Schön is a

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surname, which means handsome or beautiful, from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

''schoene'', meaning "beautiful", "friendly", "nice".''Dictionary of American Family Names''
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Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016. ''Schon'' means "already" and "yet". Alternative spellings include Schon and Schoen. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Schön (1906–1987), German cyclist *

Alfred Schön Alfred Schön (born 12 January 1962) is a German football manager and former player. References External links * 1962 births Living people German men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in ...

(born 1962), German football player and manager *

Andreas Schön Andreas Schön (born 9 August 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Astoria Walldorf FC Astoria Walldorf is a German association football club from the town of Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg. ...

(born 1989), German footballer *

Donald Schön Donald Alan Schön (September 19, 1930 – September 13, 1997) was an American philosopher and professor in urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He developed the concept of reflective practice and contributed to the theory ...

(1930–1997), American philosopher *

Douglas Schoen Douglas Schoen (born June 27, 1953) is an American lawyer, political analyst, author, lobbyist, and commentator. Education Schoen attended Horace Mann School in New York City. While still a high school student, he canvassed the Upper West Side ...

(born 1953), American political analyst *

Ebbe Schön Ebbe Schön (13 December 1929 – 4 August 2022) was a Swedish author, folklorist and associate professor in literature at Stockholm University. Besides literature, he studied ethnology, Scandinavian languages and Slavonic languages at S ...

(1929–2022), Swedish writer * Eduard Schön (1825–1879), Austrian composer *

Helmut Schön Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West German national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including ...

(1915–1996), German footballer *

Jan Hendrik Schön Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(born 1970), German physicist * John W. Schoen (born 1952), American journalist * Jonas Schön (born 1969), Swedish ice speed skater *

Kevin Schon Kevin Dodd Schon (born February 7, 1958) is an American voice actor who is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and television shows. He is best known as a voice double for Nathan Lane for animated media, most notably as Timon in ...

(born 1958), American actor *

Margarete Schön Margarete Schön (born Margarethe Schippang; 7 April 1895 – 26 December 1985) was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is internationally recognized for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's ''Die ...

(1895–1985), German actress *

Mila Schön Mila Schön (born Maria Carmen Nutrizio; September 28, 1916 – September 5, 2008) was an Italian fashion designer. Her surname was also spelled as Schoen. Early life Born Maria Carmen Nutrizio in Trogir to wealthy Dalmatian Italian a ...

(1917–2008), Italian fashion designer *

Nadine Schön Nadine Schön (born ''Nadine Müller'', 5 June 1983 in Lebach, Saarland) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2009, representing the constituency of St. W ...

(born 1983), German politician *

Nancy Schön Nancy Schön (born 1928) is a sculptor of public art displayed internationally. She is best known for her work in the Boston, Massachusetts area, notably her bronze duck and ducklings in the Boston Public Garden, a recreation of the duck famil ...

(born 1928), American sculptor *

Neal Schon Neal (Neil) is a given masculine name and surname of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "hono ...

(born 1954), American musician *

Richard Schoen Richard Melvin Schoen (born October 23, 1950) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential geometry and geometric analysis. He is best known for the resolution of the Yamabe problem in 1984. Career Born in Celina, Ohio, and a 1 ...

(born 1950), American mathematician *

Theodor von Schön Heinrich Theodor von Schön (20 January 1773 – 23 July 1856) was a Prussian statesman who assisted in the liberal reforms in Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Schön was born in Schreitlauken, Tilsit district, East Prussia (now Še ...

(1773–1856), Prussian politician *

Vic Schoen Victor Schoen (March 26, 1916 – January 5, 2000) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer whose career spanned from the 1930s until his death in 2000. He furnished music for some of the most successful persons in show business inclu ...

(1916–2000), American musician *

Wilhelm von Schoen Wilhelm Eduard Freiherr von Schoen (Schön) (3 June 1851 – 24 April 1933) was a German diplomat. He was especially known as German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I and as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German ...

(1851–1933), German diplomat

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