Schachter, Schächter or Schechter (from Yiddish shochet, 'to slaughter'.

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:שכטר also Shechter) is a Yiddish and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Daniel Schacter Daniel Lawrence Schacter (born June 17, 1952) is an American psychologist. He is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His research has focused on psychological and biological aspects of human memory and amnesia, with a particular empha ...

, psychologist, neuroscientist, researcher in human memory *

Binyumen Schaechter Binyumen Schaechter (born 1963) is a conductor, music director, composer, arranger, solo performer, and piano accompanist in the world of Yiddish music. He also lectures on topics related to Yiddish music, language, and culture. Many of his songs, ...

, composer, arranger, conductor *

Carl Schachter Carl E. Schachter (born June 1, 1932"Carl E. Schachter," in "New Jersey, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1956-1964" on ''Ancestry.com'') is an American music theorist noted for his expertise in Schenkerian analysis. Born in Chicago, he attended Austin H ...

, music theorist specializing in Schenkerian analysis *

Hershel Schachter Rabbi Hershel Schachter (born ) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek (religious law authority) and rosh yeshiva (dean) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), part of Yeshiva University (YU) in New York City. Schachter is an '' hal ...

, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary * Hershel Schacter *

Joshua Schachter Joshua Schachter (; born January 1, 1974) is an American entrepreneur and the creator of Delicious, creator of GeoURL, and co-creator of Memepool. He holds a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg ...

, creator of the website ''Delicious'' * Mioara Mugur-Schächter, French specialist on Physics and Epistemology *

Norm Schachter Dr. Norm Schachter (April 30, 1914 – October 5, 2004), born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) for 22 years from 1954 to 1975. Over his career in the NFL, he worked three Super B ...

, American football official in the NFL *

Oscar Schachter Oscar Schachter (1915–2003) was an American international law and diplomacy professor, and United Nations aide. Schachter was a native of New York City, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City College of New York in 1936, and from Columbia Law School ...

, international law and diplomacy professor *

Rafael Schächter Rafael Schächter (born 25 May 1905, died on the death march during the evacuation of Auschwitz in 1945), was a Czechoslovak composer, pianist and conductor of Jewish origin, organizer of cultural life in Terezín concentration camp. Life ...

, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and conductor, organizer of cultural life in Terezín concentration camp *

Sam Schachter Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. At the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and Team Canada won a silver medal. He and pa ...

, Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player * Stanley Schachter, American psychologist * Steven Schachter, American director and screenwriter * Zalman Schachter

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Aaron Schechter Aaron Moshe Schechter (also Aharon Moshe Schechter) is an American Haredi rabbi. He is the rosh yeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and its post-graduate Talmudical division, Kollel Gur Aryeh. He also serves on the presidium of Aguda ...

, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. * Alan Schechter, political scientist * Ben Schechter, American filmmaker *

Daniel Schechter Daniel S. Schechter (born 1962 in Miami, Florida) is an American psychiatrist known for his clinical work and research on intergenerational transmission or "communication" of violent trauma and related psychopathology involving parents and very ...

, American psychiatrist, developmental neuroscientist, researcher in trauma and attachment *

Daniel Schechter (director) Daniel Schechter is an American film director, editor and screenwriter. His film '' Supporting Characters'' debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. His third film, ''Life of Crime'', which stars Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and Isla Fishe ...

, American filmmaker and director *

Danny Schechter Daniel Isaac "Danny" Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights, economics, foreign p ...

, American television producer and filmmaker *

Harold Schechter Harold Schechter (born June 28, 1948) is an American true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. He is a Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York where he taught classes in American literature and myth criticism ...

, American writer *

Itay Shechter Itay Menachem Shechter (or Etey Schechter,http://antisemitism.org.il/en/70261/ he, איתי שכטר; born 22 February 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Petah Tikva. He has played for the Israel nati ...

, Israeli footballer currently playing for Beitar Jerusalem. *

Jody Scheckter Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African business proprietor and former motor racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980, winning the Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari. Scheckter remains the only Afri ...

, retired racing driver now farmer *

Martin Schechter (epidemiologist) Martin T. Schechter (born December 16, 1951) is a Canadian epidemiologist recognized for contributions to research about HIV prevention and treatments, addiction research, and Indigenous health research. He is a professor and was the found ...

, Canadian medical epidemiologist recognized for contributions to HIV and addiction research * Mathilde Roth Schechter, American *

Ofer Shechter Ofer Shechter ( he, עפר שכטר; April 8, 1981) is an Israeli actor, stand-up comedian, television host, and former model. Early life Shechter was born and raised in moshav Hadar Am, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. At the ...

, Israeli actor, entertainer, model and TV host. * Paul L. Schechter, American astronomer *

Peter Schechter Peter Schechter (born 1959) is an American political consultant and the executive producer and host of Altamar, a foreign policy podcast. Until June 2017, he was the Atlantic Council's Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the fo ...

, American political consultant and author * Sarah Schechter, American rabbi *

Solomon Schechter Solomon Schechter ( he, שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר‎; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the ...

, rabbi * Susan Schechter (1946–2004), American domestic violence activist *

Susan Schechter Bortner Susan Schechter Bortner (published as Susan Schechter) is an American survey statistician, formerly in US Government service and now a researcher at NORC at the University of Chicago, a private nonprofit social research organization. Education ...

, American statistician * Yaakov Meir Shechter leader and teacher in the Breslov Hasidic movement in Israel.

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