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, sometimes spelled Shuster. Other spelling variants of the name include Šuster, Šustr, Šuštar, and Chouster.

People

* Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880–1954), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan * Alon Schuster (born 1957), Israeli politician * Armin Schuster (born 1961), German politician * Arnold Schuster (1927–1952), murdered businessman *

Arthur Schuster Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (12 September 1851 – 14 October 1934) was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. S ...

(1851–1934), German-born British physicist * Assaf Schuster (born 1958), Israeli entrepreneur and professor of computer science * Augusto Schuster (born 1992), Chilean actor, singer, dancer and model *

Bernd Schuster Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides Barcelona (1980–1988) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a midf ...

(born 1959), German footballer and manager *

Claud Schuster Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster, (22 August 1869 – 28 June 1956), was a British barrister and civil servant noted for his long tenure as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office. Born to a Manchester, Mancunian business family, ...

(1869–1956), British civil servant * Dirk Schuster (born 1967), German former footballer and football manager * Eugenia Schuster (1865-1946), American community activist * František Schuster, Czech sports shooter * Franz Schuster (1904–1943),^{( de)} Austrian member of the resistance *

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

(1881–1982), British colonial administrator and politician * Gary Schuster (born 1946), American chemist * Guido Schuster, Swiss computer-scientist * Hans-Emil Schuster (born 1934), German astronomer * Jérôme Schuster (born 1985), French rugby union player * Josef Schuster (born 1954), Israeli-born German physician and President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany * Joseph Schuster (1903–1969), Russian-Jewish cellist * Joseph Schuster (1748–1812), German composer * JuJu Smith-Schuster (born 1996) athlete (American football) * Leo Frank Schuster (1852–1927), British patron of the arts * Leon Schuster (born 1951), South African film maker, singer and radio presenter * M. Lincoln Schuster (1897-1970), co-founder of the publisher

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ...

* Mirko Schuster (born 1994), German footballer * Norman Schuster (born 1979), German boxer * Peter Schuster (born 1941), Austrian theoretical chemist * Peter Schuster, Samoan-New Zealand rugby union player and Chairman of the

Samoa Rugby Union Rugby Samoa () is the governing body of the sport of rugby union in Samoa. Founded as the ''Apia Rugby Union'' in 1924, it was affiliated to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union the same year.Jones, p10 It joined the International Rugby Board as ...

Rudolf Schuster Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is a Slovak politician, who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he so ...

(born 1934), Slovak president from 1999 to 2004 * Rui Miguel Mateus Teixeira (born 4 March 1978), Portuguese footballer. * Shlomit C. Schuster (1951-2016), Israeli philosophical counselor * Werner Schuster (1939–2001), German politician * Werner Schuster (born 1969), Austrian ski jumping coach * Wilhelm Schuster (1880–1942), German pastor and naturalist * Wolfgang Schuster (born 1949), Mayor of

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from 1997-2013

Other

* Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center *

, New York publishing house * Schuester * Shuster * Šustr * Šuštar

References

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