Schneider

Schneider ("tailor" in English; literally "someone who cuts," from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common family name in Germany.

People named Schneider

Notable people by this name include:
*Alexander Schneider, classical musician
*Bernd Schneider (football), German footballer
*Bernd Schneider (racecar driver), German racing driver
*Brent Schneider (born 1974), internet designer
*Brian Schneider , Major League Baseball Player
*Bennett Schneider, several members of a family of US booksellers and clowns
*Camillo Karl Schneider (1876-1951), German botanist
*Conrad Victor Schneider (1614-1680)
*Christoph Schneider, German musician (Rammstein)
*Dan Schneider (born 1966), US actor
*Eddie August Schneider (1910-1940), American aviator
*Edmund Schneider, German sailplane designer
*Erich Schneider (1900-1970)
*Florian Schneider (born 1947), German musician (Kraftwerk)
*Fred Schneider, gay singer (The B-52's)
*Helen Schneider, US-American vocalist and actress
*Helge Schneider, German comedian and Jazz musician
*Gary Schneider, Opera conductor (1956--)
*Jerry Schneider (born 1951[?]), entrepreneur and crook
*Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750-1822), German classical scholar
*Johannes Schneider (1890-1955), Austrian skiing pioneer
*John Schneider (born 1950), classical guitarist
*John Schneider, US theatre artist
*John Schneider (born 1960), US television actor and musician (country music)
*Josef Schneider (1840-1927), first German electricity producer
*Joseph Eugène Schneider (1805-1875), French politician
*Karl Schneider (1892-)
*Kurt Schneider (1887-1967), German psychiatrist
*Magda Schneider, Austrian actress, mother of Romy Schneider
*Marcel Schneider
*Maria Schneider (born 1952), actress
*Maria Schneider (born 1960), US conductor and composer
*Maria Schneider, writer and cartoonist (The Onion)
*Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), professional hockey player.
*Reinhold Schneider
*Rob Schneider (born 1963), comedian
*Romy Schneider (1938-1982), Austrian actress
*Stephen Schneider (born 1945[?]), US climatologist and environmental biologist, Stanford
*Vreni Schneider, Austrian alpine skier
*Willy Schneider, German singer
*Wolfgang Schneider, mayor of Ballenstedt, Germany representing the FDP

Other uses

*The word schneider is also used in card games such as skat or sheepshead -- see Schneider (Sheepshead).
*Schneider, Indiana is a small town in the United States.
*Schneider National Inc. is a leading provider of transportation, logistics and related services based in Green Bay, WI, US
*Schneider Electric is a France-based company.
*Schneider Kreuznach is a German manufacturer of (among other things) lenses for Contax, Rollei, large-format and other cameras.
*Schneider Foods is a Canadian meat producer now owned by Maple Leaf Foods.
*Schneider Trophy
*Gelfondâ€"Schneider theorem
*Schneider (beer) is an Argentinian brand of beer.
*G. Schneider & Sohn is a Bavarian brewery.

See also

* Schneidermann
* Bretschneider
* Schröder