Reinhardt is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of

Reinhard Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name * Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 1 ...

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 63.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Reinhardt'' were residents of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(frequency 1:1,788), 24.6% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:20,797), 1.8% of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

(1:51,081), 1.6% of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(1:32,138), 1,6% of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(1:185,079) and 1.0% of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

(1:11,406). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,788) in the following regions:Reinhardt surname distribution
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Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

(1:433) * 2.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

(1:685) * 3.

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

(1:1,096) * 4.

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

(1:1,133) * 5.

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

(1:1,543)

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Ad Reinhardt Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an abstract painter active in New York for more than three decades. He was a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and part of the movement center ...

(1913–1967), American abstract painter * Alfred E. Reinhardt (1902-1987), American architect *

Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt __NOTOC__ Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt (November 15, 1897 – January 15, 1973) was a highly decorated German Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of ...

(1897-1973), German general * Alois Reinhardt (born 1961), German footballer *

Althea Reinhardt Althea Rebecca Reinhardt (born 1 September 1996) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team. She signed for Odense in 2016, after starting the career at Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Hån ...

(born 1996), Danish handball player *

Arthur Reinhardt Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor.Kay Weniger Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people ...

(1893-1973), German actor *

Augustus M. Reinhardt Captain Augustus M. Reinhardt (1842–1923) was the namesake of Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia and a founder of Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton ...

(1842–1923), founder of Reinhardt University in Georgia, US

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Babik Reinhardt Jean-Jacques "Babik" Reinhardt (8 June 1944 – 13 November 2001) was a French guitarist and the younger son of gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt by Django's second wife, Naguine. His elder half-brother Lousson, who was Django's son by his ...

(1944–2001), European jazz guitarist * Bastian Reinhardt (born 1975), German footballer *

Benno Reinhardt Benno Ernst Heinrich Reinhardt (14 May 1819 – 11 March 1852) was a German physician who worked as prosector at Charité hospital in Berlin. He is known for his contributions to pathology, especially as co-founder of the journal ''Virchows Archiv ...

(1819–1852), German anatomist *

Burt Reinhardt Burton Reinhardt (April 19, 1920 – May 10, 2011) was an American journalist and news executive, who served as executive Vice President of CNN from 1980 to 1982 and the second President of CNN from 1982 to 1990. In his capacity as vice presiden ...

(1920–2011), American journalist and news corporation executive

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Carl Reinhardt Carl August Reinhardt (also referred to as Karl Reinhardt; born 25. April 1818 in Leipzig, Germany; died 11. August 1877 in Radebeul, Germany) was a German author, painter, graphic artist, and caricaturist. Life Reinhardt studied art in Leipz ...

(1818–1877), German author, painter, and caricaturist

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Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

(1910–1953), European jazz guitarist *

Dominik Reinhardt Dominik Reinhardt (born 19 December 1984) is a German football manager and former player. Career At Bayer Leverkusen, where his father played at that time, he started playing football. In his youth career he also played for FC Bayern Munich, ...

(born 1984), German footballer *

Doug Reinhardt Douglas Francis Reinhardt (born October 22, 1984) is an American former baseball player, sports agent, and television personality. He is best known for playing minor league baseball with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Baltimore Orioles or ...

(born 1985), American minor league baseball player and television personality

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*Ernst-Johann Reinhardt (born 1955), real name of German drag performer "

Lilo Wanders Ernst-Johann "Ernie" Reinhardt (born 22 September 1955), better known as Lilo Wanders, is a German transvestite actor, comedian and theatre/television host. Born in Celle, Reinhardt attended the Gymnasium Walsrode and went on to become an ente ...

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Fritz Reinhardt Friedrich Rudolph (Fritz) Reinhardt (3 April 1895 – 17 June 1969) was an official in the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and in the government of the Third Reich, most notably, State Secretary in the Germany, German Finance Ministry. Early life The son o ...

(1895–1969), German Nazi leader and state secretary of finance

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G. Frederick Reinhardt George Frederick Reinhardt (1911–1971) was an American foreign service officer and diplomat from 1937 until 1968. He was considered by his peers to be among the finest diplomats of his era. Reinhardt was the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam ...

(1911–1971), American diplomat *

Georg-Hans Reinhardt Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1 March 1887 – 23 November 1963) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. He commanded the 3rd Panzer Army from 1941 to 1944, and Army Group Centre in 1944 and 1945, reaching the rank of colonel general ...

(1887–1963), German general * Gerhard Reinhardt (1916–1989), East German Communist politician *

Gottfried Reinhardt Gottfried Reinhardt (20 March 1913 – 19 July 1994) was an Austrian-born American film director and producer. Biography Reinhardt was born in Berlin, the son of the Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt (until 1904: Max Goldmann), manage ...

(1911–1994), Austrian film director

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Heinrich Reinhardt Enrique Alfredo Kurt (born Heinrich Alfred Kurt) Reinhardt (29 March 1903, Stettin,Zabelsdorf, according tPassengers of the Piriápolis/ref> German Empire – 14 June 1990, Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Argentina) was a German–Argentine ches ...

(1903–1990), also called Enrique Reinhardt, German-Argentine chess master *

Heinrich Reinhardt (composer) Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922) was an Austrian composer. He died on 31 January 1922 in Vienna and is buried at the Döbling Cemetery. Biography Reinhardt was born on 13 April 1865 in Pressburg (now Bratislava). The son of a jeweller, he went ...

(1865–1922), Austrian composer

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Jamila Reinhardt Jamila Reinhardt (born November 17, 1989) is an American rugby union player. She made her debut for the in 2016. She is a member of the San Diego Surfers Women's Rugby Club and Women's Premier League national champion. She was named in the Eagl ...

(born 1989), American rugby player *

Janin Reinhardt Janin Ullmann (' Reinhardt; born 14 November 1981) is a German television presenter and actress. Career Ullmann participated in a casting of the German music channel VIVA. She was chosen from 3,000 participants and became the host of ''Interak ...

(born 1981), German television personality *

Johan Reinhardt Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt (23 December 1778 – 31 October 1845), sometimes called J. C. H. Reinhardt, was a professor in zoology at the University of Copenhagen. Born in Rendalen parish in Norway, his father, Johannes Henrik Reinhar ...

(1778–1845), Danish zoologist * Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676–1742), Austrian composer *

Johannes Theodor Reinhardt Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (3 December 1816, in Copenhagen – 23 October 1882, in Frederiksberg) was a Danish zoologist and herpetologist. The son of Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt. Biography He participated as botanist in the firs ...

(1816–1882), Danish zoologist * John Reinhardt (born 1920), American diplomat *

Joseph Reinhardt Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt (1912-1982) was the younger brother of guitarist Django Reinhardt and played rhythm guitar on most of Django's pre-war recordings, especially those with the Quintette du Hot Club de France between 1934 and 1939. He was ...

(1912–1982), European jazz guitarist * Julius Reinhardt (footballer) (born 1988), German footballer

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Karl Reinhardt (mathematician) Karl August Reinhardt (27 January 1895 – 27 April 1941) was a German mathematician whose research concerned geometry, including polygons and tessellations. He solved one of the parts of Hilbert's eighteenth problem, and is the namesake of the ...

(1895–1941), German mathematician *

Karl Reinhardt (philologist) Karl Ludwig Reinhardt (February 14, 1886 – January 9, 1958) was a German classical philologist. Life Reinhardt was born in Detmold, and grew up in Frankfurt, the city to which his father, the educational reformer Karl Reinhardt, Sr., had bee ...

(1886–1958), German philologist * Klaus Reinhardt (born 1941), German general *

Knut Reinhardt Knut Reinhardt (born 27 April 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Reinhardt played 14 consecutive seasons in the Bundesliga, starting in 1985–86 with ...

(born 1968), German footballer

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Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (July 7, 1948 – January 2, 2012) was an American rock guitarist who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames "El Rhino" and "Ryno". Early history Born in Florida, Un ...

(1948–2012), American rock guitarist in Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond

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Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born Theatre director, theatre and film director, theater manager, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he i ...

(1873–1943), Austrian film director *

Max Reinhardt (publisher) Max Reinhardt (30 November 1915 – 19 November 2002) was a British publisher. He published Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, George Bernard Shaw and Graham Greene. Biography Max Reinhardt was born on 30 November 1915 in Istanbul to Austrian parents. ...

(1915–2002), British publisher *

Michael Reinhardt Michael Reinhardt (born Michael Max Reinhardt aka Mike Reinhardt) is an American photographer whose images were featured in magazines such as '' Vogue'', '' Harper's Bazaar'' and ''Sports Illustrated''. His work also includes a wide range of pho ...

(born 1938), American photographer *

Mimi Reinhardt Mimi Reinhardt (born Carmen Koppel; known as Carmen Weitmann –; 15 January 1915 – 8 April 2022) was an Austrian Jewish secretary. She worked for Oskar Schindler and typed his list of Jews, Jewish workers to recruit for his factory. Early ye ...

(1915–2022), Austrian secretary, who worked for Oskar Schindler

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* Nicole Reinhardt (born 1986), German Olympic Gold Medalist and photo model (canoe/kayak)

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* Ray Reinhardt (born 1930), American actor *Richard Reinhardt (born 1957), real name of

Richie Ramone Richard Reinhardt (born August 11, 1957) is an American drummer best known by his stage name Richie Ramone, and for being the drummer for the punk band the Ramones from February 1983 until August 1987. As of 2022, he is one of the four surviv ...

, American punk musician * Rolf Reinhardt (1927–2006), German pianist, conductor, and music scholar

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*Sergio Reinhardt-Italian/German skateboarder *Sandra Reinhardt (born 1967), alternate name of American actress Sandra Dee Robinson *

Stephen Reinhardt Stephen Roy Reinhardt (born Stephen Roy Shapiro; March 27, 1931 – March 29, 2018) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Los Angeles, California. He was the last federal ...

(1931-2018), United States Court of Appeals judge *

Sybille Reinhardt Sybille Reinhardt ( Tietze, 20 October 1957 in Pirna Pirna (; hsb, Pěrno; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna i ...

(born 1957), German Olympic Gold Medalist (crew)

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* Tobias Reinhardt (born 1971), German classical scholar

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Walter Reinhardt Sombre Walter Reinhardt Sombre (born Walter Reinhardt or Reinert; ) was a European adventurer and mercenary in India from the 1760s. Early life Sombre is thought to have been born in Strasbourg or Treves. His birthplace and nationality, being given in v ...

(1725–1778), German adventurer and mercenary in India (known as "Sombre", "The Shadow") *

Walther Reinhardt Walther Gustav Reinhardt (; 24 March 1872 in Stuttgart – 8 August 1930 in Berlin) was a German officer who served as the last Prussian Minister of War and the first head of the army command (''Chef der Heeresleitung'') within the newly create ...

(1872–1930), German general * Wolfgang Reinhardt (producer) (1908–1979), German screenwriter and film producer * Wolfgang Reinhardt (athlete) (born 1943), German Olympic pole vaulter

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