Schneider (surname)

Schneider (German for "tailor", literally "one who cuts", from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common surname in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Schnyder, Znaider, 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:
 * 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)

A–G

 * Alexander Schneider (1908–1993), 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, (born 1933), 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Niels Schneider (born 1987), French Canadian Actor
 * Nikolaus Schneider (born 1947), German Lutheran bishop
 * 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 (born 1943), American music manager
 * Rony Schneider, Israeli association football, coach and commentator
 * 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 ( 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 midget siblings 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