York—and New York state senator, Schroeder earned a reputati ...

(1833–1899), German-born American politician *

Frederick C. Schroeder Frederick C. Schroeder (January 19, 1910 – November 1, 1980) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Schroeder was born in West Bend, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He died on November 1, 1980. Care ...

(1910–1980), American politician

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Gerald Schroeder Gerald Lawrence Schroeder is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish physicist, author, lecturer and teacher at College of Jewish Studies Aish HaTorah's Discovery Seminar, Essentials and Fellowships programs and Executive Learning Center, who focu ...

, American-Israeli nuclear physicist

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Henry F. Schroeder Henry Frank Schroeder (December 7, 1874–January 26, 1959) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor during the Philippine–American War at Carig in the Philippines. Schroeder joined the Army from Chicago in Jul ...

(1874–1959), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

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Irene Schroeder Irene Schroeder (February 17, 1909 – February 23, 1931) was an American criminal who became the first woman to be electrocuted in Pennsylvania and the fourth woman to be executed by electrocution in the United States. She was given several nickna ...

(1909–1931), American criminal

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Jamie Schroeder Jamie Twist Schroeder (born September 9, 1981, in Wilmette, Illinois) is an American rower, and a victorious Oxford Blue. Education Schroeder was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall, Connecticut '99, and Stanford University '05 from where sh ...

(born 1981), American rower *

Jay Schroeder Jay Brian Schroeder (born June 28, 1961) is an American former professional football quarterback. He played college football at UCLA, after which he was selected in the third round (83rd overall) of the 1984 NFL draft by the Washington Redskin ...

(born 1961), American football player *

John Schroeder (disambiguation) John Schroeder may refer to: * John H. Schroeder John Schroeder is an American educator and administrator. He was chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1991 to 1998. Background Schroeder graduated from Lewis and Clark College ...

, multiple people

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Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, ...

(born 1962), Canadian author

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* Leonard T. Schroeder (1918–2009), U.S. Army colonel, first American soldier ashore on D-Day in World War II *

Leopold von Schroeder Leopold von Schroeder (December 24, 1851, Tartu – February 8, 1920, Vienna) was a German Indologist. He studied at the universities of Dorpat, Jena and Tübingen. Having worked as lecturer in Indology at Dorpat since 1882, then as an ass ...

(1851–1920), German indologist *

Louise Schroeder Louise Dorothea Schroeder (2 April 1887 in Altona (Elbe) – 4 June 1957 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party. She was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assembly, the Constitu ...

(1887–1957), German politician

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* Mary M. Schroeder (born 1940), American federal judge *

Michael Schroeder Michael Schroeder (born 1945) is an American computer scientist. His areas of research include computer security, distributed systems and operating systems and he is perhaps best known as the co-inventor of the Needham–Schroeder protocol. In ...

(born 1945), American computer scientist

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* Nozipho Schroeder (born 1951), South African lawn bowler

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Papa Don Schroeder Gerald Don Schroeder (December 29, 1940 – November 15, 2019), known professionally as Papa Don Schroeder, was an American radio station owner and former record producer, radio personality, and singer-songwriter, who was responsible for producin ...

(1940–2019), American music executive *

Pat Schroeder Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (born July 30, 1940) is an American politician who represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Schroeder was the first female U.S. Rep ...

(born 1940), American politician *

Paul W. Schroeder Paul W. Schroeder (February 23, 1927''International Who's Who 2000'', Vol. 63 (Europa, 1999: ), p. 1391. – December 6, 2020) was an American historian who was professor emeritus at the University of Illinois. He specialized in European intern ...

(1927–2020), American historian

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Richard Schroeder Richard Alan Schroeder (born October 29, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer who was a breaststroke specialist and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Schroeder represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ...

(born 1961), American swimmer * Rob Schroeder (1926–2011), American racing driver

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Seaton Schroeder Seaton Schroeder (August 17, 1849 – October 19, 1922) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Biography Schroeder was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Francis Schroeder, the Resident Minister to Sweden. His mother was the daughter o ...

(1849–1922), U.S. Navy admiral *

Stassi Schroeder Nastassia Bianca Schroeder Clark (born June 24, 1988) is an American television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model and author. She is best known for appearing on Bravo's reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020). ...

(born 1988), American television personality *

Steven A. Schroeder Steven A. Schroeder is Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. He served as the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johns ...

, American medical professor *

Steven D. Schroeder Steven D. Schroeder (born June 12, 1977) is an American poet and editor. Life He was born in San Francisco and grew up in California, Germany, and Colorado. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a creative writing degree. His first full ...

(born 1977), American poet

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Ted Schroeder Frederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder (July 20, 1921 – May 26, 2006) was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the U.S. National. He was the No. 1-ranked American amateur player in 1942; ...

(1921–2006), American tennis player * Thomas D. Schroeder (born 1959), American federal judge

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Vic Schroeder Victor Harold Schroeder (born February 16, 1944 to a Mennonite family in Altona, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1979 to 1988, and a senior cabinet minister in the New D ...

(born 1944), Canadian politician

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Wilhelm Schroeder Wilhelm Schroeder (April 23, 1898 – July 8, 1943) was a German politician (NSDAP) and pilot. He was born in Leipzig. Early life After attending high school, Schroeder graduated in approximately 1920 to 1921 to an agricultural apprenticeship ...

(1898–1943), German politician *

William Schroeder (disambiguation) Bill, Willy or William Schroeder or Schröder may refer to: Sports personalities American football * William E. Schroeder, American football coach during 1914–16 *Bill Schroeder (halfback) (1923–2003), American football halfback for the AAF ...

, multiple people

Fictional characters

* Schroeder (''Peanuts''), a character in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz *

Leon von Schroeder The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series features an extensive cast of characters created by Kazuki Takahashi. The series takes place in a fictional city in Japan called Domino City, in which most of the characters that appear in the series originate. Many plot ...

, a character in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' series

Place names

Schroeder, Minnesota Schroeder is an unincorporated community in Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Cross River flows through the center, or middle of Schroeder. Schroeder ...

, United States *

Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota Schroeder Township is one of the three townships of Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 187 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Schroeder and Taconite Harbor are located within the township. The communit ...

, United States *

Schroeder, Santa Catarina Schroeder (Schröder) is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. It is named for Christian Mathias Schröder, a German senator who organized a colony in the area. See also *List of municipalities in Santa C ...

, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil *

Schroeder, Western Australia Schroeder is a small townsite located in the South West region of Western Australia in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking ...

, Australia

Other uses

Needham–Schroeder protocol The Needham–Schroeder protocol is one of the two key transport protocols intended for use over an insecure network, both proposed by Roger Needham and Michael Schroeder. These are: * The ''Needham–Schroeder Symmetric Key Protocol'', based on ...

, a communications protocol * , a ship of the US Navy *

Schröder–Bernstein theorem In set theory, the Schröder–Bernstein theorem states that, if there exist injective functions and between the sets and , then there exists a bijective function . In terms of the cardinality of the two sets, this classically implies that if ...

, a mathematical theorem in set theory *

Schroeder (constructor) Gordon Schroeder (February 24, 1915- August 31, 1995) was an American racing car constructor. Schroeder cars competed in four FIA World Championship races - the , , and Indianapolis 500. History Schroeder was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In ...

, former racing car constructor *

Schröder number In mathematics, the Schröder number S_n, also called a ''large Schröder number'' or ''big Schröder number'', describes the number of lattice paths from the southwest corner (0,0) of an n \times n grid to the northeast corner (n,n), using only ...

, mathematical sequence