Schneider (surname)

Schneider (German for "tailor", literally "one who cuts", from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common surname in Germany.^[1] Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Schnyder, Znaider,^[2] Schnaider, Schneiter, Shneider, and Sneijder, Snijder (Dutch), Snither (English), Snyman (Afrikaans), Schnider (Swiss German), Sznajder, Szneider (Polish), Snaider, Šnajder (Serbo-Croatian), and Schneidre (French).

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 57.9% of all known bearers of the surname Schneider were residents of Germany (frequency 1:184), 18.8% of the United States (1:2,554), 6.1% of Brazil (1:4,446), 3.6% of Switzerland (1:299), 3.6% of France (1:2,452), 2.6% of Austria (1:443), 1.3% of Canada (1:3,837) and 1.0% of Argentina (1:5,820).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:184) in the following states:^[3]

• 1. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:96)
• 2. Saarland (1:102)
• 3. Hesse (1:123)
• 4. Saxony (1:150)
• 5. Baden-Württemberg (1:151)
• 6. Thuringia (1:166)
• 7. Bavaria (1:173)
• 8. Brandenburg (1:178)

People

A–G

• Aileen Schneider (born 1993), German stage director
• Alexander Schneider (1908–1993), Lithuanian-born American classical musician
• Amy Schneider, U.S. quiz game show contestant on Jeopardy!
• Andrew Schneider (journalist), (1942–2017), American investigative journalist
• Andy Schneider (born 1981), American ice hockey player
• Anthony Schneider, (1933–1997), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Anthony Robin Schneider, bass from New Zealand
• Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana
• Attila Schneider(1955–2003), Hungarian chess master
• Barbara Schneider, American playwright
• Ben Ross Schneider, American professor
• Bernd Schneider (chess player), German chess master
• Bernd Schneider (footballer), German footballer
• Bernd Schneider (racing driver), German racing driver
• Bert Schneider, American film producer
• Bert Schneider (boxer) (1897–1986), Canadian olympic boxer of the 1920s
• Braden Schneider (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brian Schneider (born 1976), American baseball player
• Camillo Karl Schneider (1876–1951), German botanist
• Carl Schneider, psychiatrist
• Carlos Eduardo Schneider (born 1988), Brazilian footballer, better known as Duda
• Carsten Schneider (born 1976), German politician
• Catherine Schneider, Canonized servant of the Romanov Family
• Charles Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Christian Schneider (1887–1972), German industrialist
• Christine Schneider (born 1972), German politician
• Christoph Schneider, drummer in the German band Rammstein
• Cory Schneider (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Dan Schneider (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
• Dan Schneider (TV producer) (born 1966), American actor, writer, producer
• Dan Schneider (writer) (born 1965), American poet, writer, literary critic
• David Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Davis Schneider, American baseball player
• Dean Schneider, Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality
• Dick Schneider (1948–2025), Dutch football player
• Eddie August Schneider (1910–1940), American aviator
• Édouard Schneider (1880–1960), French author
• Edward Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Erich Schneider (1894–1980), German Iron Cross recipient in World Wars I and II
• Eugène Schneider (1805–1875), French industrialist and politician
• Ferdinand Schneider (1911–1984), German chemist
• Florian Schneider-Esleben (1947–2020), German musician, former member of Kraftwerk
• Frank Schneider (born 1942), a German musicologist
• Frank Schneider (born 1970 or 1971), former spy within the Luxembourgish State Intelligence service
• Frankie Schneider (1926 – 2018), American stock car, modified, midget, and sprint car racer
• Franz Schneider (chemist) (1812–1897), Austrian physician and chemist
• Franz Schneider (engineer), Swiss engineer and aircraft designer
• Fred Schneider, American vocalist
• Fred B. Schneider (born 1953), American computer scientist
• Gary Schneider (born 1954), South African-born American photographer
• Georg Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• George Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Georges Schneider (1925–1963), Swiss alpine skier

H–P

• Hannah Schneider, (born 1982), Danish musician
• Hannes Schneider (1890–1955), Austrian skiing pioneer
• Helen Schneider, American vocalist and actress
• Helge Schneider, (born 1955), German comedian and jazz musician
• Henrik Schneider, Hungarian rower
• Henry Schneider (1817–87) British industrialist and politician
• Hortense Schneider (1833–1920), French operetta soprano
• Inge Schneider-Gabriel, German rower
• Ivo Schneider (born 1938), German mathematician and historian of mathematics and natural sciences
• Jerry Neil Schneider (born c. 1951), entrepreneur and social engineer
• Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750–1822), German classical scholar and naturalist
• Johann Rudolf Schneider (1804–1880), Swiss Dr. in medicine & politician, initiator of the Jura water correction
• John Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• John Brand Schneider, American engineer
• Jörg Schneider (actor) (1935–2015), Swiss actor
• Jörg Schneider (born 1964), German politician
• Josef Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Juan Esnáider (born 1973), Argentine football player
• Julia Schneider (born 1990), German politician
• Junnosuke Schneider (born 1977), Japanese football player
• J. Glenn Schneider (1935–2017), American educator and politician
• Karl Schneider (activist) (1869–1945), German ophthalmologist, pacifist and anti-Nazi fighter
• Karl Schneider (cricketer) (1905–1928), Australian cricketer
• Karla Schneider (born 1938), German writer
• Kathrin Schneider (born 1962), German politician
• Kirk J. Schneider, American psychologist and psychotherapist
• Kjell Schneider (born 1976), German beach volleyball player
• Kurt Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Lars-Åke Schneider (born 1955), Swedish chess master
• Ludwig Karl Eduard Schneider (1809–1899), German botanist and politician
• Luis Alberto Schneider (born 1959), Chilean sprinter
• Mac Schneider, American politician
• Magda Schneider (1909–1996), German actress, mother of Romy Schneider
• Maria Schneider (actress) (1952–2011), French actress
• Maria Schneider (cartoonist), American writer and cartoonist for The Onion
• Maria Schneider (musician) (born 1960), American conductor and composer
• Marilyn Schneider (born 1952), American physicist
• Matthew J. Schneider, United States District Attorney
• Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), American professional hockey player
• Max Schneider American Actor, Musician, Model and Dancer
• Michael Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Monique Scheier-Schneider, (born 1954) Luxembourg ice hockey administrator
• Niels Schneider (born 1987), French Canadian Actor
• Nikolaus Schneider (born 1947), German Lutheran bishop
• Oscar Schneider (1927–2024), German politician
• Patrick Schnieder (born 1968), German politician
• Paul Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Peter Schneider (disambiguation), several people

R–Z

• Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958), German author
• Renate Schneider (born 1939), German artistic gymnast
• René Schneider (1913–1970), Chilean general
• Richard Schneider (1919–1982), German football manager
• Rob Schneider (born 1963), comedian
• Robert Schneider, musician
• Robert Schneider (writer) (born 1961)
• Roland Schneider, Swiss curler, 1975 World men's champion
• Roman Schneider (1898–1967), German flying ace
• Romy Schneider (1938–1982), actress, daughter of Magda Schneider
• Ronnie Schneider (1943–2023), American music manager
• Rony Schneider, Israeli association football, coach and commentator
• Rose Schneider (1895–1976) American painter
• Sascha Schneider (1870–1927), German painter
• Siegfried Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Simone Schneider, German operatic soprano
• Stephen Schneider (scientist), US Stanford University climatologist and environmental biologist
• Stephen Schneider (actor), American actor
• Steve Schneider (American football), American football player
• Steve Schneider (Branch Davidian), American Branch Davidian
• Steve Schneider (computer scientist), British computer scientist
• Tatjana Schneider, British architect and academic
• Theodor Schneider, German mathematician
• Tom Schneider (born 1992), Australian Rules Footballer
• Tony F. Schneider (1917–2010), US Navy pilot
• Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier
• Willi Schneider (1903–1971), Austrian medium
• Willi Schneider (skeleton racer) (born 1963), German skeleton racer
• William Schneider (disambiguation), several people
• Willy Schneider (1905–1989), German singer
• Wolf Schneider (1925–2022), German journalist

Schneiders

• Abraham Louis Schneiders (1925–2020), Dutch writer and diplomat
• Arlette Schneiders (fl. 1989), Luxembourg architect
• Bernt Schneiders (born 1959), Dutch politician
• Grace Schneiders-Howard (1869–1968), Surinamese politician
• Lolita Schneiders (1931–2022), American politician
• Sandra M. Schneiders (born 1936), American academic
• Toni Schneiders (1920–2006), German photographer

Schneyder

• Nathalie Schneyder (born 1968), American synchronised swimmer, Olympic champion
• Werner Schneyder (1937–2019), Austrian cabaret performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter

Šnajder

• Slobodan Šnajder (born 1948), Croatian writer and publicist
• Vera Šnajder (1904–1976, also known as V. Popovitch-Schneider), Bosnian mathematician
• Viktor Šnajder (1934–2014), Croatian sprinter

Sznajder

• Andrew Sznajder (born 1967), English-born Canadian tennis player
• Irena Sznajder (born 1977), Polish sprinter
• Rafał Sznajder (1972–2014), Polish Olympic saber fencer

Families

The Doll Family, a performing group of four siblings with dwarfism from Germany

• Elly Annie "Tiny" Schneider (1914–2004)
• Frieda A. "Gracie" Schneider (1899–1970)
• Kurt Fritz "Harry" Schneider (1902–1985)
• Hilda Emma "Daisy" Schneider (1907–1980)

Fictional characters

• Karl Heinz Schneider from the manga Captain Tsubasa
• Kyle Schneider, a character in the Metal Gear series
• Dwayne Schneider, often simply Schneider, is a character portrayed by Pat Harrington on the American sitcom One Day at a Time
• Friedrich Schneider, in the book Friedrich, by Hans Peter Richter
• Coach Schneider from the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Schneider, a character from the game Reverse 1999
• Dr. Elsa Schneider, a character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

See also

• All pages with titles containing Schneider OR Sznajder
• Schneider (taxonomic authority)
• Snider (surname)
• Snyder
• Snyder (surname)