Schulte is a German surname, derived from the word ''
Schultheiß
In medieval Germany, the ''Schultheiß'' () was the head of a municipality (akin to today's office of mayor), a '' Vogt'' or an executive official of the ruler. As official (''villicus'') it was his duty to order his assigned village or county ( ...
''. Variants of the surname include
Scholte,
Schuldt,
Schultens and
Schultze.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Adolf Schulte (1894-1917), German flying ace
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Aloysius Schulte, St. Ambrose University president
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Dieter Schulte (1940–2022), German labor leader
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Eduard Schulte (1891–1966), German industrialist
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Edward J. Schulte
Edward J. Schulte (April 27, 1890 – June 7, 1975) was an architect who designed a number of mid-twentieth-century churches notable for their blending of a modern idiom with traditional function. Inspired by an encounter with Ralph Adams Cram, he ...
(1890–1975), American architect
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Eike Wilm Schulte (born 1939), German operatic baritone
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Francis B. Schulte
Francis Bible Schulte, Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), O.H.S. (December 23, 1926 – January 17, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, Arc ...
(1926–2016), American archbishop
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Frank Schulte (1882–1949), American baseball player
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Fred Schulte (1901–1983), American baseball player
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Fritz Schulte (1890–1943), German politician
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Greg Schulte, American sportscaster
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Gregory Schulte, American ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Henry Schulte, college football coach
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Jim Schulte, American politician
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Johann Friedrich von Schulte (1827–1914), German legal historian and professor of canon law
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Johnny Schulte (1896–1978), American baseball player
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Joshua Schulte (born 1988), CIA employee, convicted of leaking documents
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Mary Leontius Schulte (1901–2000), American nun, mathematics educator, and historian of mathematics
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Michael Schulte (born 1990), German singer and songwriter
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Quinn Schulte (born 2000), American football player
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Patricia Schulte, Canadian zoologist
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Paxton Schulte (born 1972), ice hockey player
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Ursula Schulte (born 1952), German politician
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Wildfire Schulte (1882–1949), American baseball player
See also
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Julius Schulte-Frohlinde (1894–1968), Nazi German architect
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Heike Schulte-Mattler (born 1959), German athlete
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Schulte, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
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Schulte Hills, a group of hills in Antarctica
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References
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German-language surnames