Schumacher

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Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname (German, "shoemaker", pronounced [ˈʃuːmaxɐ], both variants can be used as surnames, with Schumacher being the more popular one, however, only the variant with an "h" can also be used as a job description in modern German spelling). The variant Schumaker is also commonly seen in the USA. Some notable people surnamed Schumacher:

Science

• Benjamin Schumacher, US theoretical physicist
• E. F. 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, malacologist and anatomist
• William S. Massey (born 1920), American mathematician

Sports

• Anton Schumacher (born 1938), German football goalkeeper
• Cori Schumacher, (born 1977) international surfer
• Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
• Harald Schumacher (born 1954), German football goalkeeper and West Germany team captain
• Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (born 1925), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Kelly Schumacher (born 1977), Canadian WNBA basketball player
• John Schuhmacher (born 1955), American football player
• Kurt Schumacher (American football) (born 1952), NFL player
• Michael Schumacher (born 1969), German Formula One driver and seven times World Champion
• Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), German DTM driver, former Formula One driver, younger brother of Michael
• Raymond R. Schumacher (born 1924), American football player
• Sandra Schumacher (born 1966), German track and road cyclist
• Stefan Schumacher (born 1981), German road racing cyclist
• Steven Schumacher (born 1984), English football midfielder
• Tony Schumacher (drag racer) (born 1969), American dragster racer

Other

• Elisabeth Schumacher (1904–1942), artist and German executed Resistance fighter
• Emil Schumacher (1912–1999), German artist, co-founder of abstract art movement in Germany and representative of the "Informel" movement
• Ferdinand Schumacher (1822–1908), American entrepreneur known as "the Oatmeal King"
• Fritz Schumacher (architect), (1869–1947), German architect and urban designer
• Gottlieb Schumacher (1857-1925), an American civil engineer, architect and archaeologist
• Joel Schumacher (born 1939), US film director, writer and producer
• John Schumacher (Los Angeles pioneer) (about 1816–1885)
• John J. Schumacher, founded Southwestern University School of Law
• Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), German social-democratic politic leader
• Kurt Schumacher (sculptor) (1905–1942), German sculptor and executed Resistance fighter
• Kurt Schumacher (SS officer) (1923–1945), German SS officer
• Peder Griffenfeld (born Schumacher, 1635–1699), Danish statesman
• Ståle Schumacher (born 1972), Norwegian software author
• Thomas Schumacher, American theatrical producer
• Troy Schumacher, New York City ballet dancer
• Wim Schumacher (1894–1986), Dutch painter and designer

See also

• Kurt Schumacher (disambiguation)
• Shoemaker (disambiguation)
• Schumaker, a surname and list of people with the surname

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