Schweitzer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schwei ...

, 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 Chemistry, Physics, Physiology ...

* Anton Schweitzer, opera composer *

Brian Schweitzer Brian David Schweitzer (born September 4, 1955) is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democr ...

, former Democratic Governor of the US state of Montana * Darrell Schweitzer, American writer, editor and essayist * Douglas Schweitzer, 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 variety ...

, electrical engineer, inventor * Edmund O. Schweitzer Jr., founder of E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing * George K. Schweitzer, academic in chemistry and family history and local history * Georgia Schweitzer, former collegiate and professional basketball player * Jean Baptista von Schweitzer, 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, 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 purc ...

, 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 Scott Schweitzer (born August 12, 1971 in Rahway, New Jersey) is an American soccer coach and former professional soccer player. He spent two years as the head coach of Carolina RailHawks FC. College soccer Schweitzer was a four-year letter winner ...

, 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 s ...

, American football player for the Washington Commanders *

Yoram Schweitzer Yoram Schweitzer is an Israeli intelligence official who is a senior research fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and is director of the institute's Research Program: Terrorism and Low-Intensity Conflict. During 201 ...

, senior research fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies

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