Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer to:

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* Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician * Helmut Ashley (1919–2021), Austrian director and cinematographer * Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor *

Helmut Berger Helmut Berger (; born Helmut Steinberger; 29 May 1944) is an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually-ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is regarded a ...

(born 1944), Austrian actor * Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), Austrian actor *

Helmut Deutsch Helmut Erich Deutsch (born 24 December 1945) is an Austrian classical pianist, specialising in chamber music and lieder accompaniment. Deutsch was born in Vienna, where he studied piano, composition and musicology at the Vienna Music Academy f ...

(born 1945), Austrian classical pianist *

Helmut Ditsch Helmut Ditsch (born July 6, 1962) is an Argentine painter. Ditsch's work focuses on extreme natural phenomena such as mountains, desert, ice, and water. Life He was born in Villa Ballester, in the province of Buenos Aires, to grandparents fr ...

(born 1962), Argentine painter *

Hellmut Diwald Hellmut Diwald (13 August 1924 – 26 May 1993) was a German historian and Professor of Medieval and Modern History at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1965 to 1985. He was originally from southern Moravia, the son of an Austrian engin ...

(1924–1993), German historian *

Helmut Donner Helmut Donner (born 15 August 1941) is an Austrian athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( ...

(born 1941), Austrian high jumper * Helmut Fischer (1926–1997), German actor *

Hellmut von Gerlach Hellmut Georg von Gerlach (2 February 1866 – 1 August 1935) was a German journalist and politician. Life Hellmut von Gerlach, the son of landowner Max von Gerlach, was born in Mönchmotschelnitz in Silesia. He studied law at the universiti ...

(1866–1935), German journalist * Helmut Goebbels (1935–1945), only son of Joseph Goebbels * Helmut Griem (1932–2004), German actor *

Helmut Gröttrup Helmut Gröttrup (12 February 1916 – 4 July 1981) was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he headed a grou ...

(1916–1981), German rocket scientist * Helmut Haller (1939–2012), German football player *

Helmut Hasse Helmut Hasse (; 25 August 1898 – 26 December 1979) was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of ''p''-adic numbers to local class field theory and ...

(1898–1979), German mathematician * Hellmut Hattler (born 1952), German musician *

Helmut Haussmann Helmut Haussmann (born 18 May 1943) is a German academic and politician. He served as minister of economy from 1988 to 1991. Early life and education Haussmann was born in Tübingen on 18 May 1943. He holds a degree in economics and social scien ...

(born 1943), German academic and politician * Helmut Hirsch (born 1916) German student executed for opposing the Nazi government * Helmut Jahn (1940–2021), German-born American architect * Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), German politician * Helmut Köllen (1950–1977), German musician * Helmut Krieger (born 1958), Polish shot putter * Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935), German composer * Helmut Landsberg (1906–1985), German scientist * Helmut Lang (artist) (born 1956), German fashion designer * Helmut Lemke (1907–1990), German politician * Helmut Lotti (born 1969), Belgian singer

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* Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver *

Helmut Newton Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter; 31 October 192023 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. The ''New York Times'' described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-a ...

(1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer *

Helmut Norpoth Helmut Norpoth (born 1943) is an American political scientist and professor of political science at Stony Brook University. Norpoth is best known for developing the Primary Model to predict US presidential elections. Education and career Norpoth ...

(born 1943), German-born political scientist *

Helmut Oberlander Helmut Oberlander (15 February 1924 – 20 September 2021) was a naturalized Canadian citizen who was a member of the ''Einsatzgruppen'' death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II. Oberlander was on the Simon W ...

(born 1924), Ukrainian former Canadian who was a member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II *

Helmut Rahn Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as ''Der Boss'' (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup (West Germany vs. ...

(1929–2003), German football player * Helmut Rohde (1925-2016), German politician *

Helmut Schelsky Helmut Schelsky (14 October 1912 – 24 February 1984), was a German sociologist, the most influential in post-World War II Germany, well into the 1970s. Biography Schelsky was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. He turned to social philosophy and even ...

(1912–1984), German sociologist * Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German politician, chancellor * Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993), Austrian sociologist * Helmut Schön (1915–1996), German football player and manager *

Helmut Sick Helmut Sick (10 January 1910 – 5 March 1991) was a German-Brazilian ornithologist. Sick was born in Leipzig, Germany. He emigrated to Brazil in 1939. A prominent ornithologist in Brazil, Sick published more than 200 papers, including his most ...

(1910–1991), Brazilian ornithologist * Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012), American foreign policy expert *

Helmut Vetter Helmuth Vetter (21 March 1910 in Rastenberg – 2 February 1949) was an ''Schutzstaffel, SS-Hauptsturmführer'' and a Nazism, Nazi war criminal. Vetter was a doctor at the Auschwitz extermination camp, appointed chief doctor by ''Reichsführer-SS ...

(1910–1949), German Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes *

Helmut Walcha Arthur Emil Helmut Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters. Blind since his teenage years, he is known f ...

(1907–1991), German organist * Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist *

Helmut Zilk Helmut Zilk (9 June 1927, Vienna – 24 October 2008, Vienna) was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Vienna between 1984 and 1994. Biography Born in Vienna, Zilk was Mayor of ...

(1927–2008), Austrian politician * Cacau (born 1981), German-Brazilian football player, nicknamed ''Helmut''

Fictional characters

*Helmut Grokenberger, fictional character in the 1991 film '' Night on Earth'' * Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe *

Baron Helmut Zemo Helmut Zemo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly as an adversary of the superhero Captain America and the Avengers. He is the son of Baron Heinrich Zemo and the thirteenth Baron Zem ...

, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe *Helmut Heindenburg, fictional character in 1996 Colombian telenovela '' Guajira'' *Helmut, fictional character in the video game ''

Road Rash Road rash is a colloquial term for skin injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces, often as a consequence of cycling and motorcycling accidents. It may also result from running, inline skating, roller skating, skateboarding, and longboarding ...

'' *Helmut Kruger, fictional fashion model in the video game ''Hitman'' (2016) *Baron Helmut Schnitzelnazi, from the comedy skit '' Key & Peele'' *Helmut Spargle, a character from

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...

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