Schweitzer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, musician, physician, and medical missionary, winner of the 1952

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

Anton Schweitzer Anton Schweitzer (6 June 1735 in Coburg – 23 November 1787 in Gotha) was a German composer of operas, who was affiliated with Abel Seyler's theatrical company. He was a child prodigy who obtained the patronage of the duke of Saxe-Hildburghause ...

, opera composer * Brian Schweitzer, former Democratic Governor of the US state of Montana * Darrell Schweitzer, American writer, editor and essayist *

Douglas Schweitzer This is a seat by seat list of candidates in the 2004 Canadian election. For more information about the election see 2004 Canadian federal election. 2004 federal redistribution Due to the 2001 census, Canada's 301 electoral districts increased to ...

, Canadian politician *

Edmund Schweitzer Edmund O. Schweitzer III (born 1947, Evanston, Illinois) is an electrical engineer, inventor, and founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL). Schweitzer launched SEL in 1982 in Pullman, Washington. Today, SEL manufacturers a wide variet ...

, electrical engineer, inventor *

Edmund O. Schweitzer Jr. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) designs, manufactures, and supports products and services ranging from generator and transmission protection to distribution automation and control systems. Founded in 1982 by Edmund O. Schweitzer ...

, founder of E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing *

George K. Schweitzer George Keene Schweitzer (born December 5, 1924) is an academic in chemistry and family history and local history. He has also studied history of science and philosophy of science, for which he was awarded the Sc.D. Schweitzer was born in Poplar ...

, academic in chemistry and family history and local history *

Georgia Schweitzer Georgia Schweitzer (born January 31, 1979, in Gahanna, Ohio, United States, U.S.) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. Schweitzer attended college at Duke University and graduated in 2001. She began her a professional career ...

, former collegiate and professional basketball player *

Jean Baptista von Schweitzer Jean Baptista von Schweitzer (July 12, 1833 – July 28, 1875) was a German politician and dramatic poet and playwright. Life and political career Schweitzer was born at Frankfurt am Main, of an old aristocratic Catholic family. He studied law in ...

, German politician and poet *

Jeff Schweitzer Jeff Schweitzer (born 1957) is an American non-fiction author, scientist, political commentator and proponent of scientific skepticism. His published works are largely devoted to the interrelationship between politics, morality, religion and scien ...

, American non-fiction author, scientist and political commentator *

Johann Friedrich Schweitzer Johann Friedrich Schweitzer or Sweitzer, usually known as Helvetius (1630 – 1709) was a Dutch physician and alchemical writer of German extraction. He is known for his books ''Ichts aus Nichts, für alle Begierigen der Natur'' published in 1655, ...

, Dutch-German alchemist *

Louis Schweitzer (philanthropist) Louis Schweitzer (February 5, 1899 – September 20, 1971) was a Russian-born United States paper industrialist and philanthropist. He was an executive at the family paper company (now Schweitzer-Mauduit International) until its sale. He purch ...

, paper manufacturer * Louis Schweitzer (CEO), chairman and former CEO of Renault *

Mary Higby Schweitzer Mary Higby Schweitzer is an American paleontologist at North Carolina State University, who led the groups that discovered the remains of blood cells in dinosaur fossils and later discovered soft tissue remains in the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' specime ...

, paleontologist *

Marlis Schweitzer Marlis Erica Schweitzer (born 1975) is a Canadian theatre and performance historian. She is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at York University. Personal life Schweitzer and her husband Dan have two children together ...

, Canadian theatre and performance historian * Paul A. Schweitzer (born 1937), American mathematician *

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer Pierre-Paul Schweitzer (; 29 May 1912 – 2 January 1994) was a French businessman who served as the fourth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1963 to 1973. Early life and education He was born on 29 May 1912, in ...

, managing director of the International Monetary Fund * Scott Schweitzer, American soccer coach and former professional soccer player *

Wes Schweitzer Weston Robert Schweitzer (born September 11, 1993) is an American football center for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Jose State and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the si ...

, American football player for the Washington Commanders * Yoram Schweitzer, senior research fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies

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