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Shuster Shuster (originally a spelling variant of Schuster) is the surname of several people: *Bill Shuster, American politician from Pennsylvania *Bud Shuster, American politician, father of Bill *David Shuster, American reporter *Frank Shuster, Canadian ...

. Other spelling variants of the name include Šuster, Šustr, Šuštar, and Chouster.

People

* Blessed

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster OSB (, ; 18 January 1880 – 30 August 1954), born Alfredo Ludovico Schuster, was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Benedictines who served as the Archbishop of Milan from 1929 until his ...

(1880–1954), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan *

Alon Schuster Alon Natan Schuster ( he, אַלּוֹן נָתָן שׁוּסְטֶר, born 2 March 1957) is an Israeli politician. He was mayor of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council between 2002 and 2018 and the Minister of Agriculture from 2020 to 2021. He has ...

(born 1957), Israeli politician *

Armin Schuster Armin Schuster (born 20 May 1961) is a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Schuster has been serving as State Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Minister-President Michael Kretschmer since 2022. S ...

(born 1961), German politician *

Arnold Schuster Arnold L. Schuster (1927 – March 8, 1952) was an American clothing salesman and amateur detective known for his involvement in the capture of bank robber Willie "The Actor" Sutton and for Schuster's subsequent murder by either the Gambino cri ...

(1927–1952), murdered businessman *

Arthur Schuster Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (12 September 1851 – 14 October 1934) was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. S ...

(1851–1934), German-born British physicist *

Assaf Schuster Assaf Schuster is an Israeli entrepreneur and professor of computer science whose works have been published in such journals as ''Computer Aided Verification'' and ''Journal of Systems and Software''. Biography Schuster was born in 1958 in the Is ...

(born 1958), Israeli entrepreneur and professor of computer science *

Augusto Schuster Augusto José Schuster Picó or just Augusto Schuster or the mononym Schuster (born 24 August 1992, in Santiago) is a Chilean actor, singer, dancer and model. Filmography Telenovelas TV series Films Theatre Discography Albums Solo *20 ...

(born 1992), Chilean actor, singer, dancer and model *

Bernd Schuster Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides FC Barcelona (1980–1987) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a m ...

(born 1959), German footballer and former manager of Real Madrid * Sir

Claud Schuster Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster, (22 August 1869 – 28 June 1956) was a British barrister and civil servant noted for his long tenure as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office. Born to a Mancunian business family, Schuster wa ...

(1869–1956), British civil servant *

Dirk Schuster Eberhard Dirk Schuster (born 29 December 1967) is a German professional football manager he is the currently head coach of 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern and former player who played as a defender. Club career Schuster, who lived h ...

(born 1967), German former footballer and football manager *

Eugenia Schuster Eugenia Mananyi Schuster (1865–1946) was a community activist in El Paso, Texas, and one of the presidents of the Woman's Club of El Paso. She was also the founder of the El Paso Pan-American Round Table. Biography Schuster was born in Hungary ...

(1865-1946), American community activist * František Schuster, Czech sports shooter *

Franz Schuster Franz Schuster (26 December 1892 – 24 July 1972) was an Austrian architect. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics#Architecture, architecture event in the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics, art com ...

(1904–1943),^{( de)} Austrian member of the resistance *

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

(1881–1982), British colonial administrator and politician of German descent *

Gary Schuster Gary Benjamin Schuster (born August 6, 1946) was the interim president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he held from July 1, 2008, when former president G. Wayne Clough stepped down, until April 1, 2009, when George P. "Bud" Pe ...

(born 1946), American chemist *

Guido Schuster Guido M. Schuster is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR), Rapperswil, St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he focuses on digital signal processing and wireless sensor networks. Biography ...

, Swiss computer-scientist *

Hans-Emil Schuster Hans-Emil Schuster (born September 19, 1934 in Hamburg) is a German astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who retired in October 1991. He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf and European Southern Observatory (ESO), and ...

(born 1934), German astronomer *

Jérôme Schuster Jérôme Schuster (born 29 June 1985 in Perpignan) is a professional French rugby union prop currently playing for Tarbes in the Pro D2. He made his international debut for France against Fiji in November 2010. He can play on both sides of the scru ...

(born 1985), French rugby union player *

Josef Schuster Josef Schuster (born 20 March 1954) is a German physician and since November 2014 President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland). Biography Josef Schuster was born in Haifa in 1954. His paternal fam ...

(born 1954), Israeli-born German physician and current President of the

Central Council of Jews in Germany The Central Council of Jews in Germany (German name: Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) is a federation of German Jews. It was founded on 19 July 1950, as a response to the increasing isolation of German Jews by the international Jewish communi ...

Joseph Schuster Joseph Schuster may refer to: *Joseph Schuster (cellist) (1903–1969), Constantinople-born American cellist *Joseph Schuster (composer) (1748–1812), German classical composer *Joe Shuster (1914–1992), Canadian-born comic book writer who create ...

(1903–1969), Russian-Jewish cellist *

(1748–1812), German composer *

JuJu Smith-Schuster John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster ( Smith; born November 22, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh St ...

(born 1996) NFL Football Player *

Leo Frank Schuster Frank Schuster (24 September 1852 – 26 December 1927), was a British music-lover and patron of the arts. His home overlooking St James's Park at 22 Old Queen Street, London, part of which now contains offices of ''The Spectator'' magazine, be ...

(1852–1927), British patron of the arts *

Leon Schuster Leon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster (born 21 May 1951) is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, prankster and singer. Early life Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age. As a child he and his brother would play practical ...

(born 1951), South African film maker, singer and radio presenter * M. Lincoln Schuster (1897-1970), American businessman and co-founder of

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

Mirko Schuster Mirko Schuster (born 21 July 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Regionalliga West club SV Rödinghausen. Playing career Youth career Born in Mannheim, Schuster started out playing in the youth ranks of SV Waldhof Mannhe ...

(born 1994), German footballer *

Norman Schuster Norman Schuster (born December 13, 1979 in Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, ...

(born 1979), German boxer *

Peter Schuster Peter K. Schuster (born 7 March 1941) is a theoretical chemist known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replica ...

(born 1941), Austrian theoretical chemist *

, Samoan-New Zealand rugby union player and Chairman of the

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Rudolf Schuster Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is a Slovak politician, who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sou ...

(born 1934), Slovak president from 1999 to 2004 * Shlomit C. Schuster (1951-2016), Israeli philosophical counselor * Werner Schuster (1939–2001), German politician * Werner Schuster (born 1969), Austrian ski jumping coach and a former ski jumper * Wilhelm Schuster (1880–1942), German pastor and naturalist *

Wolfgang Schuster Wolfgang Schuster (born 5 September 1949 in Ulm) is the former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, from January 1997 until January 2013. He was the successor to Manfred Rommel and he is a member of the CDU. Career Studies and early positions Sch ...

(born 1949), German jurist, Lord Mayor of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

from 1997-2013 (CDU)

Other

Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's principal center of the lively arts. It is owned and operated by the Victoria Theatre Association and occupies the former site of Rike's d ...

, New York publishing house * Schuester *

Šustr Šustr (feminine Šustrová) is a Czech surname, a Czechized form of the German surname Schuster. Notable people include: * Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player * Martin Šustr, Czech footballer * Petruška Šustrová, Czech disident * Vratislav ...

* Šuštar

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