Scherer and Scherrer is a German language surname widespread in German speaking Europe since the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. With the beginning of colonization it also came to North and South America. It may refer to:

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* Alfredo Scherer (1903–1996), Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate *

Axel Scherer (professor) Axel Scherer is the Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He is also a distinguished visiting professor at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. He is ...

, American physicist *

Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (December 18, 1747 – August 19, 1804), born in Delle, near Belfort, became a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and on three occasions led armies in battle. Early career Schérer served in the ...

(1747–1804), French general during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

* Bee Scherer (born Burkhard Scherer, 1971), English professor of gender studies and religious studies at Canterbury Christ Church University *

Bernie Scherer Bernard Joseph Scherer (January 28, 1913March 17, 2004) was an American football end in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers (1936–1938) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1939). He was the first Nebraska Cornhuskers fo ...

(1913–2004), American football player *

Dave Scherer Dave Scherer is an American sports writer and journalist, best known for writing about professional wrestling for the '' ECW Magazine'', ''New York Daily News'', '' World of Wrestling Magazine'', 1Wrestling.com and founding the newsletter ''The ...

, American sports writer and journalist *

Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer (April 8, 1815March 16, 1889) was a French theologian, critic and politician. Biography He was born in Paris. After a course of legal studies, he spent several years in theological study at Strasbourg, where he grad ...

(1815–1889), French politician *

Emanuel Scherer Emanuel Scherer (1901 – 5 May 1977) was a Polish politician. Life Emanuel Scherer graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and became active in the Bund youth movement there. Later he moved to Warsaw, where he continued to be an a ...

(1901–1977), Polish-Jewish politician *

Fernando Scherer Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974) is a Brazilian former international swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and another bronze medal four years later in Sydney with ...

(born 1974), Brazilian swimmer *

Frederic M. Scherer Frederic Michael Scherer (born 1932 in Ottawa, Illinois) is an United States of America, American economist and expert on industrial organization. Since 2006, he continues as a professor of economics at the JFK School of Government at Harvard Unive ...

(born 1932), American economist * Gabriela Scherer (born 1981), Swiss mezzosoprano *

Georg Scherer Georg Scherer (1540 – 30 November 1605) was a Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist. Born at Schwaz, in Tyrol, Scherer entered the Society of Jesus in 1559. Even before his ordination he was famed for his preaching powers. For over ...

(1540–1605), Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist * Giorgio Scherer (1831-1896), Italian painter, mainly of genre paintings * Gordon H. Scherer (1906–1988), American politician *

Hermann Scherer Hermann Scherer (8 February 1893– 13 May 1927) was a German-speaking Swiss Expressionist painter and sculptor. Life Hermann Scherer was born in Rümmingen, Baden-Württemberg in 1893. After leaving school in 1907, Scherer began an apprentic ...

(1893-1927),

German-speaking Swiss The Swiss people (german: die Schweizer, french: les Suisses, it, gli Svizzeri, rm, ils Svizzers) are the citizens of Switzerland or people of Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 millio ...

Expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

Irineu Roque Scherer Irineu Roque Scherer (15 December 1950 – 2 July 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1978. Scherer served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns, Brazil, from 1998 to 2007. He then served as bishop o ...

(1950–2016), Roman Catholic bishop * James A. B. Scherer (1870–1944), American educator and Lutheran minister * Jean Marie Maurice Schérer, better known as Éric Rohmer, French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher * Johann Andreas Scherer (1755–1844), Austrian chemist and botanist *

Johann Jakob Scherer Johann Jakob Scherer (10 November 1825 – 23 December 1878) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 July 1872 and died in office on 23 December 1878. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzer ...

(1825–1878),

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

politician for the

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland french: Parti radical-démocratique it, Partito Liberale Radicale rm, Partida liberaldemocrata svizra , logo = Free Democratic Party of Switzerland logo French.png , logo_size = 200px , foundation = , dissolution = ...

Johann Joseph Scherer Johann Joseph Scherer (18 March 1814 – 17 February 1869) was a German physician and chemist born in Aschaffenburg. In 1836 he graduated from the University of Würzburg, where he studied medicine, chemistry, geology and mineralogy. From 1836 ...

(1814–1869), German chemist * John Scherer (athlete) (1966–), former American

long-distance Long distance or Long-distance may refer to: *Long-distance calling * Long-distance operator * Long-distance relationship * Long-distance train *Long-distance anchor pylon, see dead-end tower Footpaths * Long-distance trail *European long-d ...

runner for the

Michigan Wolverines The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisio ...

Julio Scherer García Julio Scherer García (7 April 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Mexican author and journalist. He was the editor of the daily newspaper ''Excelsior (Mexican daily newspaper), Excélsior'' from 1968 to 1976. He also was the founder of the newsmagazi ...

(1926–2015), Mexican author and journalist *

Klaus Scherer Klaus Rainer Scherer (born 1943) is former Professor of Psychology and director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences The Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences (french: Centre Interfacultaire en Sciences Affectives or "CISA") is an interdisci ...

(born 1943), Swiss psychologist * Lee R. Scherer (1919-2011), American aeronautical engineer and director of

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

John F. Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten NASA facilities#List of field ...

(KSC) from January 19, 1975 to September 2, 1979 * Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (1930–2012), Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics *

Lucy Scherer Lucy Eleonore Barbara Scherer (born April 5, 1981 in Munich) is a German singer, dancer and actress. Career Lucy Scherer was born in Munich and grew up in Regensburg. In childhood, she took ballet and piano lessons, and later gained first exper ...

(born 1981), German actress * Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American casino investor in

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

* Maria Katherina Scherer, (1825–1888),

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

professed religious and the co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross * Marie-Luise Scherer (1938-2022), German author and journalist *

Markus Scherer Markus Scherer (born 20 June 1962 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olymp ...

(born 1962), German former wrestler * Martin Scherer (born 1972), German physician *

Michelle Scherer Michelle Marie Scherer is the Donald E. Bently Professor of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Her research considers environmental geochemistry, in particular redox-reactions at mineral-water interfaces. In 2009 she was awarded the Associat ...

, American environmental geochemist *

Odilo Scherer Odilo Pedro Scherer (; born 21 September 1949) is a Brazilian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who has been the Archbishop of São Paulo since March 2007. He was made a cardinal in November 2007. In the international media, he was mentioned as a ...

(born 1949), Brazilian Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate * Péter Scherer (born 1961), Hungarian stage and film actor * René Schérer (1922–2023), French philosopher *

Rip Scherer William Bernard "Rip" Scherer Jr. (born August 3, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. In 2018, he was named tight ends coach with thLos Angeles Chargers Prior to the LA Chargers, Scherer was the tight ends coach for UCLA. Sch ...

(born 1952), American coach *

Robert Pauli Scherer Robert Pauli Scherer (1906–1960) was an American inventor who founded the RP Sherer Corporation. In 1933, Scherer invented the rotary die encapsulation process, revolutionizing the soft-gelatin encapsulation field. He founded the R. P. Sch ...

(1906–1960), American inventor * Roger H. Scherer (1935-2022), American lawyer and politician * Rodolphe Scherer (born 1972), French equestrian * Roy Scherer Jr., better known as Rock Hudson, American actor *

Sarah Scherer Sarah Scherer (born February 12, 1991, in Salt Lake City) is an American sports shooter. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place at Women's 10 metre air rifle. In the same event in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Jan ...

(born 1991), American enthusiast of My Little Ponies * Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712),

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

composer and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

era *

Siegfried Scherer Siegfried Scherer (born 7 April 1955, Oberndorf am Neckar) is a German biologist, since 1991 Professor of Microbiology at the Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan since 1991, where he is Managing Director of the Nutrition and Food Researc ...

(born 1955), German biologist * Sophie Ritter von Scherer (1817–1876), Austrian writer * Stephen Scherer (1989–2010),

Cadet A cadet is an officer trainee or candidate. The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries which can include youths in ...

with the class of 2011 at the

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

who competed in the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

10 metre air rifle 10 metre air rifle (N.B. For "Meter" in this article – read "Metre") is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It ...

Stephen W. Scherer Stephen Wayne "Steve" Scherer (born January 5, 1964) is a Canadian scientist who currently serves as the Chief of Research at Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and distinguished University Professo ...

(born 1964), Canadian scientist * Susan Scherer (born 1956), played for the

Canadian National women's ice hockey team The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada in women's hockey. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and participates in international competition ...

from 1989 to 1992 *

Theodor Scherer Theodor Scherer (17 September 1889 – 17 May 1951) was a German lieutenant general and divisional commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Biography Early life and career Scherer was born at Höchstädt an der Donau on 17 September 1 ...

(1889–1951), German general during both

World Wars A world war is an international conflict which involves all or most of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World WarI (1914 ...

, received the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

Wilhelm Scherer Wilhelm Scherer (26 April 18416 August 1886) was a German philologist and historian of literature. He was known as a positivist because he based much of his work on "hypotheses on detailed historical research, and rooted every literary phenomeno ...

(1841–1886), German philologist

Scherrer

* Albert Scherrer (1908–1986), Swiss racing driver *

Bill Scherrer William Joseph Scherrer (born January 20, 1958), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily as a relief pitcher from 1982–1988. He was born in the Town of Tonawanda, New York, and graduated from Cardinal ...

(born 1958), American baseball player *

Dominik Scherrer Dominik Scherrer is a Swiss-British composer born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland, who has written prolifically for film, theatre and television. Career Scherrer has composed the music score for both seasons of the British television series '' ...

, Swiss-born British film, theatre and television composer * Eduard Scherrer (1890–1972), Swiss bobsledder *

Jean-Louis Scherrer Jean-Louis Scherrer (19 February 1935 – 20 June 2013) was a Parisian fashion designer and couturier. Although he had name recognition and was known for his work, he is mainly noted for being the first couture designer to be sacked from thei ...

(1935–2013), French fashion designer *

Hélène Scherrer Hélène Chalifour-Scherrer, (born July 6, 1950 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. From 2000 to 2004, she was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec, as a member of the Libe ...

(born 1950), Canadian politician *

Paul Scherrer Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics ...

(1890–1969), Swiss physicist *

Tom Scherrer Thomas Cregg Scherrer (born July 20, 1970) is an American professional golfer. Scherrer was born in Syracuse, New York and grew up in Skaneateles, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He played for the American t ...

(born 1970), American golfer

Place names

Schererville, Indiana Schererville is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,646 at the 2020 census It is a suburb of Chicago located just 30 miles south of the city History Long before Indiana became a state ...

Scherersville, Pennsylvania Scherersville is an unincorporated community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is located on Jordan Creek, mainly in South Whitehall Township and also in Whitehall Township. Schereresville is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population o ...

Businesses

Shannon & Scherer, architectural firm Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, law firm ; Scherer *

Plant Scherer The Robert W. Scherer Power Plant (also known as Plant Scherer) is a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia, just north of Macon, Georgia, in the United States. The plant has four generating units, each capable of producing 930 megawatt ...

, a coal-fired power plant in

Juliette, Georgia Juliette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, ...

; Scherrer *

Paul Scherrer Institute The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is a multi-disciplinary research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland. It is located in the Canton of Aargau in the municipalities Villigen and Würenlingen on either side of the River A ...

Shearer (disambiguation) A shearer is someone who shears, such as a cloth shearer, or a sheep shearer. Origins of the name include from near Bergen in Norway 1600s weden of that periodas ''Skea'' (pronounced "Skeg" meaning "beard") and Heddle (meaning market place) as mi ...

References

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