Schwab
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Schwab (or Schwabe) is a German name meaning "man from Swabia" and may refer to:
- Andreas Schwab (born 1973), German politician
- Andrew Schwab, lead vocalist for the rock group Project 86
- Arthur Schwab (1896–1945), Swiss athlete
- Carlos Schwabe (1877–1926), Swiss-German painter
- Charles R. Schwab (born 1937), founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
- Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939), American industrialist
- Corey Schwab, Canadian ice hockey player
- Fritz Schwab (1919–2006), Swiss athlete
- Gustav Schwab (1792–1850), German writer
- Howie Schwab, sports statistician
- Hubert Schwab (born 1982), Swiss racing cyclist
- Klaus Schwab (born 1938), Swiss economist, founder of the World Economic Forum
- Les Schwab (1917–2007), founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers
- Michael Schwab, German anarchist convicted of the Haymarket bombings in Chicago.
- Moïse Schwab (1839–1918), French librarian and author
- Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (1789–1875), German astronomer
- Shimon Schwab (1908–1993), German-born Orthodox rabbi
- Sigi Schwab (born 1940), German guitarist and composer
- Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
- Werner Schwab (1958–1994), Austrian writer
[edit] See also
- Charles Schwab Corp., a stock broker
- Camp Schwab, Okinawa, a US Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan