Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

, " 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 description in modern German spelling). The variant

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 ...

is also commonly seen in the USA. Still another variant is

Shumacher Israel Shumacher (or Schumacher, 1908 – May 21, 1961) was a Jewish comedian who worked together with Shimon Dzigan, thus forming "Dzigan and Shumacher", one of the most famous Yiddish comic duos in the 20th century. Biography Israel Shumac ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Benjamin Schumacher Benjamin "Ben" Schumacher is an American theoretical physicist, working mostly in the field of quantum information theory. He discovered a way of interpreting quantum states as information. He came up with a way of compressing the information in a ...

, American theoretical physicist, married to Carol * Carol Schumacher, Bolivian-American mathematician, married to Benjamin *

E. F. Schumacher Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was a German-British statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies.Biography on the inner dustjacket ...

(1911–1977), British economist *

Eugen Schuhmacher Eugen Schuhmacher (actually Eugen Josef Robert Schuhmacher) (4 August 1906 – 8 January 1973) was a German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries. Besides Bernhard Grzimek and Heinz Sielmann he belongs to the German wildlife documentary fi ...

(1906–1973), German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries * Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850), German astronomer * Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, (1757–1830), German-Danish surgeon, botanist, malacologist and anatomist *

William S. Massey William Schumacher Massey (August 23, 1920 – June 17, 2017) was an American mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology. The Massey product is named for him. He worked also on the formulation of spectral sequences by means of exact ...

(1920–2017), American mathematician

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* Anton Schumacher (born 1938), German football goalkeeper * Cori Schumacher (born 1977), American international surfer, politician and three times WSL Women’s World Longboard Champion *

David Schumacher (wrestler) David Schumacher (30 November 1931 – 15 January 2022) was an Australian wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grap ...

, (born 1931), Australian wrestler *

David Schumacher (racing driver) David Schumacher (born 23 October 2001) is a German racing driver, son of former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, nephew of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, and cousin of former Formula One driver Mick Schumacher. He is ...

, (born 2001) German racing driver, son of

Ralf Schumacher Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a German former racing driver. He is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, and the pair are the only siblings to each win Formula One races. Schumacher began kart ...

* Flávio Sérgio Viana (born 1975), Brazilian futsal defender known as Schumacher *

Günther Schumacher Günther Schumacher (born 27 June 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984. He twice represented West Germany at the Summer Olympics (1972 and 1976), and won th ...

(born 1949), German track and road cyclist and two times Olympics Men's Team Pursuit winner *

Harald Schumacher Harald Anton "Toni" Schumacher (born 6 March 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he won a Bundesliga title and three DFB-Pokal titles with 1. FC Köln. At international level, he represen ...

(born 1954), German football goalkeeper, West Germany team captain and one time UEFA Euro champion *

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (24 February 1925 – 8 January 2014) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands who won two medals at the Summer Olympics. After having claimed the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in London (1948), ...

(1925–2014), Dutch freestyle swimmer *

John Schuhmacher John Schuhmacher (born September 23, 1955) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played offensive lineman for six seasons for the Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional Am ...

(born 1955), American football player * Katie Schumacher-Cawley (born 1980), American volleyball/basketball player and coach * Kelly Schumacher (born 1977), Canadian WNBA basketball player and two times WNBA champion *

Kurt Schumacher (American football) Kurt Schumacher (born December 26, 1952) is a former American football guard and tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was the 12th overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft The 197 ...

(born 1952), NFL player * Michael Schumacher (born 1969), German Formula One driver and seven times Formula One World Champion **

Schumacher (film) ''Schumacher'' is a 2021 German sports documentary film co-directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker, and Michael Wech, about the German Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher that was distributed internationally on Netflix. The f ...

documentary from 2021 about the above * Mick Schumacher (born 1999), German Formula One driver, son of seven times World Champion Michael Schumacher *

(born 1975), German DTM driver, former Formula One driver, younger brother of Michael Schumacher *

Raymond R. Schumacher Raymond Richard Schumacher (April 15, 1924November 4, 1973) served in the Army Air Force during World War II, played as a fullback (American football), fullback for the Chicago Bears after the war, and later worked as civil engineer for the City ...

(1924–1973), American football player * Sandra Schumacher (born 1966), German track and road cyclist * Stefan Schumacher (born 1981), German road racing cyclist *

Steven Schumacher Steven Thomas Schumacher (born 30 April 1984) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is currently the manager of League One side Plymouth Argyle. Club career Everton Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Schumacher bega ...

(born 1984), English football midfielder and manager * Tony Schumacher (drag racer) (born 1969), American dragster racer and eight times NHRA Top Fuel champion *

Don Schumacher Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...

(born 1944), American dragster racer, NHRA team owner who led the team to win eighteen NHRA championships in three different NHRA categories, and father of Tony Schumacher

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* Albert Schumacher (1802–1871), German/American businessman in Baltimore, official Consul General of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

and Hamburg in

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...

, honorary citizen of Bremen *

Cora Schumacher Cora Schumacher (born Cora-Caroline Brinkmann; 27 December 1976) is a German actress, model, racing driver and television presenter. She has featured on German television programmes such as '' Top of the Pops'', '' Marienhof'', '' Let's Dance'' ...

(born 1976), German actress, model, racing driver and presenter *

David Schumacher (producer) David Schumacher (born June 9, 1969) is an American film and television director/producer and musician. He won a 2011 Emmy Award for creating and producing the television series ''NYCMusicShow'' and a 1998 Bay Area Music Award for Best Jazz Arti ...

, (born 1969), American film and television producer/presenter. *

Elisabeth Schumacher Elisabeth Schumacher (née Hohenemser; 28 April 1904 – 22 December 1942 in Plötzensee Prison, Berlin) was a German artist, photographer. and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. She was a member of the Berlin-based anti-fascist resistanc ...

(1904–1942), artist and German executed Resistance fighter *

Emil Schumacher Emil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) was a German painter. He was an important representative of abstract expressionism in post-war Germany. In 2009 the Kunstquartier Hagen was inaugurat ...

(1912–1999), German artist, co-founder of abstract art movement in Germany and representative of the "Informel" movement *

Ferdinand Schumacher Ferdinand Schumacher (1822–1908),
at www.quakersquare.com. Accessed 10 August 2006. also known as The Oatmeal King ...

(1822–1908), American entrepreneur known as "the Oatmeal King" * Fritz Schumacher (architect), (1869–1947), German architect and urban designer *

Gottlieb Schumacher Gottlieb Schumacher (21 November 1857 – 26 November 1925) was an American-born civil engineer, architect and archaeologist of German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeological exploration of Palestine. Early life Sch ...

(1857–1925), American civil engineer, architect and archaeologist *

Ida Schumacher Ida Schumacher (born 5 March 1894 in Arnstorf, Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria), as Ida Strömer and died on 6 April 1956 in Gauting) was a Bavarian theatre actress and comedienne. Life and career Born in 1894 in Arnstorf, Ida Schumacher was f ...

(1894–1956), Bavarian theatre actress and comedian * Jean-Pierre Schumacher (1924–2021), French Trappist monk * Joel Schumacher (1939–2020), American film director, writer and producer * John Schumacher (Los Angeles pioneer) (about 1816–1885) *

John J. Schumacher Dr. John J. Schumacher founded Southwestern University School of Law in 1911. Schumacher intended the university to be an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian institution. Schumacher intended Southwestern to provide legal education opportunities ...

, founded Southwestern University School of Law * Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), German social-democratic political leader *

Kurt Schumacher (sculptor) Kurt Schumacher (6 May 1905 – 22 December 1942) was a German sculptor and Communist member of the German Resistance fighter who was a member of the anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Gestapo. He was ma ...

(1905–1942), German sculptor and executed Resistance fighter *

Martina Schumacher Martina Schumacher (born 1972 in Geislingen an der Steige, Germany) is a painter and conceptual artist. ArtFacts.NetMartina Schumacher Education Concomitantly while attending Royal College of Art in London, Schumacher was a master student under t ...

(born 1972), German painter and conceptual artist *

Peder Griffenfeld Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 – 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman and royal favourite. He became the principal adviser to King Christian V of Denmark from 1670 and the ''de facto'' ruler of ...

(born Schumacher, 1635–1699), Danish statesman * Thomas Schumacher, American theatrical producer * Troy Schumacher, New York City ballet dancer * Wim Schumacher (1894–1986), Dutch painter and designer

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