Shoemaker is an
occupational surname.
People with the name
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Ann Shoemaker (1891–1978), American actress
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Benjamin Shoemaker Benjamin Shoemaker (3 August 1704 in Germantown, Philadelphia – 1767 in Philadelphia) was a colonial Pennsylvania Quaker, merchant, and politician. He served as mayor of Philadelphia in 1743, 1752, and 1760, and as city treasurer from 1751 t ...
(1704–c. 1767), mayor of Philadelphia during the 18th century
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Bill Shoemaker (1931–2003), American jockey
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Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) and more than 500 astero ...
(1929–2021), astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Charles F. Shoemaker
Charles Frederick Shoemaker (27 March 184111 July 1913) was a captain in the United States Revenue Cutter Service and was appointed in 1895 by Secretary of the Treasury John Griffin Carlisle, John G. Carlisle to be Chief of the Revenue Marine Divi ...
(1841–1913), Commandant from 1895 through 1905 of the United States Revenue Cutter Service
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Christine Shoemaker, American environmental engineer
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Craig Shoemaker (born 1958), American comedian
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David Shoemaker
David Shoemaker (born 1964) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and Interim Chair at Cornell University.
He is known for his works on moral philosophy
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves sys ...
(born 1964), American philosopher
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Deirdre Shoemaker (born 1971), American physicist
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Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962), American educator, writer
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Douglas Harlow Shoemaker
The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly of land grants, whic ...
(1905–1985), last Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway
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Eugene Merle Shoemaker
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televise ...
(1928–1997), planetary scientist and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Francis Shoemaker
Francis Henry Shoemaker (April 25, 1889 – July 24, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life
Shoemaker was born on a farm in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota, and was self-educated with his mother’s assistan ...
(1889–1958), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1933 to 1935
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Henry W. Shoemaker (1880–1958), American folklorist, diplomat, and writer
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Jarrod Shoemaker
Jarrod Shoemaker (born July 17, 1982) is a professional triathlete based in Maynard, Massachusetts. He is the 2009 ITU Duathlon World Champion.
Athletic career
Raised in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Shoemaker began his running career while attendi ...
(born 1982), American triathlete
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Jenna Shoemaker (born 1984), American professional triathlete
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John Shoemaker
John Shoemaker (born August 18, 1956) is a former minor league baseball player who is currently manager of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
Shoemaker attended Waverly High School and the University of Miami before he was drafted in the 35th round of ...
(born 1956), American baseball coach and manager
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Kate Shoemaker
Kate Shoemaker (born August 25, 1987) is an American Paralympic equestrian. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Shoemaker made her World Equestrian Games debut in 2018 and won a bronze medal in the individua ...
(born 1987), American para-equestrian
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Lazarus Denison Shoemaker
Lazarus Denison Shoemaker (November 5, 1819 – September 11, 1893) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 187 ...
(1819–1893), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the 1870s
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Matt Shoemaker (born 1986) American baseball player
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Mike Shoemaker
Michael C. Shoemaker (born 1945) is an American politician of the Democratic party. He was born in 1945 in Nipgen, Ohio (Ross County). Shoemaker's father, Myrl Shoemaker, was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
Shoemaker received a Bachelor of Sci ...
(born 1945), politician from Ohio
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Myrl Shoemaker
Myrl Howard Shoemaker (April 14, 1913 – July 30, 1985) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 57th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1983 until his death in 1985.
Shoemaker served for 24 years in the Ohio House of R ...
(1913–1985), former lieutenant governor of Ohio and father of Mike Shoemaker
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Robert M. Shoemaker
Robert Morin Shoemaker (February 18, 1924 – June 21, 2017) was a United States Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command. He is also an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame.
Early life and military caree ...
(1924–2017), U.S. Army general
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Sam Shoemaker (1893–1963), American reverend
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Sydney Shoemaker
Sydney Sharpless Shoemaker (September 29, 1931 – September 6, 2022) was an American philosopher. He was the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and is well known for his contributions to philosophy of mind and metap ...
(1931-2022), American philosopher
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Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker, American author
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Trina Shoemaker
Kathryn "Trina" Shoemaker is an American mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Gri ...
(born 1965), music producer and technician
See also
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Schumaker
Schumaker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*John G. Schumaker (1826–1905), United States Representative from New York
* Robert P. Schumaker, American academic and inventor of AZFinText
* Skip Schumaker (born 1980), baseball ...
, a surname
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Schumacher
Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname (German, "shoemaker", pronounced , both variants can be used as surnames, with Schumacher being the more popular one, however, only the variant with three "h"s can also be used as a job descript ...
, a surname
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English-language surnames
Occupational surnames
English-language occupational surnames