Heide is a

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and feminine

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. ''Heide'' is a German and Dutch word meaning 'heath'.

Notable people with the surname

* Ella Heide (1871–1956), Danish painter *

Frits Heide Frits Ferdinand Rudolf Heide (7 December 1883 – 1957) was a Danish botanist and science writer. He studied botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1906 under professor Eugenius Warming, but never actually graduated. In 1909, Frits Heide r ...

(1883–1957), Danish botanist * Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011), American children's writer *

Hermann auf der Heide Hermann auf der Heide (1 June 1911 – 17 October 1984) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of t ...

(1911–1984), German field hockey player *

Michael von der Heide Michael von der Heide (born 16 October 1971 in Amden, Switzerland) is a Swiss musician, singer, and actor. Early life Von der Heide was born the son of a German father and a Swiss mother. Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1999 I ...

(born 1971), Swiss musician, singer, and actor * Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874–1945), American politician *

Ola Heide Ola Mikal Heide (born 26 April 1931) is a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Trondenes. He graduated from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1961, and took the dr.agric. degree in 1967 with the thesis ''Studies on the Control of Regeneration ...

(born 1931), Norwegian botanist * Raoul Heide (1888–1978), Norwegian fencer *

Ruud ter Heide Ruud ter Heide (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Enschede, Overijssel, Ter Heide started his career with FC Twente. He made five appearances from 2001 until 2003. In the 2 ...

(born 1982), Dutch association football player *

Tami Heide Tami Heide, "The girl with two first names," is an American radio personality. Heide started out as a disc jockey on Emerson College station WERS in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977. She later served as music director of Massachusetts Institute of ...

, American radio personality *

Wilma Scott Heide Wilma Louise Scott Heide (February 26, 1921 – May 8, 1985) was an American author, nurse, and social activist. Born in Ferndale, Pennsylvania, Heide trained as a registered nurse in psychiatry at Brooklyn State Hospital. She began her career ...

(1921–1985), American feminist author and social activist

Notable people with the given name

* Heide Boikat, West German slalom canoeist * Heide-Elke Gaugel (born 1959), German sprinter *

Heide Hatry Heide Hatry (born 1965) is a New York City and Berlin based German neo-conceptual artist, curator and editor. Her work, often either body-related or employing animal flesh and organs (cf: bio-art) or other discarded, disdained, or "taboo" mater ...

(born 1965), German artist, curator and editor *

Heide Orth Heide Orth (''née'' Schildknecht; born 10 August 1942) is a former tennis player from Germany. Heide grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. Her first major success was winning t ...

(born 1942), German tennis player *

Heide Perlman Heide Paula Perlman (born September 22, 1951) is best known for her work as a television script writer. Perlman began work as a writer on the sitcom ''Cheers'' from 1982 through 1986; since then she has worked as a writer, producer and/or story ...

(born 1951), American television script writer * Heidemarie Rosendahl (born 1947), German track and field athlete * Heide Rühle (born 1948), German politician *

Heide Schröter Heide Schröter is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lipno. She also won at senior level the Wildwater Canoeing ...

, West German slalom canoeist *

Heide Schmidt Heide Schmidt (born 27 November 1948 in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany) is an Austrian politician. A lawyer and formerly a prominent member of Jörg Haider's Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), in 1993 Schmidt was one of a group of politicians who, bec ...

(born 1948), Austrian politician *

Heide Seyerling Heide Seyerling (born 19 August 1976) is a former South African athlete, born in Port Elizabeth, specializing in the 200 and 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured i ...

(born 1976), South African sprinter *

Heide Simonis Heide Simonis (; born 4 July 1943 in Bonn as Heide Steinhardt) is a German Author and Politician. She is a member of the SPD. From 1993 to 2005 she served as the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the first woman to serve as head ...

(1943–2023), German politician * Heide Wollert (born 1982), German judoka

Notable people with the surname

Notable people with the given name

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