Schumacher

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Schumacher is an occupational surname (German, "shoemaker", pronunced [ˈʃuːmaχɐ]), and may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Sport 1.2 Science 1.3 Other people 2 Place names 3 Other uses

[edit] People

[edit] Sport

• Anton Schumacher (born 1938), German football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
• Harald "Toni" Schumacher (born 1954), German football (soccer) goalkeeper and West Germany team captain
• Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (born 1925), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Kelly Schumacher (born 1977), Canadian WNBA basketball player
• Michael Schumacher (born 1969), German Multiple Formula One World Champion
• Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), DTM driver, former Formula One driver, younger brother of Michael
• Sandra Schumacher (born 1966), German track and road cyclist
• Stefan Schumacher (born 1981), German road racing cyclist
• Steven Schumacher (born 1984), English football (soccer) midfielder
• Schumacher (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Tony Schumacher (born 1969), American dragster racer

[edit] Science

• Axel Schumacher (born 1969), German genetic scientist
• Benjamin Schumacher, US theoretical physicist
• E. F. "Fritz" Schumacher (1911–1977), British economist
• Eugen Schuhmacher (1906–1973), German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries
• Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850), German astronomer
• Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, (1757–1830), German-Danish surgeon, botanist and anatomist
• William Schumacher Massey (born 1920), American mathematician

[edit] Other people

• Elisabeth Schumacher (born Hohenemser, 1904–1942), German executed resistance fighter
• Ferdinand Schumacher (1822–1908), American entrepreneur known as "the Oatmeal King"
• Fritz Schumacher (architect), (1869–1947 in Hamburg), German architect and urban designer
• Joel Schumacher (born 1939), US film director, writer and producer
• Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), German social-democratic politic leader
• Michael J. Schumacher (born 1961), US composer of electronic and instrumental
• Peder Griffenfeld (born Schumacher, 1635–1699), Danish statesman
• Ståle Schumacher (born 1972), Norwegian software author
• Thomas Schumacher (pianist), American classical pianist
• Thomas Schumacher, American theatrical producer
• Wim Schumacher (1894 - 1986), Dutch painter and designer

[edit] Place names

• Kurt-Schumacher-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn), a station on the U6 line of the Berlin U-Bahn
• Schumacher, Ontario, a community in the Ontario city of Timmins
• Schumacher (crater), a moon crater
• Schumacher College, a college in Devon, England

[edit] Other uses

• Schumacher Racing Products, British manufacturer and distributor of radio-controlled cars such as:
  • Schumacher Fusion
  • Schumacher Menace
  • Schumacher Menace GTR