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surname derived from ''

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 (' ...

'', meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense (akin to today's office of

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

). It has many variations, such as

Schuldt Schuldt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ewald Schuldt (1914–1987), German prehistorian * Jimmy Schuldt (born 1995), American ice hockey player * Travis Schuldt (born 1974), American actor See also *Schildt Schildt is a ...

, Schulte,

Schulten Schulten is a surname. It may refer to: *Adolf Schulten (1870–1960), German historian and archaeologist * Alcuin Schulten (born 1972), Dutch figure skater *John William Schulten (1821–1875), also spelled Johann Wilhelm, 19th-century chess maste ...

Schultes Schultes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Josef August Schultes (1773–1831), Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna, father of Julius * Julius Hermann Schultes (1804–1840), Austrian botanist in Vienna * Richard Evans ...

, Schultheis, Schultheiss,

Schultze Schultze is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bernhard Sigmund Schultze (1827–1919), German gynecologist *Charles Schultze (1924–2016), U.S. economist *Ernst Schulze (disambiguation) several people including: :* Ernst ...

Schulz Schulz is a common German and Jewish-Ashkenazi family name from Germany, particularly Northern Germany. The word ''Schulz'' originates from the local official title of Schultheiß or ''(Dorf-)Schulz(e)'', meaning village headman or constable / s ...

, Schulze and Schulzke. Adapted spellings in other languages include Shultz,

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and Szulc. In

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is spli ...

, the "u" was often replaced by "o"; see also Scholz and Scholtz. Notable people with this form of the surname include:

People

Albert Schultz Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz bec ...

(born 1963), Canadian actor *

Alby Schultz Albert John "Alby" Schultz (29 May 193914 July 2015) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to August 2013, representing the Division of Hume in New South Wales. Biog ...

(1939–2015), Australian politician * Ana María Schultz (born 1935), Argentine freestyle swimmer *

Andrew Schultz Andrew Schultz (born 18 August 1960 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an acclaimed Australian classical composer. A musician with a large and widely performed output and an international sphere of activity he has, since 2008, lived in Sydney, Ne ...

(born 1960), Australian classical composer *

Arthur Schultz Arthur Schultz (July 4, 1933 – November 26, 2011) was an American Republican politician. He was a five-term mayor of Joliet, Illinois, the fourth largest municipality in the state after Chicago, Aurora, and Rockford. He was last elected i ...

(1933–2011), American politician *

Barney Schultz George Warren "Barney" Schultz (August 15, 1926 – September 6, 2015) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He was a knuckleball-throwing pitcher in the Major Leagues for all or parts of seven seasons between 1955 and 1965 for ...

(born 1926), American baseball player *

Bill Schultz (producer) Bill Schultz is an animation producer. He was born in New York City and grew up in River Forest, a suburb near Chicago, Illinois, moving to Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana Campus. He has worked ...

(born 1960), American animation producer *

Bill Schultz (Fender) William Charles Schultz (July 30, 1926 – September 21, 2006) was the CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and is credited as the "man who saved Fender." Biography Born at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Schultz graduated as an engineer fr ...

(1926–2006), American engineer and business executive, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation *

Bill Schultz (American football) William N. Schultz (born May 1, 1967) is a retired American football offensive lineman who played professionally in the National Football League. High school career Schultz prepped at Kennedy High School in Granada Hills. College career Schult ...

(born 1967), American football offensive lineman *

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1 ...

(born 1970), Dutch tennis player *

Brett Schultz Brett Schultz (born 26 August 1970) is a former South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches and one One Day International between 1992 and 1997. During the course of his career, he also played for Eastern Province, Western Provinc ...

(born 1970), South African cricketer *

Bud Schultz Bud Schultz (born William Schultz August 21, 1959) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each p ...

(born 1959), American tennis player *

Carl Schultz (disambiguation) Carl Schultz (born 1939) is a Hungarian-Australian film director. Carl Schultz may also refer to: * Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz (1805–1867), German botanist * Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz (1798–1871), German botanist See als ...

Claire Kelly Schultz Claire Kelly Schultz (November 17, 1924 - May 28, 2015) was a leading figure in the early development of automated information retrieval systems and information science. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus con ...

(1924–2015), American information scientist *

Connie Schultz Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957) is an American writer and journalist. Schultz is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate. She worked at ''The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' newspaper from 1993 to 2011. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Pri ...

(born 1957), American journalist *

Dalton Schultz Dalton Chase Schultz (born July 11, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford. Early years Schultz attended Bingham High School in South Jorda ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Daniel Schultz Jerzy (Georg) Daniel Schultz known also as Daniel Schultz the Younger (1615–1683) was a prominent painter of the Baroque era, born and active in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He painted many Polish and Lithuanian nobles, members of ...

(1615–1683), Polish painter *

David Schultz (disambiguation) David Schultz or Dave Schultz may refer to: * Dave Schultz (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player and coach *Dave Schultz (amateur wrestler) (1959–1996), American Olympic wrestler * David Schultz (professional wrestler) (born 1955), ...

, several people *

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Deborah Wasserman Schultz (née Wasserman; born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from , first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former chair of the Democrati ...

(born 1966), American politician * Dick Schultz (born 1929), American college sports coach and administrator *

Don Schultz Donald Schultz (May 13, 1936, Woodhaven, Queens, New York – April 20, 2020, New Jersey) was a president and a vice-president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF). He was elected vice-president on August 14, 2005. He was defeated by th ...

(born 1936), American chess administrator *

Don E. Schultz Don Edward Schultz (January 20, 1934 – June 4, 2020) was Professor Emeritus of Service at Northwestern University's Medill School. He was most notable for his research and writing on integrated marketing communications (IMC). Education and ea ...

(born 1934), American marketing expert * Donald Schultz (born 1978), South African naturalist and entertainer, working with dangerous species *

Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901October 24, 1935) was an American mobster. Based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the ...

(1902–1935), American gangster *

Dwight Schultz William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series ''The A-Team'' and as Reginald Barclay in the ''Star Trek'' ...

(born 1947), American actor *

Ed Schultz Edward Andrew Schultz (January 27, 1954 – July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host, political commentator, news anchor and sports broadcaster. He was the host of '' The Ed Show'', a weekday news talk program on MSNBC from ...

(1954–2018), American broadcaster *

Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (3 January 1804 – 30 December 1876) was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken. He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began studie ...

(1804–1876), German pharmacist and botanist * Graeme Schultz (born 1953), Australian Rules footballer * Harald Schultz (1895–1957), German general during World War II * Heinie Schultz, American football player *

Heinrich Schultz Heinrich Schultz (misspelled also Heinrich Schults; 23 September 1924 – 1 October 2012) was an Estonian cultural functionary, the organizer of international jazz festivals in Tallinn, Estonia, then part of the Soviet Union. Early life and war S ...

(born 1924), Estonian cultural functionary * Helen M. Schultz (1898–1974), American bus company founder *

Helga Schultz Helga Schultz (; 16 August 1941 – 7 March 2016) was a German historian whose work focused on the economic and social history of Europe. Biography Schultz graduated from University of Rostock in 1964, where she majored in history teaching. ...

(1941—2016), German historian *

Henry Schultz Henry Schultz (September 4, 1893 – November 26, 1938) was an American economist, statistician, and one of the founders of econometrics. Paul Samuelson named Schultz (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Fr ...

(1893–1938), American economist * Hermann Schultz (1836–1903), German theologian *

Howard Schultz Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who served as both chairman and CEO of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and as interim CEO since 2022. Schultz also owned the Seattle SuperSonics basket ...

(born 1953), American businessman *

Howard Schultz (producer) Howard Schultz (October 14, 1953 – December 29, 2014) was an American television producer best known for his long-running Reality television, reality series ''Extreme Makeover''. He also produced ''The Moment of Truth (U.S. game show), The Moment ...

(died 2014), American television producer * Issa Schultz (born 1984), Australian quiz champion and one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia * Ivan Schultz (1891–1974), Canadian politician * Jaime Schultz (born 1991), American baseball player * James Willard Schultz (1859–1947), ''Apukuni'', American author, hunter, trader and guide * Joe Schultz Jr. (1918–1996), American baseball player, coach, and manager *

Joe Schultz (outfielder) Joseph Charles Schultz Sr. (July 24, 1893 – April 13, 1941), nicknamed "Germany", was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1925. He played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs, Pittsb ...

(1893–1941), American baseball player * Johannes Schultz (composer) (1582–1653), German composer *

Johannes Heinrich Schultz Johannes Heinrich Schultz (June 20, 1884 – September 19, 1970) was a German psychiatrist and an independent psychotherapist. Schultz became world-famous for the development of a system of self- hypnosis called autogenic training. Life He st ...

(1884–1970), German psychiatrist *

John Schultz (disambiguation) John Schultz may refer to: Sports * John Schultz (American football) (born 1953), American football player *John Schultz (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2024), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * John W. Schultz (born 1959), Australian rule ...

, several people *

Justin Schultz Justin Schultz (born July 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schultz was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, and grew up in the nearby City of West Kelowna. ...

(born 1990), Canadian hockey player *

Karl Schultz Karl Schultz (born 6 November 1937) is a German equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein. He competed in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Mont ...

(born 1937), German equestrian and Olympian *

Karl L. Schultz Karl Leo Schultz is a retired United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 26th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2018 to 2022. Early life and education Schultz is a native of East Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from the United Stat ...

, US Coast Guard admiral *

Leonard Peter Schultz Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Schultz was born in 1901, at Albion, Michigan. He received education on ichthyology at Albion College, in which he got his bachelor's degree, in 1924. In 1926, he g ...

(1901–1986), American ichthyologist *

Keith and Kevin Schultz Keith and Kevin Schultz (born September 16, 1953) are American identical twin photographers and former actors. Reportedly making their screen debut as infants, the Schultz brothers are perhaps best known for their roles as brothers Jefferson and ...

(born 1953), American identical twin child actors, singers and photographers *

Lillie Shultz Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981) was a journalist, a writer, an administrator for the American Jewish Congress, communal worker and activist against discrimination. Lillie (Lillian) Shultz (also spelled Schultz) served from 1933 to 1944, as ...

(Schultz) (1904–1981), American journalist, writer, and activist *

Mark Schultz (disambiguation) Mark Schultz may refer to: *Mark Schultz (comics) (born 1955), American comic book creator and illustrator * Mark Schultz (musician) (born 1970), Christian singer-songwriter ** ''Mark Schultz'' (album) *Mark Schultz (wrestler) (born 1960), 1984 Oly ...

, several people *

Martin Schultz (disambiguation) Martin Schultz (or Shultz, Schulz) may refer to: * Martin Schulz (born 1955), former president of the European Parliament * Martin Schulz (paratriathlete), German triathlete * Johan Martin Shultz (1740–1787), surgeon in the American Revolutionar ...

, several people *

Michael Schultz Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television. Life and career Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917-1995) ...

(born 1938), American director and producer *

Nick Schultz (ice hockey) Nicholas Andrew Schultz (born August 25, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Philadelphia Flye ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player *

Peter Schultz (disambiguation) Peter Schultz may refer to: * Peter C. Schultz (born 1942), inventor of fiber optics * Peter G. Schultz (born 1956), chemist *Peter H. Schultz (born 1944), planetary geologist See also *Peter Schulz (1930–2013), German politician *Peter Schulze ...

, several people *

Philip Schultz Philip Schultz (born 1945 in Rochester, New York) is an American poet, and the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City. He is the author of several collections of poetry, inc ...

(born 1945), American Pulitzer Prize winning poet * Richard Schultz (born 1926), American furniture designer *

Robert Weir Schultz Robert Weir Schultz (26 July 1860 – 29 April 1951), later Robert Weir Schultz Weir and known as R. W. S. Weir, was a Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute ...

(1860–1951), Scottish architect * Ron Schultz (born 1938), politician from Florida *

Scout Schultz On September 16, 2017, Scout Schultz, a 21-year-old student of the Georgia Institute of Technology, was shot once and killed by Tyler Beck, an officer of the Georgia Tech Police Department, a shooting that was later found justified in a formal i ...

(1996–2017), American computer student and LGBTQ activist *

Tanja Schultz Tanja Schultz is a German computer scientist specializing in speech processing. She is professor of computer science at the University of Bremen and the former president of the International Speech Communication Association. Education and car ...

, German computer scientist *

Theodore Schultz Theodore William Schultz (; 30 April 1902 – 26 February 1998) was an American Agricultural economist and chairman of the University of Chicago Department of Economics. Schultz rose to national prominence after winning the 1979 Nobel Memorial ...

(1902–1998), American economist *

Walter Schultz (disambiguation) Walter Schultz may refer to: * Walter Schultz (Gauleiter) (1874–1953), Nazi Party official and politician * Walter Schultz (theologist) (1900–1957), German theologian and Luthern bishop See also * Walter Schulz (disambiguation) {{hndis, S ...

, several people

Fictional characters

* Dr. King Schultz, from the 2012 film ''Django Unchained'' *Herman Schultz, the alias of the Marvel Comics character Shocker *

Maggie Schultz ''Muggie Maggie ''is a book written by Beverly Cleary that was published in the year 1990 revolving around the experiences of eight-year-old Maggie Schultz, and her refusal to learn cursive writing. It has been illustrated by Kay Life, Tracy Doc ...

, protagonist of the Beverly Cleary book ''Muggie Maggie'' *Molly Schultz, is a character from the 2013 video game

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

Nick Schultz Nick Schultz may refer to: * Nick Schultz (ice hockey) * Nick Schultz (cyclist) * Nick Schultz (Blue Heelers) Nicholas 'Nick' Schultz is a fictional character in the long-running Australian television series ''Blue Heelers'' portrayed by William M ...

, in the Australian TV series ''Blue Heelers'' *Schultz, from the Looney Tunes' 1943 short ''

Daffy the Commando Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created for Leon Schlesinger Productions by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Me ...

'' *

Schultz Schultz is a German surname derived from ''Schultheiß'', meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense (akin to today's office of mayor). It has many variations, such as Schuldt, Schulte, Schulten, Schultes, Schultheis, Sc ...

, in the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' fighting game series * Sergeant Hans Schultz, in the TV series ''Hogan's Heroes'' *Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz, secretary on ''

The Bob Cummings Show ''The Bob Cummings Show'' (also known in reruns as ''Love That Bob'') is an American sitcom starring Bob Cummings, which was broadcast from January 2, 1955, to September 15, 1959. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for ...