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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

meaning 'Swiss') may refer to:

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Bernard Schweizer Bernard Schweizer (née Bernhard Schweizer, born, 1962) is a Professor Emeritus of English at Long Island University, Brooklyn. He has published several books and essay collections on topics in British and European literatures. He is a leading Rebe ...

(born 1962), American professor of English * Brandun Schweizer, American politician * David Schweizer (director) (1949 or 1950–2024), American theatre director *

Eduard Schweizer Eduard Schweizer (1913–2006) was a Swiss New Testament scholar who taught at the University of Zurich for an extended period. He won the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies in 1996. Biography Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the Unive ...

(1913–2006), Swiss New Testament scholar *

Irène Schweizer Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941 – 16 July 2024) was a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. Life and career Schweizer was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland on 2 June 1941. She performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as ...

(born 1941), Swiss Jazz pianist * J. Otto Schweizer (1863–1955) Swiss-American sculptor *

Julián Schweizer Julián Schweizer (born 1998) is a Uruguayan surfer. In 2019, he was awarded the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is ...

(born 1998), Uruguayan surfer * Karissa Schweizer (born 1996), American long-distance runner *

Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer (16 February 1816 – 6 July 1873) was a Swiss astronomer who travelled to Moscow in 1845 to become Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the Survey Institute, and later director of the Moscow University Observatory. ...

(1816–1873), Swiss astronomer *

Katja Schweizer Katja Schweizer (born 23 March 1978 as Katja Weisser) is a German curler and curling coach. As a coach of German wheelchair curling team she participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics. Teams Women's Mixed Record as a coach of national team ...

(née Weisser) (born 1978), German curler and coach *

Matthias Eduard Schweizer Matthias Eduard Schweizer (8 August 1818 – 23 October 1860) was a Swiss people, Swiss chemist who in 1857 invented Schweizer's reagent, in which cellulose can be dissolved to produce artificial silk or rayon. He was one of the pioneers of the sy ...

(1818–1860), chemist, inventor of the Schweizer's reagent *

Peter Schweizer Peter Franz Schweizer (born November 24, 1964) is an American political consultant and writer. He is the president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), senior editor-at-large of far-right media organization '' Breitbart News'', and ...

(born 1964), American author *

Schweizer brothers Paul, William (Bill), and Ernest Schweizer were three brothers who started building gliders in 1930. In 1937, they formed the Schweizer Metal Aircraft Company. Their first commercial glider sale was an SGU 1-7 glider to Harvard University's Alt ...

(Paul, William, and Ernest), brothers and founders of Schweizer Aircraft

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Schweizer (chicken) The Schweizer, or "Swiss chicken", is a Swiss breed of domestic chicken. It was bred in 1905 in Amriswil, in the canton of Thurgau, in north-east Switzerland. It is kept mainly in German-speaking areas of the country. It is one of three Swi ...

Schweizer Aircraft The Schweizer Aircraft Corporation was an American manufacturer of sailplanes, agricultural aircraft and helicopters located in Horseheads (town), New York, Horseheads, New York. It was incorporation (business), incorporated in 1939 by three Sc ...

, an American producer of sailplanes and helicopters, owned by Sikorsky Aircraft since 2004 *

Schweizer-Reneke Schweizer-Reneke, sometimes referred to as Schweizer, is a town in the North West Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Mamusa Local Municipality.

, a town in the North West Province of South Africa *

Swiss (people) The Swiss people (, , , ) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Switzerland, Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background or people of self-identified Swiss abroad, Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationality law ...

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