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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

(from

Schröder Schröder (Schroeder) is a German language, 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 Hubertu ...

) 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 is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in writing since about 1225–34 (). During the Hanseatic period (from about 1300 to about 1600), Mid ...

, "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, whose work included cutting leather, and also a

drayman A drayman was historically the driver of a Lorry (horse-drawn), 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 List of ...

, 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 and

eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountain ...

which has been held by many notable people, including:

People

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* Andrea Schroeder (1964–2021), 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 of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohm ...

(born 1941), Swiss film director and producer *

Bernd Schroeder Bernd Schroeder (6 June 1944 – 18 June 2023) was a German writer who authored books, television plays, film scripts, and audio plays. He also directed audio plays. He co-authored the bestseller novel '' Alte Liebe'' with Elke Heidenreich, and ...

(1944–2023), German writer *

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

(born 1960), American politician *

Bruce Schroeder Bruce Edward Schroeder (born 1946) is a retired American lawyer and jurist from Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He served forty years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Kenosha County (1983–2023). At the time of his retirement, he was the ...

(born 1946), American judge

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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 a ...

(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 *

Corinne Schroeder Corinne Schroeder (born August 17, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for PWHL Seattle of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Playing career In the 2013–14 season, Schroeder played with the Pembina Valley Hawks 19U AAA of ...

(born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player

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Dominic Schroeder Dominic Sebastian Schroeder (born 13 November 1965) is a British diplomat currently serving as Principal of the International Academy of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British Ambassador to Denmark and Amba ...

, British diplomat *

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 Alan 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 ...

(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 reputation ...

(1833–1899), German-born American politician * Frederick C. Schroeder (1910–1980), American politician

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Gene Schroeder Gene Schroeder (March 3, 1929 – January 28, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for six seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Schroeder played college football for the Vi ...

(1929–2025), American football player *

Gerald Schroeder Gerald Lawrence Schroeder (; born 20 February 1938) is an American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish physicist, author, lecturer, and teacher at College of Jewish Studies Aish HaTorah's Discovery Seminar, Essentials and Fellowships programs and Executiv ...

(born 1938), American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish physicist, author, lecturer, and teacher *

Gerald F. Schroeder Gerald Frank Schroeder (born September 13, 1939) is a former American attorney and jurist who served as chief justice of Idaho. He was appointed to the court in 1995 by List of Governors of Idaho, Governor Phil Batt, and was elected chief justice ...

(born 1939), American attorney and jurist, chief justice of Idaho

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* Henry F. Schroeder (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 he has ...

(born 1981), American rower *

Jay Schroeder Jay Brian Schroeder (born June 28, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, after which he was selected in the third ro ...

(born 1961), American football player *

John Schroeder (disambiguation) John Schroeder may refer to: * John H. Schroeder, chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1991 to 1998 * John Schroeder (golfer) (born 1945), American golfer * John Schroeder (musician) John Francis Schroeder (19 January 1935 � ...

, 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 an Indologist from the Russian Empire, who later worked in Austria-Hungary. He studied at the universities of University of Tartu, Dorpat, University of Jena, J ...

(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 *

Lindi Schroeder Lindi Schroeder (born September 22, 2001) is an American swimmer. She represented Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 Jul ...

(2001-), American Olympian, Artistic Swimming

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

Michael Schroeder Michael David 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 proto ...

(born 1945), American computer scientist

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

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* Papa Don Schroeder (1940–2019), American music executive *

Pat Schroeder Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (July 30, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American politician who represented Colorado's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, ...

(1940–2023), 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 interna ...

(1927–2020), American historian

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* Richard Schroeder (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. He contributed to the development of the Driggs-Schroeder rapid-fire gun. Biography Schroeder was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Francis Sc ...

(1849–1922), U.S. Navy admiral * Stassi Schroeder (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 John ...

, 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-le ...

(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 (born 1944), Canadian politician

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* Wilhelm Schroeder (1898–1943), German politician * William Schroeder (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

* Schroeder (''Peanuts''), a character in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz * Leon von Schroeder, a character in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' series

Place names

Schroeder, Minnesota Schroeder is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located on the North Shore (Lake Su ...

, United States * Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States *

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

, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil * Schroeder, Western Australia, 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), 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